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THE NICARAGUAN ELECTIONS D A QUAKER STUDY CENTER IN CENTRAL AMERICA? D KEEPING CLOSE TO THAT WHICH IS PURE Among Friends EdHor-Manager Vinton Deming Associate EdHor Melissa Kay Elliott Art Director Barbara Benton What's in a Name? Advertising Manager Timothy Back Circulation and Office Coordinator t did seem frivolous, making a long-distance call and all, but I Nagendran Gulendran couldn't resist. I just had to know. There we were on the want Typesetting Services ads page, listed right between PYTHON and ROTTWEILER: James Rice and Rose Jordhamo I Secretarial Services "QUAKERS: $35 each. Call 545-4180." So I dialed the number. It Jeanne G. Beisel sounded like a teen-age girl who answered: Bookkeeper James Neveil Me: Good afternoon. I saw your ad in the St. Petersburg Times, uh Volunteers ... the ad about the Quakers ... have I dialed the right number? Jane Burgess, Eileen Coan, Her: Sorry, they've all been sold. Emily Conlon, Joy Cronk Me: [embarrassed pause] Oh ... do you expect to have any more? Board of Managers Her: Not for a while. 1987- 1990: Frank Bjornsgaard, Emily Conlon Me: [another pause] Well, uh, what can you tell me about them . (Assistant Clerk), Marcia Paullin, Allen Terrell, Mary Wood the ones that were sold? I'm just curious. 1988-1991: Nancy Cocks Culleton, Barbara Her: Not much, really, I don't know much about 'em. Dinhofer, Sam Legg, Parry Jones, Richard Moses (Treasurer), Harry Scott, Larry Spears, Me: You know ... what color they were, what they looked like . Judith Randall, Alan Walker, Ellie White Her: Well . .. they were sort of ... they were light green. 1989-1992: Jennie Allen (Secretary), James Me: Light green! Well, how many were there anyway? Cavener, Richard Eldridge, Bernard Haviland, Eric Larsen, Janet Norton (Clerk), David Her: Five. Samuel, Wilmer Tjossem, Elizabeth S. Williams Me: I was just wondering, I don't know anything about them, these Quakers you're describing. How did you keep them anyway. Honorary Managers Her: In a cage. Eleanor Stabler Clarke, Mildred Binns Young Me: In a cage? . FRiENDS JoURNAL {ISSN 0016-1322) was Her: ... yes, and they eat just normal sunflower seeds. They don't established in 1955 as the successor to The eat fruit, or at least they wouldn't for us. Friend (1827-1955) and Friends lntelligencer (1844-1955). It is associated with the Religious Me: [a poor connection] They don't eat what? Society of Friends, and is a member of the Her: Fruit . . . FRUIT! Associated Church Press. Me: Oh, yes, fruit! Hmm, well ... how big were they? • FRIENDS JOURNAL is published monthly by Her: They weren't very big at all, they were sort of . small. They Friends Publishing Corporation, 1501 Cherry St., Philadelphia, PA 19102-1497. Telephone could probably fit in the palm of your hand. (215) 241-7277. Accepted as second-class Me: Really! All of them? postage paid at Hanover, PA 17331. Her: [laughing] NO! • Subscriptions: one year $18, two years $34. Me: [embarrassed] Oh, of course not, just one. Add $6 per year for postage to countries outside the U.S., Canada, and Mexico. Sample Her: Yea, uh-huh.... copies $1 each; back issues $2 each. Me: [sensing she's tired of my questions] These Quakers, well • Information on and assistance with are they nocturnal? [What a dumb question, I'm afraid she will hang advertising is available on request. Appearance of any advertisement does not imply up.] endorsement by FRiENDS JouRNAL . Her: Just a minute ... [a long pause, then a different voice, maybe her father's] Copyright © 1990 by Friends Publishing Corporation. Reprints of articles available at Him: Can I help ya? nominal cost. Permission should be received Me: Yes, hello, it's about the ad in the paper, you know, about the before reprinting excerpts longer than 200 Quakers? Uh, can you tell me a little about them? words. Available in microfilm from University Microfilms International. Him: The Quakers? Me: Uh-huh . . .. Him: Well, they're just a small parrot. Me: [excited] Oh, like a parakeet? Postmaster: Him: Naw, bigger 'n that, about twice the size of a parakeet. send address Me: Any idea how they got named that way, 'Quakers'? changes to Friends .Journal, Him: Nope, got no idea. They're nice little birds, though, but they're 1501 Cherry St., really noisy. And they do need a lot of training. Ya gotta talk to 'em Philadelphia, PA and pet 'em ... they're nice little birds-but like I said, they're a 19102-1497. little noisy. Me: Huh ... thought they'd be quiet. Well, thanks a lot for your time. Him: Yea, so long ....

2 May 1990 FRIENDS JoURNAL May 1990 FRIENDS Volume 36, No. 5 JOURNAL Features Departments 8 New Winds Blowing to Our South 2 Among Friends Stephen G. Cary Who were the winners in Nicaragua? 4 Forum Viewpoint 11 Journey In Nicaragua 5 Ann Stever 30 Witness A Quaker-supported health project makes a difference. 31 Reports 14 A Quaker Study Center 32 News of Friends In Central America Kjeld K. Lings 35 FCNL Notes Better cross-cultural communication may result. 35 Bulletin Board 16 The Homogenized Quaker 36 LHe of the Meeting Stanley Zarowin Opening ourselves to continuing revelation poses a real 37 Young Friends challenge. 38 Books 19 Keeping Close to That Which is Pure 40 Books in Brief Patience A. Schenck One meeting seeks a way to enhance personal sharing and 42 Milestones deepen its spiritual life. 44 Calendar 20 Quaker Organization­ 46 Classified Drag or Dynamo George N. Webb Poetry How can we improve our ways of doing business? , I 7 Fierce Breath 24 In a Sunlit Meadow Helen Weaver Horn Margaret Reynolds What are the Quaker-Tolstoy connections? 2 3 The Progress of Seasons 26 A Gift of Understanding Laura Kopen Judith Nichols-Orians Life on a New Jersey state college campus seems a long way Bathtime Joy from Rietulei, South Africa. Anne Broyles 29 Let It Begin With Me Althea Postlethwaite Five-year-old Katie becomes a peace maker.

Cover photo of Sandinista rally, © Liz Chi/sen

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Friends and poverty to transitional homes and shelters for each homeless person they serve, so no As a Quaker working for the one needs to be turned away? Pennsylvania Department of Welfare for Looking internationally, world 20 years, I was especially interested in production, divided equally among the Leonard Kenworthy's article on the world population, comes to under $4,000 subject of poverty (FJ December 1989). per person per year (at U.S. prices). At While this article is well-researched and best it can be raised a few percent per sound, I am left with a feeling that we· year. We admit not being ready to live on are considering poverty as a disease that $4,000 per year each, but this comparison can be cured. reminds us that even those with a modest If only we could provide more day income by U.S. standards are care, restore health benefits, subsidize tremendously wealthy by the world's housing, feed the homeless, improve standards. educational opportunities and jobs, we In response to Leonard Kenworthy's Alison E. Webb could wipe out this horrible disease. I article, let me mention a proposal being Paul E. Burke agree that all those changes are badly currently advanced by Quaker economist Baltimore, Md. needed, and Friends, like most of the Robert Schutz in a book now in middle and upper class, need to push for preparation. Its essence lies in a clear Leonard Kenworthy gives a helpful them. But I am concerned that Friends distinction between earned and unearned summary of how Friends may address do not really understand all that is income. Earned income will continue to poverty, but he barely hints at the involved. be taxed much as at present, for systemic changes I believe need to be I believe sociologists consider that one essentially the same purposes. Unearned studied and implemented to bring about family would have to support at least income-including inherited wealth, rent real economic justice in our country. eight other families in order to do this. minus expenses, interest, pure profit-will U.S. capitalism is simply not working­ I'm not sure if even this would take care be heavily taxed, normally at 100 percent, or working for only 50 percent of us or of the estimated 14 percent of those into a fund to be distributed equally to less at this time. It is not working at all below the poverty line whom we call the all adults, with lesser amounts for for our environment! poor. Are we willing to face that reality? children. Schutz estimates this will yield Moreover, some of its features tear Don't we basically think most people on in the order of $30,000 annually for a away at the moral fabric of our country: welfare are lazy or cheats? I have heard couple, with additional amounts for high pressure advertising, rampant more than one Friend ask that question. children. This, plus ordinary earned consumerism, competition, Believe me, there are lazy people and income, would purchase modest housing depersonalization of many of our there are cheats. But there are also many in the open market (though housing business dealings, and amoral and illegal temporarily " indisposed," who have to remains a problem for other solutions), acts for profit. Economic institutions, rely on welfare, cash, food stamps, and child care, medical care, post-retirement including banks and the tax structure, medical assistance to get themselves income, etc. It would abolish extreme permit and even encourage greed to out of a temporary situation. And part poverty and at least mitigate "ordinary" become a driving force. of the problem is because of our middle­ poverty. Among the possible changes we need to class attitudes we have allowed the system So far as I know this proposal is consider: taxes on resource depletion; a to be a stigma. We have made it so that unique. It is not socialism, for it relies system of community ground rent, to one has to be down to almost the last heavily on the market and there is no discourage land speculation; return to nickle before he or she wants to admit to capital levy. Earned income would be community based and controlled business a need. Of course, the biggest part of subject to a cap of $100,000. Public or and industry; producer cooperatives and "welfare" goes for medical aid, and that private ownership of the apparatus of other models of worker owned and should tell us something about the nature production is not even an issue. managed businesses; a guaranteed annual of poverty. Now we are in another Nevertheless, it does connect income to wage adequate to provide a decent dilemma because government aid is so service much more closely than at standard of living; and a national health much smaller than other health plans, present, and would have the effect of plan. and so delayed in red tape, there are markedly reducing present inequities. Friends certainly will continue to be multiple crises facing our medical care involved in small local acts of caring for system and fewer professionals willing to Bernard Kirby the hungry and homeless as well as work with the medical plan. Santa Rosa, Calif. supporting national and international I support Leonard's plea for Friends to organizations working to create changes pay more attention to the problem of Military spending cuts could indeed in people's lives. But let's get on with poverty, but I hope we are also willing to pay for many social improvements, but figuring out what must be changed and assume a much bigger tax burden if we the nation does not yet want big cuts. become part of the process of creating really want to "cure this disease." For Military spending is less than 10 percent equality of opportunity and economic what it might entail is a system which is of our national production. Possibly we justice. a right for people caught either should look to ending poverty with some Friends moved to work in this way temporarily or permanently in the of the other 90 percent. may wish to read Humanomics-How We inability to pay their way in our world. Are we willing to work toward raising Can Make the Economy Serve Us-Not And sometimes it is our neighbor or taxes or to consider something else major Destroy Us, by Eugen Loeb! (Random ourselves. to improve welfare, pensions, job House, NY, 1976). Lois V. Stanton preparedness, and transportation? Could Helen T. Stritmatter Swarthmore, Pa. we even guarantee reasonable payments Kirkland, Washington

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A universal Light Getting Rid of the War System The reaction of Robert Fritz (FJ Jan.) to Anna Morris's "Invisible Leonard S. Kenworthy in his thought­ make sure these laws are fairly adminis­ tered at the global level. A few simple Connections" (FJ Oct. 1989) is disturbing provoking and well reasoned article on to me. What he refers to as a poverty (PI December 1989) stated, " By changes in the Charter of the United Na­ " dangerous element" in Quakerism is and large Quakers have believed society tions might turn this valuable organiza­ simply an awareness that the Light is should be changed and could be changed tion into an equitable functioning govern­ universal and may come from different ... (yet) all too often we have been ex­ ment instead of being largely a public sources. This awareness is evident in the perts at applying Band-Aids where surgery forum with little power and lopsided writings of earlier Friends such as George was needed." representation. Fox, Robert Barclay, and John World Federalist Friends are convinced As an example of how a world federal Woolman, all of whom believed the Light that only when we have gotten rid of the government might apply globally accept­ ("that of God") exists in everyone war system that holds us all in bondage able law in the recent dispute between the worldwide. The universalist perception is can we hope to tackle successfully world­ United States and Panama, these princi­ a long-time authentic strain within wide poverty and the many other afflic­ ples would have to guide the actions of Quakerism, not a new "dangerous tions that plague the human family. the principals: element." While the largest part of the world's 1. No country could "take the law into Over the years, as a Quaker, Anna resources, energies, and skills are being its own hands"; Morris has no doubt experienced diverted for ever better means of mass 2. No country could send military forces enlightenment from Christian sources. destruction of fellow humans, it is like beyond its own borders; She is no less a Quaker because she has facing all our other problems with our 3. No justification, such as "we had to experienced the Light from a non­ hands tied behind our backs. do it to protect our national interest" Christian source. Yet, most fellow humans have not even would any longer be admissible; Peter Rabenold tried to visualize what a war-less world 4. Disputes which arise between countries St. Leonard, Md. would be like! That is futile, they say; it could not be resolved by force but by won't happen, it can't happen. That is bringing them before international courts; As a new attender in meeting, I've what people once felt about the abolition 5. Individuals-not whole countries­ begun to feel concern, love, justice of slavery too. would be held accountable for their around me, and a light within me that Leonard Kenworthy says simply, "Since actions. such conditions were created by men and must have always been there, What are our chances of getting unrecognized. I've begun to understand women, they can be altered by them." World Federalist Friends are inspired by disparate countries to agree to give up the how counterproductive and dangerous "might is right" political philosophy and fear and suspicion can be. Consider, for William Penn, who proposed a universal government structure and stated "True agree to become part of a law-abiding example, Robert Fritz's charges world community, where ethical behavior concerning a "new age movement that Godliness excites [human] endeavors to mend the world." Let us expand our is valued higher than self-interest and has slowly infiltrated Quakerism, as well where violence will be outlawed not only as other Christian denominations," in historic Peace Testimony and make the abolition of war part of our witnessing by nations internally but also by a respect to one's Light within. Isn't it true world commonwealth internationally? The that we as attenders and/ or members to the world. These are propitious times; change is in the air. And it can be done chances are getting better by the day. need to be concerned, involved Look what is happening in Eastern Eur­ individuals, and that was Christ's point, now if enough good, dedicated people will it. ope. All this presents the opportunity for no matter what? I'm the one who is Friends to become teacher-leaders in dismayed, Mr. Fritz. Open your mind up, The essential change is to allow repre­ sentatives from all countries to frame working toward realization of God's King­ please! What is dangerous about ideas­ dom also on earth. even new ones? universally acceptable Jaws ensuring com­ Francis G. Irwin Patricia Silva mon security, promoting human rights, Yardley, Pa. Elma, Calif. and establishing a support structure to

Robert L. Fritz seems to define what may have " no part in Quaker beliefs and should not be encouraged" in ways too narrow-or else too broadly. There are which can and does enlighten those who Thought for food so many definitions of "a Christian invoke and then listen to the message. believer"! Flames of fire as experienced by the Ruth March (FJ March) suggests her A quick referral to my dictionary gives apostles on Pentecost are no mere words decision not to be vegetarian reflects the the first meaning of Christ as the to study from the past, but power temporariness of physical life and the Anointed, the Messiah expected by the available to seekers to enrich the present. inescapability of death. She argues she Jews, and then as Jesus of Nazareth. Yes, there is danger in " the new age would kill an animal to feed her children, What is bothersome to me is the implied movement." The Light may blind us for and such an act would increase, rather concept that the teachings and principles a while, as it did with Paul, but then we than decrease, her reverence for life. By laid out in the Old and New Testament may find new ways to know and rejoice recognizing our dependence on other encompass all we need to know and to in the strength of Truth freshly revealed. creatures and the resources of the earth follow. for our survival, we can deepen a sense What Jesus promised to do was to Ruth W. Marsh send us the Holy Spirit or Comforter, Houston, Tex. Continued on p. 6

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of the preciousness of life and our remain safely distant from the horrors of Jesus." There was no thought of any responsibility for our common existence. such widespread killing. Quaker connection. Are we Quakers However, our current modes of food Perhaps those non-vegetarians becoming so narrow that we consider we production and distribution act against concerned with reverence for life would alone can claim Jesus as friend? such appreciation, and they directly abuse consider becoming vegetarian as a protest the lives of animals, poor people, and the until the day when the taking of life for Ruth A. Leppman earth itself. My own commitment to food is seen as a sacred matter and done South Burlington, Vt. being a vegetarian, which has grown with concern for the resources of our gradually over the years, reflects a earth and the needs of all our people. To Sally Campbell: Oh, oh, you should witness against such abuse. I have have looked it up! My copy of the experienced it as a leading which has Maureen Graham Methodist Hymnal (copyright 1939) grown from and deepened my spiritual Upland, Calif. begins Song #240 thus: "What a Friend life. For me it is a profound aspect of We Have in Jesus," capital letter and all. living my Quaker faith in the world. The ending of meat in a diet is a In the years (well before 1939) when I To kill an animal out of necessity­ decision each individual must make based was still a Methodist, we always sang it when hungry and with due respect for the on their inner light. But could we, as a that way, never knew any other, and fragility of life and our mutual group, find enough Light to eliminate doubtless had no thought we were interdependence- is one thing. To consume meat from our Quaker functions? Could advertising Quakers. The author of the as a country large quantities of meat far those who regularly consume meat, try lyric, Joseph Scriven, lived 1820-1886. beyond our need is another. Much of our out vegetarian fare during gatherings? I rejoice in having had the chance to meat is produced through ranching that Our queries could include awareness of learn about Quakerism and to make a destroys the rain forest and devastates the the food we eat and of the animals who free choice of that form of worship. But land. The unequal distribution of food live confined and die without choice for I really don't believe all virtue is the resources worldwide reflects our inability our taste senses. I see the correlation monopoly of the local meeting, nor that to care for each other on a global scale. between the slavery that former Quakers there have been no saints before George Within such a context, production of fought against, and the veal calf whose Fox. And, for that matter, there are meat is a very inefficient way to produce short life is spent in a three-by-three-foot some great hymns that haven't yet found the energy we need to survive. It uses pen, or a chicken who is never allowed to their way into any of the Quaker song land and grain, land which could provide touch the earth. books I'm acquainted with. a much larger yield of non-meat protein. Will we continue to debate the concept We do not need to eat meat to feed of what marriage is, while we devour the Kathryn Parke ourselves. Moreover, we pay the poorest remains of a creature murdered for our Black Mt., N.C. people in our society to do our eating habits? wholescale slaughtering for us while we Elizabeth Willey Sandpoint, Idaho Meeting for foolishness I read your Among Friends column in the March issue to Friends gathered at The best of Friends? our home yesterday, and we've decided to take you up on your challenge: Baton A note to Sally Campbell (FJ March Rouge Friends Meeting will observe April Forum): The hymn "What a Friend We Fools' Day with a meeting for Have in Jesus" is indeed in that exact foolishness . Details to be worked out. form in the Methodist Hymnal. I sang it However, since our meeting's symbol 50 years ago in Methodist Sunday school; (immortalized now in a Quaker quilt) is I checked and found it is still in hymn fish swimming up trees, I don't think books. I also found in hymn books: foolishness will be too hard for us to "I've Found a Friend, Oh, Such a attain. And, as I've always said, God Friend," "I've Found a Friend Who Is takes care of children and fools, so All to Me," "A Friend I Have Called there's never been a break in my divine Jesus," and "Jesus is the Friend You protection. Need." Oh, also here is " Precious Jesus Leslie Todd Pitre Is the Best Friend of All," "The Best Baton Rouge, La. Friend to Have Is Jesus," and "Oh, Thou Great Friend to All." So along with Shepherd, Lord, King, Savior, and Captain, there is a concept of Jesus as FRIENDS JOURNAL welcomes contribu­ Friend. tions from readers. We reserve the right Georgana M. Foster to edit all letters. Submissions to Forum Leverett, Mass. should be no longer than 300 words. Submissions to Viewpoint should be As a child growing up in a New limited to I ,000 words. Although we England Congregational church and a would like to print all contributions we little later in New Jersey Presbyterian receive, space is limited, and we urge churches, I happily joined my comrades Friends to be succinct. in singing "What a friend we have in

May 1990 FluENDs JoURNAL An hour to walk your land and share our news. Most of yours bad. The rebuilt barn blown down. Your thesis set back once again. The water heater· leaking past repair. Your husband's drifting brother come to stay. The old man losing strength. And, like to break your heart, the spring foal dead at birth, with you there trying to pull his twisted foreleg out. Tongue pink, a perfect body, but no breath in him despite your rubbing, slapping, blowing in his nostrils. Heavy, heavy as the losing of a child. We tramp in silence out across your field. Somehow you've planted berry bushes, seedling pines. Your garden's in. The horses have new gates. Your little son is finally content to play alone awhile. Before I go, there's one more thing you want to show me. We duck under branches, clamber over oak tree roots and down to leap the brook. You boast how you've already braved the cold and been in swimming naked with the children. Dappled shade, then sunlight. Suddenly, the sacred circle of a new-built sweat lodge. Sturdy grapevines bend to form the hut. Smooth flagstones lead from firepit to the hole for heated rocks. Three pointed stones are set as guardians of the doorway and the fire. " My husband's brother made this all himself. We'd had it out. He was so blind and dragging. Finally I told him, 'When a job needs doing, don't sit there and wait for us to ask you , just pitch in. You 're one of us. We trust you. Just take hold!' He came and did this without even telling us. And look, he's cut us wood to start the fire!" You stand exclaiming in that meadow bright with violets, the water running round us like a shining arm , and I am wonderstruck at how you fiercely breathed life into him and freed his power, at how things die and other things are born, at how the sacred healing comes to you and those around you in the very teeth of trouble, Helen Weaver Horn is a member of Athens (Ohio) Meeting. blessing what you are.

