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To us, revering God means, at a minimum, having a respect for God's creation and trying to order our lives in such a way that we live respectfully within God's . unzverse. -A Testimony on Simplicity

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Wholesome Poverty: A Revolutionary Adventure An Among Friends Independent magazine serving the Signs of the Tunes Religious ctavio Paz, in discussing alienation, wrote that it is not only the result of Society of social systems, "but of the very nature of technology: the new means of Friends O communication accentuate and strengthen noncommunication." I think I get his point. In fact, it strikes pretty close to home. Editorial My son Andrew, now 16, was relaxing recently in the living room. He's so often Vinton Deming (Editor-Manag"}, Kenneth Surron (krociau Editor}, Timothy Drake {kristant Editor}, on the go with his friends that I seized the rare opportunity to initiate a conversation. Claudia Wair (Editorialkristant), Judith Brown Andrew, I should say, is a Communicator (capital "C"). He's got more friends than (Po~try Editor) Carter's got liver pills. To facilitate regular communication with as many of them as Production Barbara Benton (Art Dir«tor}, Alia Podolsky possible, Andrew has a cordless phone. He's seldom without it. (I think he even has a (Productionksistant), John D. Gummere shower cap for it.) (Guest!Xsignn) Well, often during our "conversation" together, usually midway through a Circulation IW1d Advertising Nagendran Gulendran (Mark~ting andAdvmising sentence, the phone would ring. Andrew, in one fluid motion, would seemingly Manag"), Nicole Hackel (Circulationkristant) brush against the phone as if he were whisking a small insect away from his ear, and Administration in a son voice say "Hey, what's up... " and after a few moments, in which I would Marianne De Lange (Administratiw &mtary}, Lucinda Hudson (Bookku~r), Henry Freeman fidget and leaf through one of the magazines on the coffee table, he would brush (D~Iopmmt Omsultant}, Pamela Nelson another insect away from his ear and resume the conversation with me. (D~Iopmmtkristant}, Roberr Surron (Volunu") This process was repeated six or eight times until I realized that my best chance for Board of Managers Irwin Abrams (Ckrk), LucindaAnrrirn, meaningful communication might be for me to ring him up on his private line and Paul Buckley, Susan Carnahan, Sue Carnell, maybe have an uninterrupted talk for a couple of minutes. I'd need to be prepared, of Elizaberh Cazden, Helen Fields, Deborah Fisch, course, to experience Call Waiting or even the voice on his answering machine, Ingrid Holcomb, Roberr Kunkel (Tr~asur"), Mary Mangelsdorf, Judy Monroe, which is not really him but some computerized voice that says my call is very Caroline Balderston Parry (&cording Ckrk), important and please leave a message after the beep. Ruth Peterson, Lisa Lewis Raymer, Margery Rubin, David Runkel, Larry C. Spears, Larry D. Spears, My son Simeon, now 14, presents a variation on the theme. 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2 july 1997 FRIENDS j OURNAL July 1997 FRIENDS Volume 43, No. 7 JOURNAL

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7 Jesus among the Media 2 Among Friends John Pitts Corry Details at 1], following weather and sports. 4 Forum 8 The Persistence of a Quaker Conscience 20 Friendly Puzzle David R Bassett 21 Reports The founder ofthe Peace Tax Fund movement teUs his story. 24 News of Friends 11 Wholesome Poverty: A Revolutionary Adventure Clare Hanrahan 26 Bulletin Board A revolution ofthe heart can fee us ftom the war economy. 27 Calendar 1.3 A Testimony of Simplicity 28 Books Two anonymous Friends challmge themselves and others to measure our lifestyles and decisions against a global starukrd. 30 Milestones 15 True Love 33 Classified John Calvi Finding love may be accidental but keeping it is plain hard work. 17 A Call for Racial Justice among Friends Poetry Paul Ricketts Here are specific suggestions for creating welcoming, multiracial meetingr. 12 On Usefulness Kimberly Hoover 19 Quakerism as a Management Philosophy Be Still Christian Pedersen Chantelle Bowman A Friend and long-time businessman suggests queries for Quakers in management. 16 Anniversary Michael True

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FRIENDS JOURNAL]uo/ 1997 3 Forum The meaning of marriage They surely are irrelevant to God. If on the (GAO). While the so-called Defense of other hand one wishes to maintain that Marriage Act was being debated, Rep. Steve A recent letter in FRIENDS jOURNAL there are physical qualities that are requisite Gunderson (R-Wisc.) requested the study (Forum, April) suggested, on the topic of to that state, I'd like to hear them stated, of what civil marriage means under federal same-sex relationships, that we not their basis made explicit, and examined. law. However, the bill became a law before "redefine" marriage and concentrate instead Does marriage depend on the physical the study was completed. on working toward providing equal rights characteristics of the people involved? If GAO identified 1,049 federal laws, from for those in such relationships as a matter of gender is not solely a physical characteristic, the widely significant to the obscure, in which civil rights and as a way to move forward on what is it that spiritually distinguishes men marital status is a factor, even if some of this contentious matter. from women? Is that distinction relevant to these laws may not directly create benefits However, I was struck by the thought this matter? Does the shape of the bodies of or privileges. Categories of the 1,049 laws that those seeking recognition of same-sex the participants fundamentally determine that refer to marital status include: unions are seeking to redefine marriage. the quality and nature of the relationship of Social Security and related programs, What is the "definition" of marriage that the marriage? What is the link then between housing, and food stamps: These include writer assumes we all accept exists and that those factors? the rights of husbands and wives and some seek to change? In my experience, To me, marriage is a state that exists widows and widowers under the Old Age, those who strongly object to applying the between two people when they feel that Survivors, and Disability Insurance word "marriage" suggest that marriage is by their love binds them together. Marriage program. Marital status also affects a definition a union of man and woman. involves engagement on spiritual, person's eligibility and benefit levels in the In the plain-spoken traditions of our intellectual, emotional, and physical levels. Supplemental Security Income program. Quaker ancestors, { suggest a working Characteristics of marriage would include a Veterans' benefits: These affect the principle. It is not plain speaking to call rwo basic healthiness in which each person rights and privileges of husbands or wives of identical things by two different names, nor often brings out the best things in the veterans, including additional disability to call two very different things by one other, in which each person depends on, compensation for the spouses of disabled name. It follows then that if we are to call and is in turn depended upon for, support veterans. same-sex unions "marriages," it can only be and caring. Marriage fosters growth of each Taxation: There are 59 provisions in because we find in them those same things person and growth of the relationship as federal income rax law under which liability that are identified with the concept of well. Marriage is an intentional relationship is affected by a taxpayer's marital status. marriage. On the other hand, if we call in which people make (in some sense) a Employment benefits: Laws include them something else, they must be clearly durable, special, and exclusive commitment unpaid leave for employees to care for a distinct and different from "marriages." to each other. I believe that God blesses seriously ill spouse, death benefits for the I cannot feel that "union of man and relationships that are of good heart and spouse of a public safety officer killed in the woman" is a very thorough exploration of founded in the love of one for the other. line of duty, and annuities and lump-sum the meaning of "marriage." I reject the idea that "procreative potential" benefits for spouses eligible under the Are all unions of men and women is a fundamental characteristic of marriage, Railroad Retirement Act, with survivors marriages? Obviously not. Nor do I hear for then we must say that marriages end benefits also available to spouses of Friends speaking to the question, "What is with menopause, or the potential for longshore and harbor workers. it that dictates that 'man and woman' is marriage does-a meeting could not Immigration: A policy of keeping fundamental to marriage?" Some would cite recognize a marriage involving the infertile, families intact. the Bible. I am no scholar; I shall leave that for example. And what of those who marry Trade/Commerce: Spouses may receive debate to others. with the ability, but absent the intent, to protection in residential mortgage To the contrary, I wonder if "man and create children? Must they too be denied agreements. Marital status also can affect woman" isn't simply tradition and practice. marriage? I doubt that Friends would rest the income calculations used to determine Tradition and practice are not to be taken easy with such interpretations. eligibility for financing under programs lightly, of course, bur in the history of this I maintain that physical characteristics of such as the Fresh Cut Flowers and Fresh nation we have used the law to codify the participants are quite irrelevant to God's Cut Greens Promotion and Information tradition and practice, and relied on the acceptance and blessing. I personally do not Act of 1993. Bible as an authority to "redefine" marriage see any characteristic of marriage that a Copies of the 102-page GAO report are in the civil and religious senses a number of same-sex couple cannot, at least in available on the Internet at http:// times in the past century and a half. In principle, have in their relationship. But www.gao.gov/ or from the Office of some places and at some times, it has been that may reflect only my own definition of General Counsel, U.S. General Accounting held that marriage is a union of"a white marriage. Office, Washington, DC 20548. man and a white woman" and not open to Phil Oliver Stabilizing families and couples is of those of other races; or of "a man and Foster City, Calif. such value that society has created a unique woman of the same race" precluding the web of laws to acknowledge and protect possibility that "marriage" could exist Why can't gays and lesbians accept the them. Coverage is available only through between people of different races. term "domestic partnership" for their civil marriage, and no citizens should be In some places at some times it has been committed relationships and leave the denied access to this institution. It is held that people of lessened mental sacred term "marriage" for the traditional especially important for Quakers to speak capabilities, or people with some illnesses, husband and wife? out from their religious perspective of or people with some genetic or acquired There are 1,049 reasons why. Those support for all human beings. disabilities were unfit for marriage. We 1,049 reasons were reported by the Starshine probably do not accept such notions today. congressional Genem.l Accounting Office Great Falls, Mont.

4 july 1997FRIENDS ] OURNAL l Ignoring centralization ] Another Cuba For those enthusiastic about the i:! Whilst in Mexico recently, we were -~ "covenant" terminology, Douglas Gwyn's ~ shown the February issue of FRIENDS "Can't See the Covenant for the Contracts" C'5 JouRNAL, containing two articles about (Fj May) was fascinating. Primitive .:_~ Cuba, written by Tom Colgan and Quakers might contend that his "notions" ~ Dorothy Carroll. We read them with great have less relevance than the actual ~ interest, particularly as we had met the experience of companionship with the ~ authors on the previous evening at a Creator of the ongoing transformations, f workshop in the Casa de los Amigos where involving creativity and destruction, love r~ we reported on our two-week visit amongst and hate, order and chaos, fate and -v Friends in Cuba and our attendance at their randomness. The sharing of such Philip Noel-Baker, at left yearly meeting. To a large extent, we share experiences in a gathered meeting has the conclusions drawn by Tom and vitalized Quakerism for more than 300 only person in history who has won both a Dorothy and would like to add a few years. Gwyn clarifies how capitalism, Nobel Prize (for Peace, 1959) and an comments in the light of our own technology, etc., are tools that have each O lympic Medal (silver, 1500-meter run, experience. developed a dynamic of their own. 1920). We are Quakers ftom the European, Centralization also is a tool that has This breadth of accomplishment in a silent tradition. It was not our intention to developed its own dynamics. Too often Quaker role modelled Friends School travel to Cuba as tourists, or to meet with capitalism, technology, etc., are blamed for Mullica Hill (N.J.) to dedicate our newest people from official bodies, but to move effects that are primarily the results of building to his memory shortly after his around on our own, traveling by bus, truck, centralization. For more than 300 years death in 1982. He has been a strong tractor, or horse and cart, as ordinary many cultures have brainwashed successive presence at our school ever since. The Cubans do, all the way from Havana to Las generations to accept inevitable dedicatory note, appropriately placed in the Tunas and Holguin provinces. We visited centralization as part of the package of the hallway between the classrooms and the the five Quaker churches of Puerto Padre, human destiny of domination over other gymnasium, concludes: "Philip Noel­ Velasco, Holguin, Banes, and Gibara and species. All counter-cultures valuing bonds Baker's life will serve as a constant reminder shared fully in their life and worship. We within an acquaintanceship group have of the values which we hope to impart to all weren't able to meet with ·the Havana been, and still are, persecuted. The who enjoy the use of this building." worship group, but we got to know four of centralist-decentralist aspects have generally their number at the yearly meeting. been ignored both by Gwyn and by most john Harkins The question of relationship between other analysts. Mullica Hill, N.J. this group and the yearly meeting was john R Ewbank openly discussed during the business Southampton, Pa. sessions, and we are pleased to report that a Gun control clear and healthy basis for cooperation was For some time it has surprised and agreed on. It was stressed that if a To a very kind Friend troubled me that there have been few, if programmed Friends church is developed Whoever you are, thank you for sending any, articles or editorials in FRIENDS in Havana, this should operate in harmony me the Friends' Discipline, Baltimore JoURNAL on gun control. A letter from Greg and unity with the existing unprogrammed 1902, that had been given to John N. Barnes in the February issue attracted my group. We also learned that several Friends Green. John N. Green was my husband's attention. churches hold once-a-month meeting for grandfather. I did not know that the book Should we not be taking seriously daily worship based on silence and gain a lot existed. The family is most grateful to have news of a drive-by shooting, a fatality in a from the experience. Indeed, this form of the volume for our collection. If I knew mall parking lot, a murder in a worship was practiced during the yearly your name, I would thank you personally. schoolyard-just to mention a few sudden meeting itsel£ These developments lead us The package containing the book did not deaths in any of our large cities? We read to believe that programmed and have a return address or a note inside. that drugs and gangs are to blame. But it is unprogrammed Friends in Cuba can grow the gun that kills. Not until we together in a healthy and harmonious way. Miriam Green acknowledge that the proliferation of guns However, as a note of caution, we feel that 316 Rossiter Ave. has gotten way out of hand will we be able it would be good if Quaker visitors from Baltimore, MD 21212-4419 to put an end to the senseless killing of abroad could exercise great tenderness, innocent people. whatever their personal worship Cynics try to persuade us that any strict preferences, and respect this pluralistic and Medalist law will be circumvented by criminals; yet delicate aspect of Cuban Friends. We were pleased to see Philip Noel­ one can hardly classify as criminals the We have to disagree with the official Baker included in the JouRNAL's series on increasing number of juveniles carrying and party line quoted in Dorothy's article that Quaker Nobel Prize winners (Fj April). shooting guns to kill. Let the sportsmen "98 percent of the people are in favor of the However, we want to remind readers of one have their rifles. They do not need assault government." As we interconnected with of his other accomplishments. In addition weapons to kill a deer or shoot down a people everywhere, thanks to our basic to the full and productive life described in duck. knowledge of Spanish, we did not meet the JOURNAL, he also won an Olympic Priscilla C. Hickman anyone in full agreement with the Medal. In fact, Philip Noel-Baker is the Ojai, Calif. government. While many seemed to

