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My Life with Cerebral Palsy: Finding Equality in a Faith Community

When Carl Sigmond is with other Quakers, he tells us, he does not feel like his cerebral palsy sets him…

Looking for a Quaker Meeting Near You? Try This!

“One of the main reasons meeting for worship is so important in Quaker community,” says Ron Hogan, “is that coming…

ICE Tried to Silence Them — These Quaker Women Fought Back

Betsy Raasch-Gilman is absolutely clear on this: She and other Friends in Minneapolis were not “protesting” against the activities of…

A Metaphor for Understanding Quaker Theology

“Quakers develop their theology through the experience of the energy moving through the entire creation around them and through their…

The Mistake People Make About Quaker Theology

Quakers often have a wary relationship with the concept of theology, even though our faith is grounded in a belief…

Everything You Need to Know About Quakerism

Where did Quakers come from? What do they believe? And how did they get associated with oats? These are the…

What Is Wrong With American Patriotism?

“There’s this idea of country above everything else—and for Quakers, that gets in the way of your relationship to God,”…

Are Quaker Meetings Safe for Black People?

“I am accustomed to joining communities where I am the only African-American present,” Billie Wade says. “That’s been a common…

Can a Quaker Murder You?

When Charlie Kirk was assassinated last year, Amber Flannery Field recalls, we saw a number of people “celebrating… the death…

Margaret Fell: The Mother of Quakerism’s Powerful Ministry

Margaret Fell was a judge’s wife, living in a manor home in northwest England in the mid-seventeenth century. One day,…

Resisting Fake News About Jesus

As a high school student, Chris Stern had some negative experiences with missionaries that turned him off Christianity, especially the…

The Pacifist Who Toppled a Democracy: A History of Smedley Butler

Smedley Butler came from solid Quaker stock, on both sides of his family tree—but he dropped out of high school…

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My Life with Cerebral Palsy: Finding Equality in a Faith Community

Looking for a Quaker Meeting Near You? Try This!

ICE Tried to Silence Them — These Quaker Women Fought Back

A Metaphor for Understanding Quaker Theology