FRIENDS JouRNAL May 1990 7 New Winds Blowing to ~ by Stephen G. Cary 've made three visits to Nicaragua since 1984, most recently under the I auspices of Witness for Peace as an invited observer of the February elec­ tions. It's been a depressing series of ex­ periences. The suffering of Nicaraguans has steadily worsened, but Washington's preoccupation with overthrowing its al­ legedly Marxist government has left no room for compassion. The numbing ef­ fect of a half century of virulent anti­ communist rhetoric permits us to be in­ different to a nation's pain. My hope each time on returning home, and the hope of so many like me, has been to paint a more human picture of Sandinista Nicaragua than the harsh ster­ eotype shaped by a decade of unrelent­ ing U.S. hostility. The picture I've ex­ perienced is neither one of a nascent Camelot nor a ruthless dictatorship. Sandinista treatment of the Miskito minority on the Atlantic coast was brutal. Its early suppression of dissent and its resort to censorship were repressive and authoritarian. Its commitment to central­ ized economic planning created a cumber­ some bureaucracy that invited misman­ agement. But for the first time in Nicara­ guan history, a government in power projected a society that would serve the poor majority rather than a wealthy elite. It mounted a major attack on illiteracy. It trained rural health workers and raised the standards of public health. It built houses and gave land to the landless. And in 1984 it submitted to an election deemed fair by international observers, if not by Washington. As a Friend, I was impressed by these positive achievements. I was impressed too with a long conversation I had in 1986 with Foreign Minister Miguel d'Escoto, one of three priests holding ma­ jor Nicaraguan government posts. Father d'Escoto knows the United States. He was born here (in Hollywood!), and was at one time a Maryknoll in Ossining, N.Y., where he directed the order's pub­ lications department. Father d'Escoto Stephen G. Cary's service among Friends has spanned five decades. He worked more than 20 years/or the American Friends Service Committee. A /937 graduate of Haverford College, he has served the college as both vice president and acting president. Since 1979 he has been chairperson of the AFSC board.

8 1rSouth acknowledged the Marxist views of nation or an unwanted insurgency, or, some of his colleagues, but spoke with as President Reagan phrased it, make a deep conviction about his faith that this people cry uncle. revolution was charting a new and unique Nicaragua has been LIC's initial prov­ path and for the first time offered an op­ ing ground. Its surrogate military arm portunity for Christians and revolution­ has been the CIA-recruited, trained, and aries to work together. equipped contra army that for seven . was he naive? Was I naive to be­ years has devastated the Nicaraguan lieve him? My Washington, countryside and cost 30,000 lives. This D.C., contacts surely thought active war has been complemented by a so, but I was-and am- of the opinion massive U.S. military build-up in neigh­ that this gentle and intelligent man with boring Honduras and by a series of joint roots in both his country and ours, and U.S.-Honduran army maneuvers on the living daily with the realities of Nicara­ Nicaraguan border. This combination gua, had a better basis for judgment has kept Nicaragua in constant fear of than U.S. ideologues 2,000 miles removed invasion and forced further diversion to from the action. military purposes of resources already Unfortunately, this kind of on-the­ taxed to the limit by the war against the scene analysis that tries to assess the marauding contras. good and the bad, and could provide a On one of my visits, I was able to ob­ Above: FSLN (Sandinista) supporters at a campaign rally. Page 8: Sandinista activists basis for initiatives to further encourage serve personally one of these border exer­ gathering to hear Daniel Ortega speak two cises. The experience left me in shock. days after his election defeat. Inset, page 8: The amount of heavy ordnance imported UNO (opposition) supporters at a rally. It was LIC-Low for the occasion was staggering. Partici­ pating U.S. guardsmen were as happily ently concluded that his country's inter­ Intensity Conflict­ excited as Boy Scouts at a cook-out. The est-and its only way out of deepening that elected Violeta local campesinos, for their part, stood crisis-lay in aligning itself with the re­ around in bewilderment amid the clouds gional peace proposals of Costa Rica's Chamorro, and it is of dust, roaring engines, swooping heli­ Oscar Arias. In August of that year he copters, and bullhorns that were convert­ joined with the presidents ofEl Salvador, UC that was the big ing their quiet, scruffy countryside into Guatemala, and Honduras in an agree­ winner In Nicaragua. an inferno. Amidst it all, there was total ment to implement the Arias plan, which unawareness of the suffering these go­ obligated all parties to initiate a cease­ ings-on were causing in a country barely fire, free political prisoners, and hold democratization, had no place in Ronald 20 miles distant. elections. The agreement also called for Reagan's universe, which is peopled en­ Meanwhile, these military actions, all foreign troops to be withrawn from tirely by black hats and white hats. In with Central Americans conveniently the region, and all foreign military aid his world, Daniel Ortega of Nicaragua doing all the dying, were being supple­ to be suspended. was designated a black hat. His govern­ mented by massive ecQnomic pressures, igning on was the easy part. ment's ties to the Evil Empire and its inluding a U.S. trade embargo aimed at Delivering the goods proved tor­ Cuban outpost gave communism a dan­ destroying the Nicaraguan economy. S tuous and difficult. El Salvador's gerous foothold in our hemisphere, and Taken together, the military and eco­ Duarte called elections, but was boxed posed a serious threat to our national nomic components of LIC operated like in by his army and the militant right, and security. the jaws of a great vise, with the United was able to make only abortive and un­ Clearly, therefore, Ortega and the States turning the screws, and gradually successful gestures toward a cease-fire. Nicaraguan colossus had to go, and it squeezing the lives and deepening the Guatemala and Honduras did essentially was up to us white-hatted North Ameri­ suffering of an impoverished people. nothing, and Washington turned a deaf cans, acting in the name of peace and fforts to resolve this and other ear to all the recommendations that af­ democracy and the Monroe Doctrine, to regional conflicts were repeatedly fected the United States. Havana's and assume the burden. A new strategy was Emade by the Contadora group of Moscow's responses weren't much better, developed for the purpose, one that had Latin American nations. They were as re­ but their involvement was much less. the advantage of being applicable to any peatedly undermined by the United States, Only Daniel Ortega made a comprehen­ Third World country that threatened however, where hardening attitudes sive effort to meet his obligations. He U.S. interests. It was named Low Intensi­ were summed up by William Casey's re­ alone among the presidents, in spite of ty Conflict (LIC), and it called for using ported question at a CIA staff meeting: intermittent back-sliding, achieved a a combination of U.S. economic power "What more can we do about the econ­ cease-fire, undertook negotiations, re­ and surrogate military forces working omy to make these bastards sweat?" leased prisoners, and called an election. together to bring to heel a recalcitrant Finally, in 1987 Daniel Ortega appar- As might have been expected, the San-

FRIENDs JoURNAL May 1990 9 dinistas received scant credit for their ef­ ganizations could assure a fair election. possibility of fraud. During the day, I forts. The U.S. press continued to ob­ The Bush administration provided the dropped in on five more polling places, serve a double standard in its Central opposition UNO alliance with nine mil­ two in small rural communities, and American reporting, reflected during lion dollars to give it a chance for "a ended up observing a vote count in the this period by praise for Duarte, silence level playing field." The United States town of Jinotepe. Like all my colleagues, regarding the do-nothings and the deaf also ignored the demands of the five I found the occasion a model of thor­ ears, and criticism of Nicaragua for steps presidents that the contras be disbanded oughness, integrity, and patience. judged inadequate or duplicitous. to prevent their interfering with the elec­ It was an exciting time to be in To underline this bias, a closer look tion process. We insisted they had tore­ Nicaragua, and to witness firsthand such at the election, which I recently observed, main as a fighting force "to keep the an historic event. The stunning upset is instructive. Preparations began a year Sandinistas' feet to the fire." These posi­ achieved by Violeta Chamorro in con­ ago with the appointment by the Ortega tions were sustained through the months founding the pollsters and decisively government of a Supreme Electoral prior to the election by a stream of charg­ defeating the governing FSLN, added to Commission, with full responsibility for es of Sandinista intimidation and fraud. the drama, even as it finally silenced ac­ overseeing the election. At the same time hat was the reality? The first cusations of electoral fraud. But once invitations were extended to the United reality was that conditions for again I felt a sense of depression on my Nations, the Organization of American W conducting an election could return, this time because my understand­ States {and later, to Jimmy Carter's pres­ hardly have been more difficult. Nicara­ ing of the results was so different from idential group) to send official delega­ gua is devastated by war, and has lived the prevailing opinion here at home, tions to monitor the planning process and in constant fear of invasion. Its trans­ where the mood was triumphal. In the the voting. They agreed to come, and all port and communication facilities are minds of people here, the vote for UNO maintained substantial staffs in Nicara­ poor and its electorate is impoverished, had turned the communists out, launched gua for months before the balloting. barely freed from illiteracy, and trapped democracy in Nicaragua, and vindicated in a collapsed economy. ten years of U.S. interventionist policy. Against this background, the despised It was Eastern Europe all over again. I Electoral Commission succeeded in reg­ did not see the parallel, and I did not istering 90 percent of Nicaragua's eligi­ share in the self-serving assessment. ble voters, insisted on fair access to the In the first place, as far as the election media by all parties, identified 4,400 itself is concerned, I saw it as the end polling places, dispatched accurate product of a democratic process, not its voting lists and the right number of harbinger. Credit for Nicaragua's move­ ballots-three for each voter- to every ment toward democracy belongs to Daniel polling site, on time (by mule, by canoe, Ortega and not to Violeta Chamorro, by bicycle, by truck, by air), trained however difficult this is for us to accept 20,000 Nicaraguans in their polling place after so many years of routine villifica­ duties, made provision for poll watchers tion of his every move. It was, after all, from contending parties, and devised the Sandinista government that presided virtually fool-proof voting mechanisms over the planning and execution of this to prevent fraud. extraordinary event: the most remarkable In the event, 85 percent of registered and carefully watched election in history. voters came out of the barrios and the And it was the Sandinistas who, in good hills to stand quietly in line for an democratic tradition, graciously accept­ average of two hours in the hot sun to ed the bitter pill of defeat. Perhaps, as cast their ballots in a wholly violence­ time passes, we in the States are ready free election. It was a monumental ac­ to acknowledge these points, but other­ complishment. The international moni­ wise the original assessment seems to re­ toring bodies made important contribu­ main intact: that the Sandinistas lost tions to the process, but the ultimate because they egregiously mismanaged responsibility rested with Daniel Ortega the economy and failed to bring peace and the Electoral Commission, and they to a war-weary people; that for these met it well. Witness for Peace had 130 failures the people punished the FSLN observers scattered throughout the coun­ try. One reached his polling place by Above: U. S. observers at the polls on election boat. Another rode a mule for seven day. Right: Children in Managua playing hours to reach hers. baseball, the "National Sport." I observed the opening procedures at a site in a Managua barrio, where a well­ The United States, for its part, reacted trained offiCial explained the voting proc­ to these initiatives with suspicion and ess to poll workers and carefully sealed hostility. The Electoral Commission was the cardboard, color-coded ballot boxes denounced as a tool of the Sandinistas, after demonstrating to all witnesses that and Washington dismissed the possibili­ they were empty. There were three sepa­ ty that the international monitoring or- rate and independent checks against the

10 by repudiating the revolution and voting for freedom. he vote was certainly punish­ ment, but it was not repudiation. Journey T There are still new winds blowing to our south, and UNO's victory will not give back to the United States its century-old ownership of the country. in Nicaragua The voters' wrath was directed at condi­ tions that had become so intolerable that people could no longer bear them. When by Ann Stever parents can't feed their children, and their drafted sons are dying endlessly in the mountains, there comes a time when change-any change-becomes impera­ project, and taken to our hotel. She ex­ tive. And change came, riding on the plained we would go to a cooperative back of misery. Who and what is respon­ We found people village the next day to observe training sible for the misery? It's easy and com­ to be optimistic, of health brigadistas, volunteers who are forting to blame Sandinista incompe­ selected by their communities to provide tence, and there was some of that, but enthusiastic, and health education, promotion, and im­ the prime responsibility has to rest with hard-working. We munizations. It would be a long and calculated Washington policy. rough trip, and the village would be It was LIC-Low Intensity Conflict­ found a wealth of without running water or electricity. We that elected Violeta Chamorro, and it is would stay three days in Pantasma. LIC that was the big winner in Nicara­ mutual caring, We had arrived in Managua a few gua. I think this is more important for respect, and faith. days previously and were told Managua Friends to reflect upon than on who won had no center, but we were not prepared and who lost an election. The harsh real­ for the impact of that. There was a ity is: LIC works. It took ten years, but severe earthquake in 1973. Reconstruc­ on February 25, 1990, Nicaraguans fin­ e could barely see the stunning tion aid went into Somoza's pocket, and ally cried uncle. Nicaraguan countryside as we little rebuilding or even clearing was The policymakers of two administra­ W concentrated on keeping our done. The city was bombed during the tions are understandably ecstatic. I can't feet under us on the packed bus from revolution in 1978 and 1979, and much join in their rejoicing. I think a policy Managua to Matagalpa. As yet another destruction remains. As a result, one that depends for its success on reducing person squeezed on, the upper parts of drives or walks past two or three blocks millions of human beings in a poor and our bodies adjusted, while feet remained of fields full of weeds and perhaps the tiny country to a level of misery beyond stationary, wedged in by the feet of oth­ shell of a building, followed by a block endurance is a policy unworthy of a ers, bags of food, chickens, and small or two of marginal housing, followed by great nation. Argentine Bishop Fredrico children. We were on our way to visit a block of substantial housing, and then Pagura, president of the Latin American a health education and promotion proj­ a few more fields. There is neither a Council of Churches, made this point ect supported by the American Friends governmental nor commercial center. bluntly clear on the day following the Service Committee. As a visitor, there is no place to go election, when he said in Managua: "We Three hours late for our destination, where the community gathers; there is fervently hope that this significant ex­ we were met by an anxious, enthusiastic no zocolo, no central plaza. It was ex­ perience in Nicaragua will mark for the Edith Delgado, staff member for the tremely disorienting. United States the end of an arbitrary Matagalpa, by contrast, gave us a and arrogant policy, which has no Ann Stever is a member of University Meeting in sense of community, with central squares, justification, not before God, nor before Seattle, Washington, past AFSC board member stores, houses, and curious, friendly the consciousness of humankind." and recently regional executive secretory of the people, The city suffered during the Pacific Northwesi office of AFSC. She and her I think all Americans need to reflect husband, Bob, spent six months of a sabbatical revolution but is proud of that history. on the bishop's words. 0 year in Mexico and Central America. When we were there in September, walls were covered with graffiti of congratula­ tions and support for the FSLN (Freote Sandinista Liberacioo Nacional) in cele­ bration of the tenth anniversary of the revolution. However, there were also many signs for parties and candidates op­ posing the Sandinistas in the February 1990 election. There was free and open talk of the merits of all parties. Above all we felt from talking with people and from what we could see around us, that there was an immense pride in and love

11 of their country. They know they are Right: The clinic in poor, and they have various opinions Pantasma where health brigadistas were trained about the competence of their govern­ Below: The author's ment. But we got the sense most people husband, Bob Stever, trusted the motives of their government with a health worker and had faith it was trying to do the and her two children right thing. They offered their support, Page 13: A street scene in Pantasma including constructive criticism. It struck us that we have no such faith in the in­ tegrity of our own government, that we have a sad sense it is more often on the side against people and their needs both at home and abroad than for them, that we no longer have a government which tries to actualize ideals for which we believe our country still stands. It was remarkable to come to Nicara­ gua after being in Mexico and Guatemala. In Mexico we heard about and met with popular movements of women, students, campesinos, and workers who are de­ manding changes in their government, which they have seen to benefitthewealth­ Y, to be corrupt, and to be in opposi­ only in Central America, but also in the because it consists of the things which tion to their goals and dreams. They had United States. have not been done. It is a humbling and faith in the capacity to bring change, but icaraguans we met were aware angering experience to see what has and not in the current government, despite of and grateful for their govern­ has not happened in such a poor coun­ rhetoric about their 1910 revolution. In Nment's priority on education and try because our own government has sup­ Guatemala, there was more fear than health care. They also made sure we un­ ported the continuing armed struggle. anger against the government, because derstood the obstacles presented by the Pantasma is a recently built (post­ its military has been and is still an instru­ contras and war. As we drove for three revolution) cooperative village of about ment of terror and oppression against hours in a pick-up truck over a bone­ 100 houses. They are all the same, made the people, especially the Indian majori­ rattling road to Pantasma, Edith of concrete and wood, two rooms and ty. While we were in Guatemala in Au­ pointed out a small monument to a porch, one of the rooms being the kitch­ gust, the office of Peace Brigades Inter­ health worker who had been killed by en, in which a wood fire is used for national was bombed, as well as that of contras, the skeleton of a rural clinic cooking. Edith described it as muy jeo, GAM, a Guatemalan organization which which had been burned to the ground by very ugly, with little or no drainage and demands information about people who the contras. She stressed the government much mud, it being the rainy season. have "disappeared." And so, we realized cannot improve the roads nor provide She much preferred the traditional vil­ Nicaragua gave us a special opportuni­ health supplies as long as it has to fight lages. There was one faucet for the vil­ ty to be in a country where people believe the contras. The cost of war is far more lage, and people hauled water in plastic their own goals and those of their gov­ than the lives of those killed in the buckets. The village had a comedor ernment are consonant. This is rare, not fighting; much of it is hard to measure, (small restaurant) and clinic as well as a couple of stores. e stayed with Yvonne, a health educator in the community. W Her husband, a doctor, had been moved to another district, so she and her two small children provided hospitality for us and another team member. We were assured of boiled water, which was not common in the area. The community also had latrines for each house. This, too, is not com­ mon. The greatest changes in the health of the people of this area will come as health brigadistas persuade their com­ munities to boil their water, wash their hands, and build latrines. My husband, Bob, is a physician, and he assisted for the two days in the clinic. He noted much malnutrition, not because of diet or lack of food, but because of parasites.