FRIENDS joURNAL jury 1997 5 appreciate the efforts and achievements in judgment without knowing all the allow the U.S. government, nor any other the fields of health and education, they otherwise pertinent facts. However, it government, to select the membership of equally showed a deep concern that the strikes me that whoever is providing this our delegations. present biting economic restrictions evident kind of reimbursement of up to $4,000, AFSC has never built programs around in daily life are not solely due to the U.S. even if on a trial basis, really ought to do what the ANC or other groups might or blockade or to the loss of East European some serious and deep meditation and might not do. As far as I know, ANC has markets. People wonder about the ultimate hopefully get their priorities in better order. never threatened to close their doors to use of the convertible currencies that enter I also have a serious question about FRIENDS AFSC for any reason. That part of the the country in a multitude of ways and ask jOURNAL accepting such advertising. Is this statement manages to denigrate both AFSC why it is that, whenever socioeconomic really promoting the otherwise simple and ANC in a single blow. conditions worsen in a country, ordinary Quaker way? The June 1994 issue of Southern Africa people always end up paying the highest R. Dean Short Quaker News carried an apology "to Lyle price. Havertown, Pa. Tatum for a statement erroneously FRIENDS jOURNAL readers also might be attributed to him in an earlier edition." It interested to know that in addition to the repeated the erroneous quote with some existing Europe-Cuba Quaker links, For the record brief comments from me. programmed and unprogrammed Friends During the apartheid days, what Friends This is not a difference ofopinion. It is a from Miami, Fla., have set up the Cuban should be doing about apartheid was factual question about what has happened. Quaker Project to help raise funds for controversial. A major part of the In addition to the comments above, I have Cuban Friends' initiatives, which include disagreement was about the boycott. The in my files an exchange of correspondence intervisitation and repair of church American Friends Service Committee between Asia Bennett and Ambassador Sole buildings. Friends in Cuba welcome this policy on this, set by the Board of of South Africa in 1980 with a carbon copy kind of partnership because it answers their Directors, was a major complaint of noted to Hendrik van der Merwe. I also expressed needs. Hendrik van der Merwe. Unfortunately, have copies of personal correspondence Sue Glover and Franco Perna Hendrik reopens old wounds in his with Ambassador Koornhof in 1988. I Padenghe sui Garda, Italy interview with Vint Deming (Fj April). visited Ambassador Koornhof in his office Hendrik is a committed Quaker and has in Washington, D.C. When South Africa worked hard for years to help create racial was refused a seat in the UN for several New benefits? harmony in South Africa, but he has a years, the Quaker UN Office held a dinner With the arrival of the February FRIENDS blind spot about AFSC work. I would like for the South African representative to hear jOURNAL, I noticed on the back cover an to write it off as "just Hendrik," but that his story. I was one of the Friends advertisement for "Cremation, Simple leaves Friends and others in South Africa concerned with South Africa in attendance. Burial, or Traditional Burial," stressing and the United States with unchallenged, In 1977 I conducted a series of seminars on "New Benefits." In no way do I wish to be erroneous remarks that might be taken as disarmament for nations at the UN that did interpreted as being against funeral true and misused. not have disarmament programs, and South directors. They perform a very necessary In the interview, Hendrik quotes Africa was invited. and useful function in our society, and they unidentified AFSC persons as saying, "We This is the first time I have heard about are entitled to make a decent living. One cannot talk to the South African an AFSC document describing Hendrik as might question the prices that some government. If we do talk to them, the "a friend of apartheid, unacceptable to the undertakers charge or that relatives of the blacks won't talk to us." In the Southern black people, Tutu, and Mandela." I will deceased are willing to pay. That is a matter Africa Quaker News of early 1994, I was appreciate it if Hendrik or anyone else can of choice, perhaps even a little foolishness. I attributed with saying, "We cannot talk to supply me with a copy of such a document. admit to my bias. the regime, because if we do the ANC What concerns me most is that the won't talk to us." Lyle Tatum Anna T. Jeanes Fund, as it was set up and I wrote to Southern Africa Quaker News Westmont, N.J. has operated for years, is to assist those who about the quotation. I never said, thought, might need financial assistance at the time nor implemented any such policy, nor has it of the death of a loved one who is a ever been AFSC policy. The implications of member of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting both halves of the statement are clearly and particularly to encourage the use of wrong and clearly rebutted by my personal cremation. Cremation has a number of actions and AFSC policy statements, FRIENDS JouRNAL welcomes Forum con­ practical reasons for its preference besides including the book Challenge and Hope. I tributions. Please try to be brief so we cost, even more so as we become more and spoke to "the regime" in the course of may include as many as possible. Limit more ecologically minded. AFSC staff or committee work at the letters to 300 words, Viewpoint to 1,000 I can~ot see how the Quaker concept United Nations, at the South African words. Addresses are omitted to main­ and practice of service to others allows for embassy in Washington, D.C., and in the tain the authors' privacy; those wishing the spending of a large sum of money on a AFSC office in Philadelphia. All such to correspond directly with authors may funeral when hundreds of thousands of contacts were cordial, in spite of clear send letters to FRIENDS JouRNAL to be people, all around us, are hungry and ill­ differences of opinion. At various times forwarded. Authors' names are not to housed, some who have no roof they can when AFSC might have wanted to send be used for personal or organizational call their own, and children who lack good groups to South Africa, they did not do so solicitation. - Eds. education. One could go on. because I and others who might have gone I suppose one ought not to pass could not get visas. The AFSC does not

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in the hills have affected your mental stability, that you imagine yourself to be some sort of god. What evidence can you give us that you are not, in fact, suffering from delusions of grandeur? Or perhaps a psychotic disorder brought on by a birth trauma, about which there have been rumors?" ''Blessed are the mercifol for . . . " "Neighbors from Nazareth say you are unfeeling and harsh; that you have rejected your own family and closest friends; that you focus attention on yourself, rather than on God and God's Law; that you are tearing apart the very fabric of family and civil life. Your response?" "Blessed are the pure in heart . . . " "There have been rumors that you visit prostitutes. That you are, in fact, currently having an affair with a woman from Magdala. Do you deny these allegations?" "Blessed are the peacemakers, for they . .. " "You have been called a demagogue, a dangerous extremist who wishes to overthrow the government and set up his own kingdom." "Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness' sake, for theirs is the kingdom of. .. " "Many say this kingdom of yours is a diversion from the real problems facing the nation. They say it is unrealistic ~d lessed are the poor . .. " "Blessed are those who mourn, utopian; that caring for the "Master? Rabbi?'' for they ... " disadvantaged will raise taxes and stifle B"Yes." "At one party you encouraged individual initiative; that turning the "Some question your concern for the women of questionable reputation to other cheek is cowardly and leaves our poor. You've been quoted as saying they bathe you in expensive perfumes. Is this women and children defenseless. Would will always be with us. That poverty is the message you want to send on caring you care to comment.~, inevitable, without remedy. People also for the less fortunate?" ''Blessed are you when people revile you say your campaign for the disadvantaged "Blessed are the meek, for . . . " and persecute you and utter all kinds of is being financed, behind the scenes, by ''You have counseled turning the evil against you falsely on . . . " certain wealthy women. You've been other cheek to our enemies. While no "Are you suggesting you haven't been seen eating and drinking fredy at lavish one is saying that you personally are not given a fair opportunity to express your banquets. Would you care to a brave man, such a passive response to views to the public; that there is a comment?" Roman oppression is seen as cowardly, conspiracy by the media to misrepresent even traitorous. How do you respond to your views? Would you care to john Pitts Corry is a member ofMiddletown these charges?" comment on the nature ofthis Meeting in Lima, Pa. This article is part ofa ''Blessed are those who hunger and conspiracy and how it relates to the series of dialogs between biblical persons and thirst for righteousness, for they will . . . " messianic rumors swirling around your contemporary media. "Some say the long nights of prayer movement?" 0 7 his year marks the 25th year since the would be to support the military mission introduction of the Peace Tax Fund of a particular nation. I realized that I TBill in the U.S. Congress. I have been would have to translate my conscientious involved in the initiation of this legisla­ objection to all war into action. That tion, a laborer in the centuries-long effort involved going through the complicated to establish on earth the type of peaceful process of obtaining C.O. classification world envisioned by Jesus and George from the Selective Service System (SSS). Fox. I firmly believe that, on some signifi- (That experience taught me lessons in . cant day in the future, some nation will patience and persistence that were impor­ for the first time pass a Peace Tax Fund tant in my subsequent legislative work.) Bill, thereby establishing legal recognition Having finally received the 1-0 classifica­ of the right of conscientious objection to tion, I next found, as a possibility for my the payment ofmilitary taxes. Once this is alternative service, the opportunity of accomplished, other nations will follow working as a physician with the American suit. I consider this goal as one of the Friends Service Committee project in com­ crucial and route-determining "trail-signs" munity development in Barpali, in rural on the path to that time and place where Orissa, India. I then had to appeal the the world will realize that ahimsa (soul­ SSS decision that I should instead work in force) is the preferred way to resolve con­ a mental hospital in Massachusetts. The flict and to govern communities, and where government finally agreed with my asser­ conscientious objection to war and other tion that the work with AFSC met the forms of violence will be considered the SSS criterion for acceptable alternative ser­ norm. vice. Thus, I was spared the prospect of having to accede to the government's di­ Benefits into action rective, or going to prison. jesus on the cross; a beautifol child, aged My wife Miyoko and I both served as two or three, injured in the London blitz, physicians in the AFSC project, embark­ head bandaged, sitting up in a hospital bed, ing in November 1955 with our six-week­ with bright and questioning eyes; Robert old daughter Helen for our two-year as­ Capas photograph ofa soldier in the Span­ signment. The experience in Barpali ish Civil War, at the moment ofbeing hit by brought us in touch with those who had a lethal bullet; a dead marine on Tarawa worked with Gandhi and who had been beach. imprisoned for their nonviolent role in These images that derived from my achieving India's independence. The depth early religious upbringing produced in of their commitment to nonviolence re­ me an acute feeling for suffering, which mains an inspiration to this day. remains to this day. The experience in India also demon­ My decision regarding conscientious strated to me in a very graphic way the objection was crystallized in 1953-54, importance of concentrating one's ener­ when I was 25 or 26 years old in the year gies on preventing preventable disease and following my graduation from medical suffering. This concept determined my school. I had some years earlier come to choice of life career, moving me to work the view that my first allegiance must be in the area of preventing atherosclerosis to my religious understanding and beliefs: (the category of disease leading to heart thou shalt not kill; God is love; love thine attacks and strokes), which is responsible enemies; blessed are the peacemakers; there for the largest number of deaths in the is that of God in every person. I had also industrialized nations. internalized Albert Schweitzer's guiding This orientation as a conscientious ob­ principle of "reverence for life"; and the jector to war and of preventing prevent­ precept that should inform all physicians, able suffering impelled Miyoko and me, primum non nocere ("above all, do no beginning in 1967-68, to wrestle with harm"). the fact that each year we were paying It was clear to me that ifl were to enter (through our federal taxes) to support the the armed forces, I would be subject to Viemam War and the military system military orders and that my principal role generally. In fact, some 50 percent of David Bassett is honorary chair ofthe Board of those tax moneys went to support U.S. Directors ofthe National Campaign for a Peace military systems! One of my most graphic Tax Fund. He is a member of Ann Arbor memories ofthat time was, while working (Mich.) Meeting. This article is reprinted with many nights at Queens Hospital in Ho­ permission ftom the April 1997 Quaker Life. nolulu, hearing U.S. Air Force jet tankers,