12 May 1990 FRIENDs JoURNAL munizations, both learning to give injec­ readily because all had suffered from tions and taking a census on immuniza­ abscesses. Again, great laughter and pa­ tions for children under six. Not only is tience were present as one after another polio vaccine provided, but also shots would contaminate the needle or skin of against tuberculosis, diphtheria, measles, the arm and have to start again. We were and German measles. The government deeply impressed with the brigadistas, needed to know how many children had with their seriousness and commitment received all their immunizations and to their job, with their humor, their care what was needed in what part of the for one another, their intensity in learn­ country. As trainers explained how to ing. We could not help but feel an over­ record the date, we became aware of a whelming sense of gratitude for seeing sense of puzzlement spreading within the this project. We also felt optimism for group. We guessed many had learned to the country, noting the richness of read within the last ten years during the human resources. country's literacy campaign. It became e were excited and pleased to clear many of the brigadistas did not see AFSC supporting the kind understand how to read or write dates W of project we believe leads to written all in numbers. So, time was authentic development. Corinne Johnson, taken to teach them, and they practiced Secretary of AFSC's International Divi­ reading or writing their birthdays, Christ­ sion, has spoken of development as the mas, and other important dates. There process of decreasing people's vulnerabil­ were furrowed brows and deep concen­ ity. The health education and promotion tration, followed by broad grins, laugh­ project contributes to this goal in a very He was clear that currently the need is ing, and rejoicing as each gained the new concrete way by helping people over­ not for more doctors and nurses or cur­ knowledge. No one made fun of another, come debilitating diseases that are easi­ ative medicine, but that the program of no impatience was expressed, enormous· ly preventable. This allows them to give health education described above is the support and respect were provided for their energies to other priorities to im­ proper priority. one another. prove their lives. This is achieved by Some improvements have already been The same was true when the briga­ working with people who do not have made. Polio has been virtually wiped distas learned to give each other injec­ high levels of professional training, peo­ out in Nicaragua. We had forgotten the tions. The importance of sterile tech­ ple who are most vulnerable. But even impact of polio. In Managua we saw nique was emphasized and understood more important, the brigadistas we met many people in wheelchairs. We visited with Russell Gasser, a British Friend, who trains disabled people to repair wheel­ chairs, and asked him if the war caused most of the injuries. He told us he thought about half were caused by the war, a quarter from accidents, and the other quarter from polio. Next door, Honduras still has a severe problem with polio. The vaccine is not expensive, but distribution in an underdeveloped coun­ try with poor roads is difficult. It is a great credit to the Nicaraguan govern­ ment and to the system of health briga­ distas that they have eliminated this disease. About 40 brigadistas came for the training we observed. Many came on horseback, and we were reminded of a western U.S. town in the mid-19th cen­ tury, with horses standing patiently at hitching-posts and fences and small chil­ dren riding here and there. Some briga­ distas rode as much as one and a half or two hours to attend. They ranged from their mid-20s to 50s; about one­ third were women. Some had received considerable training (they came once a month for training), and others were just starting. The focus of the training was on im-

FRIENDS JouRNAL May 1990 13 were radiant with a sense of their own self-worth, value, and capacities, with power to affect their own lives and those of others. They might not use the term, but it seems to me love was the ftrst mo­ A Quaker Study Cen tion, for the staff and for the people trained who went back to their commun­ ities. I was proud of AFSC's daring to try what love can do in Nicaragua itself, remembering at the same time that love impels us to work in our own country by Kjeld K. Lings to change U.S. policies toward Nicara­ gua, policies which inhibit if not destroy here are many different Quaker individuals concerned, it seems unfor­ the kinds of efforts we saw. schools in the world, but only tunate that their home meetings are im­ icaragua has a long way to go. Tthree adult Quaker study centers poverished by having to do without We were aware there had been come to mind: Pendle Hill, in the them for much longer than anticipated Nserious economic problems, with United States, Woodbrooke, in Eng­ when these students were first award­ one of the highest inflation rates in the lAnd, and Viittakivi, in Finland. This ed the one-year scholarship. world. That was a major cause of pop­ means Quakers in other comers of the For several years the Section of the ular dissatisfaction with the government. world have no study centers reflecting Americas has used Spanish as its sec­ We were told Nicaragua replaced Haiti their language or cultures, and so must ond offtciallanguage. I fmd this step as the poorest country in the hemisphere travel great distances to study their encouraging and empowering in a situ­ a few months before. But we also asked, faith in other languages, regardless of ation where Latin American Friends what is the definition of poor? Is it gross their fluency or backgrounds. have long been underprivileged in national product? Is it personal income? This is particularly difficult in the terms of opportunities for study and While there is no denying the material Western hemisphere, where Friends access to Quaker literature. However, poverty, we noted that basic shelter and south of the Rio Grande speak pri­ there is no doubt in my mind it is go­ food seemed to be available to all, that marily Spanish or native languages, ing to take years, perhaps decades, of the government is making efforts to pro­ rather than English, yet their primary hard work to make this policy become vide basic education and health care to option to study Quakerism is to apply a reality. all. Above all, in Nicaragua we did not for a scholarship at Pendle Hill. In ef­ With these points in mind, I would experience a poverty of spirit. On the fect, this limits the number of Latin like to share a new vision. One factor contrary, we found people we met to be American Quakers who can study the that may bring greater equality be­ optimistic, enthusiastic, and hard-work­ faith, practice, and testimonies of tween Friends in the northern and ing. We found a wealth of mutual car­ Friends. It also means most Spanish­ southern halves of this hemisphere ing, respect, and faith. Now that the speaking students admitted to Pendle could be the establishment of a Quaker Nicaraguan elections have changed our Hill have to face a language barrier, a study center in Latin America. Such a government's attitude, we hope that different kind of worship, and pro­ center could fulfill a number of pur­ much needed aid will reach the kind of longed culture shock. Understandably, poses, notably these: community we visited. We fear that this affects their ability to contribute health, education, and community devel­ fully to the enriching cross-cultural ex­ • being available to all Quaker groups opment will not be as high a priority for perience of living at Pendle Hill and and yearly meetings in Latin America the new Nicaraguan government. can place them in a diminished posi­ as a source of spiritual nourishment; We faced with less than eager antici­ tion in the community. • eliminating the necessity for Latin pation the three-hour, crowded bus trip In addition, I have met several Latin American Friends to "transplant" back to Managua, wondering if once American students who have chosen themselves into a foreign language and again we would have to stand all the not to return to their countries of culture to study Quakerism; way. A young man in the bus line asked origin upon completion of their year • providing an opportunity for Latin if we spoke English, and we exchanged of studies at Pendle Hill. Rather than American Friends to study and con­ smiles and comments in his broken feeling ready to go back to their home duct research into Quakerism in their English and our less-than-fluent Spanish. meetings and share their new insights own language and according to their When the bus arrived, the line exploded and experiences, they have decided to specific needs; into a free-for-all to secure seats. By the pursue further studies in the United • enabling Latin American Friends to time we squeezed on, there were none States. Although this may become a develop and nurture their cultural to be had. All of a sudden our gloom personally enriching experience for the identity; turned bright; our friend in the line was Kjeld K. Lings is a member ofDenmark Yearly • providing a forum for exchange of waving at us; he had saved us two seats. Meeting. A professional interpreter/translator ideas, experiences, and visions among So we rode comfortably behind him, ofSpanish, he lived in Latin America in the early Latin American Friends; wondering how our government can 1980s and has served as a representative ofDen­ • facilitating and encouraging produc­ mark Yearly Meeting to FWCC. In 1988 he spent tion of original Quaker literature in find these people hostile and frighten­ two terms as a student at Pendle Hill. He is ing. Our journey in Nicaragua came to writing a similar article in Spanish for publica­ Spanish; a close; our journey of the spirit, of in­ tion among Latin American Friends. • developing a standard Latin Ameri- sights and experiences, continues. 0

14 May 1990 FluENDS JoURNAL r in Central America?

Quaker presence there. Among other institutions of learning, Friends World College has a branch office in San Jose. Judging from similar initiatives in the Scandinavian countries, particu­ Latin American larly the highly successful Danish folk school movement, it would seem a Friends have Quaker study center in Costa Rica would ideally be located away from big a rich spiritual cities. Most Danish folk schools I have and cultural heritage visited prefer rural or small-town set­ tings with ample access to natural that deserves areas. For a Quaker context, such a setting would seem particularly fitting. recognition and Another important step would be to nourish ent. establish a fund-raising strategy, a ,_,: '>([~· ~..._ :-;-_:("-~::-.. : . . ·'-'?: ~·::-·~·\·::(.- staff and student policy, and an outline of a general curriculum. It would seem appropriate that both programmed and unprogrammed Quaker traditions be duly represented. Subjects such as the history of Quakerism in Latin America come to mind. Among many other possibilities, a course on can Quaker terminology in Spanish; the vtston a little more concrete I "Quaker English for Beginners" might • facilitating translations from English would like to suggest a series of steps be included. This could be matched at into Spanish of selected Quaker to be considered. Pendle Hill with a similar course on writings; One first step could be to take the "Quaker Spanish for Beginners." • enabling Spanish-speaking Friends project to the appropriate Quaker Such language instruction might be a from other continents to study charac­ bodies and make the pertinent modest and yet significant contribution teristics of Latin American Quakerism decisions. to building a bridge across the North/ and culture and learn from insights of Next, an international committee South barrier. Quakers in this region; should be established. Its membership In my personal experience, Latin • establishing a strong Quaker pres­ should reflect the two major trends American Friends have a rich spiritual ence in the Spanish-speaking world; (pastoral and nonpastoral) in Quaker­ and cultural heritage that deserves • building a permanent bridge between ism, with representatives from the recognition and nourishment. A programmed and unprogrammed Latin American Friends Coordinating Quaker adult study center could be Friends in the hemisphere. Committee (COAL), FWCC, Quaker designed to enrich and stimulate the in­ adult education centers, and all yearly tellectual and spiritual life of this im­ Since this vision is held by an in­ meetings of Friends in Latin America. portant part of the world family of creasing number of Friends in the A next step could be to choose a site. Friends. Americas, perhaps the time has come Many Friends would fmd Costa Rica As already pointed out, the above for FWCC to place the following pro­ a natural first choice. Thanks to its ideas are to be considered as a base for posal on its agenda. Much discussion, convenient geographic location, this reflection, discussion, and further analy­ prayer, discernment, and sustained ef­ Central American nation is accessible sis. I hope they will be received and fort will be needed for it to become a to most Quaker groups in Latin Ameri­ come to fruition in the same spirit as reality. ca. Without armed forces, Costa Rica they are presented, which is one of Since this is only a preliminary pro­ enjoys more political stability than Friendly fellowship, respect, and love posal, it may be too soon for going in­ most countries in the region. For dec­ across national and international to too much detail. However, to make ades there bas been a small but active boundaries. 0

FluENDs JoURNAL May 1990 15 The HOMOGENIZED QUAKER by Stanley Zarowin ost of us are blessed. We can seeking, seeking, seeking. I'm proud to Is there something about the Quaker hear the faintest whimper of say I've found!"? process that contributes to such M a baby, the softest humming As a result, whether we mean to or homogenization? of a mother, the nearly imperceptible not, often Friends reject or overlook Although Quaker process is frequent­ heartbeats of a loved one. Yet a far loud­ dissenters' messages and press instead ly blamed for many problems, I believe er sound-the voice of diversity-often for consensus, an agreement of the as­ the charge is usually misplaced. After all, leaves us temporarily hard of hearing. sembled intellect, rather than waiting for Quaker process is not primarily designed What is there about such messages unity, an agreement of the universal to achieve a secular goal; its main func­ that, no matter how clearly they are Spirit. Unity embraces diversity, honor­ tion is to achieve a spiritual goal. To be spoken, many of us find them inaudible ing it even; consensus, at best, begrudg­ sure, a committee or business meeting or not understandable? How is it that, ingly tolerates it. minute may be vitally important, but it no matter how tenderly they are pre­ Continuing revelation may be our is never more important than the spiritual sented, we usually respond with rebut­ stated goal, yet we too often allow diver­ process through which unity on the tals-if not with our lips, then with our sity of revelation to be so crippled that minute is achieved. thoughts? our monthly meetings tend either to Many Friends joke about the often tor­ George Fox spoke for "continuing march to the beat of the same drummer tuous path of Quaker process. "Gather revelation," and the Religious Society of or stand immobilized-and in pain. a dozen Friends in one room and you're Friends was, among other things, built In theory, Quaker process is designed . guaranteed to have 13 points of view on on that spiritual premise. The key word to nurture diversity. Indeed, such voices almost any issue." No matter how many is "continuing." The implied advisory is often cry out, like trumpet calls from the times Friends repeat that "joke" or that if we are to fmd the Truth, the Path, watchtowers of the soul. But how often some variation of it, it's sure to generate the Inner Light, we must be prepared to are the calls blocked by well-meaning smiles. Humor, after all, is a socially ac­ have it revealed by anyone, anywhere, Friends who hear a different melody and ceptable way to hide our anxieties: anytime. It means we must seek it out, sound their own alarm by standing in anger, fear, prejudice. even if it involves traveling to unlikely the way? So what are we hiding when we joke places and listening to unlikely people. In reality, Friends with views that about diversity? And why do many of Moses, a stammerer, was chosen to conflict with their monthly meetings' us find the Quaker process often so ex­ speak God's words. Indeed, "Out of the either are isolated in their pain or find cruciating that we either absent our­ mouths of babes and sucklings hast thou it spiritually expedient to search for selves from business meeting or, if we ordained strength" (Psalm 8:2) and "per­ another meeting-one with a more go, invite the Quaker imp to lighten our fected praise" (Matthew 21:16). tender "ear." deliberations? Yet messages of diversity, at least the Alas, the result, by a literal process of Join me as I explore one possible muffled and mangled parts we finally elimination, is the "homogenized" meet­ answer to these difficult questions. hear, instantly convert us from seekers ing, where most of the members are At their best, messages of diversity are and listeners into defenders of our long­ either in general agreement on the "big" no more than pleas for respectful con­ held truths. Most of us begin our Quaker issues-Christocentrism, abortion, same­ sideration of a view and those who sup­ spiritual path as seekers. But too often, sex marriage-or they agree to disagree­ port that view. The messages are not once we believe we've found our route, in pain-because opposing views are no necessarily calls for conversion, only we seem to lose our desire (sometimes longer heard and the search for unity suf­ consideration. even our capacity) to continue the explor­ focates in Friendly etiquette. Sometimes the plea is for an economic ation. How often have you heard even Such homogenization may be ideal for reality, such as when a woman appeals weighty Friends exclaim in frustation, dogma-based religions, where the goal is for the right to terminate a pregnancy "I'm sick to death of hearing about uniformity, but not for a community because the alternative is untenable to where independent thought and continu­ her. Sometimes it's an emotional reali­ Stanley Zarowin worships-and tries to listen­ ing revelation are, or should be, the ty, such as when a homosexual begs that as a member at Staten Island (N. Y.) Meeting. mainstay. his or her chosen mate be given the same

16 May 1990 F'RmNDs JoURNAL tender respect and legal rights as hetero­ to live the life of a Quaker-listening for then it behooves us to remain alert and sexual mates. And sometimes it's a Truth, being open to continuing revela­ listening, especially when a view con­ spiritual reality, such as when Friends tion, among other things. Then, having flicts with ours. request the privilege to invoke not just achieved a personal spiritual leap by Truth may be uttered by those who es­ a christ, but Christ Jesus, on their path clearing a channel of communication pouse Christocentric, Universalist, Hin­ to Truth. with God, then, and only then, will the du, or Buddhist beliefs. Truth may Friends often cite George Fox's coun­ still, small voice be heard so we can in­ spring from fundamentalists. It may sel, ". . . walk cheerfully over the world, deed walk cheerfully over the world, come from homosexuals, socialists, answering [or reaching] that of God in seeking and reaching that of God in Jews, blacks, and even the psychologi­ every one." But the phrase takes on everyone. cally handicapped. Indeed, in some cul­ more powerful meaning if the quote is His point, I believe, is that the Truth tures, what we define as insanity is con­ put in context: " And this is the word of is not only spoken by the pious or from sidered a state of grace-a spiritual ear the Lord God to you all . . . be ye pat­ those whose goal is not to offend. In cocked to the word of God. terns, be examples in all countries, fact, although Friendly etiquette may Yet we block these messages. And the places, islands, nations, wherever you ask us not to offend, it does not caution still, small voice we honor and hope to come; that your carriage and life may us not to awaken, especially if some discern often is lost in our own strident preach among all sorts of people, and Friends sleep. and rigid defense of our own beliefs. to them. Then you will come to walk To be sure, we may not all agree what I've heard of Friends wrangling for cheerfully over the world, answering constitutes "sleep." But if we hone to hours over inclusion of the word "Jesus" that of God in every one. . . . " Fox's insight that revelation continues, in a letter opposing war, only to aban­ Here is Fox encouraging Friends ftrst and therefore is not sleeping dogma, don the letter because some Friends Does your response mechanism shift into high gear the moment you recogn1ze• an alien view?

FRIENDS JouRNAL May 1990 17 stood in the way. Jesus would have As Friends, we ask God for help in the than in its observance. wept, as did some Friends. Yet other struggle to control that reaction so we Our defensive stance may be one way Friends, who believed their position was can remain centered and witness for non­ to nonviolently vent the energy triggered equally meritorious, felt that immobili­ violence and toleration. But we cannot by the adrenalin. But it may also trick ty was more acceptable than honoring control the actual injection of adrenalin, us into believing that the message of the diversity or seeking true spiritual unity. for it is a strong hormone that leaves us still, small voice we hear must not only I've heard of Friends condemning anxious and belligerent-emotions that be delivered to all, but be shared by all. homosexuality as an abomination, al­ tend to unbalance centeredness. If you wish to address this issue, con­ though there was no suggestion the Of course, we're no longer running sider this spiritual exercise. At your next heterosexual community abandon its from saber-toothed tigers. But what we business meeting (which is actually a sexual preference, only that gay Friends are escaping from today are, in some meeting for worship with a concern for be allowed the spiritual space to prac­ cases, more fearful: demons of our own business) determine to listen, to fight tice theirs. It is bad enough that we fail making-the unknown, strange, and back preemptive responses. And if you to hear strangers; what a loss when we unchartered paths. feel a need to speak, speak sparingly fail to hear Friends. And they, like saber-toothed tigers, from the silence. What is there about diversity that trigger the adrenalin, which in turn trig­ To prepare yourself, meditate on this: boils our blood such that its message is gers the static that protects our inner­ Does your response mechanism shift in­ lost? Maybe the message is not lost. most realms-our personal formulas for to high gear the moment you recognize Maybe it's just garbled or attenuated by survival and unity: our dogmas, if you an alien view? Even if you successfully a defensive sheath of static. will. restrain your public utterances, how suc­ We all know one emotion that triggers Evolution, with a little help from cessful are you in restraining your our defense mechanism: fear. We are God, gave us two ears and one mouth. private thoughts? How quickly do you blessed with an intuitive ability to react One would think, based on the frequen­ begin to formulate objection, even be­ to fear. At the first sight of a figurative cy of those anatomical orifices, that we fore the speaker has finished his or her saber-toothed tiger, adrenalin pumps in­ were designed to listen twice as much as message? It's difficult, if not impossi­ to our blood, readying us for fight or talk. Alas, that's not the way it is, as any ble, to adequately absorb another mes­ flight. Unfortunately, although the hor­ Friend can confirm. The Quaker goal of sage if so much energy is focused on mone sharpens us physically, it dulls us speaking to an issue once, and from the response. intellectually and spiritually. silence, is practiced more in its breach More important: When that alien view is presented, do you consciously go through the painful exercise of seeking that of God in the person delivering the message? That is, do you try to fathom the source of the message, and then, as the Native Americans say, do you put on that person's moccasins so you can experience how he or she feels the path under foot? Eventually you may discover that even if an alien message conflicts with your beliefs, it may not appear as dangerous as you would have expected. You may discover you can allow this view as a "visitor," even if you don't invite it to live in your home. That is not to say you should stifle your views. Indeed, it is our responsibili­ ty as Friends to speak out-but out of the silence, not out of anger or in defense of our fears. Consider, too, how Friends would react if we were to limit our objections to speaking against an issue rather than standing against it. We're no longer running What do we risk with such an exer­ cise? We risk receiving a rich spiritual from saber··toothed tigers, blessing-and sometimes paradox, often the richest spiritual gift. We also risk los­ but from the demons ing our unconscious prejudices, and we gain the opportunity to discover new ways to love our friends as well as our of our own making. enemies. Indeed, we risk hearing the Word. 0

18 May 1990 F'RIENDs JoURNAL which is pure? In practical terms, what want to tell?" Five people were asked does this mean? Obviously, it means to talk about this question in front of regular meeting for worship, where we the group. None had had time to prepare settle into the silence and hold up in the an answer, but they were offered sup­ Light parts of our lives. Certainly it portive listening while they struggled means various spiritual disciplines, such with the question. The first thing evident as reading Scriptures and devotional was the great deal of embarrassment literature, meditating, and journaling. they felt. Second was the strong realiza­ owever, with the exception of meet­ tion that no one had ever asked before, ing for worship, Friends tend to that to go public was very new and Hoverlook a variety of ways our strange. They had experienced a sense Friends communities can help us in this of isolation around their experience of task. I would like to discuss first the im­ their deepest selves. They felt vulnerable. portance of communal support for our As they struggled to articulate this part attempt to follow George Fox's call to of themselves, they hesitatingly expressed us, and then tell you how Annapolis certain common themes: the importance Friends Meeting has addressed the need. of love, the interconnectedness of all One of the traditional Christian spiri­ people, the integrity of nature, and our tual disciplines Friends often overlook part in it. In addition, each expressed a is confession. The Bible urges us, "Con­ vision bearing the imprint of his or her fess your sins to one another, and pray unique experience. A great deal of emo­ for one another. ..."(James 5:16) Af­ tion was evident as they spoke. ter quoting this passage, Richard Foster If we are to live our lives on the basis writes in Celebration of Discipline, of that which is pure, we need opportu­ nities to speak of what is dearest to us. Confession is so difficult a Discipline for us We need to be heard by someone who partly because we view the believing commu­ nity as a fellowship of saints before we see acknowledges spiritual reality. We need it as a fellowship of sinners .... But if we to claim it as part of our humanness. know that the people of God are first a fel­ ne of the most precious fruits of lowship of sinners we are freed to hear the that which is pure within us is our unconditional call of God's love and to con­ Ovision of the world we want to live fess our need openly before our brothers and in. Our vision is formed by our experi­ sisters .... In acts of mutual confession we ence, by our own particular personali­ release the power that heals. Our humanity ty, and by something deeper, something is no longer denied but transformed. holy. I believe we all have a vision of In our egalitarian religion, we con­ some sort, unique and personal, yet uni­ fess, if at all, to one another. And given versal. I believe we had that vision when the focus of our religion, our confession we were very young, when we wondered is of our struggle to be open to the Spirit what kind of adults we would become, . working within us as much as, or more when we dreamed of being a firefighter than, of our struggle against sin. or a nurse, of caring, of helping, of con­ eing listened to is spiritually en­ tributing. But how few of us have al­ abling. We tell someone about some­ lowed our vision to mature over time in Bthing we are struggling with, and shape, texture, and detail. Yet it is often from some place within we gain clarity. toward our unique vision that God calls The listener need only listen. How pre­ us. Part of the work of the listener is to cious is the person who will withhold the call forth this vision. attempt to solve our problem for us and Equally important, we need to talk by Patience A. Schenck just listen. about our daily lives in a spiritual con­ But how hard we find it to talk about text. We need to hold up our decisions eorge Fox wrote, "Keep close to our deepest spiritual experience. We will in the Light that brings clarity, to see the that which is pure within you, that discuss our sex lives before we will talk details of our lives in a broader context. Gleads you up to God." No quota­ about that which is pure within us. It is We need to learn to live our routine lives tion better sums up both the faith and considered the most personal thing. It close to that which is pure. Talking the practice of our religion. There is that is assumed no one would be interested. about our lives with people who share of God within us, that which is pure, It is the dearest and most precious part . our spiritual assumptions helps us gain and this idea leads directly to our testi­ of ourselves, and we won't risk being that perspective. monies and to our mode of worship. misunderstood. I would like to share my meeting's ex­ But how do we keep close to that I recently attended a weekend work­ perience with our midweek worship shop on psychology and spirituality. At group as a way we can both help one A teacher of Re-evaluation Counseling, Patience A. Schenck works for the American College of one point, people were asked to address another integrate that which is pure with Obstetricians and Gynecologists in Washington, the question, "When you dare speak of our daily lives and call up our deeper vi­ D.C. She is a member ofAnnapol is (Md.) Meeting. what is most dear to you, what do you sion. Midweek worship has been spiritu-

FluENDs JouRNAL May 1990 19 ally enriching for all of us. It has allowed has decided to practice a certain spiritual us to ease into talking about what is im­ discipline with a request to be asked portant to us without the expectation of about progress the next week. People great depth or profundity. It has gradu­ have shared brief readings and reflected ally accustomed us to sharing with on longer ones. They have spoken of a others what is deeply important to us. sense of calling and searched for the It has been a supportive, growing ex­ next step the calling requires. perience for all of us. When someone is dealing with an es­ In the past, our weekly midweek wor­ pecially difficult problem, we hold the ship group had always combined wor­ person in the Light during the week. ship with book discussion, thereby Knowledge of this has been very suppor­ meeting an important adult educational tive to the person. need. However, a couple of years ago ince previous experience had given we decided to try a new format. me an idea of how our groups might We meet in one another's homes. Swork, I have served as an informal After fixing a cup of tea and chatting leader much of the time. Rotating lead­ informally for a few minutes, we settle ership has been suggested, but everyone into silent worship for about 20 minutes. has preferred to let me continue. Cer­ Then, for the rest of the evening, each tain leadership functions need to be per­ person is allotted a specified amount of formed, whatever the arrangement: time, usually about 10 or 15 minutes, to starting and closing worship, reminding reflect aloud on any subject or situation people of the task at hand if they start he or she wishes. This may be something chatting, checking for consensus as to the person has read, reflections on are­ any decisions, and-very important­ cent experience, or an opportunity to explaining the process to new people, talk about a decision to be made. There especially the importance of listening are several questions the members ask: and holding one's own thoughts until How is God at work in your life? What one's own turn. is the direction of your spiritual growth? We have never restricted membership What is your vision? Some people relate in any way, but ask that anything dis­ to one of these questions, others to cussed be held in confidence. There has another. The questions remind us that been a core of about six people meeting our group has a spiritual focus, unlike weekly, with several others attending many support groups. However, given occasionally. the reminder, each person is free to talk Why do we take formal turns, with one by George N. Webb about anything he or she wishes. person being the focus person while his is not a discussion group. We others mostly listen, rather than allow­ his last spring I had a revelation mostly listen as the person talks, ing a more "natural" give and take to that has triggered an as yet unend­ Ttrying out his or her own ideas. occur? The reasons are two. First, as in Ting chain of events. I was doing Sometimes we ask a clarifying question, worship-sharing, we encourage sharing some telephoning to raise funds for a occasionally, a challenging one. We from a deeper place than ordinary con­ national Quaker organization. One per­ sometimes respond with our own similar versation. This requires silent waiting, son responded vehemently by saying, "I experience or a bit of advice, but we intuition-a different mode of thinking. will not do development work for [this recognize that these are two responses A person needs to be able to control the organization] until we get our house in much overused in the larger world. If we expression, not bounce off someone order!" do these at all, we save them for after else's comments. He or she needs to be Well! I agreed with her that some the person has expressed himself or her­ unhurried, to take time to find the right group dynamics had not gone well and self fully. We are learning to share our words. Second, ordinary conversation thanked her for her comment. own experience and to give advice less typically is dominated by those who are That was the trigger. In my long ex­ frequently, basing any response more on easier with words, quicker, more confi­ perience with Friends at the monthly the focus person's need than on our dent. Our approach brings better bal­ and yearly meeting levels and with var­ own. Sometimes we use our own time ance. All are equal, all get the same ious Quaker organizations, I've been to respond in ways that have meaning time, the same attention. very aware of times when we have not for us. In this way, we have an opportunity worked well as corporate groups and Life experiences that have been pre­ to integrate our spiritual seeking with have had destructive confrontations. My sented include reflections on prison our daily lives. The structure is decep­ revelation was that we should try to un­ visitation, major career decisions, per­ tively simple. Yet it regularly meets our derstand why we do not always work sonality conflicts, struggles to find a need to reflect and be heard, to develop spiritual perspective on personal and our vision, to view our lives from a family health problems and on death, spiritual perspective. It is a support George Webb has been an active member of Stony Run Meeting, Baltimore (Md.), since 1954. He has and attempts to understand what it group, yet more. In subtle, human ways been clerk of his meeting and ofFriends General would mean in a personal way to be our midweek worship group helps us Conference Central Committee and has served on "more spiritual." Occasionally someone keep to that which is pure within us. 0 many Friends committees.

20 May 1990 Flu:ENDs JoURNAL for a leading. I truly believe the cor­ porate togetherness of the meeting for worship is much greater than that pro­ vided by individuals participating by themselves. One knows this from the feeling that occurs in a gathered meeting, whether or not anyone has spoken. Participation In the group's ac­ tivities. The meeting for business in the spirit of worship is an activity in which participation is vital if we are to know what Quakerism is about. This participation includes attending meeting for business and working on committees and groups that are making various parts of the monthly meeting function well. Uvlng our Friends' testimonies In everyday IHe. Living our testi­ monies has been one way in which our small religious body has had an influence in the world seemingly out of proportion Many times to our numbers. The world expects us to live up to our testimonies. I have been we do not impressed a number of times with a reference to some historical person who work well is identified as "a Quaker," even when as corporate there was no obvious connection between religious affiliation and the subject groups. How under discussion. might Friends When we accept the challenge to be well as corporate groups and then try to a member of the Religious Society of identify ways to operate to prevent de­ address this Friends, do we accept the responsibility structive differences or confrontations. to be active in all of these areas? It may be better, after all, to prevent problem? It may be that our failures to work such destructive conflicts rather than well together in groups stem to some ex­ having to resolve them once they occur. tent from our failures to live as fully as Personal religious IHe. This in­ I am grateful for my friend's unre­ we should in each of these four areas. cludes studying, devotion, contempla­ strained remark to me on the phone! We may not come to our business ses­ tion, and prayer, and is the base upon Perhaps others as well will be chal­ sions, for instance, sufficiently prepared which we build. The higher the level of lenged to consider good approaches to as individuals or groups. We may come continuity we can give to this the stronger "Friends corporate management." At with preconceived conclusions on issues, we grow. The "practice of the presence," this point I have more questions than and not be willing to be led by the Spirit as Thomas Kelly wrote in A Testament answers. How do we as Friends prepare, through information and interpretations of Devotion, fits in here. We have many for instance, to seek the sense of the from others. times during the day when we can prac­ meeting as we function within the Quaker It may be useful as well to consider tice the presence of the Inner Light: while business structure? Since we function by some of the concepts or attitudes that riding on an elevator, waiting for a traf­ the sense of the meeting, we are all "man­ may be involved in working together. fic light, washing the dishes, waiting for agers"; we all have Quaker power. We This includes finding clarity in areas of the bus. If this becomes our practice, must acknowledge such power any time authority, responsibility, accountabili­ then it comes naturally to seek guidance we assign or accept a task within the ty, and leadership. even for such mundane things as deciding organization. Many years ago I worked with a re­ on the color for the meeting library In order to consider the relationship searcher at Johns Hopkins University carpet. between management concepts and the who has become respected worldwide. depth or seriousness of our religious life, Participation In corporate wor­ We invited him and his family to come I reviewed my concept of being a Friend. ship. The Society of Friends is a socie­ with us to meeting one Sunday. At lunch In Friends for 300 Year.s-, Howard Brinton ty, a group gathered together. The real afterward he commented he felt he could says Quakerism is primarily a process, essence of meeting for worship is the never be a Friend because it required too not a theology or a creed. I see four parts greater strength and understanding we much religious responsibility, and he felt to this process: gain from waiting expectantly together he was not up to it. I think he was very

Fiu:BNDs JoURNAL May 1990 21 perceptive. One of our limitations as by the Trustees. When a member asked a clear sense of direction or leadership Friends in working together may be our "Do we have enough money to do thus­ in specific situations. When we ask an failure to recognize responsibility that and-so?" the clerk of Trustees would individual or group to take on a leader­ we and others have accepted. privately look at a small book and say ship role we may not clearly define the Responsibility and authority often go something such as, "Yes, I think we can responsibility, authority, and account­ together. We assign the responsibility find that much." Yes, there was enough, ability for that leadership. And when we for the care of the meeting's real prop­ but the meeting would never know how do assign leadership responsibility, I erty to the Trustees and give them the much there really was. wonder if we trust, encourage, and sup­ authority to invest and disburse funds I wonder, too, if we are too uneasy port, rather than undermine, the individ­ within the guidelines agreed upon by the with accepting or admitting the need for ual or group. meeting. Are we as clear in stating the leadership. As unprogrammed Friends " Who is in charge?" someone asked areas of responsibility and the extent of without pastors, we desire to do every­ recently at a Friends national organiza­ authority for staff we hire? thing ourselves, individually or by the tion meeting. This question is often asked There are certain responsibilities in­ committee of the whole. For the most by new Friends. Although basically volved in being a member of the Relig­ part, we do not rely on paid staff. Does God, the Inner Light, is in charge, God ious Society of Friends, yet these often this lead us to reject leadership even needs a great number of "gofers" to do are not stated clearly. The added respon­ among ourselves? Howard Brinton, in the detail work. The individual or group sibilities of service on a committee-or Friends for 300 Years, states, "The Clerk "in charge" must carry out this respon­ of being a clerk-are also left unclear at is theoretically a recording officer, but sibility and be continually open to the times. in practice he must frequently assume the Light, which may be revealed in many We must examine, too, how we hold duties of a presiding officer.'' This sug­ ways. Spiritual discernment may notal­ individuals and groups accountable for gests there may be a difference between ways come as an earthshaking " experi­ the responsibility and authority given or what we may hold in theory and what ence." It may come in the care of the assumed by them. Accountability is a we do or don't accept. "who, what, where, when, and how" concept one does not often hear dis­ I often wonder what leadership we details through our practice of the cussed in Friends groups, but lack of it really expect from our clerks (meeting Presence. may cause a degree of friction. ' 'Why or committee), individuals, committees, Let us show the world we can apply doesn't the Buildings and Grounds Com­ and national organizations. Some of our our best principles of the " beloved com­ mittee do something about the rug?" We conflicts may arise from our not having munity" to our own differences. 0 have given the Buildings and Grounds Committee responsibility for care of the meetinghouse, including the rug. Have we clearly given them the authority, how­ ever, to do something about the rug, or ASearch lor Answers merely make recommendations? Perhaps Mary Ellen McNish and I plan to for a Quaker organization again." they do not even see the rug in need of lead a searching workshop, "Care of If you too are concerned, there are care. Sometimes we do ask for an audit Friends Organizations," at Friends several ways you can be involved with of the financial records for proper ac­ General Conference Gathering in July us in this challenging exploration: countability. I wonder if annual or semi­ at Carleton College. Participants will • Sign up for this summer's FGC annual reports really make committees bring their own experience of good and workshop. accountable. What should happen when bad group encounters. We will try to • If you cannot join us this summer, an individual or committee just fails to analyze these to see what elements, write up your experiences, analyze carry out their responsibility? such as those mentioned in the accom­ them using the questions discussed, Information is necessary for almost panying article, contribute to Friends' and make the material available to any group activity. Difficulties and con­ working together successfully or to de­ us. We hope to have more workshops frontation often arise when we work structive confrontation. In a spirit of in the future to include a greater di­ from two different sets of information, seeking the Light, we will collate the versity of individuals, so your experi­ or from differing understandings or in­ common threads and start to put them ences are important. terpretations. It is important to know into guidelines and queries. This first • Urge others who might be concerned what information is needed and how it workshop will concentrate on the type to attend the workshop or share their should be presented for best communi­ of situation that might arise in month­ thoughts. cation, and to judge how it may be in­ ly or yearly meeting business opera­ For information on the summer terpreted or perceived. tions. Later workshops will extend gathering write to FGC, 1216 Arch St., Recently I visited Pendle Hill and these basic concepts to the more com­ Philadelphia, PA 19102. I look forward joined the residents for dinner during plex ones that examine organizations as well to hearing personally from "festival" week, the last week of the employing staff. It would be encour­ Friends about their own experiences. term. Skits from folklore were per­ aging if we could come to the point formed, and one of them used the term where individuals say, ''That is a George N. Webb " sin of ambiguity." Has the sin of am­ Quaker organization; I would like to 5622 Alhambra Ave. biguity ever crept into our meetings in work in it," rather than, as I have Baltimore, MD 21212 the process of presenting an issue? A heard too often, "I will never work (301) 435-6928 story from the past from my own meeting involves the use of money being managed

22 May 1990 Flu:ENDs JoURNAL THE PROGRESS OF SEASONS by Judith Nichols-Qrians

I wake to find the backyard flushed, green of new leaves, onion grass, the bright buds of maple scattered on the car's hood like red paint specks. This spring I sleep so lightly, wake often to feed my infant son . Rocking next to his crib I find what I've lost where I least expect it: an earring clenched in his fist, a spoon under his quilt. In the morning, I stroll with my son past apartment houses where we watch two Chinese girls play badminton. Stretching and reaching, they unwrap like blossoms. When the speared leaves of bulbs push through, nothing can stop the progress of seasons. In two days the daffodils grow two inches and my son cuts two new teeth. The onion grass, the children, the red buds all tell me there's no turning back this season.

She chortles, BATHTIME full of laughter louder than bathtime splashes. " This is cow's milk! " she declares, holding up a container JOY of bath water. " Drink it up!" by Anne Broyles The game continues. She chatters to herself, full of sparkle and love of life. Sheer silliness. I am involved in her game, delighted with her three-year-old self. I see myself in her. I see her yet-to-be-grown personhood unfolding. I see the joy of all children manifest in one rolicking bather. For this moment, this precious moment of bathtub giggles and games, the world is new. Only peace exists. There is no need for arms talks, penitentiaries, rape crisis centers. There is only this one child so full of life and love Judith Nichols-Orians lives in State College, Pa., where she that surely the world is made whole again. teaches poetry and composition at The Pennsylvania State University. Anne Broyles is co-pastor of Malibu United Methodist Church in Malibu, Calif.

FluENDs JouRNAL May 1990 23 In a Sunlit Meadow by Margaret Reynolds

Although he was too much of a personage to fit into any sectarian mold, Leo Tolstoy did indeed often write and think like a Quaker.

roperty is theft,'' said Leo Tolstoy. Perhaps that is one reason tourists Pfrom all over the world visit the Tolstoy estate in the Russian province of Tula, 112 miles south of Moscow. It is fascinating to examine the property Tolstoy tried so hard to give away. The estate is called Yasnaya Polyana which means "sunlit meadow." I went there on a warm day last summer as part of a Quaker-sponsored tour of the Soviet Union. We walked through birch woods, apple orchards, and past a sparkling pond to reach the main house, built in a grassy glade surrounded by lilac hedges. As estates go, the house was modest. It was formerly one wing of a much larger mansion which Tolstoy dismantled and sold to pay a gambling debt during his wild-oats period. The parts had been moved and rebuilt on a neighboring estate. What was left resembled a com­ fortable colonial New England house. Inside, we found small rooms with

Margaret Reynolds is a member of Santa Cruz (Calif.) Meeting and a regular contributor to FRIENDS JOURNAL.

24 May 1990 FRIENDS JoURNAL narrow stairs and corridors; somber examples of virtue and wisdom. Tolstoy expressed greater hope for family portraits adorned the thick walls. Although he knew of the pacifist sects Quaker efforts: The only visible luxuries were a grand of Quakers, Mennonites, and Brethren, Attempts at the realization of the Christian piano, a phonograph (gift of Thomas A. Tolstoy's first interaction with Quakers life have been made more than once already; Edison), and an early model of a Rem­ probably occurred when he was 56, after there have been the Quakers, the Mennonites ington typewriter. There was a large din­ publication of What I Believe, also and others, all of whom have weakened and ing table where we tried to imagine the called My Religion. Banned by the tzar, degenerated into ordinary people, living the vegetarian meals Tolstoy insisted upon the book was translated and published general life under the State. And therefore having served by white-gloved footmen abroad. Russians, who have generations it is said, such attempts are not important. to keep up standards demanded by his of expertise in dealing with censorship, To say so is like saying the pains of labor wife, Sofya. hand copied it and distributed it under­ which have not yet ended in birth are of no An impressive collection of books fills ground. A number of U.S. Friends wrote importance. the walls of Tolstoy's study. On one Tolstoy at that time expressing their ad­ In order to lend more financial sup­ shelf we saw titles by Thoreau, Emerson, miration of his principles. They shared port to the Dukhobor migration, Tolstoy Whitman, Whittier, and Penn. Our his belief in love for neighbor, non-resis­ completed his last great novel, Resurrec­ guide spoke with great reverence about tance to evil, and avoidance of oath­ tion, and assigned all the royalties to the the influence of Tolstoy on Gandhi and taking. They included with their messages Friends Dukhobor Committee in London. King, but she didn't mention the sources numerous tracts and pamphlets. However, in 1901, John Bellows, clerk of Tolstoy's own inspiration. I began Even the title of Tolstoy's next collec­ of that committee, declared Friends then to wonder just how much, if any, tion of essays, The Kingdom of God is should not accept money from a "smut­ influence Quakers had on his writing. Within You, may have derived from his ty" book. Bellows insisted on refunding From later reading, I was pleased to reading these Quaker essays. Among the money from his own pocket. Since discover that although he was too much many references to Quakers in the book a major theme of Resurrection is con­ of a personage to fit into any sectarian is a gloomy observation that all of their demnation of sexual lust, other critics mold, Tolstoy did indeed often write and efforts to foster nonviolence "for more called the book the work of a puritanical think like a Quaker. than 200 years are the same as if they crank. Like John Woolman, Tolstoy abhored never existed." Nonetheless, it was this Yet the Quaker influence is nowhere slavery; he freed his serfs and in later book which first introduced Gandhi to more evident than in this book. As the years made his own shoes, and wore the principles of passive resistance, and hero, Prince Nekhlyudov experiences peasant clothing. Like George Fox, he Martin Luther King, Jr., was said to the moral crisis that is the beginning of spoke truth to power and wholehearted­ have been greatly moved by it. Who, but his "resurrection," he prays for help ly mistrusted the military, the established a like-minded Quaker, could have writ­ and ". . . that which he asked had church, and the court system. Capital ten that "everyone of us need only live already happened. The God who dwelt punishment and compulsory military by the light which is within us, in order within him had awakened ... . " service were anathema to him. And, like that the promised kingdom of God, As A. N. Wilson says in his excellent William Penn, Tolstoy belonged to what toward which the heart of every man is new biography, although Tolstoy thought Kenneth Rexroth calls the "myth of the drawn, may come at once"? of his message as coming directly from aristocrat"-wealthy, prominent, influ­ Later, in an appeal for money to move the soul of Russian peasantry, his vision ential men who feel duty-bound to set the pacifist Dukhobors to Canada, of Christianity "owes much more to American Quakers and French rational­ ists (Rousseau, Proudhon) than it does to Russian Orthodox spirituality." In his lifetime, Tolstoy was censored, excommunicated, and harrassed. Now, although his work is not banned in the USSR, a paper shortage makes his books hard to find. We heard of one Muscovite who actually copied all of War and Peace by hand, so her children would be able to read it. The final stop on our tour of Yasnaya Polyana was Tolstoy's unmarked grave in the Zakaz Woods. It is located by his request at the spot where, during their childhood, Tolstoy's brother, Nikolai, buried a magical green stick bearing the secret of how evil could be ended and peace established for all humankind. The vision of this green stick informed most of Tolstoy's life and work. It is a vision Quakers can joyfully recognize as Left: Old birches at Yasnova Polyana, Leo Tolstoy's estate encompassing their own highest ideals. Above: Tolstoy's house D

F'RIENDS JoURNAL May 1990 25 terview with a South African Student

A Gift of Understanding

by Laura Kopen In preparation for writing this arti­ sponsibility of the Quaker community. cle, the author, a student intern at Mullica Hill established the South F'RrnNDs JOURNAL this year, interviewed Africa Scholarship Committee to ad­ Lindelwa Mabuntana, a student from ministrate fund raising, communica­ South Africa who is studying at tions with the college, and guidance Glassboro State College in New Jersey. and support of the student. Members Lindelwa came to the United States at of Cape Town Western Meeting began the invitation of Mullica Hill (N.J.) a selection process which scanned the Meeting. Plans to host a student from entire country. Lindelwa Mabuntana South Africa began in 1986, when indi­ was selected. viduals in the meeting learned from One member of the South African members of the Quaker Peace Work Scholarship Committee, Susan Winters, Committee in Cape Town of the con­ traveled to South Africa to meet cern for education in South African Lindelwa and her family and strengthen black communities. Mullica Hill Friends ties. In the meantime, Mullica Hill contacted Glassboro State College and Meeting sought and received donations found the school would offer a full from other meetings and individuals. tuition scholarship to a South African Meeting members held bake sales and student as one of the assistance pack­ used-book sales. Some members con­ ages for minority students. Transporta­ tinue to give slide shows and presenta­ tion, room and board, and other tions to generate interest in and outstanding expenses would be the re- awareness about the project.