july 1997 FRIENDS JoURNAL Where Your Income Tax Debt [80% estimated to be created by mili­ tary spending] $293B) Money Really Goes 31% Human Resources: $399 Billion (Edu­ The United States Federal cation, Health and Human Services, HUD Budget for Fiscal Year 1998 23% 26% housing subsidies, Food Stamps, Labor De­ Current Military Past Military partment) How These Figures 4% General Government: $184 Billion Were Determined (Government, Justice Department, Interna­ tional Affairs, Peace Corps, 20% interest on War Resisters League creates national debt, civilian portion of NASA) these figures each year after the President has presented the 6% Physical Resources: $70 Billion (In­ budget. Our figures are from a cludes Agriculture, Commerce, Energy, line by line analysis in the 31% HUD administration/community develop­ Analytical Perspectives book of Human ment, Interior Department, Transportation, the Budget of the United States Resources Environmental Protection) Government, Fiscal Year 1998. 100% Total Federal Funds: $1.28 Trillion The percentages are Federal Funds, calculated after removing Trust Funds {such as Social Security), which are raised The Government Deception and spent separately from income taxes. The pie chart below is the Clinton What you pay {or don't pay) on April 15 mates range from 50% to 60%. We use Administration's view of the budget taken goes only to the Federal Funds portion of the 80% figure because we believe if there directly from the newspaper. This is a distor­ the budget. The government practice of had been no military spending most (if not tion of how our income tax dollars are spent combining Trust and Federal Funds (the all) of the national debt would have been because it includes Trust Funds (e.g., Social so-called "Unified Budget") began in the eliminated. The government has always Security) and buries the expenses of past 1960s during the Vietnam War. The gov­ found money for war; explosive military military spending in nonmilitary parts of the ernment presentation makes the human spending in the 1980's dramatically in­ pie. For a more accurate representation of needs portion of the budget seem larger and creased the debt. how your Federal income tax dollar is really the military portion smaller. - spent, see the large chart. 23% Current Military: $293 Billion (Mili­ "Current military" spending adds to­ tary Personnel $69B, Retired Pay $16B, gether money allocated for the Department Grants Operation and Maintenance $92B, Fam­ of Defense ($249 billion) plus the "defense" to states ily Housing $4B, Procurement $43B, Re­ portion from other parts of the budget. and search and Development $35B, Construc­ Spending on nuclear weapons (without their localities tion $6B, DoE N udear Weapons $11 B, delivery systems) amounts to 1% of the 15% total 50% NASA $7B, Coast Guard $4B, plus budget. CIA $0.2B, International Security Assis­ "Past military" is represented by veter­ tance, $6B) ans' benefits plus 80% of the interest on the national debt. Analysts differ on how much 26% Past Military: $334 Billion {Veter- of the debt stems from the military; esti- ans Benefits $41 B, Interest on National Reprinted with permission from War Resisters League, 339 Lafayette St., New York, NY 10012; (212)228-1450 fully laden with jet fuel, flying over the citizens by taxation. It also became clear our military system not only in our for­ heavily populated part of Honolulu on to me that one who was conscientiously eign policies, but in its effects on our their way to Indochina. opposed to military systems must not al­ economy, our environment, and on the low his or her funds to be used for this nation's culture and spirit, I carne to feel Conscientious objection to purpose. Surveying the pervasive role of that this issue was central to our times. payment of military taxes Conscientious objection to pay­ In 1968, with the Vietnam War con­ ment of military taxes is as impor­ tinuing, we moved to Ann Arbor to work tant to be established as was the at the University of Michigan. We be­ ending of slavery and of apartheid carne members ofthe Ann Arbor Meeting and the establishment ofwomen's and found there a number of people who right to vote. At the same time, I were actively grappling with the issue of held then, and still hold, the view whether to continue to pay the military that the federal government is ca­ portion of federal taxes for a war that we ~ pable ofcarrying out many benefi­ opposed. I carne to realize that any nation's ~ cial and constructive programs and military programs are made possible by~ that I am willing, indeed obligated, the, monetary resources that, in the last~ to pay my full share of taxes to analysis, are extracted from the nation's 1s- David, Mlyoko, and FRIENDS)OURNAL]ury 1997 t Helen Bassett with AFSC 9 ;:t d In Barpall, India support those programs. forward might conflict with my hopes of resource. It was not hard to draw together I came to know that it would not be making progress in academic medicine a working committee of seven or eight enough simply to focus on reductions in and in research into the causes of athero­ people during the spring and summer of military spending by influencing legisla­ sclerosis. We gradually came to the view 1971 to work on this legislation and to tors and electing new ones (though this that it seemed wisest to try to resist paying take the initial steps in deciding how to was obviously necessary). The challenge the military portion of our taxes tl11d to bring the bill to Congress, how to publi­ was to extend the right of conscientious begin to take steps to bring about legisla­ cize it, and how to raise funds. We were objection to war to include not only one's tive change. encouraged when Ann Arbor's Interfaith physical body, but also one's economic It was the quiet voice of conscience Council for Peace decided to support the resources. I knew further that there had that kept nagging me almost every day, as legislative effort and appointed two very been repeated resistance in the U.S. courts I found one or another reason not to take effective members to meet with us on a to such change and concluded that, while some action. Finally, in the later fall of regular basis. civil disobedience in this area (i.e., war tax 1970, I phoned Professor Joseph Sax at The World Peace Tax Fund Bill was resistance) would continue to be essential, the Universiry of Mic_higan Law School first introduced in the U.S. Congress on the principal focus ofattention should be and outlined to him the basic idea: the April 15, 1972, with Representative to change the tax laws. need to change the federal tax laws so as to Ronald V. Dellums as the lead sponsor, During the year 1969-1970, there was have Congress grant legal recognition to with nine other cosponsors. The Peace for me a struggle with my conscience, not the right ofconscientious objection to the Tax Fund office moved from Ann Arbor in regard to what I believe on this issue payment of military taxes, while enabling to the Florida Avenue Meetinghouse in but whether to take some action and what the taxpayer to pay the full amount of his Washingron, D.C., in May, 1975. The that action should be. Should I live below or her tax with assurance that those tax bill was first introduced in the Senate in a taxable income level? move to Canada? monies would not be used for military 1977, with Senator Mark Hatfield as its engage in war tax resistance? take our civil expenditures. Professor Sax sketched out sponsor. In 1985 the bill was renamed the disobedience actions into the judicial sys­ how this might be accomplished. Over a U.S. Peace Tax Fund Bill. A dedicated tem? or attempt to change the federal tax period of eight to nine months, with the staff, led for the past 14 years by Marian laws? Miyoko and I knew that to embark assistance of Michael Hall, we began the Franz, has coordinated the lobbying ef­ on any of these actions would require process ofdrafting what became the World fort. The orientation and the gifts that she great amounts of time and energy; that Peace Tax Fund Bill. brings to her work are evident in her each course would require some changes Other Ann Arbor Friends, Joe and book, Q!testions That Refose To Go Away. and risks, not all ofwhich we could antici­ Fran Eliot and Bob and Margaret Blood, As I end these reflections, I should take pate at the outset; and that none were had been considering drafting a bill. A note of the key role played by my wife, assured of"success." I knew that to com­ brief written for them by Thomas T owe Miyoko. Throughout, she has shared my mit the time necessary to move this issue (a Quaker law student) proved a helpful commitment to conscientious objection. As important as any other aspect of my life has been her steady and supportive The National Campaign for a Peace Tax Fund influence as wife, mother of our three Information on the current status of The International Movement children, and fellow worker. An impor­ legislation and a quarterly newsletter are International Conferences on Peace Tax tant image for me also has been her ex­ available &om the NCPTF office and its Campaigns and War Tax Resistance be­ ample (and that of her parents and two educational wing, the Peace Tax Founda­ gan in West Germany in 1986 and have brothers) of loyalty to high ideals, of ser­ tion. Individual membership in the cam­ been held in a different country every two vice to their community combining dedi­ paign COsts $25. years since then. The 1998 conference is cation and forgiveness, and ofhard work. scheduled co be held in India, and the I have recently become aware that finding Some Peace Tax Resources 2000 conference in the U.S. The confer­ Miyoko, and our journey through life Available &om the NCPTF office: ences have been attended by persons &om together, echoes Anne Frank's words, giv­ • Compelled by Conscience: Wiry We Need 16-20 nations in which there is active war ing expression to that aspect of God that a Peace Tax Fund {a 20-minuce video tax resistance and 8 nations in which Peace produced in 1992}, rental $10; purchase Tax Fund legislation has been introduced was within her. What she felt, at age 15, is $15. in parliament or congress. the same source of energy that I some­ • National Campaign for a Peace Tax times feel, that John Woolman and George Fund. Activist Guide, 1997. 80 pages. National Campaign Fox and other great souls felt and enunci­ $9.95. for a Peace Tax Fund ated, and that is available to each of us. • Marian C. Franz. Q;lestions That Refose 2121 Decatur Place, NW · I dose with two questions: Can I be To Go Away; Peace and Justice in North Washington, DC 20008 faithful to the peace that Jesus sought to America, Herald Press, Scottdale, Pa., telephone: (888) Peacecax create, and to the Quaker peace testi­ 1991. 103 pages. $5.95. fax: {202} 986-0667 mony, by allowing a portion ofmy federal • Friends Committee on War Tax e-mail: [email protected] tax payment to be used for military pur­ Concerns; Linda B. Coffin, editor. web page: http://www.nonviolence.org/ poses? How can I fully support the good Handbook on Military Taxes and ~ nvweb/ peacecax/ Conscience, Friends World Committee and essential roles of government, while for Consultation, 1988. $8. being true to my conscience? 0

10 july 1997 FRIENDS jOURNAL WHOLESOME POVERTY A Revolutionary Adventure

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-.vJJUJJUJJJ.ly as refusing to pay war tax. my efforts to minimize cash needs, I · with various lifestyles and of support. Some of my early ef- to disengage ftom the mainstream quite arduous and stressful, and any­ but simple. Over the years I have to find a balance, accepting a level that doesn't do violence to my while managing an assortment of suited to my current circum­ l've acquired and released many many times over, seldom purchas- . new, and most often mak- the useful discards of our glutted culture. There is no shortage of things to arouse our appetite and clutter our lives. Discovering what I truly need and letting go of the nonessen­ tial has become for me a revolutionary pursuit, freeing me in ways I could only discover by beginning the process. When I must work for wages, I do so as an independent contractor so that I can maintain control over tax withholdings. I redirect a fair percentage of cash wages and many hours of volunteer time to support life-affirming projects at home and abroad. Self-employment suits my temperament and has enabled me to de­ velop skills and to pursue interests I may never have had the time for in a conven­ tional career. I've tried to be resilient and open to any honest labor. If I'm asked what I do for a living, each day I can provide a different answer. One day I Clare Hanrahan is co-author ofthe pamphlet Low Income/Simple Living as War Tax Re­ sistance, which is published by the National War Tax Resistance Coordinating Committee. This article is reprinted with permission from the winter issue of Voices, the quarterly jour­ nal ofRural Southern Voice for Peace. © 1997 Clare Hanrahan

11 might be gathering and saving seeds for nomadic years I learned to trust in the sary, and by paying my fair share of the next year's garden or harvesting wild herbs kindness of strangers and the serendipity cost, the cooperative way serves each of us. for a winter tea; another day might be of life. I came to value the gifts of the Nutritious food is available in surpris­ spent in household repair, community pilgrim spirit and to recognize the impor­ ing abundance if one is willing to look to organizing, or researching and writing a tance of the itinerant wayfarer in the lives unconventional channels: I've participated grant for a nonprofit organization. I've ofthe comfortably settled. in grassroots distribution networks of ur­ learned the wisdom in giving due time I've lived and traveled aboard small sail ban gleanings, intercepting the produce, each day to labor of the mind and of the boats, in a tipi, in rural cabins, and in grains, and other surplus foods otherwise body and to quiet reflection that feeds the derelict inner-city housing, trading cleanup lost. Best of all, I've learned to grow my spirit. I value my free time and open and repair for rent. I've made do in the own food in community gardens and back­ schedule far more than any accumulation back of an old school bus and afloat on a yard plots whenever I had the opportu­ of cash or property, security, or prestige. homemade houseboat on a Mississippi nity. As a worker-member at the local The freedom to choose how I will be with backwater. I've worked in a cooperative coop I claimed a significant red1,1ction on each moment is a gift and a challenge that shelter for displaced women and children, food purchases, and by eliminating meat I count as my greatest wealth. with room and board as compensation, &om my diet, the cost ofmy sustenance is Living on the edge, more or less, over and I've battered for home and garden affordable and sustainable. the years I have honed the skills and space by exchanging pet and plant care. Insurance against old age, disability, nurtured an attitude of wholesome pov­ My primary transportation is the slow accident, or disease has never been an erty. Meeting basic needs without a sub­ way. As a pedestrian, a bicyclist, and a bus affordable option, nor one in which I stantial cash flow has been least stressful rider, I keep a less frantic pace, and the place my faith. Catastrophic illness or when I've lived within a stable commu­ more personal contact with those I en­ accident or the incapacities of age could nity where interdependence and coopera­ counter enriches the journey. I can borrow a happen to anyone. Yet time and again, tive values are practiced. But during my car or catch a lift from a friend if neces- I've been sustained through economic precarity with help that comes at just the right moment. This has happened so of­ On Usefulness ten that I live with a trust that keeps fear at bay. one piece of brown paper I have learned to lean into the present carried the flour home moment, focused on the work before me, oiled the skillet while keeping a well-honed sense of the cleaned the chapati board adventure of it all and a very real faith in protected hands from the heat the unfolding process. The inherent good­ and lit the fire ness of the universe has been made visible -Kimberly Hoover through the most unlikely of allies, and the travelers I've met along the way have been the wisest of teachers. Be Still Peace Pilgrim, writing in her pam­ The noise can't disguise phlet, Steps Toward Inner Peace, recalled a the despair of our souls visit to a city that had been her home: Turn up the volume! Change the channel! In the poorer sections I am tolerated. In the Listen to this CD! wealthier sections some glances seem a bit Watch this video! startled, and some are disdainful. On both We are all searching for sides ofus as we walk are displayed the things that we can buy ifwe are willing to stay in the the silence of our Selves. orderly lines, day after day, year after year . Be still-a moment stands before you. . . . Thousands of things are displayed-and yet the most valuable things are missing. Be still-you have so much to hear. Freedom is not displayed, nor health, nor Be still- let Mother Earth fill your stillness. happiness, nor peace of mind. To obtain E Be still-only then will your Creator speak. these, my friends, you too may need to escape ~ Be still-Spirit will honor this given moment. from the orderly lines and risk being looked ~ Be still-and hear that all is well, still.... upon disdainfully. ~ - Chantelle Bowman ~ ©1996 Stepping outside the tyranny of "or­ derly lines" and daring to risk the uncer­ tainties of disaffiliation can make of our Kimberly Hoover lives in Tallahassee, Florida. Her poem was inspired by a Q!iaker very lives a revolution. The way to the just workcamp in Kenya. and sustainable global community that Chantelle Bowman lives in the northwest mountains of Georgia. we seek will open before us as we walk. D 12 july 1997 FRJENDS JoURNAL ..A...... TESTIMONY...... OF SIMPLICITY

hat is the spiritual basis to be mindfUl of our impact on God's This article first appeared in the First r the lifestyle choices you creation and try to live in an environmen­ Quarter, 1997, Right Sharing News, ke? tally sustainable manner. the newsletter ofFriends World Com­ This theology is the basis for our neo­ mittee for Consultation's Right Shar­ Our definition of God is that spirit of Luddite option for manual labor and ing of World Resources program, goodness and love present in the universe. simple tools as opposed to most of the &om which it is reprinted with per­ In a very participatory sense, then, God technologies developed in the last two mission. As stated there, the life created (and continues to create) the en­ centuries, which by the nature of their choices the authors have made will tire universe--animate and inanimate-­ manufacture and operation seem to be certainly seem extreme to Friends, by breathing, imbuing, infusing each of environmentally unsustainable. We don't most of whom would claim our testi­ us with a presence, a dynamic spirit of consider our lifestyle on a daily basis to be mony of simplicity as part of their goodness and love. We have the choice to very consistent with our aspirations. But, lives. Their experience is not included open ourselves to God by exercising our just because we're not very consistent ... as a litmus test for Friends to see free will to enter into communion with doesn't mean we're going to give up try­ how we are doing on the simplicity this spirit. The extent to which we do so is ing to be better. The option for down­ testimony. It is simply the experience the extent to which we choose to dwell in ward mobility is what's important. The ofan American couple who have cho­ heaven during the time we spend on earth pace should be one that feels sustainable sen to focus their lives on what they and therea&er. for the long haul, and it varies &om per­ see as a level of consumption that With this spiritual foundation, we in­ son to person. they deem just. How do other Friends terpret the person Jesus. Being inclined to As for loving our neighbor as much as we respond to their challenge? How have get to the heart of things, we find our love ourselves, this means, to us, taking other Friends understood simplicity, primary attention focused on a NewTes­ our fair share of global resources and no in terms of money and resources, rament passage in which someone like us more. We define six levels of responsible time, and in other ways? asks Jesus to summarize his teachings in global stewardship. We live at level two. one sentence. Jesus replies (in our words): Level One: The first level is avoiding revere God and love your neighbor as support for militarism. We cannot think The authors of this article wish to remain much as you love yourself Now, there's ofanything more destructive of both our anonymous. As stated by the authors, "We find plenty of other good advice in the Bible, global neighbors and God's creation than that both common responses to our lifo choices but to our way of thinking, we could weapons of war. In today's neo-liberal, (rejection as insane and rejection by spend our whole lives just trying to incor­ globalized economy, there are plenty of pedestalization) have the effect of isolating us ftom others. We are gregarious people, and we porate these two principles. To us, rever­ soldiers. What the milirary needs is money enjoy having .friends, so we're not seeking to ing God means, at a minimum, having a for high-tech weapons and control ofouter erect barriers to people simply knowing us for respect for God's creation and trying to space. Regardless of who is in the White the ordinary people we are. We also see no order our lives in such a way that we live House, roughly half of each tax dollar in advantage to attaching names to the article, Let respectfully within God's universe. This the United States goes to pay for military people simply see the ideas at face value and means that as just two of5.7 billion people activity: past, present, and future. We consider ifthey have any merit. " who currently occupy this planet, we need choose peace through global sharing, not weapons (nuclear or otherwise). The first level Level Two: The second level goes a bit Is avoiding further and says, "Let's divide all the support world's income equally among all the for militarism. We cannot world's people." Using United Nations think of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and anything more population statistics, this comes, to an destructive of annual "fair share" ofjust over $3,000 per both our global person. neighbors and Level Three: The third level says, ''That God's creation than weapons sounds fair, but what you're doing is just of war. dividing up an environmentally unsus­ tainable global economy." A friend &om Eugene, Oregon, has devised a WEB {World Equity Budget) that rolls back global GDP to 1960 levels, or about $1,800 per person per year, which is what he chooses to live on as his fair share.