26 May 1990 FRIENDs JoURNAL he is jostled by the rising American my realization is not as original as I had sun, just as she has been by many hoped. SAfrican suns before it. Same sun, Everyone wants to know: "What are same miserable decree: morning. we like? What have you heard about the Maybe today-just this once-she United States?" She tells me she remem­ would skip class. bers thinking very highly of this coun­ Minutes later, with the same deter­ try, but in truth, she did not have any mination that carried her across the concrete expectations. I wait for her to globe to the United States, the young run the finger of a white glove down the woman from South Africa heads to formica finish of the American Dream. geography. Her name is Lindelwa, and But she has no white glove. No visions the village she calls home is Rietvlei, .of ten-gallon cowboy hats . . . no located in the homeland of Transkei. dreams of purple mountains or grassy Most recently, however, Lindelwa's plains-very little thought about Big home is the campus of Glassboro State cars, Big buildings, Big people. At first College, where she is sponsored by I am astonished. Every country has a Comparing our Mullica Hill (N.J.) Monthly Meeting reputation. Much of the world, one and the college. Although attending hopes, is deaf to gossip. lifestyles, Lindelwa school .in the United States meant no And what of her impressions now? and I locate many sight of South Africa for four years, Tenderly she speaks of family life, social Lindelwa accepted this scholarship with­ life, and school. She speaks of eight differences, ranging out hesitation. What followed was a ride cousins, all living with her mother under on a magic carpet under the beating sun. one roof, and a brother and a sister all from grand to It was a rare opportunity to travel grown up and moved away. She speaks abroad. of her fondest memories of meals we subtle, but our For the first few months after shear­ don't make here, with descriptions so rived, Lindelwa lived with a Quaker eloquent, my mouth begins to water. final consensus is family near the college campus. Now Comparing our lifestyles, we locate people are secretly that school is in session, she lives in a many differences, ranging from grand dorm with other students, but still main­ to subtle, but our final consensus is peo­ similar all over tains close contact with the family. ple are secretly similar all over the I greet her in the living room of the world. In another country, one must the world. family's home, where three large dogs pick and choose among the differences emphatically destroy our attempts at a and determine which to embrace. conditions of the systems when she re­ relaxed conversation. Lindelwa is calm Lindelwa approaches her situation turns. The politics, the social conditions, and reserved, and the furry fireballs realistically. She puts things into the restrictions: all are subject to rapid hold her affectionately under attack. As perspective. Take notice of differences change, depending on changes within the they eagerly lick her patient face I realize in lifestyle or the changes in pace. Don't government. Much of the countryiscom­ culture shock is triggered by minute dif­ become chained by them. The similari­ posed of farmland and mines, and most ferentiations in lifestyle, which are even­ ties are much more shocking. Like in­ citizens are employed within these two tually accepted with time. The sudden dividuals, we as countries neglect to see occupations, although there is some in­ appearance of pets in one's life can be ourselves in our neighbors, our neigh­ dustry. In cases in which men must sup­ more upsetting than a drastically differ­ bors in ourselves. port their families through physical la­ ent landscape or multitudes of strange­ Four years, I sigh. Wow. bor, the level of education achieved is ly sculpted faces. Eight a.m. classes are "Maybe I will try to make it in three," minimal. Getting ahead becomes horrible everywhere. I heave a panting she admits, and smiles. difficult. brown body off my chest and look my Lindelwa is familiar with South Afri­ Lindelwa's native language is Xhosa. new friend straight in the eye. can Friends and their activities, although She began to learn English at the age of When I think of South Africa, a thou­ she is Roman Catholic. As an ambassa­ six. During her later years in school, it sand things run through my head, and dor, she often attends slide shows pre­ was not uncommon to have white teach­ I am reasonably sure they are not the sented to Friends in the United States. ers or teachers from other countries, in same thousand things Lindelwa holds in She speaks of how Quakers in South which cases all lessons were taught in her memory. So vivid are my stereo­ Africa nonviolently oppose the apartheid English. Consequently, her command of types, I hesitate to ask her if they are government, how they help people in the language is admirable. true. It strikes me then she must have rural areas learn basic skills, support co­ Lindelwa has come to appreciate the had preconceived impressions before ar­ operatives, and assist with construction flexibility of U.S. universities. She likes riving in the United States as well. This projects. Lindelwa would also like to the variety of courses available and en­ might be part of what we interpret as participate in community development joys the relaxed structure of the school culture shock. Her polite smile indicates after she returns home. She has studied year. She is accustomed to following the geography since she was young, and she same academic path from a very young Laura Kopen was recently a student intern at continues to study it at Glassboro, even age, where the curriculum is much more FR1ENDS JOURNAL and is a student at Kalamazoo College. She will be studying in Sierra Leone next at eight in the morning. Her chances of regimented and the course of study is year. employment will depend largely on the predetermined. I ask her what would

Flu:ENDs JouRNAL May 1990 27 happen if a person were to make the life is pretty much the same wherever wrong decision and head down the you go." wrong path. Very seriously, she informs Noticing my disappointment, she me that this is impossible. I think of the smiles at me lightly. "Well, you know. last semester at my liberal arts school in There are nice people and there are nasty the Midwest, and the aggravated face of people." the registrar as she granted me freedom What one thing would she like to to change my course schedule four times change about the world? I know it is a Quakers in South during the first week of school. Yes, heavy request, but she replies without there are subtle differences. flinching. There is much to change Africa nonviolently Next year, Lindelwa will play basket­ about the world, although most of all ball with the team at Glassboro. At she would like to give it peace and oppose apartheid, home, she played netball. In her spare understanding. time, Lindelwa spends time with her This does not surprise me, for her help people learn friends, going to movies, or talking. All manner and mission reflect this desire. through high school, she lived at a D basic skills, support boarding school similar to the dorm life cooperatives, and at college. I look at her again and think Contributions toward Lindelwa Mabun­ about how graceful she is, yet very tana's expenses are greatly appreciated. assist with con.. steady, as if the meaning of life is close They may be directed to: South Africa at her fingertips. Scholarship Fund, c/o Lois Dinshah, struction projects. "You know," she says, " I think social Box 385, Malaga, NJ 08328.

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28 May 1990 F RIEND S JoURNAL AND A Ll I. I LE CHILD SHALL LEAD THEM .... Let It Begin With Me

time, and she'd be quiet when she got Salem, they'd watch her eat her Brussels by Althea Postlethwaite there. sprouts or hear her Dad tell about bed­ This is the fourth in a series about the " That will surprise my father a lot­ times, and they would go home and try author's experiences working with chil­ and he'll probably go to the office and it too. dren using skills taught in the Children's tell all the men there he doesn't know And maybe when the family of the ex­ Creative Response to Conflict program. what happened to me-but I'd been so change student next door would come The program encourages cooperation, good at bedtime he couldn't believe it. to take their son back to Japan, they'd communication, and affirmation.-Eds. Then all the people in his office will tell hear the story and would tell everyone their children and when they see how in Japan about Katie in Greensboro, uakers have sought ways to happy my Dad is, they'll try it, too, to because she wanted peace more than she peace-both in protesting war make their parents happy. Perhaps even wanted her own way. And maybe the with marches and sit-ins or try­ my sisters and brother will try it when whole world would change. Q they see how happy everyone is when we Silently, I thought of the song our ing to follow leadings of the "inner voice." A five-year-old in Friends School go to bed peacefully." First-day school children love so much, in Greensboro envisioned her contribu­ But the best of all, when Katie's "Let there be peace on earth, and let it tion to world peace one rainy spring day cousins would come over from Winston- begin with me." 0 when the whole group seemed attuned to her story. The class had contributed paintings and slogans for Argenta School students in Canada, who were preparing a peace calendar for the next year. Our Rainbow Class (kindergarteners and first graders) pictured peace as: "My puppy in bed with me." "Sunshine for 20 days-with no rain at all." "A shark that isn't hungry any more." But this day Katie was insistent the children hear her thoughts, for she'd been thinking about it for a long time, to find how she could be peaceful and help other people who didn't know how. And she had found her answer. That evening, Katie told us, when she would go home and her mother would have Brussels sprouts (she always did the night she went to her club), Katie would say nothing about the Brussels sprouts­ just eat them all. That would surprise everyone in the family. Then, after din­ ner, Katie continued, when her father would put her to bed (as he always did on her mother's club night), Katie wouldn't tease for one more T.V. pro­ gram, and she wouldn't call downstairs for another drink of water after her father had tucked her in. She'd just go t to bed whenever her father said it was e e 6 Althea Postlethwaite is retired f rom social work .!> and teaching. She is a member of Orchard Park ~ (N. Y.) Meeting and an attender of New Garden " (N. C.) Meeting. ~ L------__J

F'IuENDS JouRNAL May 1990 29 DELAWARE VALLEY FRIENDS SCHOOL a secondary school for students Witness with unique learning needs.

The full college preparatory curriculum has in­ tellectually challenging courses supported by explicit teaching of organizational skills. Gaining a new co-sponsor Teacher student ratio is 1 to 5. Fine arts as well as outdoor education are integral to the program. By Kenneth Miller For information call: (215) 526-9595 On the campus of Harcum Junior College he opportunity to secure cosponsor­ of the letters come from the zip code asso­ in Bryn Maw r ship of the U.S. Peace Tax Fund Bill ciated with an extremely liberal part of town, Irene McHenry, Head Tpresented itself suddenly in the fifth that might have indicated just one segment Congressional District of California. The of the district was in favor of it. Had there

Q death of the incumbent created a vacancy, been several hundred letters written on behalf and a special election was called to fill it. of the bill, this would have been less crucial. Democrat Nancy Pelosi won it against token But with only 20 there had to be enough opposition in June of 1987. variety to compensate for the low volume. I had been the Fifth District contact for The rule of thumb among congressional the National Campaign for a Peace Tax Fund staffers is each letter received on any given • m~().(je ce~c1t=1caces for over a year, and had made little head­ topic is equivalent to 20 constituents express­ • 3.ID3.120S • 1t2SC~1PC10nS " way. I knew I had to act before her calendar ing an opinion. The assumption is that if an • t31~Cf2 armouncemencs • became crowded and before she had time to ·issue is important enough to get activists to • Cil2eeC1fl(j ca£b oos1ons .. acquire any institutional resistance to the bill write, there are likely to be 20 others who from other members or staffers. are just as concerned, but not quite moti­ • 1nV1GaC10flS • SC~OL1.5 I made contacts with her staff during the vated enough to write . election campaign, and upon her victory I I also had the opportunity to speak in per­ .:Jiar'll:f:Tm'esr knew who to see to schedule an appointment. son to the legislative aide on behalf of the 609-7S6-lSZ+ The visits I made to the representative's of­ bill. She told me she was going to recom­ fice always had the goal of securing a person­ mend cosponsorship, so I knew the time had al meeting with the member. I had to demon­ arrived to renew my efforts to schedule an Bringing Friends' Concerns strate I had staying power and willingness to appointment. for Peace & Justice to keep trying despite repeated delays. I also Within a week or so I had my appointment, Congress Since 1943 knew that the time the representative bought and I went to it expecting to hear she was Wnte Ot call t2021547-4343 !Of actiOn sugges1100 tape by such delaying tactics enabled her to per­ going to cosponsor. Consequently, I didn't sonally evaluate the bill by asking informal­ rehearse my responses to the litany of objec­ ly among her colleagues about it. tions to the bill which I have heard. I was Finally, when it seemed there were no shocked when I was met with the "flood­ more requests for information possible, I gates" argument! Had she changed her mind faced the major hurdle. I was told, "We're and decided at the last moment to ignore the not getting anything from the district on advice of her staff and decline cosponsor­ Fyfe & Miller this." This was my signal to get folks to write ship? At the end, Representative Pelosi said FUNERAL SERVICE in support of the bill, and I had a ready she would make a decision in a day or two. source through my parish justice and peace I left the office thinking I had completely 7047 Germantown Ave. committee and throughout the network of failed to persuade my new Congresswoman Philadelphia, PA 19119 peace activists of my acquaintance in San to cosponsor, and I hadn't a clue why it (215) 247-8700 Francisco. happened. I made some quick telephone calls over the My disappointment was groundless. Nancy James E. Fyfe Edward K. Miller next few days, with the specific goal of secur­ Pelosi cosponsored the U.S. Peace Tax Fund Simple earth burial ing commitments to write to the Congress­ Bill several days later, with no fanfare. and cremation service woman by a specific date. She has now been a cosponsor for two available at reasonable cost. 1\venty people sent letters, some to the years, and there has never been any adverse local district office and some to the legislative publicity associated with her support of this aide in Washington, D.C. I was able to pro­ bill. She won election to a full two-year term A coeducation vide some people who weren't very knowledge­ in 1988, and it is quite likely the confidence boarding/day able about the current status of the bill with she has about her role will make her a long­ school for 24 timely information tailored to the concerns time supporter of the bill. D students in 7th-9th I had discerned through contacts with the grades. Students member's staff. This is a key factor in the are involved in working, studyi.ng, complex chemistry of orchestrating support hiking, caring, coping; learning for the bill: addressing the unspoken fears and living in a small community in and apprehensions about support for it in a the Black Mtns. of North· Carolina. reassuring manner that communicates to the Kenneth Miller is a Congressional district contact for the National Campaign for a Peace Tax Fund. Arthur Morgan School member that he or she won't be committing He lives in the Fifth Congressional District in San 1901 Hannah Branch Road political suicide by cosponsoring it. Francisco, Calif., where he is a graduate student. Burnsville, NC 28714 These letters arrived on a regular basis This aritcle is reprinted with permission from the (704) 675-4262 over the next few weeks, from all parts of National Campaign for a Peace Tax Fund newslet­ the district. This, too, was crucial. Had all ter, Summer 1989.

30 May 1990 FllmNDs JoURNAL WILDERNESS CANOE TRIPS SINCE 1957 D ~ Reports JiiS9 ARROW Enjoy a challenging summer of adventure in the wilderness of Maine and Quebec. You will never forget the whitewater, the wildlife, the fishing, the friends, and the Central and Southern triumphs of a successful expedition. • Young Men and Women 11-17 •2,4,6& Africa meet in fellowship 8 week sessions • Affordable tuition When Friends are as widely scattered and • ACA accredited • Scholarships available thin on the ground as we are in Central and • Wood canvas canoes • Wholesome natural foods Southern Africa, then get-togethers such as John Houghton, RFD 3 Box 231 -F, those at yearly and general meetings have a Freeport, ME 04032 (207) 725-4748 particular poignancy. They are a time when we can be at ease in the unbroken company of like-minded travelers on the spiritual path. And not only can we be at ease, but we are inevitably both challenged and refreshed by THE GREENLEAF those whom we meet for the first time or 28 East Main Street whom we only manage to see on these infre­ Moorestown, New Jersey 08057 quent occasions. This year' s yearly meeting (609) 235-4884 was held at Prince Edward School in Harare, Imagine . .. Zimbabwe, from Dec. 28, 1989, to Jan 6. At the close, some of us felt a profound sense A Friendly (Quaker) atmosphere of being more fully human and joyfully root­ at the Greenleaf A fully licensed ed in this world than on our arrival-and this ern African Peace Initiative, in which a boarding home. despite the catalog of inhumanity and human group of Friends paid a visit to Mozambique $ We offer rooms, suites, \ I~ woe we were confronted with during various to gain first-hand experience of the situation some sessions. there. We also heard reports on conditions and apartments, Local Friends and their children came to in Uganda, Zaire, Angola, Namibia, Zim­ along with nursing - Harare from Zaire, Zambia, Malawi, Na­ babwe, Mozambique, and the Gwembe Val­ facilities. mibia, Botswana, and many corners of Zim­ ley project in Zambia. Overall I was left with babwe and South Africa using modes of the impression of many people surviving in transport ranging from flying to hitchhiking. the most difficult or even terrible conditions, We also welcomed our speakers, John and too often the consequence of human action THE HICKMAN Diana Lampen , from Northern Ireland, and or inaction. But in the midst of all this visitors from the United States, England, darkness there were rays of light, such as the Australia, and Uganda via Botswana. In all, Goodfellows working at Gwembe Valley; about 50 people attended the gathering for Shiraz Ramji working in Mozambique; varying lengths of time. It was not as many Elison Madenyika having responsibility for as we would normally have expected, but the Mozambican refugee camps; H. W. van der 100 Year History fact this was the third major gathering in the Merwe playing a bridging role in bringing ex­ A Personal Care Home region in the last 18 months probably con­ iled African National Congress leaders and • Reasonable Rates tributed to the smaller numbers. members of the South African government • Not-for-profit Throughout the gathering, Margret Mc­ into contact with one another; and Declan • Quaker Tradition Millan, assisted by others, ran an excellent Gould and Harare meeting working with In Town Location convenient program for the 14 or so children who ranged Harare's street people. to Shops and Businesses in age from quite small to teens. They played Another business item was agreement to (215) 696-1536 I games, went on outings, and, during our change our yearly meeting name to Central West Chester, PA final concert, put on skits about the and Southern Africa Yearly Meeting to re­ gathering. flect our geographic composition. Prince Edward School provided a beautiful One day in a nonviolence workshop con­ setting for the gathering, with its well-kept ducted by Richard Steele and Anita Kromberg spacious grounds, lovely playing fields, we played officious immigration officers and lawns, trees, and shrubs. welcoming or visiting Friends trying to enter Each day began at 6:15a.m. with a gentle a country to attend a Friends World Com­ but energizing yoga session. This was con­ mittee for Consultation conference. Each ducted by Diana Lampen who teaches yoga day following afternoon tea, John and Diana Join Friends from all traditions in to people in Northern Ireland to help them led sessions, John on the character of Jesus Defining our Ministry cope with the high levels of stress there. Not and Diana on coping with stress, death, and as guaker Women bereavement. They also did a session on the THIRD ANNUAL CONFERENCE FOR that we were under stress, but we certainly WOMEN IN PUBLIC MINISTRY situation in Londonderry from the ex­ needed the energizing after the many, many Two times and locations to enable as hours spent sitting. perience of living there. many women as possible to attend: After breakfast we met in worship-sharing We closed our deliberations tired but hap­ INDIANA MASSACHUSETIS groups, sharing our experience and py on the evening of Jan. 5 with an im­ Quaker Hill Woolman Hill understanding of life. promptu concert of songs, jokes, poems, JUNES-10 JUNE 15-17 For brochure. wrtte Mary Glenn Hadley, After meeting for business we heard re­ games, and the children's skit. 101 Quaker Hill Dr., Richmond, IN 47374 ports on Friends projects, such as the South- Rory Short

FluENDs JoURNAL May 1990 31 A joyful and perfect gift for the nineties News of Friends

"A Time to Mend" is the theme of the 1990 Gathering of Friends General Conference, to be held June 30-July 7 at Carleton College, Northfield, Minn. Through workshops, speakers, interest groups, and fellowship, the Gathering will focus on relationships among friends, families, communities, nations, and the earth. The Junior Gathering, for young­ sters through ninth grade, will provide care, religious education, recreation, and ex­ perience in Quaker community. There will PEN OLE HILL 1930 •1990 also be programs for high school and adult A QUAKER CENTER FOR STUDY AND CONTEMPlATION Young Friends. Music, dancing, a craft shop 60TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION and bookstore, films, centers for men, women, and single Friends, and presenta­ The 60th anniversary of Pendle Hill's found­ tions by Quaker organizations will also be ing will be a time of special events and re­ A featured. Plenary speakers will be Anne unions. It will be a time of renewing connec­ Thomas, currently general secretary of Cana­ tions with old spiritual buddies, for those dian Yearly Meeting; Joe Yolk, new executive who have spent time at Pendle Hill. For Person secretary of Friends Committee on National others, it will offer open doors for getting Legislation; Ed Snyder, executive secretary acquainted with the study and contemplation is Many emeritus of FCNL; John Calvi, a released center. On May 13 there will be a celebra­ Friend from Putney (Vt.) Meeting who tion tea to fete spring on the Pendle Hill cam­ works as a healer among people with AIDS pus, with history and commentary on the ar­ Wonderful, and tortured refugees; and Rustum Roy, lec­ boretum and garden. A reunion for the class turer on sexuality and spirituality and direc­ of 1939-1940 will take place on May 15-17, Strange Things tor of the Science, Technology, and Society and a reunion for all classes, former students, Program at Pennsylvania State University. staff, and board members will take place as Patricia McKernon, of Minneapolis (Minn.) a mini-term June 11-17, with classes, wor­ Meeting, will present a concert of original ship, work morning, and celebration. A and traditional music centered around the weekend on contemporary Friends issues will Wr1tte11 clllcl lllllstrated IJy spiritual search for wholeness. For informa­ be held Sept. 6-9 for invited yearly meeting MARSHA SINETAR tion, contact Ken Miller or Lyle Jenks, FGC, clerks and clerks of Friends organizations. 1216 Arch St., No. 2B, Phila., PA 19107, or During autumn term of 1990, there will be call (215) 561-1700. a special lecture series on Monday evenings on "Education for the Whole Person." Other Commemorating the 300th anniversary of special events will be held throughout the George Fox's death will be the occasion for year in other areas, with notice provided in an international conference to be held at those places as things are planned. For in­ Lancaster University, England. The con­ formation about events, call Pendle Hill at ference will take place on March 25-28, 1991. (215) 566-4507. There will be excursions into the 1652 coun­ tryside near the university, in Lancaster, As Friends meetings throughout the coun­ Yealand, and Swarthmoor. Tatiana Pavlova, try grapple with the issue of same-sex unions, a history scholar from the Soviet Union, the process of listening to each other and to Christopher Hill, a British historian, and two the Spirit is sometimes painful, sometimes U.S. Friends, Hugh Barbour and Richard healing. Here are three reports of recent in­ Greaves, will be the speakers. Papers will be sights on the issue in Twin Cities (Minn.) presented on Fox's inteUectual and religious Meeting, Homewood (Md.) Meeting, and A book of drawings and uplifting background, his career, mission, religious, Friends Meeting at Cambridge (Mass.) thoughts for children and the child and political thought, and the international • Taking affirmation of same-sex marriages in each adult! history of the Religious Society of Friends. one step further, Twin Cities Meeting sent For information, contact Michael Mullett, a letter to the local county court administra­ Dept. of History, Lancaster University, Lan­ tor expressing distress that a marriage of two $5.95 caster LAl 4YG, England. gay men married under the meeting's care could not be legally registered with the state. Paullst Press The new editor of Evangelical Friend is Paul The meeting's action came after the couple, 997 Macarthur Blvd., Mahwah, NJ 07430 Anderson, assistant professor of New Testa­ Bob Schmitt and John Yoakam, tried to have (201) 825-7300 ment studies at George Fox College. He will their wedding anniversary published in the replace Lon Fendall, whose resignation is ef­ newspaper and were put off by editors who fective July 1. Lon Fendall has worked with asked if the marrige had been registered with the Evangelical Friend for five years. the state.