13 The second level goes a form of non-interest-bearing loans. bit further and Another life choice we have aimed for says, "Let's is to give away each year an amount equal divide all the to what we spend on ourselves (love your world's Income neighbor as much as yourself). Some years equally among we have done even better. Some years we all the world's have fallen short. But, over the last 20 years people." This comes to an we have mostly achieved this goal. annual "fair share" of just hat is the relationship over $3,000 etween the choices you per person. e made and Right Sharing ofWorld Resources? Our five years ofliving and working in Africa taught us that the survival oflife on this planet depends on those of us in the over-developed world heeding the quiet Level Four: The fourth level acknowl­ when folks commend us fur our "inspiring wisdom of traditional native elders in low­ edges how easy it is to live on a global fair example," we need to keep our behavior in income countries. Providing space in news­ share in the United States, where one can perspective and realize that there is so much letters for such leaders to advise us is a live off the fat ofour society by shopping at more we could be doing to live at a higher service we appreciate. thrift stores, attending ftee entertainment level of responsible global citizenship. We have also chosen to keep the ma­ events, and receiving subsidized medical jority of our savings in the form of no­ care at the low-income neighborhood hat are some ofthe life interest loans to American Friends Service clinic. Level four challenges us to live on hoices you have made? Committee and Right Sharing of World even less than level three, since we have an thq constitute a model Resources. We are impressed by Right easier time doing so in a society with a Sharing's revolving loan programs to ru­ relatively affluent public infrastructure. or a challenge Jor other people? ral women's cooperatives in India and Level Five: Level five considers the Since lifestyle choices were central to realize that such loans are made possible wealth ofmost Americans' personal infra­ our values, we discussed such matters thor­ when some North Americans make no­ structure. For example, we have had the oughly before deciding we would make interest loans to Right Sharing. best education and medical care the world compatible marriage partners 25 years ago. Finally, we have chosen to make finan­ can offer. With such advantages (and oth­ One life choice we made was not to have cial contributions to Right Sharing. It's ers), we ought to be able to live on less children of our own but rather to spend an exciting byproduct that the less you resources than folks who lack education our lives working for more justice and spend on yourself the more you have to and have chronic medical problems. peace for the children that already existed. give to others. Of course, our choice to Level Six: Level six considers that those Since most people choose to have kids, limit our spending has a direct impact on of us who are fully able require less global most of our lifestyle choices seem irrel­ how much we have left to donate. resources for our sustenance than folks evant to most parents and are thus neither So, is our lifestyle a model or a chal­ with disabilities (blindness, deafness, etc.) a model nor a challenge. lenge for others? We only "look good" in and challenges us to take an even smaller Another lifestyle choice we made was the context of the richest country the portion ofthe global pie as our "fair share," to limit our ongoing consumption to level world has ever seen. We are part of the leaving more for them. two, about $6,000 for the two of us, and tiny portion of our society that rejects our annual income to about $12,000, to values reflected on TV, all the while living Surely one could think up other areas remain below the taxable level. our globally upper-class lifestyle on a glo­ ofresponsible global citizenship. Such ideas Another choice we made was to pay bally middle-class income level (our level are met with two common responses. First cash for everything, including cars and two) and by burdening the ecosystem at a (and by far the most common), rejection houses. We have never used a credit card slightly lower level than the avarage U.S. as total insanity. Second, rejection by and hope not to have to. Not only do we citizen. We wouldn't say it is anything to pedestalization. As Dorothy Day remarked object to buying beyond our means, we get very excited about. But, we all just to suggestions that she be canonized, object to the entire system of charging need to acknowledge our shortcomings "Don't write me offso easily." By putting interest for the use ofmoney. After weap­ and encourage each other to keep trying someone on a pedestal, we say, ''That ons ofwar, we cannot think ofany system to live a life ofintegrity in harmony with person is capable of such behavior, but that has caused more misery and income the Quaker values we profess. As long as not me." Why not? Did Dorothy Day disparity than interest collected on bor­ we embrace a global perspective and keep have some special advanced degree in eth­ rowed money. The Bible condemns it striving to embody the values we profess, ics or a monopoly on goodness? Ofcourse dearly. Of course, in objecting to paying there is still hope that Quakers, as a collec­ not, and neither do those of us who at­ interest we also object to earning it. So, we tive body, may one day speak to the con­ tempt to embrace Quaker values. But, keep the majority of our savings in the dition of what ails this world. 0

14 july 1997FRIENDS jOURNAL ear loved ones, · Then one day when I wasn't looking, I am sending this letter to both here comes Marshall just as sweet as you Dof you. You don't know each please on the last warm day ofsummer at other, and you are from different parts of the gay swimming hole. He'd never been the country with no reason to meet. One there. After a couple of dates I knew this of you has lost a love and is hungry for was the real thing. I knew because it another. One of you has found a love scared the bejesus out of me. I realized without looking and is terrified. Both of that I was going to have to surrender all you have told me what you're feeling and the obstacles I usually put in the way and wonder what to do next. I am sitting here this made me so scared I cried all day. late at night with Marshall asleep beside What did I learn from this? Two things, me and thinking how amazing, threaten­ I think. One--it's like looking for shoot­ ing, wonderful, and scary is this bizarre ing stars. The best way to do it is you go thing of true love, ofa partner, ofthe task out in a field at night, you lie down, and of giving and receiving intimacy. I am you don't look anywhere in particular, also wondering how I got here, where I just up. No focusing on one place. Just am with my love, and what I know about taking in the whole sky in general and this. I feel like I don't know much, at least relaxing. Sort of like saying, ''I've been not for sure, but I want to try and make a making a life for myself that I want to live few notes and see what comes out. Actu­ and it's a pretty good design in progress ally, I think very little is known about and maybe I'm gonna see some shooting how partners/spouses/lovers work, espe­ stars tonight and maybe not. And maybe cially finding them, and that may be the the light that my life shines will draw a most true thing I know. light towards me." First off, I don't think anyone really Two--surrender to love is the hardest understands how you get a turn at having damn work I have ever done in my life. In a true love. Some folks say you gotta be my work, I can help tortured women who out there circulating and letting the world haven't slept without nightmares in ten know you're in the market. But I was in years to relax, I can work in prisons to the market for a long time. ·~ teach murdering rapists how to give a What did I find? More men than Bob ~ good massage, but don't ask me to be Hope saw in Vietnam, but no true love-- ~ open and receive the tender loving care of never. I know some folks have been out t:tl someone who is going to know all my there a lot longer than I have, sipping dirty laundry and stick around anyway! from every fountain and still thirsty. I also Why is that so hard? Well, I guess I know folks who didn't even have to wait have just been on the road so long I don't long, weren't looking, and BOOM- first know the difference between my feet and try- true love and long lasting. How my boots. Then here comes someone to come? Ifl knew, I would be flying us all to offer a foot rub, and I gotta feel how tired Paris for the weekend right now. Some my feet are and how long I've been want­ folks get great turns at love. Some folks ing to be touched. I gotta lay down all get lousy turns. Some folks get one turn. special? Is that really what you have in those other times of disappointment and Some folks get lots. And I know some mind for me? Fine, I accept, but you gotta confusion and let this in without over­ folks who get none. So how does it work? send more money!" And that's when I whelming myselfor anyone else with grief Nobody knows. gave up. I knew I was very confused about and longing. I didn't learn how to do this I remember sometime back in June of the difference between being in bed and at home or school. Did you? It takes a 1986, I was moaning and griping, "Oh I being in love. I knew I had a history of combination of mercy that we give to got no lover! Woe is me! Life is hard short-term things I thought were love but ourselves. Did you ever know how to do enough without being lonely too. Plus, I weren' t. that? ain't getting any younger and I wasn't So, what did I have to lose by giving I also know this, though I have to that marketable to start with." So I had a up? Only my confusion. And my painful remind myself-loneliness is mean. Not talk with God, and I said, "So, this is my longing. And being angry at people who getting the hugs and kisses we all need life? No partner? Just dear friends and a barely knew me for not falling in love makes us sick and crazed, and we do all _ life's work of helping people and no one back. Oh dear, how tacky. A graduate kinds of things we don't want to talk degree in confusion. For years I attached about. We look in places we shouldn't, john Calvi is a TrUJSSage therapist specializing in every hurt and disappointment I ever had and we go on about other people's busi­ trauma and a Quaker healer with a gift for to these near misses, and that summer, ness so we don't have to feel our own releasing physical and emotional pain. He is a when I was 36, I'd had enough. Enough burden, and we get too busy to feel. Now, released Friendftom Putney (Vt.) Meeting trav­ trouble, enough hurt, and enough not afrer ten years of being with Marshall, I eling in the tradition ofQuaker ministry. knowing how it worked. have to think back for a moment to re-

FRIENDS ]OURNAI..ju/y 1997 15 member how it was not knowing where Something that has been a real shock do with this obstacle? And like all other that next hug or kiss was going to come for me is that I had no idea how deeply I traumas, ifwe can use it for learning, then from and how that made me feel ugly, would feel protective of someone else's we can turn pain into wisdom. But it dumb, poor, crippled, and some days worse feelings. On the list of things mother means doing the homework-reaching, than that. never told me goes the whole concept that changing, and going to new ground with­ I think being alone is a special kind of when you are partners, a part ofyou is out out maps. pain. Maybe it's one we know well and there in the world that you cannot pro­ Sometimes I wonder if this is why so even get used to. I think it takes a special tect, and this will break your heart when­ many marriages fail. Where in life do we kind of caring for ourselves to love and ever there is danger or even the suggestion have any preparation to be shown our embrace that lonely part of us, to kiss that of danger. Even though I have spent a worst selves by someone who loves us and hurt and bring it out into the light so it lifetime learning, using, and teaching heal­ understand it as a gift to become better at doesn't fester into some worse monster ing, when someone is mean to my man I being who· we are? Have we ever learned than it is. To bare that scarred place and turn into the Wicked Witch of the West. to love this even from the graceful parent give it some special cream and a massage, It is not pretty or logical or desirable, and or the talented teacher? to know it and own it and feel it. Not to it has got me in trouble on more than one Now it is much later than when I define all our being, but to acknowledge occasion. But I become full bloom Mafia began this wondering, on beyond mid­ this part of us and love it. I think this avenger when someone burrs him. I still night. The winter sky is clear and bright makes it the least heavy it can be. wonder at this. It's not OK It is home­ with stars and the moon. The wind comes I also think that to have a partner is the work I did not expect. now and again to ring the chimes outside hardest ongoing work in the world. As Another shock is that there always seems the window. I will read this over tomor­ they say, ''There is no easy chair oflove." to be enough love to deal with even the row, but I think what litde I know about I remember the story about the German most enormous hurt or conflict between the finding of true love and the work of shepherd who went running down the us. We have tested this reluctandy, unin­ partnering is all here. I send it as a blessing road chasing after the Volkswagen. Well, tentionally, and found, to our great relief, with much love. he caught it and thought, "Now what do that life apart is out of the question. The I do?" question is always-what are we going to John D I don't think I have ever worked so hard in my life as I have trying to make a good marriage, which I ~nk means the horrible task of unfolding into our best Anniversary selves, peeling off the old, unusable layers of all that has been gathered and learned -for Herb and Betty Ann over the years that does not honor our Daily, we say, best selves. And always there is more to in spite of the ache of it, do. There's a wonderful saying in the "I marry you," choosing, Talmud: "You don't have to finish this in the long journey out task, but you can't lay it down either." of the self, uncertainty and A few principles come to mind. You confusion over loneliness. have to live together or you'll only scratch In a history of promises the surface ofwhat it can be. You have to kept or broken, we will believe that it's forever or you'll never to make known the best really unpack and reveal your essence. in us: gifts that heal You can't jump in the water and then yell and comfort about getting all wet. like touches in the dark. One of the ways I watch to see how By day, we live the common Marshall and I are doing is to notice the tasks-work, children, joy or delight level. I think it should debts, the evening meal. bounce a bit, move but not ricochet too At night, turning into or much. I also think it's a good sign when away from one another, we are both spending rime each week we dream, then, our separate adoring each other and also wondering to worlds, constellations ourselves, "How does he put up with of memory and desire, me?" A friend observed this about us-"1 reclaiming thus our can tell it's a good marriage because one of separate selves. you will say 'It's this way,' and the other Each morning, one says, 'No it's not. It's this way.' And faithful as daylight Michael True is a member of Worcester-Pleasant the first one says, 'Really?' So I can tell at the foot of the bed, Street (Mass.) Meeting. His essay, "Peace 'Within you don't have too much investment in I marry you. and 'Without, "' appeared in the December 1996 reality." (Which we all know is highly -Michael True issue of F RIENDS j OURNAL overrated.)

16 july 1997 FRIENDS j OURNAL Jesus witnessed his own truth by stay­ ing centered when he was pushed to the A R edge. He listened to the Inner Teacher, where he too found strength and grace to carry out his work I think this has been the faith ofFriends RACI TICE ofcolor: to stay centered in the Light and then move forward and speak our truth on issues ofracism within the Religious Soci­ ety of Friends. But the work toward racial justice in the Religious Society of Friends is not the workofFriends ofcolor only. White Quak­ ers have to come out of their own guilt and shame ofour history around issues of racism in the Religious Society of Friends. The racism that existed at the time of George Fox, Margaret Fell, Levi Coffin, Lucretia Mott, and Rufus Jones exists to­ I prepared to attend my fourth where our souls as people of color can day. White Friends should not allow that Friends General Conference find rest, which will enable us to go back history to paralyze them. They should use A Gathering in Hamilton, into the Gathering with our spirits re­ that history as a springboard to move Ontario, I was full of excitement. Just newed. forward on issues of racism. thinking about building new friendships • The most painful experience yet for me The work for racial justice among and rekindling old ones and worshiping happened in 1996 when I had to explain Friends should be spirit-led and begin in with the lesbian/gay/bisexual community to young children-mostly white chil­ our monthly meetings. I led a workshop and allies brought a joy to my soul. I dren-why the Underground Railroad is focusing on outreach to people ofcolor in remembered past Gatherings-late night not a game to be played but was 1995. As I stated then, I believe that discussions in dorm lounges and Friends a life-and-death struggle for thousands central to our faith as Quakers is the belief sharing their stories with each other and of Africans who sought freedom &om that inward life will call us to outward singing songs of faith. slavery. actions. I experienced joy being in community with Friends at previous Gatherings but also pain when Friends did not have a due that their behavior was often hurtful and racist. Many times Friends' behavior was not a reflection of the values they held so deeply in their hearts. I realize that by sharing my experi­ I believe monthly meetings should fo­ Let me share some ofmy experiences at ences among white Quakers I am doing cus their work toward healing racism and past Gatherings. something that women, gays and lesbi­ becoming a multiracial meeting in two • Many times at Gatherings, white Friends ans, and people of color must do often. areas: pastoral work and prophetic work have explained to me why African Ameri­ That is, not only do we assert pride in our The pastoral work is to help meetings cans need music, music, music-and lots identities, but we also have to justify the begin defining and exposing racism in the of emotion-in "their" worship. When I oppression we experience in communi­ lives of Friends and in our meetings. It asked them what color I was, they looked ties that are supposed to affirm us. simply means cleansing our temples so puzzled and mumbled, "But, Paul, you're My experiences at Gatherings have that the Spirit can move us and guide us in different." At that moment I became in­ become threads ofstories that other people creating inclusive communities of faith. I visible to them as a person ofcolor. of color have shared, and we have woven suggest that pastoral work can be done in • I feel frustrated when I must justify the these threads into a quilt. Like the AIDS "Friendly eights," peace and social con­ Friends ofColor Center each year to white quilt, it represents both pain and healing. cerns committees, or other small groups in Quakers who believe that separatism for In sharing our stories, people of color the meeting. any reason is wrong, and when I must have found that we are not alone--that I also suggest queries to help Friends explain that the Friends of Color Center this Quaker faith is our faith, too. Com­ meetings in their discernment on building provides safe space for us. The goal of ing into our own power is important a multiracial community of faith. Sample having a safe space for people of color is because it calls us to speak truth about queries could include (but are not limited not to exclude white Quakers, but it is who we are. When that truth is to): marginalized and devalued, we turn to 1. What is your relationship to people Paul Ricketts is a teacher and a member of our Inner Teacher to give us strength and ofcolor as Quakers and as members of the White Rose (Ind.) Meeting. He attends Fort grace and to help us speak our truth a dominant culture? For example, where do Wayne (Ind.) Worship Group. little louder. you live, where do you work, and where

FRIENDS JOURNAL jury 1997 17 do your children go to school? 2. What is the relationship of your meeting to communities ofcolor now? 3. Why do you want to be a multi­ cultural and multiracial meeting? 4. What is your history as a meeting with communities of color? 5. What has been your meeting's expe­ rience with diversity on spirituality, classism, and homophobia? Abington Friends School Each meeting can continue to add to this list of queries to help Friends find guidance as we move forward on issues of racial diversity. The prophetic work builds on the pas­ A Quaker co-educational college preparatory day school toral work, as it calls white Friends out of for students in Preschool through Grade 12 their meetings to start building partner­ ships with communities ofcolor. Examples of partnerships: 1. Locating your meetinghouse in a community of color. For more information, please call 2. Developing a working relationship with the neighborhood association of the 215-886-4350 community you are in. 3. Creating a racially diverse First-day school curriculum. 4. Building low-income housing in collaboration with another minority con­ gregation. 5. Volunteering with a minority AIDS project. Meetings can add to this list as they gain experience in building partnerships with communities of color. Friends Journal is designed to nourish the mind as well as the soul with In my experience it is not about the articles on social and political concerns, spiritual journeys, and Quaker news. number ofpeople ofcolor in our meetings Our readers enjoy the stimulating articles, sensitive poetry and illustrations, or how much good work white Quakers thoughtful book reviews, timely news features, and lively readers' forum . We are doing, but about trust and building invite your participation in the dialogue. healthy relationships among Quakers and Three free Issues - or - 16 Issues for the price of 12 people ofcolor. If you enjoy your free issues, Only $25. Our work toward diversity cannot just consider a subscription. (Overseas subscribers 8dd $6 for postage.) happen at Friends General Conference Gatherings or a workshop at yearly meet­ I am a new subscriber. Please sign me up for: 0 3 free issues. ing, it has to be at the core of everything 0 16 issues for the price of 12: we do as Friends. OCheck enclosed OBill me Charge my: OMasterCard OVISA I hope that someday Friends will ac­ Name: ______knowledge that in worship everybody has different needs-not because of their race Address: ______but because some people just need si­ City/ State/Zip. ______lence--or music--or Holy Commun­

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20 july 1997 FRIENDS j OURNAL Reports Friends' cern to expand opportUnities for Quaker vol­ . ~ Australia Yearly Meeting unteer service and witness. We gathered with C E N T R A L Our life in the Spirit is at the heart of our many of the same goals of the 1980 Consul­ For over 150 years ... business in Australia Yearly Meeting. tation on Quaker Service held in Richmond, At the beginning of our 1997 yearly meet­ Ind., with some added concerns. We sought • Excellence in academics ing, gathered at Hunter's Hill in Sydney, to learn from the past without dwelling on it; • Respect for the individual Australia, Jan. 3-11, we learned that the to examine how we can build programs that • Community service indigenous Wallumedegal people could not stay Spirit-led and rooted in Quaker spiritual • A diverse student body welcome us to the land, for they are extinct. practices and identity. We heard the voices of • Outstanding college We carry our shock as a pain that our love Friends for whom simple love is the driving placement will transform into social witness. At meeting force and from Friends whose mission is also Friends' Central School to share their Christian faith with others. We many Friends joined other Australians who (610) 649-7440 ext. 208 wear orange ribbons to symbolize their com­ are hopeful that we can share our service mitment to racial tolerance, equity, and cel­ efforts across these traditions. ebration of difference in Australia today. Work is love made visible. Volunteer ser­ We encountered the diversity within the vice may or may not change the structures of world community of Friends, as well as in society, but if we claim to love God and all THE HICKMAN our own meeting, as an invitation to under­ Creation then we need to express that love stand more deeply the creative expression of through service. Whom does service benefit? the Spirit. There is a growing sense of our This weekend James Hamilton and David place in the wider Earth family of Creation. Richie showed us a visual example of the Besides celebrating variety, we sometimes mutual enrichment ofvolunteer service: part­ found tension. We held this tension cre­ nership rather than patronizing, a joining Independent I.Mng and Personal Core atively, appreciative of the workings of the together of communities to solve a problem ConYellient to shops, businesses, Spirit in restraining us until unity has been together. and a~lturol opportunities truly achieved. In considering the issue of Several referred to the biblical metaphor Reasonable • Not{or.Profit active voluntary euthanasia, we were sensi­ of building a house on sand versus on rock Founded and operoted by Quakers tive to the sanctity of life and the need for (Matt 7:24-27). The sand foundation would G 400 North W.alnut Street dignity. The sense of the meeting emerged be a human vision alone, whereas the rock is West Chester,PA 19380 (610) 696-1536 through passion and reflection. Trusting in the love of a living God and our willingness its direction, we were willing to admit we to be obedient to it. We seek not simply to were not yet in unity. address social concerns but to find what God The world is in want of spirirual nurture. calls us to do. "Accountability is the measure Friends are challenged to consider our open­ of our seriousness," said one speaker, as we ness and response to spiritual seekers and to began to consider how ongoing oversight is a be alert to the queries of our children and support for our hopes to keep our service ~ . young people. The preparation of an Austra­ projeCts Spirit-led. nI ~l,r~~~ lian Faith and Practice also is an opportUnity Quakers also need to recognize and nur­ • Quality care in the Quaker tradition. to think upon our convictions. In the year ture what is unique in Quaker process rel­ ahead we invite Friends to let Quaker pro­ evant to service. We see this spirirual process • 42 apartments for independent living, cesses flow into their encounters with the consisting of: 1) waiting; 2) discerning a 60 private personal care rooms, 120 institutions of our wider world. leading; 3) reaching clearness; 4) receiving nursing home beds. In the vitality of our children, in the oversight and rendering accountability; 5) resolve we share for reconciliation with in­ continuing support; 6) laying down of con­ • Peace of mind. Supportive medical digenous Australian people, in thankfulness cern. Other Quaker perspectives for service and social services throughout your for diversity, in the love for the whole of the projeCts include serving those burdened by stay. Earth community, in our bearing differences poverty; a nonviolent approach; simplicity in • An active lifestyle in a beautiful, with compassion, in the joy and loss of birth style; friendship across divides. There are also graceful setting. and death, we affirm and seek to dwell in the Quaker practices that base our work in wor­ deep wisdom of the Spirit and to follow its ship, such as meeting for worship, Bible • Meals, housekeeping, transportation, leadings. reading, sharing of beliefs, and evaluation. cultural and social activities. -Patricia Firkin, Presiding Clerk As we worshiped together and shared our visions and witness, we laid the groundwork • A history of caring since 1904. for a North American network to carry for­ Quaker Volunteer Service, ward the concern about Quaker volunteer Stapeley In Germantown Training, and Witness service brought to us by Illinois Yearly Meet­ 6300 G reene Street ing. The conference accepted the offer of Phil add phia, PA 19144 We, more than 100Friendsfrom 19yearly cofacilitators for ongoing communication Call Carol Nemeroff meetings and other Friends associations and among participants to move us in the direc­ Admissions D irector 19 states, Washington, D.C., and Mexico, tion of convening an interim steering com­ (215) 844-0700 gathered together in Burlington Meeting­ mittee. They will also keep in touch with house, Burlington, N.J., April 18-20, under individuals who agreed to take on specific 9 the leading of the Divine Spirit with a con- tasks and responsibilities to make sure that

FRIENDS }OURNAL]ury 1997 21 everyone knows what everyone else is doing. We were reminded by the; ministry of one Friend that we tend to write the script and want God to fulfill it for us. We have to have the strength to dream and the faith to have these dreams broken and remolded in God's VISIOn. -judy Jager, Clerk Quaker Volunteer Service, Training, and Witness Conference Planning Committee

Right Sharing of World Resources October 26-31 The Right Sharing of World Resources VisualJournaling: (RSWR) Committee met for its annual meet­ Discovering the Image ing on March 13 in conjunction with the Michael McGrath Annual Meeting of Friends World Commit­ tee for Consultation, Section of the Ameri­ November 9-14 cas, in Morristown, N.J. Spiritual Disciplines The committee made a number of deci­ siOns: for Avoiding Burnout l. Queries that will be the basis of a john Calvi collection of essays on Friends and develop­ ment were approved. Most writers have been November 16-21 confirmed. It is hoped that the essays will be The Silent Revolution: completed by the end of 1997, with comple­ Change and Diversity in liberal Quakerism tion of the book in 1998. 2. An array of projects are in process to Ben Pink Dandelion enhance the educational outreach of Right November 30-December 5 Sharing. A new brochure has just been printed, the traveling display is completed, Quakers Through Time: the Simple Meal Packet is available for use, Friends and the Second Coming the RSWR Web page is partially completed, Ben Pink Dandelion the bibliography of relevant First-day school resources is being collected, and curricula for December 7-12 RSWR-related concerns is being developed. The 20th Century: 3. Outreach into Sierra Leone was ap­ proved. This is in response to having received Where We Were/Where We Are a large number of proposals, the positive Tony Pitt experience with the one currently funded project, and the desire to be a part of rebuild­ ing after the civil war. The staffwas instructed Join our community for a week of work, worship and study. to visit Sierra Leone and see how RSWR Pendle Hill, located on 23 wooded acres near Philadelphia, of­ could best respond to the situation and how best to collaborate with nongovernmental fers short courses, conferences, retreats and residential study organizations (national and international) al­ for people of all faiths. For more information and a complete ready working in the area. In addition to the already approved $5,000 to support one on­ listing please call or write: going project, an additional $10,000 was set aside to support this initiative. Bobbi Kelly, extension 137 4. Grants to ten ongoing projects were approved for a total of$32,125. Project work (800) 742-3150 or (610) 566-4507 includes: research and development of green fodder production for both human and ani­ Pendle Hill Short Courses ~ mal consumption in Zimbabwe; income gen­ Box F · 338 Plush Mill Road • erating, agro-forestry, and awareness build­ VVallingford,PJ\ 19086-6099 ing in India; support of conflict resolution workshops for Burundian and Rwandan Friends in exile in Nairobi, Kenya; and provi­ sion of goats that are used to generate income

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for local Friends, as part ofEvangelical Friends Mission's church planting work in Nepal. 5. Grants to 14 new projects were ap­ proved for a total of $53,000. Project work includes: support of community-building work outside Santiago, Chile; a women-run brick manufacturing cooperative in India; research and development in innovative farm­ Founded in 1893 by the Society of Friends, George School is a co­ ing methods, income generating, awareness educational boarding and day school for students in grades 9-12. building, and support of work with abused The college preparatory curriculum emphasizes Friends values and includes: women in India; and support of sustainable • Courses on 4levels of challenge • International Baccalaureate (IB) farming research in El Salvador. • Advanced Placement (AP) • International workcamps It is clear that this is a time ofconsiderable • English as a Second Language (ESL) • Required community service growth and outreach for Right Sharing. The • Foreign study • Required full-year courses in the arts • 13 interscholastic sports for boys and girls amount of funds available for grants has in­ creased 50 percent in two years and outreach For more information, please contact the Admissions Office: 215/579-6547. initiatives are being made in Sierra Leone and among Latin American Friends. A range of educational tools are being developed to Pox World is a no-load, The Fund does not invest provide better resources for use in monthly diversified, open~nd , in weapons production, meetings and churches. After three years of balanced mutual fund nuclear power, or work to "retool" Right Sharing, the RSWR designed for those who PAX the tobacco, alcohol, Committee is seeing the fruits of its labors. wish to receive income or gambling industries. There is renewed interest in and support of and to invest in life­ \·. ..''--../~ 'D'D .\ l / Various types of Right Sharing as it reaches out to Friends in supportive products and accounts ore available:

North America and to grassroots organiza­ services. Pox invests in : I : Regular Accounts, I RAs, I 'J D tions in the Two-Thirds World. such industries as poilu· Educational Accounts, lion control, health care, C ustodial Accounts for For a free prospectus and food, clothing, housing, other materials call tall-free: M inors, SEP-I RAs, Auto­ education, energy, and 1·800·767-1729 matic Investment Plans, leisure activities. and 403(bl Pension Plans. Answers to Summer Puzzler 2 24 State Street Portsmouth, NH 03801 (From p. 20) Therefore, with Pox there Minimum investment is $250. http://www.greenmo ney .com/ pax Send no money. Post perfor­ ore social as well as 1. At present I confess a vety short Pax World Fund shares are mance is no g uarantee of economic dividends. available for sale in all 50 states. future results. exercise in harp playing suffices me. 2. I guess he means us to be good A SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY FUND human beings in this world and nothing more. Avcr.HJt' A111tt1ctl R.ltP ol Return Ten-Year Total Return For Per~nd EndiiHJ 6 /30/96 $24801 1 Year: 19.96% Answer to Qulptoquote 5 Years: 8.63% (From page 28) 10 Veers: 9-51% 15 Yea rs: 12.25% To be like Christ then is to be a Christian. And regeneration is the only way to the kingdom of God which we pray for.