32 May 1990 FiuENns JoURNAL WIU.IAM PENN CHARTER SCHOOL Est. 1689 Kindergarten through 300 Years of Quaker Education Twelfth Grade Operated under Charter issued by William Penn. The William Penn Charter • Homewood Meeting, which had its first School is a Quaker college-preparatory school committed to nurturing in same-sex celebration of commitment in 1985 girls and boys the education of the mind, the quickening of the spirit, and approved a minute in January stating th~ the development of the body. Penn Charter stresses high standards in meeting will now use the term marriage to academics, the arts, and athletics. designate celebrations of commitment for both homosexual and heterosexual couples. Friends are encouraged to apply both as students and as teachers. In coming to its conclusion, the meeting Earl J. Ball III, Headmaster stated hopefulness for the day when "all 3000 W. School House Lane, Philadelphia, PA 19144 married couples will enjoy the full range of (215) 844-3460 civil privileges and social acceptance." • Friends Meeting at Cambridge affirmed the holiness of all committed relationships and its intention to celebrate and give its lov­ ing care to both same-sex and heterosexual unions. The meeting stated its lack of clari­ @r.2~~~ HOUSE CALENDAR ty in using the term marriage for all such unions. It further acknowledged that its con­ sideration of the nature of marriage has raised issues about the clearness process and May 11-13: CONSCIENCE, COMMJTMENT, AND COMMUNITY - THE 1990 the meeting's oversight of couples under its PEACE INSTITUTE. Participants will have maximum freedom to explore the spiritual care, including dissolutions of partnerships. and institutional requirements for bringing about a peaceable world. Led by Andrea Ayva­ Part of the meeting's continuing exploration zian, Susan Stark, Stephen CoUett, Marian Franz, Alison Oldham, Stephen Angell, will be to address these issues. Lawrence Apsey, John Schoonbeck. Cost: $110.

Fewer fights, better grades, and more willing­ June 8-10: HEALING OURSELVES AND THE EARTH. Healing Earth will require ness to help appear to be the result of media­ changed attitudes and lives. Led by Elizabeth Watson. Cost: $110. tion training in the public middle school in Pahnyra, N.J. In its second year, the program July 17-21: THE 1990 FRIENDS BffiLE INSTITUTE. Many Friends feel the need is taught by Sandi Adams of Philadelphia for Bible study, seeking an effective message which reflects Quaker values and which draws Yearly Meeting's Conflict Resolution Pro­ them to the core of the Bible message. This five-day workshop will benefit those who gram. Those trained at the school include want to lead Bible study as wen as those who seek personal enrichment. Led by Joanne students, teachers, and parents. Forty cases and Larry Spears. Cost: $230. have reportedly been mediated since the train­ ing took place. The success of Palmyra has August 15-19: THE STRATTON EVENT: MAKING FffiST DAY SCHOOL COME prompted several other schools in New Jersey ALIVE! A five-day Institute for teachers and organizers of children's First-day School to request assistance in mediation training. in their meeting. It will focus on the pre-school, elementary, and junior high levels (ages Sandi is also working with Delaware Valley 3-13). Led by Barbara Henderson and Priscilla Taylor-Williams. Cost: $230. Friends School in Bryn Mawr, Pa. For infor­ mation about this work, call Friends Con­ September 7-9: MASSAGE FOR TRAUMA. Participants in this workshop will use flict Resolution Program at (215) 241- 7234 energy work and massage technique appropriate to recovery from sexual assault, life­ or 241-7229. threatening disease, substance abuse, and other life wounds. Led by John Calvi. Cost $110.

Denied the chance to argue her case before EARLY NOTICE: November 9-11: INCEST: A FEW QUAKERS RESPOND. A the Supreme Court of Canada, Quaker phy­ workshop for those with a helping ministry to further dialogue and networking on Quaker sician Jerilynn Prior (FJ Witness Oct. 1987) responses to physical and emotional incest in the family. Cost: $110. may appeal the decision to the United Na­ tions Human Rights Commission. Her case stems from her refusal to pay the Canadian Descriptive brochures on each event are available. The weekend cost includes six meals. government the portion of her taxes which Family rates, camping rates are available. Childcare is available at no extra cost. would be spent for war, beginning in 1982. She paid this money into Conscience Cana­ PoweU House provides an ideal setting for a Meeting retreat or conference for groups da's Peace Tax Fund. According to Con­ of 25 to 80 people. PoweU House also has a very active program for young people in science Canada, the government's case rested grades four through twelve. Ask us for details. on the premise that there is no connection between her payment of taxes and the gov­ PoweU House is located near Albany, N.Y. We are three hours from NYC, three hours ernment's expenditure of tax money. It was from Boston, and six hours from Philadelphia. Plane, bus, and train pickup is available. also felt that the "floodgate" argument weighed heavily in the court's decision; that For more information: Powell House is, the contention that allowing conscientious RD 1 Box 160 objectors to pay taxes into alternative funds Old Chatham, NY 12136 would lead to a host of problems in the tax­ (518) 794-8811 ation system.

FiuENos JOURNAL May 1990 33 How many balls can YOU keep in the air? The Friends Committee on National Legislation's vision of peace, justice, and a restored Earth can encompass many of the concerns of Friends, but we can't work on all of them at once. For our Economic • twenty staff and the many FCNL partici- DMiopment pants across the country to witness effec­ tively to Congress, attention and energy must be concentrated on a limited number of issues at a time.

We need your help!

In November 1990, the 250 Friends on FCNL's General Committee, seeking spiritual guidance together, will select priorities for FCNL's work with the - ..... 102nd Congress (1991-1992). The process of choosing from among many important issues is already underway. We need the widest possible consultation with Friends and readers of Friends Journal.

To participate:

Many Friends Meetings and Churches are already taking part. If yours is not yet involved and would like to be, or if you want to participate individually, please call or write: Priorities, FCNL, 245 Second St. NE, Washington, DC 20002. Phone: (202) 547-6000. We'll send you background ma­ terial and instructions.

34 May 1990 F'RmNDs JoURNAL FCNL Notes

Legislative priorities pointed by yearly meetings). During annual tact to receive special mailings, now is the meeting this November, in business sessions time to appoint one! Send FCNL the new under examination in the manner of Friends, the General Com­ contact's name and address, and ask for the Every even-numbered year, Friends Com­ mittee will choose the priorities. But that will priorities survey. It will be sent in May, with mittee on National Legislation chooses be after a year-long process to solicit the responses needed by mid-September. priorities to guide its work with the new Con­ views of as many Friends and monthly FCNL encourages meetings to discuss the gress, which will take office next January. meetings as possible. question of priorities as a group and try to Friends around the country are invited to Earlier this year, all FCNL General Com­ formulate a group response. If the whole take part in deciding these priorities. mitteemembersand meeting contacts(FCNL's meeting cannot find time, perhaps a commit­ What are "priorities," anyway? For FCNL, liaison people with local meetings and wor­ tee or an ad hoc gathering can have the they are those legislative issues that receive ship groups) were asked what issues should discussion. There is great value in sharing the major portion of staff time and energy, receive priority attention from FCNL. Their and testing ideas with other Friends. If that's research, space in the FCNL Newsletter, answers to this open--ended question will pro­ not possible, however, and you would like items in the weekly telephone update mes­ vide the basis for a second survey. It will nar­ to participate individually, write to FCNL sage, action alerts, and other suggestions for row the field of choices created by the first for the priorities materials. local Friends' legislative activity. Choosing survey and establish an order of priorities. It's important to remember that this year's priorities helps FCNL and participating Results from the second survey will guide the task is to select priorities from among the Friends concentrate our energies for greater Policy Committee in drafting its recommen­ many issues on which FCNL already has effectiveness, rather than spreading ourselves dation to the General Committee for a final agreement: these may be found in FCNL's too thin trying to respond to all good causes decision at annual meeting. Statement of Legislative Policy (copies sent of concern to Friends. How can Friends participate? All Friends on request). The current process is not meant How are priorities chosen? Ultimately, monthly meetings, churches, or worship for changing or adding to existing policy. they are selected by FCNL's governing body, groups are encouraged to take part in the sec­ Revision of FCNL's policy will be under­ the General Committee (composed of about ond survey. If your meeting missed the first taken in 1993. 250 Friends, the majority of whom are ap- survey because it has no FCNL meeting con- Alison Oldham

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• Pack up your troubles, hit the road, and grade school, high school, and college levels, for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC). meet some wonderful Friends in the bargain! becoming interested in problems of ecology, In the Offering of Letters, letters rather than The 1990-1991 Directory for Traveling nutrition, and world hunger. For informa­ dollars are collected during a worship service Friends, published by Friends General Con­ tion, contact Sidney Cobb, 1 Water St., to help hungry people. Kits for organizing ference, will roll off the press at the end of South Easton, MA 02375, or call him at (508) an Offering of Letters locally cost $7, in­ May. The directory, which promotes inter­ 238-3345. cluding postage and handling, and are visitation among Friends, lists more than 800 available by writing to Bread for the World, families and individuals worldwide who of­ • A reunion of students and faculty who were Attn: Katherine Smith, 802 Rhode Island fer home hospitality or camping space. The at William Penn College in Oskaloosa, Iowa, Ave. , N.E., Wash. , DC 20018, or by calling hospitality is offered at no cost to Friends in the 1940s will take place June 22-24 at the (202) 269-0200. and attenders traveling with letters of in­ college. For information, contact Roy or troduction from their home meetings. To Martha Hampton, 3322 Stone Rd., Spring­ • Visiting southern Colorado or northern order a copy, send $15, plus $3 postage and ville, lA 52336. New Mexico anytime soon? Bill and Genie handling (checks made payable to FGC Pub­ Durland, Christian Quakers and former Pen­ lications), to Friends General Conference die Hill staff members, are living in a PTD, 1216 Arch St., No. 2B, Phila., PA beautiful, remote village near Trinidad, Col­ 19107, or call (215) 561-1700. orado. They would welcome visitors, especial­ ly for worship and sharing. Call (719) 846- • "Faith in Action" is the theme for the 7480 for more information and directions. Northeast Regional Conference of Friends World Committee for Consultation to be • The 1990 Swackhamer Prizes Student Essay held June 15-17 at Briarwood Conference Contest is open to all high school seniors. Center, Monument Beach, Mass. The speak­ • Bread for the World is again sponsoring Essays should address the question, "If you ers and workshop leaders will be Jeanne an Offering of Letters to ask Congress to were president or prime minister of your Gallo, executive secretary of the American reduce military spending, seek peaceful set­ country, what steps would you take for Friends Service Committee in New England tlement of conflicts, and apply resources world peace?" Prizes of$1,500, $1,000, and and a member of the Sisters of Notre Dame, toward ending hunger and poverty. In 1989, $500 will be awarded. Deadline is June 1, and John Calvi, a member of Putney (Vt.) the flood of letters from congregations re­ 1990. For complete contest information, Meeting, a released Friend working with sponding to this event was credited with write to Nuclear Age Peace Foundation, refugees, rape survivors, and people with prompting a $118 million increase in funding 1187 Coast Village Road, Suite 123, Santa AIDS. Jeanne Gallo has taught biology at for the Special Supplemental Food Program Barbara, CA 93108.

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Guidelines to end the message? (Bliss Forbush chuckled about how occasionally someone rises with an urgent need to speak and then flounders for speaking around trying to figure out how to conclude and regain one's seat.) 5. Am I sure my message is intended to in meeting provide spiritual insight to others (generally not specific other or others) and not primari­ T-SH IRTS FOR OUTREACH ly to satisfy some personal psychological by Ross Sanderson need? Sold by Advancement and Outreach 6. Have I waited long enough to know it Committee, Baltimore Yearly Meeting. is time to speak: To know the silence? Since Make checks to: hy do you speak in meeting for Gladys Swift worship or refrain from speaking? my first perception of a message? To know I am prepared? To allow thoughtful medita­ 4401 Highland Ave. W That was the question I hoped to Bethesda, MD 20014 answer in an allotted three minutes in an tion on the prior message? To realize some­ Phone: (301) 654-8948 adult forum on deepening the worship ex­ one else has made my message inappropriate $6.50 each-Sizes: perience held recently at Stony Run (Md.) or redundant? Child 2-4, 6-8, 10-12, 14-16 Meeting. At flrst, I didn't know quite where 7. Am I prepared to accept self-doubts Adult 34-36, 38-40, 42-44, 46-48 to start, but as I thought about it, guidelines after I sit down? Does the message prospec­ (Orders over 10 items, $6.00 each.) Tote became apparent that have been useful to tively seem valid, seem truly led, so that I bags also, same pattern, $8.00 each. me, even when not consciously evoked: won't be worried by overt criticism or, for Please include donation for post-age. me, the more disconcerting comment, "Please 1. Is the message spiritually based? Am I tell me just what you were trying to say?" urgently led? 2. Am I prepared? Preparation may have If you try consciously, carefully to apply occurred over months, days, or the past half these ideas in meeting for worship, you will hour. One should not prepare to speak in have a terrible meeting and probably never Expand your meeting, but to speak in meeting one must speak. Such guidelines must become a part be prepared. of instinct or intuition, of preparation, of the horizons 3. Does the message seem appropriate in leading of the spirit. context of what has already been said or in For the more deeply led, spiritually-based at Mohonk. context of the felt silence? (How can one feel Friend, these guidelines are both unneeded For comfort and hospitality in an the silence without allowing at least five unspoi led natural setting. come to minutes of it?) More than once the nature Mohonk. in the heart of the of messages already given has made me Shawangunk Mountains. Our lake. aware my leadings should be saved until cliffs and miles of mountain trails are another time. Sometimes someone else's perfect for activities like golf. tennis. message, similar or rather different but serv­ swimming. riding. hiking and old­ ing the same purpose, obviates the need for fashioned carriage rides. too.Hearty mine. (I feel pleased and confirmed.) meals. And special theme programs 4. Do I know where and how I am going that let you learn while enjoying the peaceful su r roundings. We're not artificial. just down-to-earth. In the Hudson River Valley. Exit 18. N.Y. State Thruway. Here's what's happening at Mohonk:

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36 May 1990 FRIENDs JoURNAL Announcing the establishment of the POOLED LIFE INCOME FUND of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting and inhibiting. For us more run-of-the-mill Friends, the guidelines should enable some Gifts to the Fund provide lifetime investment incomes to donors or other income to bring forth valuable messages hitherto beneficiaries and then benefit the Yearly Meeting, constituent unspoken. D meetings, or their unincorporated schools as directed by donors.

Ross Sanderson, a member of Stony Run (Md.) for further information, please call Meeting, is retired from a career in neighborhood Elizabeth Foley, (215) 241-7271 or 1 800 DIAL PYM, or write: and administrative work with the health and PYM Development Office, 1515 Cherry Street. Philadelphia PA 19102 development departments in Baltimore.

CONCERNED? Young Friends

Tough on Quaker Oats Consider Popeye, the spinach-guzzling, tough-slug­ ging, bad-guy-busting, sailor man is adver­ tising himself as a Quaker on behalf of Quaker Oats, and at least one group of A Peace Oriented Portfolio Quakers isn't buying it. The children in Durham (N.C.) Meeting decided to let com­ pany officials know just what they think of such a representation by writing a letter in First-day school. Signed by 26 children, the letter reads: PAX WORLD FUND, INC. We are a group of children from Durham Friends Meeting. We have been greatly "The Fund endeavors through Its Investment objectives to disturbed by your recent commercials show­ make a contribution to world peace. " -from the Prospectus ing Popeye describing himself as a Quaker or Quakerman and using violence against by Investing In: aliens, sharks, and Bluto. These actions are • non-war related Industries contrary to Quaker beliefs. Members of the • companies exercising pollution control Society of Friends believe violence should be • firms with fair employment practices avoided at all costs. We think that all living • International development creatures have some of God in them. We are fearful of young impressionable viewers asso­ Pax World is a no-load, diversified mutual fund designed for those who wish to develop income ciating Quakerism with senseless violence. We and to invest in life-supportive products and services IRA and Keogh plans available. Minimum feel that anyone calling himself or herself a investment $250. Quaker should act like one and stick to This is not a solicitation in those states where the securities have not been qualified. Quaker philosophy. We suggest that Popeye display his strength in a more Quakerly man­ ------· ner; for example, by rescuing children from A prospectus containing more complete Information about Pax World Fund, a fire, supporting a breaking dam, or making Including all charges and expenses, will be sent upon receipt of this coupon. friends with the aliens. Courage and strength Read It carefully before you Invest. Send no money. can be shown in peaceful and helpful ways. To: The letter was mailed to members of the PAX World Fund, INC. 0 Send IRA Packet Quaker Oats Company's board of directors, 224 State Street 0 Simplified Employer Pension Plan to four company vice presidents, and two Portsmouth, N.H. 03801 local newspapers. For other Friends who Please send me a free prospectus and Information on Pax World Fund. would like to voice their opinions to Quaker Name ______Oats, the company's address and names of Addressl______offices and management can be found listed in libraries under The Corporate 1000. For Clty,State,Zip ------­ more information about the Durham, N.C., Occupation ------effort, write to Diane Evans, Durham Friends Telephone No. 0 Day, ______0 Evening, ______Meeting, 404Alexander Ave., Durham, NC 27705. FJ12

FRIENDS JouRNAL May 1990 37 Books

God or Nations and more topical. The author addresses the Women, Sex, religious, political, and economic tempta­ By William Durland. Fortkamp tions Christians face today. He offers and Addiction Publishing Co., Baltimore, Md., 1989. positive examples of religiously-based ex­ 309 pages. $16.95/paperback. perimental communities that overcome these By Charlotte Davis Kasl. Ticknor & Bill Durland is a Roman Catholic turned temptations through voluntary poverty, sim­ Fields, New York, N.Y., 1989. 401 pages. Quaker, a military conscript turned pacifist, plicity, hospitality, peace witness, and ser­ $19.95. a reformer turned radical communitarian ac­ vice. He also gives a helpful discussion of This book deals with women and sexuali­ tivist, a lawyer and legislator turned philoso­ human rights, placing God's righteousness ty from a spiritual/Quaker perspective. pher and theologian. Bill and Genie Durland as the liberating power that frees us from Charlotte Kasl, a Quaker from the Twin taught at Pendle Hill for four years and are both personal self-righteousness and self­ Cities area, begins by challenging the reader currently founding a radical Christian com­ interested struggles over rights. Finally, he to question "everything we have been taught munity in Colorado based in peace witness, reviews the three dominant theological stances about our sexuality" and begin to "listen to service, and material simplicity. With a for­ of the churches toward politics: traditional, our own inner wisdom." This inner wisdom, ward by Ramsey Clark, God or Nations is liberationist, and political. There are strengths or "holy center," is what Quakers call the a remarkable life testament combining the and weaknesses in all three; we may learn Christ within. Women, Sex, and Addiction author's experience and expertise in a power­ from each and combine their best features teaches that connection with this Holy Center ful Christian peace manifesto. I highly towards a new radical theology adequate to is essential to experience healthy sexuality. recommend it as an important resource for these times. This book will be beneficial for all women anyone concerned for peace and justice to­ God or Nations can be ordererd through (and men) seeking healthy and wholesome day. Durland's radical theology for the Pendle Hill, Wallingford, PA 19086; or call sexuality, not only for the addicted or religious peace movement places our witness (215) 566-4507. codependent. on deeper foundations to make our actions Douglas Gwyn The author writes about the inner emp­ more composed, purposeful, and proactive. tiness, the shame, and the lack of a defined In his introduction, the author explains the Douglas Gwyn teaches at Pendle Hill and is author self that lie at the core of codependency and impetus behind the book: concern that our of two books on Quakerism, Apocalypse of the addiction. She explores the societal in- peace witness often seems to be cast in Word and Unmasking the Idols. negatives- Stop this! Resist that! What is the pacifist saying yes to? Bill Durland makes it clear his ideas are the product of many Addiction & Recovery unique in highlighting the "stuck points" years of reflection, based not in abstract that make transition from one stage to the theories but in active work for peace and In the past few years a successful next so difficult, including a number of justice on many fronts. literary business has grown out of the ad­ valuable exercises, questionnaires, and The first two chapters are a concise and diction recovery models of therapy. The checklists to help readers identify and compelling treatment of peace in Hebrew first books were written by pioneers in the analyze their problems. Mark L. 's Stair­ and Christian Scriptures. Chapter one docu­ field of "dysfunctional" families. Co­ way explores the reluctance many people ments the criticism of violence found in the dependency and the 12 steps have become feel to look beyond themselves for Old Testament, which is built into the very part of our everyday vocabulary. guidance. When he looks at the spiritual texts that narrate the conquest of Canaan As more and more publishers approach dimensions of recovery, he encompasses and the dictates of holy war. This material these sensitive topics, consumers must the human spirit, an inner voice, the spirit will be especially instructive to those who weigh innovative approaches against more of love, or the power of a group, as well write off the God of the Old Testament as traditional models to determine which as God. Through personal stories, he tells one of violence and retribution. The second ones most closely match their needs. how he and others "in desperation and chapter aptly summarizes the politics of first­ FluENDS JOURNAL recently examined a often quite by accident" have found a century Palestine and the way Jesus in­ sample of current titles, including work­ better way of life. teracted with various groups and options. books, introductory texts, and guides to The three temptations faced by Jesus in the spiritual growth. We offer these brief Healing for Adult Children ofAlcohol­ desert-religious, political, and economic­ descriptions to highlight the wide range ics, by Sara Hines Martin. Bantam become symbolic of the challenges of Chris­ of approaches from which to choose. Books, N.Y., 1988, 192 pages, $3.95/ tians in all ages. Chapters three and four give paperback. a helpful synopsis of church history from a Passages Through Recovery, by Ter­ Sara Martin reviews the basics of co­ pacifist viewpoint. Major developments in­ rence Gorski, 1989, 154 pages, $7.95/ dependency and then describes the styles clude the primitive communitarian and paperback and Stairway to Serenity, by of adult children of alcoholics in mar­ pacifist church, the Constantinian com­ Mark L., 1989, 110 pages, $7 .95/ paper­ riage, parenting, work, health problems, promise, Augustine's just war and state back, both part of the Hazeldon Recovery and spirituality. Her direct down-to-earth church theology, papal centralization of Series published by Harper and Row, San approach teaches people from families af­ religio-political power, Luther and the rise Francisco, Calif. fected by alcoholism how to break from of nation-states, and the modern social con­ Terrence Gorski's PQSS(lges stresses that the past and grow emotionally. tract theory. Beginning with Constantine, the abstaining from an addictive substance or author shows the progressive dismantling of behavior is not the end or primary goal Healing Hidden Wounds: Ministering the pacifist and communitarian principles of of recovery; changing one's attitude, to Teenagers/rom Alcoholic Families, by the Gospels. behavior and thinking is. This book is Tom Klaus. Group Publishing, Loveland, The next five chapters are less historical