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Priscilla Adams, a war tax resister and mem­ ber of Haddonfield (N.J.) Meeting, is chal­ lenging the IRS in coun under the Religious Broadmead Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA). Her case is the first ofits kind to test conscientious war tax resistance since the passage of the RFRA in 1993. Priscilla and her lawyer, Peter Goldberger, will challenge two points cov­ ered by the act: the government's use of penalties against war tax resisters for their stands of conscience; and the lack of a gov­ ernment accommodation for conscientious objectors to paying for war (like a Peace Tax Fund). The RFRA states that in conflicts between the government and religious free­ dom, the government must show compelling state interest and then use the least restrictive A Friends Continuing Care Retirement Community means necessary. In this case, Priscilla is chal­ An Accredited Non-Profit Facility lenging the government's lack of recognition ofconscience in response to the IRS assessing her taxes and penalties. She and Peter are arguing that under RFRA, the IRS shquld waive penalties for religious war tax resisters as long as they recognize other forms of e reasonable cause for noncompliance with the 13801 York Road Cockeysville. MD 21 030 tax law. They also are stating that the RFRA requires the enactment of something like a 410-527-1900 Est. in 1979 G:tfiii&I.UISI. 0"'11UIIO peace tax fund for religious war tax resisters who are willing to accept a reasonable accom­ modation, such as earmarking tax monies for non-warlike purposes in the federal govern­ ment. The case has completed its earliest procedural stages and will be heard in United States Tax Coun. Though no date has been set, lawyers expect a trial date this fall. Priscilla has panicipated in several dearness commit­ tees and is receiving guidance and suppon from Haddonfield Meeting, the National War Tax Resistance Coordinating Committee, Philadelphia Yearly Meeting's War Tax Con­ Inquirers' Weekend: Basic Qyak.erism cerns Suppon Committee, the National Cam­ July rr-IJ or November 2r-23 paign for a Peace Tax Fund, and family and Young Adult Gathering friends. Augustjer&ptemher r Pacific Yearly Meeting is supporting the Spiritual Nurtul'e.o£0ur M~f rights of same-gender couples to marry and For Members ofMinistry and Wo ship be treated equally under the law with oppo­ site-gender married couples. The yearly meet­ Micky Edp-ton & Lintlll Chitlsey/November r,rr6 ing approved the following Minute on Equal­ Clerking ity of Marriage Rights at its annual gathering Felmuny rri4 in August 1996: The Flame and the Spirit: As Quakers, some of the reasons we rec­ Deepening Our Relationship with God ognize marriages are to affirm the individuals So That Our Meetings Can Grow in their choice, to suppon loving fa.rnilies, Hart~ey Gi/Jnum/Felmulry 8-IJ and to strengthen our spiritual community. It is also fundamental to Quaker faith and practice that we honor the equality and in­ Fol'lllOI'eiofon.u.doo on cheee •d other programs c:ontlld tegrity of all human beings. BobbiKeUy,at.rJ711t(6I0)~-45<>70r(8oo)74Z""3I50 Therefore, it is our belief that it is consis­ Box F · 338 Plush Mill Road • WaDiDgford, Pennsylvania 19086 tent with Quakers' historical faith and testi­ monies that we practice a single standard of treatment for all couples who wish to marry.

24 july 1997FRIENDS jOURNAL Sustaining ..... Given that the State offers legal recogni­ Elom Peace -Lon tion of opposite-gender marriage and extends Witness: -""" Unique significant privileges to couples who legally In the Twenty-First """" marry, we believe that a commitment to Century -...... equaliry requires that same-gender couples ....."""" Resources have the same rights and privileges. -.... Therefore, we believe that the State should / for Quaker permit gay and lesbian couples to marry and / share fully and equally in the rights and / Witness responsibilities of marriage. I \ Andrew Grannell, dean of the Earlham Today School of Religion, announced on April 14 / / his decision to resign from hls position, ef­ / fective June 30, 1998. Since becoming the \ / Quaker seminary's chief administrator in July v 1991, Andrew Grannell has overseen the ...... construction of a new campus and commu­ ...... niry building, completed in 1993, and the I~ ..... P~ers from the ...... l,... merging with Bethany Theological Seminary Ron 1997 uaker Peace .._...... in 1994. ESR and Bethany, a seminary for Roundtable ...... the Church of the Brethren, now operate in Cho<1K Pendle Hill w..... both physical and academic partnership. Issues Progr•m ...... , -Daniel Andrew is confident that by the time he Edited with an Introduction ....,.... leaves, the school also will complete its $2.5 by Chuck Fager -wand«...... , . Me,... million capital campaign and be near comple­ tion of a strategic plan designed to guide the Papers from the ::::,... Quaker Peace ~ institution into the next century. Sustaining Peace Witness Roundtable .:­ ~""•~1HI ..... Bringing together history and Edit.o wlih an lntroduaiofl ...,,. The U.S. military budget should be reduced bV~F-oer w~ by 80 percent according to a poll conducted strategy with theology and by Christian Peacemaker Teams in Elkhart, personal experience, these wide­ .._ Ind. The group set up their poll in front of ranging essays offer a unique The Bible . -~~ the Elkhart post office on April 15 and asked The Church & ::;""' taxpayers to choose how the government resource for spiritual and The Future of Friends :::,:- should spend their money. Each participant practical preparation for peace was given ten pennies to be placed in six jars representing different categories of govern­ work in a new millennium. $11.95 ment spending of federal income tax dollars. The results of the poll, which included 418 participants, had housing!healthcare at 29 All Four Books for $35 percent of allocated spending, education at This $41 .80 value is available until existing 26 percent, the environment at 21 percent, quantities of the Issues Program set are Papers from the = the military at 10 percent, scientific research Quaker Issues ...... depleted. Titles include A Continuing R~~~:. at 9 percent, and the arts at 6 percent. In :=. Journey (Papers from the 1995 Peace Edittdw'llhan lnti'OdUction sc.« contrast to the 10 percent allocated to the by Cl'luok ·-Fager ­::.., military by those polled, the actual amount Roundtable), New Voices, New Light spent on the military comes to 49 percent of (Tt)e 1995 Theology Roundtable) and U.S. income tax dollars (upon exclusion of The Bible, the Church & the Future of trust funds like social securiry that are sepa­ Friends (The 1996 Issues Roundtable). rate from income tax). O f thls 49 percent, 23 All are edited with an introduction by percent consists of current military spending, Chuck Fager. Individual titles about $290 billion, and 26 percent is for past are available for $9.95 military spending including interest on the national debt and veterans' benefits. Chris­ To order call the Bookstore tian Peacemaker T earns is a program spon­ 1 (800) 742-3150 sored by Mennonites, Friends, and the Church of the Brethren. The Issues Program at I Papers from the Pendle Hill . Quaker Theology Roundtable 338 Plush Mill Road ~NIH Wallingford, PA 19086 Ediltdwlth:~~·- ::-u..

FRIENDS j OURNAL jury 1997 25 Bulletin Board FRIFNDS jOURNAL offers typesetting and design services. •Quaker House in Fayetteville, N .C., is ask­ We prepare copy for newsletters, ing monthly meetings around the U.S. to brochures, books, posters, help advettise the organization's toll-free num­ Educating the whole child, and other printed works. ber, (800) 394-9544, which offers assistance fostering intellectual curiosity, to young people who want out ofthe military's independence and moral growth Delayed Entry Program (DEP). Under the for over 200 years. DEP, young people sign up for the armed Age three through twelfth grade I services but do not report for active duty for FRIENDS jOURNAL another 2-12 months. The military uses the MOORESTOWN FRIENDS SCHOOL 1216 Arch Street, 2A DEP to recruit young people when they are 11 0 East Main Street Philadelphia, PA 19107-2835 still in high school, a time when they are Moorestown, NJ 08057 (215) 563-8629 usually quite confused and worried about Phone: 609.235.2900 en. 227 career, college, and other life choices. Quaker House's free counseling service, part of the GI Rights Hotline, can assist these prospec­ tive soldiers in making an informed decision Celebrating our 40th year! about military service. Quaker House and TMS is devoted to experiential education other military counselors have close to a 100 where learning with mind and heart take percent success rate in getting clients out of place in a farm and forest setting. the DEP. Monthly meetings are asked to consider running a short advertisement about We seek students who accept the challenges the 800 number in local and school periodi­ of living with integrity in a small family cals. Meetings will receive regular updates on 56 Thomas Rd. community based on Friends values, and the number of calls received from their com­ Rindge, NH 03461 who are willing to take responsibility for munity. A short training program also is their educational goals and spiritual growth. available for individuals interested in provid­ Phone: (603) 899-3366 ing further assistance in DEP cases. For more e-mail: [email protected] Boarding Grades 9- 12. information on advertising the toll-free DEP counseling service, contact Quaker House, 223 Hillside Ave., Fayetteville, NC 28301, telephone (910) 323-3912, fax (910) 485- 7388, e-mail [email protected].

Oakwood Friends School •"Peacemaking as a way of life," a project located in the historic Hucmn Valley 75 miles oorth of New York City celebrating the 50th anniversary ofthe award­ ing of the Nobel Peace Prize ro Quakers, is inviting the participation of Friends through­ out the world. The goal of the project is to use the commemoration as a stimulus for a worldwide renewal and commitment to peace­ making and peaceful living among Friends, and to nurture in others the idea that each of us can be a peacemaker. "Peacemaking as a way of life" will focus on the period of time between Oct. 31 and Dec. 10, the dates on which the Nobel Peace Prize is announced and when the awards ceremony takes place. The celebration will culminate with a world­ wide peace vigil on Dec. 10. The project is being promoted among monthly meetings and educational institutions, and dose to 40 Coed boarding and day school for grades 7-12 and postgraduate schools from a variety of countries including the U.S., Canada, Great Britain, Ireland, and Rigorous college prepu-atory curricuLm Small class sizes Costa Rica have signed on. Individuals and Virual and performing arts Unique Senior program organizations interested in participating can Strong, nunuring community Athletic program request more information from Debbie Block, International program Community service Peacemaking as a way of life, 301 Jacob St., Seekonk, MA 02771, telephone (508) 336- 9703, fax (508) 336-2254, e-mail Please contact the Admissions Office: 515 South Road. Poughkeepsie, NY 12601 [email protected]. (914)462-4200 •The Sarajevo Project, which is sponsored by the Tampa Bay Peace Education Program of

26 july 1997 FRIENDS jOURNAL The St. Petersburg (Fla.) Meeting, is an effort to •"Cultivating the Spirit" is the title for the FGC ...__.. -""' • -n • t •t I tr ~ I I "" - ---· · - 1 1""\...-1--..- T - ... L.; ... _ r ,.. ... C--...,.._ Bookstore With materials to inform Tell me more and enrich the spiritual lives of meetings and individuals of all ages I am interested in ways I can invest in the future of FRIENDS JouRNAL. Please send me: >r a free catalog or to order, call: 0 your booklet on charitable gift planning -Boo-966-45 56 0 a gift annuity illustration for the ages below · write: 0 sample bequest language for my will i1 Bookstore Please send the infOrmation indicated above to: ~I 6 Arch Street, 2B Name.______Birthdate: ______?iladelphia, PA I9I07 Name Birthdate:------Address: ______--'------Ciry:______State: _____Zip: ____ One pathway to peace Telephone: ( __ ) ______leads right through the halls of Congress Mail this form or call Mike Johnson, roll-free, at (800) 988-1105.