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Earlham School of Religion (ESR) is now receiving applications for a half-time appointment as Director Of Ministry Project, beginning July 1 of fluences that encourage us to dress seductive­ 1990. The apJX>intment is for an initial two years, and may then be renewed. The ly, to fake orgasms, and to engage in sex Ministry Project will be under review during that two year period and the Director when we don't feel like it. She does not blame men, but writes sensitively of their will be expected to be involved in that review. The apJX>intment involves over­ pain and shows how distorted sexual at­ sight of the field education program at ESR in all its aspects. titudes cause them to suffer along with ESR runs a creative and well supervised field education program that involves women. She explains how childhood emo­ significant attention to student gifts and particular callings in ministry, the careful tional abandonment, incest (overt or covert), training of on-site supervisors, and a weekly two and one-half hour seminar that and pornography in the home can lead to runs for the whole year. Approximately two thirds of the students doing field edu­ compulsive desire for sexual encounters or cation are Quaker and about one third are from other denominations. to a numbing of all sexual feelings. She ESR normally assumes teaching faculty will have completed doctoral level details the deadly downward spiral that these work, or have equivalent professional experience. Other qualifications must in­ sexual patterns follow. clude an appreciation of both the unprogrammed and pastoral traditions within the What does it mean to be sexually addicted or codependent? Kasl's chapter on " Ap­ Religious Society of Friends, a familiarity with non-Quaker religious traditions, praisal" gives an overview. The woman who the personal flexibility needed to work with a wide variety of settings and people, is sexually addicted may feel compelled to and significant and broad experience in Ministry. have frequent sex with a partner or by For a more detailed description of the job, write John Miller, Clerk, Personnel masturbating, may have a pattern of unsuc­ Committee, Earlham School of Religion, Richmond, IN 47374. Applications cessful love relationships in spite of a long­ should include a Curriculum Vitae and the names, addresses, and telephone num­ ing for a permanent relationship, may have bers of three references. Applications should be sent to the above address. Review trouble just being friends with men or of applications will begin April 1. Earlham is an Affirmative Action, Equal women because she thinks about being sex­ Opportunity Employer. ual with them, and may feel remorse or shame after a sexual encounter. The co­ dependent may focus more attention on her

P,lo., 1989, 201 pages, $12.95/ paperback. Tom Klaus is a Chiristian youth leader F,d educator whose concern is how E~_urches can help or hurt victims of alcoholism in congregations and com­ Piunities. Written for other youth minis- ers, the book is a primer for effective The use of ministry. The author addresses issues recycled paper :Often overlooked, such as how churches have historically handled alcoholism, and products is a Atlantic how all "help" is not necessarily practical and "helpful." Recycled effective The 12 Steps for Adult Children, 102 pages, $7.95/ paperback, and The 12 expression of Paper Co. Steps-A Way Out, 212 pages, $14.95/ paperback, both published in 1987 and concern for the revised in 1989, by Recovery Publica­ tions, San Diego, Calif. environment. These two basic and popular books have been revised to reach a wider au­ dience. More inclusive terms, such as copy paper • computer paper "addiction" and "higher power," have been substituted for "alcoholism" and envelopes • paper towels (for home & office) "God." The narratives have been ex­ napkins • toilet paper panded, and more exercises have been added to encourage adult children to con­ front the issues. Steve Kretzmann, sales representative Eileen Coan 4112 Emerson St. Eileen Coon, whose professional background Hyattsville, MD 20781 is in mental health education, is a volunteer at FIUI!NDS JOUllNAL. 301-779-4027

FluENDs JouRNAL May 1990 39 Books continued Introducing Kendal at Hanover in Two Hanover, New Hampshire partner's sexual wants than on her own, may not tell her partner when she is dissatisfied New sexually for fear of upsetting him or her, may Kendal at Oberlin use sex to reward or punish her partner, may Kendal in fake pleasure or orgasms, or make excuses Oberlin, Ohio to avoid sex, rather than say she doesn't want Communities to be sexual. Women's sexual addiction is almost always interwoven with codependency. This is a disturbing book to read. It If you are not familiar with Kendal's newest continuing challenges us to explore our deepest assump­ care retirement communities, write for our brochures tions about our own and our society's at­ titudes about women and sexuality. After and learn more about retirement opportunities in reading the book, I wanted to meet in per­ Quaker directed communities patterned after son this Quaker woman who is so present in her writing. Her gentle, compassionate man­ Kendal at Longwood and Crosslands in ner, along with her sustained spiritual em­ Kennett Square, Pennsylvania. phasis, helped me feel safe in the water she troubled. Judith Middleton The Kendal Corporation attn. Worth Judith Middleton teaches at Earlham School of P.O. Box 100 Religion. Kennett Square, PA 19348 215-388-7001 In Brief

Meditations with John of the Cross By Camille Campbell, Bear & Co., Santa Fe., N.M., 1989. 104 pages. $7.95/paperback. The author, a Carmelite nun, drew these medita­ tions from her own experience with the Way of the Cross. Written in contemporary lan­ STTOWN guage, this book is a gentle entree to the SCHOOL journey toward knowledge of unity with God. It can also serve as simply an elucida­ Westtown, Pennsylvania- Founded In 1799 tion of Saint John's poetry. A Quaker Look Wesuown is a Quaker school of 600 students in Pre-K through at Living with Death and Dying 12th grade, co-educational, college preparatory, day and boarding By Phyllis Taylor. Originally printed in 1981 and revised in 1989. Published by the Fami­ ly Relations Committee of Philadelphia Year­ "' Excellent academic programs ly Meeting, 1515 Cherry St., Phi/a., PA 19102. 32 pages. $1. 75/paperback, plus post­ • Individual attention within a caring community age and handling. The two talks which com­ posed the original edition of this pamphlet, "' Before and after school day care programs one on Expected Death and the other on "' Performing and fine arts Unexpected Death, remain as timely as when they were first published. They each provide * 600-acre campus with lakes and woods valuable advice for individuals and for meet­ ings on how to respond caringly at times of * Outstanding facilities (science center, arts center terminal illness and death. The wisdom in the fieldhouse, 25-meter indoor pool) pamphlet is built around anecdotes of real life situations. The author has included an addenda in the revised edition which deals For more information and to arrange to visit classes, specifically with AIDS. Included are facts about AIDS, reference to some of the public please call Henry Horne, director of admissions, Westtown School policy issues it raises, and insights on how Westtown, PA 19395 (2151399-0123) to be responsive and supportive to persons with AIDS as well as to their loved ones.

40 May 1990 FluENDs JoURNAL "Tough-minded scholar ... warm-hearted believer. "-Richard J. Foster

ELTON TRUEBLOOD Believer, Teacher & Friend James R . Newby

"Dr. T rueblood models for us how to combine the tough-minded honesty of a scholar with the warm-hearted piety of the believer. And, even more importantly, he shows us how to bring both qualities into the service of our neighbor." -Richard J. Foster "I applaud this accurate biography of a man w ho is a 'Christian for all seasons' and an extraordinary spirit."-M. Scott Peck, M.D. "All of us who iove the C hristian fai th are better Sing for Freedom: The Story and wiser because of the enlightenment Elton Trueblood's teachings have of the Civil Rights Movement brought to our life."-Robert Schuller Through Its Songs Edited by Guy and Candie Carawan. Sing Hardcover, $16.95 Out Publications, Bethlehem, Pa. , 1990. 312 pages. $14.95/paperback. Voices sing­ Available at your local bookstore. ing "We Shall Overcome" can be heard to­ In Canada, available through Harper Collins. day in Appalachia, South Africa, and China, wherever there is a struggle for equality and justice. It is just one of many spirituals adapted and spread throughout the South in the '60s. Compiled here in one volume, they were originally published as two volumes, We Shall Overcome and Freedom is a Constant Founded in 1893 by the Society of Friends, George School is Struggle. This new release is both a poetic history of civil rights in the United States and a college preparatory, coeducational day and boarding school a source to be adapted again and again for for students in grades nine through twelve. struggles everywhere. Written in jails, at sit­ ins, and on marches, the songs are accom­ panied by poignant photography and first­ At George School, students learn the value of personal integri­ hand accounts of the movement that created ty, respect for the uniqueness of each individual, the responsi­ its own music. bilities of community membership and the importance of peaceful Raise Your Right Hand Against Fear conflict resolution. By Sheldon Kopp. CompCare Publishers, The school's curriculum includes: Minneapolis, Minn., 1988. 150 pages. $8.95/ • courses on four levels or difficulty • English as a Second Language (ESL) paperback. As much as we would prefer to • the International Baccalaureate diploma • twelve interscholastic sports for both avoid fear and anxiety, we do better to face boys and girls them and engage them as teachers of self­ • Advanced Placement (AP) courses • required full-year courses in the arts awareness. So says Sheldon Kopp, psycho­ • extensive international workcamp and therapist and author best known for his self­ roreis n study prosrams • required community service projects help book If You Meet the Buddha on the Road, Kill Him. By going into our fears we can learn which are valid for us and which are false alarms or fears we have assumed from others. Kopp recommends the use of horror stories to aid the process and to dispel the sense of isolation which frequently ac­ companies such feelings. He also suggests in­ depth psychology to relate our fears to our dreams, fantasies, and backgrounds. The Newtown, PA 18940 benefits include not only our personal heal­ Karen Suplee Hallowell Director of Admissions 215/ 968-3811 ing but an increased capacity to deal com­ passionately with others.

FRIENDS JOURNAL May 1990 41 Ca~BueS?a~as 6· : ..\ Milestones A Quaker Camp for _. Boys and Girls 8-13 , ... Sixty-Eighth year of Camping Complete Camp Program Births Two-Week (overnight) Sessions Boone-RobertColinBoone,onNov.17,1989, to First Session Starts June 24 Rachel Howarth Boone and Robert Boone, ofAlbu­ Special Rates for Quakers querque, N .M. Maternal grandparents, Wilfred and Mary Howarth, are members of Media (Pa.) Camp Onas, Ottsville, PA 18942 Meeting. (215) 847-5858 Howarth-Barclay June Howarth, on Feb. 19, to (Available for spring and fall weekend rentals) Linda and Paul Howarth. Paul is a member of Media (Pa.) Meeting who is sojourning at University from whom she later separated. At different times, (Wash.) Meeting. she wrote and taught and cooked at Pendle Hill. QUAKER She loved to teach children, and for many sum­ VOLUNTEER WITNESS Marriages mers she taught poetry to youngsters at Virginia Serve one year with Friends Beach, Va. A member of the Monthly Meeting of Thode-Zimmerman-Giles Lukens Zimmerman Friends of Philadelphia (Pa.), she served as an and Nancy Cowgill Thode on Feb. 20 in Kailua­ overseer. She was active on the Peace and Race 101 Quaker Hill Dr. Kana, Hawaii. Nancy is a member of Upper Dublin Relations Committee of Philadelphia Yearly 47374 (317) 962-7573 Richmond, IN (Pa.) Meeting. Meeting, was a member of Friends Hospital Board of Managers, and a trustee of Friends Select School. She is survived by three sisters, Harriet Deaths Keith, Doris Baxter, and Dazell Irish; four nieces; For your book needs: Booth-Isabel Jenkins Booth, 96, on March 1, at a nephew; and a grand-niece. Kendal-at-Longwood, a retirement center in Kennett Burcham-GeorgeA. Burcham, 86, died at his home Square, Pa. She attended Germantown Friends on Oct. 22, 1989, after a long illness. A founding PENDU HILL BOOKSTORE School and graduated from Swarthmore College in member ofGrass Valley (Calif.) Meeting, he initiated 338 Plush MW Road 1916. Committed tohercommunityandfamily, she or led many community organizations, covering a Wallingford, PA 19086 felt a responsibility toward education and served on broad range of political, environmental, educa­ (115) 566-4514 the Swarthmore College Board of Managers and on tional, and social issues. Born in Livermore, Calif., the board of Wilmington Friends School. She loved to a Methodist minister father and an artist mother, the arts, was an amateur painter, and was president he attended the University of the Pacific and Gar­ • Quaker books and books of of a local art association. She and her husband, rett Biblical InsituteofNorthwestern University. He interest to Friends Newlin T. Booth, were active in historic preserva­ accepted a position in Evanston, Ill., and there met • In stock, or by special order tion and protection of the environment in their com­ and married Margaret Nelson, who died in the ear­ munity. During the Depression, they worked on the ly 1940s. He remarried a few years later, and his sec­ • Mail or phone orders; VISA welfare board together, and she presided over the ond wife, Evelyn, died in 1976. He served as a &.. MASTERCARD accepted visiting nurses association. She was a member of Methodist minister at the Wesleyan Center in • We ship by mail Wilmington (Del.) Meeting, and in her later years Berkeley, Calif., and for migrant farmworkers in she sewed children's clothing for the American Central California. His interest and skills in work­ Friends Service Committee. She believed in em­ ing with children led to founding a youth hostel and phasizing the good in each person and reaching out an adventure camp for children. He then taught CREMATION to include others, values she taught her family. She elementary school until his retirement at age 69. His Friends are reminded that the is survived by two sons, Newlin and Charles; a influence extends to all who benefited from his work Anna T. Jeanes Fund daughter, Marie(Judy) Fowler; a brother, Edward as organizer and leader, and he was dearly loved for will reimburse cremation costs. C. Jenkins; nine grandchildren; and 12great-grand­ his gentleness and care for people and living things. (Applicable to members of children. He is survived by his four daughters, Wilda Rosene, Philadelphia Yearly Meeting only.) Brooks-Helen Morgan Brooks, 85 , a poet and Carol Babcock, Betty Nelson, and Kerry Goodwill; For information write or telephone teacher and former member of FRIENDS JoURNAL nine grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. RICHARD F. BElTS Board of Managers, on Oct. 6, 1989, at Kendal-at­ 500-B Glen Echo Road Huntington-William Reed Huntington, 83, anar­ Philadelphia, PA 19119 Longwood, near Kennett Square, Pa. After working chitectandfonnerdirectoroftheQuakerUnitedNa­ (215) 247-3354 for many years as a home economist, she spent the tions Office, on Feb. 18 in Norwich, Vt. Active for second half of her career teaching restaurant prac­ many years in the American Friends Service Com­ tices at a school for boys in Philadelphia. In addi­ mittee, he was a crew member of The Golden Rule, tion to teaching the teenagers how to cook and serve, a small boat that in 1958 sailed into the South Pacific Small classes. strong she passed on her love for language, a love that she to protest atomic testing there by the United States. Friends academics in a expressed writing poetry for more than 70years. She He was born in New York City, graduated from St. supportive, caring earned recognition for her writing throughout her Mark'sSchoolinSouthborough,Mass.,fromHar­ Select environment empha­ life, with several awards, many published poems, vard, and then received a master's degree in architec­ sizing Quaker values. and several published collections of poetry. She was ture from the University of Virginia. He practiced A dynamic setting for editor of the poetry magazine, Approach. Her architecture in St. James, Long Island, N.Y., and School grades K-12 in the heart writing could take a practical bent, as well, as in a in Vermont, where he retired in 1982. In World War of Philadelphia. 1955 publication she authored, "A Practical Guide: Ilhewasco-directorofacampforconscientiousob­ One Person, One Meal, One Burner," forneedy peo­ jectors at Big Flats, N.Y. After the war he was co­ 17th and the Parkway, Philadelphia ple trying to eat on a weekly food budget of $5. Her commissioner of relief operations in Tunisia and (215) 561-5900 knowledge of humble living was first-hand: When Algeria in connection with the French-Algerian war. Richard L. Mandel, her family fell on hard times in her teenage years, she He was founder ofConscience Bay (N.Y.) Meeting, Headmaster spent six years in an orphanage. She graduated from where members remember his creativity, guidance, Stuart Land St. Augustine College with a degree in home and generosity of time, energy, and property. The Director of Admissions economics and later attended Temple University in meeting started in his living room, moved into pro­ education. She married William T. Brooks in 1930, gressively larger accommodations, and now meets

42 May 1990 FRIENDS JOURNAL :_woODS COURT___ ---~ One bedroom apartments available for people age 60 and above. Applications to be put on waiting list in his carriage barn and tenant house. Always are being accepted. responsive to new attender' s questions, he was also treasured by seasoned Friends as part of their Quaker heritage. He is survived by his wife, Leonie; three Robert L. Hawthorne, Administrator daughters, Lydia Sparrow, Madge Cooper, and Friends Home at Woodstown MarySiUoway; three stepchildren, Stephanie Lovell, Andrew Lovell, and Katherine Lovell; a brother, q Woodstown, NJ 08098 Telephone (609) 769-1500 Christopher Huntington; 13 grandchildren; and WCXX>STOWN! three step-grandchildren. Johnson-MyrtleR. Johnson, 78, at Medford Leas, a retirement community in Medford, N.J. A birth­ right Friend, she was a member ofMt. Toby (Mass.) Meeting and a graduate of Friends University. She attended Pratt Art Institute and received a master's degree in 1945 from Columbia University. She taught art in South Dakota, Florida, and Massachusetts and retired in 1974. She lived in Pakistan for two years, traveled extensively throughout Europe, and at dif­ A gift of rene\Wal ... ferent times lived in Kansas, South Dakota, Florida, Tennessee, Delaware, and Iowa. She joined the Med­ PENDLE HILL invites you to ford Leas community in 1986. She is survived by her [oin its learning community husband, Curtis A. Johnson; a son, Glen W. for a resident term, enjoy a Johnson; a daughter, Flora Johnson Josephs; three brothers, Glen Rush, Orwin Rush, and John Rush; short stay, a weekend two grandsons; and many nieces and nephews. conference, or a retreat. Current catalog and timely Repenning-Virginia Repenning, 85, on Aug. 20, bulletins ore available free 1989, in Los Gatos, Calif., after a long illness. After graduation from high school she became a profes­ upon request. sional dancer and toured with a dance company until her marriage to Robert Repenning in 1925. Later she Write or coli· taught school in Chicago. She and Robert had a daughter, Betsy Repenning Warner, and two grand­ Pendle Hill Box F children, Robert Dudley Warner and Victoria Lef­ Wallingford, PA 19086 fingwell Warner. She and Robert became members ofEvanston (Ill.) Meeting in 1942. As they changed (215) 566-4507 locations, they transferred their memberships to I Scarsdale (N.Y.) Meeting, Wilton (Conn.) Meeting, and Claremont (Calif.) Meeting. After Robert's death in 1967, Virginia became active in San Jose (Calif.) Meeting and remained involved until fail­ ing health prevented her attendance. During her ac­ tiveyears in San Jose Meeting, Virginia was respected in particular for her wisdom, grace, and background in Quaker tradition. She served on the Ministry and NEW SURROUNDINGS Oversight and First-day School committees and regularly wrote the state ofsociety report for San Jose GREATER DIMENSIONS ~~~~~~ Meeting. She is remembered for her elegant and regal bearing, her interest in antiques and history, and her A quality educational facility to genteel entertaining of Friends in her home. She was develop practical skills for ministry. a person of kindness who accepted people without • M. Min. or M. Div. criticism. Her thoughtful, pragmatic ministry in Pastoral, Counseling or seemed to many to be in the best Quaker tradition. Specialized Ministries Reynolds-Barbara Leonard Reynolds, 74, long­ • M.A. time peace activist and educator, on Feb. II, in in Quaker Studies, Wilmington, Ohio. Founder of the Hiroshima/ Peace and Justice, Biblical, Nagasaki Memorial Collection and Peace Resource Historical, and Theological Center at Wilmington College in 1974, her life was Studies. profoundly touched by living in Hiroshima with her • Theological Reflection Year former husband, Earle Reynolds, when he studied option for those considering a career in the effects of radiation on children. They gained ministry or only wanting to study for one worldwide attention when they sailed their yacht, EARLHAM year. Phoenix, as a peace protest into the hydrogen test SCHOOL OF RELIGION area in the South Pacific in 1958, on the heels of • Financial Aid 228 College Ave . another ship, The Golden Rule. In 1962, Barbara tailored for those who are considering a Richmond, Indiana 47374 traveled from Hiroshima to the United States and life of service (317) 983-1423 the Soviet Union with two Hiroshima residents • Home of the D. Elton Trueblood QUAKER MINISTRY: whose lives were affected by the bombing. That trip Academy for Applied Christianity. AN INVITATION TO TRANSFORMATION inspired her to organize a trip of 40 hibakusha (atomic bomb survivors) from Japan to the United