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FRIENDS jOURNAL july 1997 27 Books Hidden in Plain Sight: Elizabeth Bathurst's Truth Vindicated is a God's Government Begun: clearly reasoned account of basic Quaker be­ Quaker Women's Writings, liefs, on a par with Robert Barclay's famous The Society for Universal Apology, and contains flashes of poetry: "and 1650-1700 so shall be bound up together in the Bundle Inquiry and Reform, Edited by Mary Garman, Judith Applegate, of the Love and Life in Christ Jesus, and shall 1842-1846 Margaret Benefiel and Dortha Meredith. grow up in ~im like Wtllows in the Water Pendk HiO Publications, WaOingford, Pa., Courses.... By Thomas D. Hamm. Indiana University 1996. 540 pages. $20/paperback. The journals may be more interesting to Press, Bloomington and Indianapolis, Ind. , Early Friends liberated women as well as the lay reader. The experience of Katharine 1995. 312 pages. $39.95/hardcover. men not only to preach, prophesy, and travel Evans and Sarah Chevers under the inquisi­ Reform was in the air in the 1840s and in the ministry, but also to write. And write tion at Malta is a gripping account of early radical ideas about abolition, women's rights, the Quaker women did, producing tracts, Quaker zeal and martyrdom. Mary diet, hygiene, temperance, pacifism, educa­ journals, works of theology, and epistles. At a Penington's charming Account of Circum­ tion, politics, and social order were enthusi­ time when the various religious groups spring­ stances is a delight. The epistles are especially astically promoted. A group ofHicksite Quak­ ing forth during the 17th-century ferment valuable to students of Quaker women's his­ ers in Ohio and Indiana joined with former advanced their views and defended them­ tory, giving insight into the struggle over evangelicals from New England to form the selves from attack through a war of pam­ women's meetings that convulsed the Relig­ Society for Universal Inquiry and Reform. phlets, Quaker women entered into the con­ ious Society of Friends in England for the last They established seven short-lived commu­ test with a zest and a skill that surprised many three decades of the 17th century and led to nities in Ohio and Indiana and one at of their contemporaries. the official laying down of London Yearly Skaneateles, N.Y., in which they hoped to Today, these works are mainly found in a Women's Meeting for more than 80 years. remake the world by living according to God's few repositories of old Quaker books. As In the face of this vast labor of love, the laws. There would be no coercive govern­ interest in women's history and women's reviewer dislikes to quibble. The addition of ment, no use of force. They all foundered, theology has increased in the past two de­ writings ofcolonial American Quaker women some in less than a year, because of lack of cades, many scholars have lamented that this would have made this a more balanced and capital, personality disputes, or an unequal vast source of important material was largely useful presentation, especially since several sharing of labor. unavailable to students and to the interested English women scholars have been at work Through biographies of the leaders and public, including members of the Religious preparing many of the English writings in­ their roots in Garrisonian abolition, Hamm Society of Friends. cluded here for publication. Annotation of sets the Society for Universal Inquiry and A group offourwomen scholars at Earlham the writings would have helped a great deal, Reform in the context of Quaker separations, College has responded to this need by collect­ and tl].e absence of a subject index seems an U.S. politics, and other communal move­ ing some 35 examples of early Quaker unfortunate omission. ments. In the end most of the leaders drifted women's writings and publishing them in an Nevertheless, this anthology fills a real back into political action, dropping their non­ anthology. Observing that these writings have need and should be on the shelf of every resistance. Most became actively involved in not been hidden from history in the tradi­ Quaker meeting and institution, as well as spiritualism. tional sense but rather left to languish in that of every serious student of Quaker his­ At first glance the language and particu­ archives, they named their collection aptly: tory and theology. larities of the Society seem quaint. But a Hidden in Plain Sight. - Margaret Hope Bacon closer look shows many parallels with move­ This is a resource book. Much of it is not ments today, common especially among the easy reading. To the modern ear, the tracts of Margaret Hope Bacon is a member ofCentral universalist wing of Friends General Confer­ prophecy and denunciation sound harsh and Philmielphia (Pa.) Meeting and the author of ence. Proponents of the Society held that unappealing, although they also contain ten­ several books ofQ]uzker history and biography. people are basically good, only society makes der passages. The works on theology are She is currently researching the lives ofAfrican them bad. Therefore, all that needed to be more accessible, but demand patient study. American abolitionists with ties to Friends. done was gather people into communities without coercive rules, and God's kingdom would result. Except it didn't work that way. They left out early Friends' experience of the Quaker Quiptoquotes necessity of continuing inner work to bring Mason one's will into harmony with God's will. by Adelbert Early Friends called it picking up the cross The following is an encoded quote from a famous Friend. The letters have been transposed daily. Doug Gwyn has called it the "spiritual­ for your puzzling pleasure. ity of desolation." This detailed study of a little-known cor­ AL UB WCMB XNDCYA ANBE CY AL UB ner of Quaker history might serve as an object lesson of the dangers of seeking a holy F XNDCYACFE . FEZ DBTBEBDFACLE CY ANB community without the inward transforma­ tion that makes such community work. LEWG SFG AL ANB MCETZLH LR TLZ -Marty Grundy SNCXN SB QDFG RLD . Answer on page 23 Marty Grundy is a memberofCkveland (Ohio) Meeting.

28 july 1997 FRIENDS jOURNAL Fritz Eichenberg: A Portfolio of Prints By Fritz Eichenberg. Orbis Books, Maryknoll, N.Y., 1995. 12prints. $20. Readers of FRIENDS JouRNAL are familiar with the woodcuts of Fritz Eichenberg, since quite a few have appeared in the jOURNAL over the years. In his introduction to the prints of twelve woodcuts in this portfolio, which comprise works from 1942 to 1984, Robert Fllsberg, editor in chiefof Orb is Books, mentions that Fritz Eichenberg (1901-1990) was a refugee from Nazi Germany and a convert to Quakerism. Over a period of 40 years, Eichenberg regularly contributed his woodcuts to the Catholic Worker. Among the twelve pictures of the portfolio is a portrait of Dorothy Day, editor of the Catholic Worker. The only other portrait is of Gandhi, and there is a picture of St. Francis. The remain­ ing nine woodcuts are illustrations of epi­ sodes from the life of Jesus or of his words. Eichenberg was well known for his illus­ trations ofworks by Tolstoy and Dostoyevsky. Looking at the woodcuts in this portfolio, the emotional and spiritual impact is very power­ ful. Not only do the faces of some of the figures express their suffering, but it is also expressed in their postures. The figure of Christ in the midst of the hungry and home­ less in some of the woodcuts, although he clearly belongs with them, does seem to give for Panikkar means abandoning the well-dug wide range of cultural perceptions that exists out shining rays of hope. Eichenberg's inter­ western trenches of non-negotiable values, concerning the human condition. pretation of the "Peaceable Kingdom" and of including progress, technology, science, de­ Not only does he have an unparalleled the birth of Christ are among the more posi­ mocracy, the world economic market, and command of languages, he reshapes existing tive woodcuts, while most of the others show government organizations as a necessary pre­ words and makes up new ones (I counted the suffering of humankind. Eichenberg's condition for a dialogue of equals with the seven I plan to add to my vocabulary) to get spirituality shows through in each of the other cultures of the earth. He is careful to precise meanings across. One I would call to prints, and I think they have a great deal to say that those other cultures need disarma­ the attention of peace activists and scholars say to Quakers. The viewer will readily recog­ ment too, but because of the hegemonic alike, for use instead of the much-abused nize the distinctive, confident hand of this character of western culture, acting as a glo­ autonomy, is ontonomy, which Panikkar in­ artist who is able to evoke sorrow, peace, and bal overlay to all other cultures, this book is vented to refer to a plenitude of being in the hope from simple black and white images. confined to a critique of the West. context of the whole, nicely bringing to­ The size of the prints is 11" x 14", and Panikkar's vision is of a world in which, gether the polarities of individualism and they are ready for framing. metaphorically speaking, humans from every community. -lise 0//endorff Reich cultural tradition come naked and vulnerable The whole book is an adventure in unit­ to a dialogue that is also a reconciliation. But ing polarities, and the disarmament process lise 0//endor.ff Reich is a member of Mount this isn't a painful, sobersides process; it is he describes is a creatio continua; a continu­ Toby (Mass.) Meeting. ~ther a joyful, playful, earth-loving dialogue. ous creation of a highly pluralistic, surging, The author is one of the great classical schol­ exciting peace pr11Xis; not a new status quo but ars ofour time who has taught in universities a jluxus quo. I recommend it strongly to Cultural Disarmament: on every continent. He delights in the play of Friends who are looking for fresh ways to The Way to Peace concepts, theories, and prtJXis, and dances think, pray, and "do" peace. between languages to show how basic dilem­ -Elise Boulding By Raimon Panikkar. Westminster/john Kriox mas and aspirations of human be-ings (he Press, Louisville, Ky., 1995. 144 pages. loves to hyphenate woras to remind us of $18.99/paperback. their complex meanings) have been repeat­ Elise Boulding is professor emerita ofsociology, The deeply spiritual poetic-prophetic prose edly identified throughout recorded history. Dartmouth College, former secretary general of of Raimon Panikkar leads the reader into Phrases from Sanskrit, Greek, Latin, and the International Peace Research Association, new dimensions ofFriends ' longstanding wit­ modern Italian, French, Spanish, and Ger­ and a member ofBoulder (Colo.} Meeting now ness to disarmament. Cultural disarmament man alternate to give the-full flavor of the attending Wellesley (Mass.} Meeting.

FRIENDS j OURNAL july 1997 29 Milestones WESTTOWN SCHOOL Births/Adoptions Claggett-Katie Ros~ Claggm, on Feb. 23, to Susan Claggett and Craig Smith of Third Haven (Md.) Meeting. Claggett-.UZwrmc~ RuM/ph Claggat, on March 6, to Sally Claggett and John Damm of Third Haven (Md.) Meeting. Parr-Nicholas Edward Farr, on Jan. 30, to Katherine Lipp-Farr and Robert N. Farr, attenders of Friends Meeting of Washington (D.C.). We invite you to discover the value ofa Westtown education... Fusseii-Rebeckah Knp" Fus~li, on March 17, to Susan Keiper Lauffer and James Taylor under the care ofthe Philadelphia Yearly Meeting since 1799. Fussell, members of langley Hill (Va.) Meeting. Houston-Rebecca Durand Houston, on Jan. 7, *Challenging programs in academics, the arts, and athletics to Elizabeth Durand and Bill Houston of Chestnut Hill (Pa.) Meeting. *Strong Quaker presence in student body and faculty *310 day students in grades pre-K through 10 Marriages/Unions *290 boarding students in grades 9-12 (boarding required, 11-12) Henog-Thompson-]ohn Wi/Jiam Thompson *Diversity of racial, geographic, economic and religious and LormaAnn HtrZOg. on Jan. 25, under the backgrounds among students and teachers care of Friends Meeting of Washington (D.C.). *Weekly meeting for worship and strong sense of community O'Connell-Heffiey-Ronni~ Hdfoy and Britka O'ConM/L, on Dec. 1, 1996, under the care or are central to sc)loollife. Redding (Calif.) Meeting.

Westtown School, Westtown, PA 19395 (610) 399-7900 Deaths Brown-Carroll Thornton Brown, 79, on Dec. 27, 19%, at Friends House in Sandy Spring. Md. Thornton was born in Westtown, Pa., where he graduated from Westtown School in 1934. He graduated from Haverford College in Haverford, Pa., in 1938 and from Yale Forestry School in 1940. He served in the Conservation Corps as a conscientious objector during WWII. Thornton was involved in the establishment ofSandy Spring Friends School in Maryland. After moving there The ESR Equation: with his family in 1964, he taught math, main­ tained buildings and grounds, and in 1%7 be­ 1. A supportive, Christ-centered, learning community-plus came headmaster. Upon his retirement in 1979, he moved to Brooklin, Maine, and continued his 2. Rigorous academics-plus interest in education by serving on the local school 3. Diversity of age, race, gender and faith traditions-plus board. Thornton became a member of the Eggemoggin (Maine) Meeting. He returned to 4. A focus on personal spirituality-plus Sandy Spring to Live in Friends House in 1993. 5. Many small, engaging classes-plus He is survived by his wife of 56 years, Margot · Wdls Brown; two sons, Russell Thornton Brown 6. Opportunities to work closely, one-on-one, with caring faculty-plus and Henry Carroll Brown; a daughter, Judith 7. Aplace where family members are included. Ann Brown Fletcher; four grandchildren, Russell Brown, Andrea Brown, Christine Wills, and Thomas Wills; and a sister, Caroline Cadbury Howe. It all adds up Coburn-Forrest E Coburn, 83, on Jan. 20, in Doylestown, Pa. A beloved member of to transformation. Buckingham (Pa.) Meeting. Forrest was born in Lake Forest, Ill. He graduated from Notthwest­ Earlham School of Religion- ern Universiry in Illinois. Forrest served in the (A QUAKER SEMINARY OFFF.R!NG MAsml OF DlVINliY, Naval Reserve during WWII as a desk officer in MAsmR OF MINISIRY AND MAmR OF ARTs DEGREES) the Pacific Fleet. Following the war he held ad­ the right answer for a solid education ministrative positions with several construction firms in the Philadelphia, Pa., area. In 1948 he and personal preparation for ministry. married Maia Crane. In 1953 the couple became convinced Friends. They joined Radnor (Pa.) Call Nancy Nelson at 1-80().432..1377 Meeting where they were active until they moved 228 College Avenue, Richmond, Indiana 47374 in 1965. Between 1965 and 1975 he was on the I staff ofSolebury School in New Hope, Pa., where