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1990-1991 Statesin 1964.AyearlatersheandJapanesefriends opened the World Friendship Center in Hiroshima to provide a place for travelers to meet and discuss Directory for Traveling Friends peace issues and activities. When she returned to the United States in 1%9, her statement, "1, too, am a hibakusha,'' stunned and challenged people with the implication that all people's lives were profoundly and permanently changed by the existence of nuclear listing Friends worldwide weapons. In 1975 shewasawardedhonorarycitizen­ ship in Hiroshima, and a few years later, the who offer home hospital­ Japanese government designated her a "Living Na­ tional Treasure.'' She made her final home in Long ity or camping space to Beach, Calif., where she helped found the Asian Friends and attenders Resource Center, designed to give material and emo­ tional support to Asian immigrants, especially Viet­ carrying letters of intro­ namese and Cambodian. In 1984, the War Resisters League honored her with its Peace Award. In the duction from their home United States, many view her as a person who helped change public opinion about nuclear disarmament. meetings. In Japan, she is revered for dedicating her life to the welfare ofhibakusha through spiritual commitment and sustained personal contacts. Her writings in­ clude All in the Same Boat, about her family's To order copies of the 1990-1991 Directory for Traveling Friends send check, worldwide boat trip, as well as children's books and made out to FGC Publications for $15 per copy plus $3 postage and handling stories, andessaysandpoemsaboutpeaceconcerns. She was a member of First Friends Church of Long to Friends General Conference FJ, 1216 Arch Street, 2B, Philadelphia, PA Beach, Calif. She is survived by her former husband, 19107. Use of this Directory is restricted to those with a letter of introduction Earle; a daughter, Jessica Shaver; two sons, Ted and from their home meeting. Calendar

MAY 4-6-Piedmont Friends Fellowship, to be held at Quaker Lane, Climax, N.C. Contact Peirce Hammond, 718 Lake Boone Trail, Raleigh, NC 27607, or call (919) 783-8781. 5- 9-National Pilgrimage for Abolition of the Death Penalty. March from Starke, Florida, to inner-city Atlanta, Georgia, culminates the Torch of Conscience campaign to mobilize the religious community's opposition to the death penalty. For information, write to Lighting the Torch of Con­ science, P.O. Box 600, Liberty Mills, IN 46946. 6-Friends Historical Association's spring meeting at Frankford Meeting, Penn and Orthodox streets, Phila., PA 19124. 7, 14, 21, 28-"Local Heroes, Global Change," a PBS series depicting successful development projects in poor countries. Produced with input from the Interreligious Coalition for Breakthrough on Hunger, the series is scheduled to air at 10 p.m. in each time zone. A study booklet and video cas­ sette are available for $10 from Alternatives/ Coali­ tion, P .O. Box 429, 5263 Bouldercrest Road, Ellenwood, GA 30049, or call (404) 961-0102. 10-13- Southern Appalachian Yearly Meeting, at Hiwassee College, Madisonville, Tenn. Contact 1990 Gathering of Friends Steve Meredith, P .O. Box 125, Alvaton, KY 42122, June 30 - July 7, 1990 • Carleton College, Northfield, Minnesota or call (502) 622-6175. 11-13-Denmark Yearly Meeting, in Copenhagen. Complete information is available in the spring FGC Quarterly or write to: Contact Vibeke Stage, Quaker Centre, Copenhagen, Friends General Conference, 1216 Arch Street-2B, Philadelphia, PA 19107 Denmark. 11-13-New York Yearly Meeting's 1990 Peace In­ FRIENDS GENERAL CONFERENCE stitute, at Powell House, Old Chatham, N.Y.

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Regional Director of Development Earlham College Tim Reynolds; five grandchildren; and one great­ medical situation of prisoners in the county jail. He Earlham School of Religion grandchild. also visited many inmates, one of whom visited Pima Earlham is seeking a Regional Director of Development. The Meeting to understand what motivated Ralph's successful candidate will report to the Director of Develop­ Root-John Root, 85, on March 13, in Doylestown goodness. Ralph also lobbied state legislators on ment and will have the primary responsibility for coordinating Pa. A long-time member of Wrightstown (Pa.) prison issues until age 83, when the Friends Com­ all development activities for Earlham College and the Earlham Meeting, he lovingly gave his decorative and culinary mittee on Arizona Legislation continued much of School of Religion in an assigned region, excluding annual fund skills to fairs and breakfasts. Born in Chicago, he his ministry. Members ofPima Meeting particularly mailings. Responsibilities include the identification, cultiva­ was a noted Broadway set designer and artist who remember Ralph's voice and presence during the tur­ tion, and solicitation of major alumni, parent, friend, cor­ also created settings for television plays. He is sur­ porate, and foundat ion prospects. Planned giving work also bulent 1960s, when he consistently pointed to the in­ vi_ved by his wife, Margaret Mullen; a daughter, is required in the assigned region. trinsic goodness of each person when feelings Lmda Kenyon; a son, Evan Root; two sisters, Betty A master's degree is preferred. A minimum of two years Root and Marian Olson; and eight grandchildren. became intense. experience in fundraising (preferably in a college or universi­ Soule-Gordner E. Soule, 65, on Feb. 26in Middle­ ty setting}, admissions, or a related area is required. Rutledge-Ralph Rutledge, 97, on Sept. 20, 1989. It is essential that the Regional Director of Development town, N.Y. A retired librarian with Pike County Born to a Quaker mother who was read out of possess strong organizational skills. Other necessary qualities Library in Milford, Pa., he was a member of Corn­ meeting for marrying his Methodist father, Ralph include the ability to work cooperatively and effectively with wall (N.Y.) Meeting and an army veteran of World became a member of Swarthmore (Pa.) Meeting staff, faculty, volunteers, and the constituencies of both the War II. Hefirstcametomeeting20yearsago, bring­ whenhewasanadult. He served with the American College and the School of Religion and to communicate ef. ing his son Jerimy to First-day school. He became Friends Service Committee in post-war France in fectively, both orally and in writing. Travel is required. a sincere and helpful member who was known for The application deadline is May 11. 1990. Send letter of 1918 and 1919. With a doctorate in economics, he serving whenever and wherever he was needed. As application, resume, and the names of three references to: held academic positions in Utah and at UCLA before a parent, he participated in bicycle trips with other going into state government service in California. )ames P. Thompson parents and young people. Recently, he served as Director of Development Throughout his career, he moved several times clerk of the Building and Grounds Committee, Earlham College transferring his membership and assumingmeetin~ preparing the meetinghouse for its 200th anniver­ Box3 responsibilities each time. Upon retirement, he and sary, to be held in July 1990. He is survived by his Richmond, Indiana 47374 his wife, Ruth, moved to Tucson, Ariz., becoming four sons, Christopher A. Soule, Alan R. Soule, Earlham is an affirmative action, equal opportunity employ­ members of Pima Meeting. This became a time for Brian Soule, and Jerimy Soule; his mother; two er. Women, minorities, and Quakers are encouraged to apply. him to find new opportunities for human service, as brothers; two grandchildren; nieces, and nephews. he took leadership in improving the health and

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46 May 1990 FRIENDS JoURNAL Positions Vacant Baltimore Yearly Meeting seeks applicants for the posi­ Vermont. Comfortable housekeeping cabins in MI. Holly tion of associate secretary. The associate secretary has ma­ near Appalachian Trail. Simple, secluded, swimming, Director, Friends Information Center, starting late sum­ jor responsibility for oversight of programs with young boating. Caroline Bailey (317) 855-2198 or 5289 Shoemaker Seek practicing Friend with previous work in outreach, mer. friends, junior high, junior yearly meeting; assisting month· Road, Centerville, IN 47330. information dissemination and interpretation, and extensive ly and quarterly meetings in planning programs; and offer­ New Hampshire: farmhouse, two bedrooms plus, furnished, experience with Quaker organizations, to direct new infor­ ing assistance to yearly meeting committees in carrying out quiet location, hiking, swimming, canoeing, near North Con­ mation service at Friends Center, Philadelphia, for seven their charges. An individual of vision, preferably with a col­ way shops and restaurants. $200/week. Donald Smith, 115 Friends organizations. For description and application pro­ lege degree, experience working with youth, administrative William St., East Williston, NY 11596. (516) 742·3699. cedure, write Terry Foss, Friends Information Center, 1501 experience, and Quaker involvement is sought to begin Prince Edward Island, Cenada. Secluded sea-side cot­ Cherry Street, Philadelphia, PA 19102. Deadline for com­ work by August 1, 1990. Send letter of application and tage. Private beach, warm swimming, excellent birding and pleted application is June 15. resume by June 1, 1990 to Frank Massey, General fishing. Completely equipped, reasonable, available July­ Wellington Meeting (New Zealand) is seeking wardens for Secretary, Baltimore Yearly Meeting, 17100 Quaker Lane, early August. (215) 399-0432. its Friends Centre. No remuneration, but flat and utilities Sandy Spring, MD 20660. Cepe Cod. South Wellfleet on Bay. Sleeps four. $650 per provided. Suggested term is 9-12 months. Would suit Teachers, interns for small, friendly independent, elemen­ week. Bragazzl, 789 West End Avenue, New York, NY retired couple. Details available from Warden's Committee, tary, day/boarding school. Warm community, beautiful rural 10025. (212) 662-9123. Box 9790, Wellington, New Zealand. setting. Resume, references to Judy Reed, Horizon's Edge New Society Publishers, a worker controlled publishing School, Canterbury, NH 03442. (603) 783-4388. Summer cottage on New Hampshire lake with own dock, boat, swimming area. Rental includes separate getaway house, has positions in book production and shipping/fulfill· Pendle Hill, a Quaker center for adun study and contempla­ ment. Each collective member edits books, shares manage­ one room cabin. Basic conveniences but not fancy: for tion, is accepting applications for a resident program core those who prefer seclusion to cheek-by-jewel vacationing. ment, is committed to nonviolence and feminism. Fulltime. teacher in the field of crafts. Applicants should be qualified Available July. $1 ,700/month. (914) 476-0722. $12,000, good benefits. Apply for details: Flic Shooter, NSP, to teach pottery and weaving, and should have the desire 4527 Springfield Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19143. to integrate these and other art forms with the broader cur­ Need counMiors, cook, and nurae for small Quaker-led riculum and with the spiritual journey of students. The pos~ farm camp. Skills in nature, pottery, shop, farming are lion requires an instinct for community and compatibility Schools useful. Younger children. Emphasize nonviolence, simplic~ with the witness of the Religious Society of Friends. Pen­ The Meeting School, a challenge to creative living and ty, environmental awareness. Carl and Tim Curtis. die Hill's faculty practices an open approach to education learning. A Quaker high school that encourages individual Journey's End Farm Camp. Box 136 R.D. 1, Newfoundland, in which teaching and leading are balanced by listening and growth through strong academics and an equally demand­ PA 18445: (717) 689-2353. learning. A cash salary, with perquisites including housing, ing emphasis on community cooperation. Students live in Unique opportunity at the Meeting School to be of ser­ meals, utilities, and benefits is offered. Position available faculty homes. Art and farm programs. Coed, boarding, vice at a Friends (Quaker) boarding high school in rural New September 1, 1990. For information and application pro­ grades 9-12 and post grad, college prep. Founded in 1957. Hampshire. Enjoy a family setting with teenagers where cedures, call or write Eve Beehler, Pendle Hill, Wallingford, Rindge, NH 03461. (603) 899-3366. learning and living are integrated and Friends faith is prac­ PA 19086-6099. (215) 566-4507. A value-centered achool for learning disabled elementary ticed. We are seeking four faculty as well as interns to help Enjoy the cool breezes of Maine this summer. We seek students. Small, remedial classes; qualified staff serving in the following areas: houseparenting, sciences, English, counselors In pottery, crafts, music, and nature. We also Philadelphia and northern suburbs. The Quaker School at math, writing workshop, administration, secretarial skills, need a cook, nurse or E.M.T., and W.S.I. Applicants must Horsham, 318 Meeting House Road, Horsham, PA 19044. gardening, farming, sports, drama, art, music, guidance, be 18 + . For information and applicalion call or write: Susan (215) 674-2875. food buying, and maintenance. Experience in Quakerism, Morris, Director, Friends Camp, P.O. Box 84, East secondary teaching, and community living is helpful. Ex­ Vassalboro, ME 04935. (207) 923-3975. plore with us. Contact: eric maya joy, The Meeting School, Rindge, NH 03461. (603) 899-3366. Services Offered Intern. Spend a year in Washington living at William Penn Rentals and Retreats Electrical Contractor: commercial, industrial, residential. House, dividing work between WPH and an Issue-oriented Repairs and installations. Michael P. Walton, 2830 Bristol Washington organization. Stipend, room and board in­ Sea Calm, Milbridge, Maine. Snug cabin. Isolated, wood­ Road, Warrington, PA 18976. (215) 343-95n. cluded. One year commitment beginning in September. ed, tidewater frontage, rocky shore. Three rooms equipped for six except linens. Propane. No electricity or running Apply to Director, 515 East Capitol Street, Washington, DC Celo Valley Books will professionally produce your 20003 by May 15. water. Good well. $250 per week, June • September. Dorothy K. Walker, 17300 Quaker Lane, Sandy Spring, MD book-50 copies or more-<>n time with personal atten­ Needed: A male preferably between the ages of 30 and tion and economically. 1% of profits to charity. Write: 20660. (301) n<~-3495 . 40, educated, caring, observant, cheerful resourceful, able 346 Seven Mile Ridge Road, Burnsville, NC 28714. to travel and relocate if necessary. The position is one of Southern France. Old stone house, quiet village, near companion, driver, housekeeper for an adun male who was Avignon, beautiful historic region. Simply furnished, two an attorney, until he suffered a brain injury. He has made bedrooms, sunny terraced yard, trees. $700/month--June Quaker Unlveraellst Fellowship is a fellowship of seekers significant recovery but has a loss of peripheral vision and only. Marc Simon, Rue de Ia Tour de I'Oume, 30290 St. wishing to enrich and expand Friends' perspectives. We cannot drive. This is a live-in position, and remuneration Victor IaCoste, France, or J. Simon, 217 High Park Blvd., meet, publish, and correspond to share thoughts, insights, would include living expenses and salary. Please send a Amherst, NY 14226. (716) 636-8698. and information. We seek to follow the promptings of the complete resume of your education, job experience, in­ Rune Hill Center-A Christian ministry welcoming in­ Spirit. Inquiries welcome! Write QUF, Box 201 AD 1, terests, availability and salary requirements to: C. N. Lyle, dividuals, small groups. Focus on healing self and crea­ Landenberg, PA 19350. 8668 Skyline Drive, Dallas, Texas 75243. tion; simplicity, silence, worship and sharing. Open and Radon testing and mitigation. DER certified contractor. guided retreats available. May 5-8, Women Mystics; June Call Mike Walton, 2830 Corporation, Warrington, Pa., 1- 9-10, Eco-communion and Celtic Christianity. Contact (800) 446-2830. Free estimates. Dean of Program Diane and Paul Gibbons, Rune Hill, AD 2, Spencer, NY Wedding CertHicates, birth testimonials, invitations, an­ Pendle Hill seeking experienced teacher/administrator 14883. (607) 589-6392. nouncements, addressing, poetry, gilts all done in beautiful for program of religious and social studies. Pendle Hill Maine Cottege. Southport Island-Boothbay Harbor calligraphy and watercolor illumination. Write or call Leslie is a Quaker, adun study center with residential, exten­ region. Sleeps six. Quiet location, water view. Baaches, Mitchell, 2840 Bristol Rd., Bansalem, PA 19020, (215) sion and publication programs. Candidates should have lighthouse nearby with restaurants, theaters just across the 752-5554. demonstrated achievements in scholarly, teaching, and swing bridge. $400 weekly. Wayne & Mary Homan, 448 E. administrative areas and commitment to religious, 10th Ave., Conshohocken, PA 19428. (215) 826-3192. especially Quaker, values. The dean of program exer­ Socially Responsible Investing cizes leadership in planning and carrying out Pendle Hill Adlrondacka-housekeeping cabins on quiet, unspoiled Using client-specified social criteria, I screen in­ programs with core teachers and other program staff. lake. Fireplaces. Best selections June and September, vestments. I use a financial planning approach to port­ The dean lives on campus and takes part in all aspects (609) 654-3659 or wrne Dreby, Cranberry Lake, NY 12927. folio management by identifying individual objectives and of the life in the residential community. Position available Saltwater " Cape," Westport, Maine. On hilltop overlook­ designing an investment strategy. I work with individuals September 1, 1990. For further information call Margery ing Sheepscot River. 3 bedrooms, family room. Deep water and business. Call: Sacha Millstone, (202) 857-5462 in Walker (215) 566-4507. anchorage, dock. $650 per week. Call Rentex, (207) Washington, D.C. area, or (800) 368-5897. 725-7511 . Hawall-lslend of Kaual. Cozy housekeeping cottages. Editor for Quaker Society of Economic Democracy newslet· General Contractor. Repairs or anerations on old or Peace, palms, privacy. $75/2 nightly. 147 Royal Drive, historical buildings. Storm and fire damage restored. John tar. 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Through the years, now nearly 75, Pablo Espinoza and Nora Benavides the American Friends Service describe the AFSC's work with farm­ Committee has been blessed with a workers in California's San Joaquin procession of men and women who Valley... people who harvest our food have given large and small amounts who are often exploited or treated of their lives to service, develop­ unfairly. Pablo's radio broadcast in ment, justice and peace; contributing Spanish reaches over 90,000 listeners their talents and spirit to projects that Report in ten counties (many listen while express a concern to bear witness to they pick the crops) giving informa­ nonviolence as a D from Armenia tion about workers' rights, pesticide force for change. In AFSC volunteer, Kelly Stevenson, poisoning, where to go for help with Vignettes in Quaker describes the work of constructing injuries, the new immigration law, Service six AFSC health clinics and a children's housing and other topics. Pablo and veterans tell their rehabilitation center in earthquake­ Nora assisted a Friends Meeting that personal stories stricken Soviet Armenia in 1989. He wanted to shelter a Guatemalan of serving in India, notes the devastating effects of the refugee family. The report also lists '------"~----lEast Africa, Vietnam, earthquake, both physical and the program's accomplishments over in China in the 40s, and in the U.S. psychological, the obstacles and the past 30 years. South working for civil rights in the setbacks and overall the kindness, 70s. They tell how they feel they hospitality and appreciation of the made a difference ... what they people. Several times Kelly was told learned, but more importantly how about the hospital Quakers built in they were changed by their contacts Armenia in 1917 to help victims of and their everyday experiences. the genocide.

Disarmament, ••••••••••••••••• Peace and To: Information Services Peace Education World Order American Friends Service an address by Stephen G. Cary, Committee D Bulletin Chairperson of the Board of 1501 Cherry St. The spring 1990 bulletin of the D Directors of the AFSC Philadelphia, PA 19102 AFSC Peace Education Division On October 3, 1989, Stephen Cary covers program efforts for peace in Please send me the free publica­ addressed a seminar in New Delhi, the Middle East and Central Amer­ tions I have checked above. India, on "Humanism, International • ica, for justice in South Africa, and Politics, and Nehru's Thought." Nrune______staff involvement in East-West and As a Quaker and a pacifist he talks Address.______• disarmament issues. New resources about his faith in nonviolence as fun­ ______zip. ____ are offered on El Salvador, the damental to the survival of our Middle East, Soviet foreign policy planet, and about the need for anal­ In addition, I enclose $. ___ and U.S. options, and on Selective ternative means of security if we are for the general work of the Service Service warning letters received by to resolve the "crisis of the spirit." Committee. Contributions are de­ young people. In an editorial, Luz He proposes ways to overcome this ductible for Federal income tax B uerra of the AFSC Texas/Arkansas/ crisis, and talks about the basis for purposes. Oklahoma office talks about "The hope today. • ••••••••••••••••160FA Meaning of Our Work."