30 july 1997 FRIENDS jOURNAL he was business manager. He used his writing talents as a pan-time reponer for local newspa­ pers. Forrest was an early member of what is now the Bucks County Audubon Society. At Buckingham Meeting he served as clerk of the trustees and finance committee and as treasurer. He was active in Bucks Quanerly Meeting, where he served on the oversight commictee and irs budget and nominating commictees. Forrest is survived by his wife, Maia; three daughters, Carolyn Coburn-Allen, Letitia Coburn, and Joy Hundettmark; and two grandchildren, Daniel Coburn Brimmer and Nicole Hundettmark. Day-Rebecca Lyn Day, 36, on Feb. 24, in Des A non-profit Moines, Iowa, of chronic, progressive multiple retirement community sclerosis. Becky was a lifelong member of Des and healthcare provider Moines Valley (Iowa) Meeting and Iowa Yearly operated by members Meeting (Conservative). A 1982 Earlham College of the Religious graduate with a BA in biology, Becky studied her Society of Friends. junior year in Kenya. She lived in Costa Rica for seven years, working as a teacher at Monteverde Friends School and later as co-director and direc­ Rrsidmtial Apartmmts tor of the Monteverde Instirute, which organizes Assisted Living/Personal Care graduate scientific srudy of the cloud forest. In Skilled Nursi11g Care 1989 Becky rerurned to Des Moines and earned a message therapy cenificate in 1991. While study­ Foulkeways at Gwynedd ing healing arrs and nutrition, her MS symptoms 1120 Meetinghouse Road . Gwynedd PA 19436 were diagnosed. She was unable to rerum to Costa Rica because of her health, so she entered a voca­ For more information, call Nancy B. Gold, tional rehabilitation graduate program at Drake University in Des Moines. In 1992 Becky was Director of Admissions, at 215-643-2200. able to visit her friends in Costa Rica. She then spent two terms at Pendle Hill Quaker srudy center in Wallingford, Pa., where she heard about "circles of Friends," where people with severe disabilities live in close-knit communities with people of all ages and abilities. She worked to stan a similar program in Iowa, now active as Dream Catcher, which plans to build a residential com­ plex. Becky was active as a presidential campaign organizer for STAR-PAC (Stop the Arms Race Political Action Commictee), founded by her fa­ ther, Charles Day. Becky will be remembered as The Witness considers an avid animal lover and horsewoman, as a dream today's societal, cultural and catcher and ceramics anist, as a strong spirit and religious issues from a left­ advenrurer. She is survived by her parents, Charles "'This magazine never and Ellen (Kathy) Day; a brother, Christopher wing, Christian, and Day; a niece, Emma Beth Day; and a nephew ceases to amaze me frequently iconoclastic Conner Day. with the spectrum of perspective. Each issue is Denoon- Ciarmct England Dmoon Jr., 82, on Feb. 6, in Newtown, Pa. Born in Richmond, Va., the subjects it topical; study guides and back he graduated phi beta kappa from the University addresses so issues are available. For a of Richmond in 1934 and received'his MS there complimentary copy or to in 1935. In 1938 he received a PhD in chemistry coherently in the field from the University of illinois. He later received a subscribe, call: 313-841- DSc (hon.) from the University of Richmond. of religion; a truly up 1967; fax: 313-841 -1956; e­ Afrer several years in research at DuPont and Landers Corporations, Oarence joined Rohm and to the minute mail: [email protected]. Haas in 1945. There he held a succession of illumination of the $25/10 issues. Checks, Visa marketing and management positions. He retired and Mastercard accepted. as a senior vice president and as a member of the board of directors in 1976. Later he was a director current social and The Witness, 7000 Michigan of Sanomer Industries and Technology Services theological problems. " Ave., Dept. F, Detroit, Ml Corp. and a vice president ofTri Ex Oil and Gas Co. Although much of his professional life was 48210-2872. spent in industry, Oarence had a great interest in - Quentin France Kolb education. He taught briefly at the University of illinois and at the University of Toledo, Ohio, A reader in Salt Lake City, UT and was later a trustee at Buckingham Friends School and George School in Pennsylvania, and at

FRIENDS j OURNAL july 1997 31 WIWAM PENN CHARTER SCHOOL Est 1689 the University of Richmond. Oirence was an 307 Years of Quaker Education active tree farmer, planting and caring for thou­ sands of trees in Bucks County. He was also The William Penn Charter School is a Quaker college-preparatory school director and later president of Planned Parent­ stressing high standards in academics, the arts, and athletics. Penn Charter hood in Bucks County. He served as a trUstee of is committed to nurturing girls and boys of diverse backgrounds in an Wrightstown (Pa.) Meeting, of which he was a atmosphere designed to stimulate each student to work to his or her member. Oarence is survived by his wife of 55 years, Eleanor Kratz Denoon; and two sons, Ashby fullest potential. Kindergarten through twelfth grade. E.A Denoon, and David B.H. Denoon. Earl J . BalliD, Head of School Hendrickson-Edward Middlaon Hmdrickson, 3000 W. School House Lane, Philadelphia, PA 19144 85, on March 5, at Medford Leas, Medford, N.J. {215) 844-3460 Edward was born and lived mosr of his life on the family dairy farm in Crosswicks, N.J. He was a graduate ofWesrtown School and Haverford Col­ lege in Pennsylvania. He worked briefly for RCA and then for Delaval, a Trenton, N.J., engineer­ ing firm. During WWII he was a conscientious objector and served in the Civilian Public Service. Its great to be turning 100. Not aO homes wiD make it. He operated the family farm from 1946 ro 1964 and leased the land until 1988. He then sold the Longevity. Could it be our Quaker philosophy of development rights to Mercer County Farmland Friends Home Preservation. Edward also worked as director of caring for older adults? Or is it our affordable residenrial the Crosswicks Warer Company, the Consumer services, Medicare & Medicaid Certified Nursing at Woodstown Water Company, and was a director for the Home, caring staff, friendly atmosphere, closeness to Yardville National Bancorp from 1961 ro 1996, Box Friends when he was named director emeritus. H e served the community, delicious meals, and handsome P.O. 457 • Drive as a director for the New Jersey Association for the grounds? Please come visit and decide for yoursel£ Woodstown, NJ 08098 Insurance of Houses and Barns Against Losses by Fire. Edward was a member ofthe Mercer County Call609-769-1500 Board of Agriculture and the New Jersey Farm Bureau. A member of Crosswicks (N.J.} Meeting. he was acrive for many years with the Mercer Sneer Friends Center in Trenton, N.J., the Burlington Meeting House Project, and Philadel­ phia Yearly Meeting, where he served on several committees. Edward is survived by his wife of 52 years, Hannah Freeman Hendrickson; a sister, Elizabeth H. Madack; and three nephews. 1951 Delta Avenue West Branch, Iowa 52358-8507 Lucash-Bmjamin Lucash, 82, on Feb. 6, at his home in Marianna, Fla. Benjamin was a member ofArch Street (Pa.) Meeting. He earned his BS in science from Temple University in Philadelphia, and an MS in education and an MS in adminis­ tration from the University of Pennsylvania. He spem many years as a biology reacher in Philadel­ phia schools, including 24 years at Central High School. Benjamin was preceded in death by a son, Edwin, in 1987. He is survived by his wife Elenor; a daughter, Geraldine Vander Geese; two grand­ daughters; a brother; a sister; and several nephews and nieces. Ono-Geo'Xt' Edward Otto, 93, on Dec. 18, 1996, in Newtown, Pa. Born in Baltimore, Md., Education research informs us that in order to be effective, George graduated from Pennsylvania Scare Uni­ versity and rook post graduate courses ar Yale learning must be comprehensive. Learning must take place within many University. In the late 1920s he and a partner settings - the classroom, the home, the community, the workplace and at established a travel bureau to conduct European one's place of worship. Scattergood Friends School encompasses all of these rours. In 1939 he married, and in 1940 he and a elements. Our challenging college preparatory curriculum is enhanced partner staned Penn Valley Constructors for cus­ by dormitory living, a learning community comprised of students and those tom-built homes. The company is still active and under the presidency of George's youngest son, who teach, a work-crew and farm program, and Friends Worship. Jonathan. In 1949 George iniriared a campaign to Value based education has been the foundation for establish a Quaker elementary school, resulting in academic excellence at Scattergood since its founding in 1890. the founding ofNewrown Friends School, where he served on the board and all five of his children For more infonnation, call319-643-7628, or, 319-643-7600. attended. George was very concerned about equal World Wide Web: http:// www.scattergood.org housing issues, and between 1955 and 1965 was E-mail address: SFS/[email protected] instrumental in building the first two integrated Fax number: 319-643-7485 communities in Bucks County, Pa. He was active in many phases of Quaker meetings, including 32 july 1997FRIENDS]OURNAL Quaker Inner-City School Endowment Fund. A small Classified group of well-integrated Quaker schools are doing a terrific job in inner cities. Help them raise sufficient en­ For Information call (215) 563-8629. dowments for long-term financial stability. For information Newtown (Pa.) Meeting. of which he was a mem­ contact: Imogene Angell, 150 Kendal Drive, Kennett ber. He also was involved with Bucks Quanerly 55¢ per word. Minimum charge is $11. Square, PA 19348, telephone: (610) 388-0935. Add 10% if boxed. 10% discount for three Meeting. Philadelphia Yearly Meeting. Friends consecutive insertions, 25% for six. General Conference, and Friends World Com­ Appearance of any advertisement does not Audio-VIsual mittee for Consultation. George served on the imply endorsement by Friends Journal. Of Lime, Stonessnd Wood: Historic committee that founded Chandler Hall Nursing Quaker Meeting Houses of the New Home, now Chandler Hall Health Services, in Classified Ad Deadlines: Yorlr Yesrfy Meeting Rsglon, by Claire Newtown, Pa. George and his wife, Ella, served September issue: July 14 Simon. Three historic Friends meetinghouses October issue: August 11 on the board of Pennswood Village Retirement • come alive with exciting stories of their past, including the Colonial period and Abolition: Flush­ Community as it was established and were among Submit your ad to: the first residents there in 1980. George is sur­ in(!, Nine Partners, and Shrewsbury, N.J. Narrated by Advertising Manager, Friends Journal Friends who have intimate knowledge of these meeting­ vived by his wife, Ella; a daughter, Olivia Otto 1216 Arch Street, 2A houses. Appr. 50 min. V.H.S. $35. Johnston Casement; four sons, Ralph Newlin Philadelphia, PA 19107·2835 Also available in V.H.S. Video: Who Are Quakers? De­ Otto, Richard E. Otto, Roben S. Otto, and (215) 563-8829 scribes Friends worship, ministry, and decision-making. 27 min. $29.50, and Crones: Interviews with Elder Jonathan E. Otto; nine grandchildren; and one Quslcer Women. Quaker women speak unselfconsciously great-grandchild. Accommodations about being Quaker women and their feelings about aging. 20 min. $18. Excellent tools for outreach and education. Web~Ekanor RAchel Brooks W~bb, 76, on March All prices include postage. Allow three weeks for deliv­ The Blue Idol Quaker Guesthouse is an ideal base for ery. Quaker Video, P.O. Box 292, Maplewood, NJ 07040. 5, in Baltimore, Md. Eleanor was raised in Rio you to explore England and discover your Quaker rools. Grande, O hio, where she learned to play the You will be in the heart of rural Sussex near to Gatwick violin and piano and developed her love of poetty. Airport, london, Brighton, and the South Coast. Books and Publications She attended Rio Grande College and later A beautiful 16th-century house, converted by William Penn, combines a guest-and meetinghouse in spacious Otterbein College in Westerville, O hio, where gardens amidst peaceful English countryside. Pastoral care Newsletter: four issues per year, on topics of interest to Friends providing care of members: she graduated magna cum laude. At Otterbein she Bed and Breakfast £22pp per night. Contact: Julie and mental illness, membership, marriage, community build­ was editor of the college literary magazine. After Jonathan Spencer, The Blue Idol, Coolnam, Horsham, W. Sussex RH138QP. Telephone: 011441403-741241. ing. For subscription information or a sample copy, send a stamped, self-addressed business envelope to: FRCI graduating in 1941, Eleanor traveled with an Fax: 01144 1403-741841. E-mail: 106700.3252@ PYM, 1515 Cherry Street, Philadelphia, PA 19102. American Friends Service Committee peace cara­ CompuServe.com. van. For the next three years she worked with the The Blue Idol-"More than just a place to stay. • Wine Or No Wine? 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FRIENDS joURNAL]uo/ 1997 33 Consider Investing In affordable retirement property Service Community, lnnls free VIllage. Volunteers live For Sale in the Southern Arizona high desert. Write or telephone and work with adults with mental disabilities on a farm in Roy Joe and Ruth Stuckey, care of Elaine De Manicor, the Blue Ridge Mountains. Must be 21, able to stay one Marlletp'-available to you! Special Quaker R1.1 Box 170 #11, McNeal, PZ. 85617. Telephone: (520) year. Receive room, board, medical benefits, and $160/ month. Recruiting, lnnisfree, R1e. 2, Box 506, Crozet, VA ~ems, commemorative plates, coffee mugs, T­ 642-9319. shirts, wood products, Q.Jaker dolls, and more. 22932. Wme for New Free Brochure. Q.Jaker Heritage Personals Executive Directo r position in shelter for immigrants Showcase, 10711 N. Kittatinny Ave., Tucson, mid/late fall. Staff management, administration, PZ. 85737. Single Booklovers, a national group, has been getting fundraising, direct service. Spanish-speaking, organized, i unattached booklovers together since 1970. Please write public speaking skills. Fund raising, religious service ex­ Box 117, Gradyville, PA 19039, or call (610) 358-5049. perience preferred. Room/board/health insurance/stipend Opportunities or negotiable salary. Send resume/letter to: Rebecca Smith, Casa Marianella, 821 Gunter Street, Austin, TX Consider a Costa Rican Study Tour. January 29-Feb­ ruary 9, 1998, or February 26-March 9, 1998. Write Roy 78702. Joe or Ruth Stuckey, 1182 Hornbeam Road, Sabina, OH ConcernedUineks_ The Meeting School-a small secondary boarding school 45169, or call or fax (937) 584-2900. Concemed Singles Newsletter links compatible, so­ located in rural N.H. and based on Quaker principles Upcoming Conferences At Pendle Hill cially conscious singles who ca.-e about peace, social needs faculty for 97- 98 school year. Faculty here hold a Basic Quakerism, Jonathan Vogel-Borne and Mickey justice, civil rights, gender equ~. and the environment. variety of jobs: houseparenting, teaching, and some ad­ Edgerton, July 11 - 13. Nationwide. All ages. Since 1984. Free sample: Box 444- ministrative or building and grounds work. Currently we Summer Arts Programs: FJ, Lenox Dale, MA 01242, or (413) 445-6309. are especially seeking singles or couples with experi­ Painting as Meditation, Helen David Brancato, July ence in teaching math, science, weaving, gardening, or 18-21. electives. Also seeking a farm coordinator and adminis­ Shaping Thoughts and Dreams In Metal, Gregory Positions Sought trative assistant. Experience with living in community and Zeorlin, July 25-28. a genuine love of living with teenagers preferred. Call for Healing and the Arts , Christine Unnehan, July 25-28. Young, Quaker educator seeks employment informa­ more information: (603) 899-3366. Joumai·Maklng and Poetry by Hand and Heart, Paulus tion and opportunities in Denver, Colo., (K-12). Please Berensohn, Aug. 1- 5. call (Home) (215) 35 H)580 or (Work) (215) 895-1594, or Head Of School, July 1998 The Art of Drama, Judy Nicholson Asselin, Aug. 1- 5. email: [email protected] with any com­ Friends School Of Baltimore Ministry of Writing for Publication, Tom Mullen, Aug. ments or suggestions. Friends School of Baltimore is one of the largest OJaker 8-12. Schools with 990 students from pre-school through grade The Psalms and Mixed Media, Nancy Chinn, Aug. 8-12. Positions Vacant 12. It is the oldest school in Baltimore. Fammes choose Early Fall Programs: Baltimore Friends because of its Quaker values, its Young Adult Gathering, Aug. 30-Sepl. 1, special low Earlham School of Religion seeks candidates for Dl· excellent academic program that fosters independent price. rector of Field Education, beginning the academic year thinking, and because ~ is co-educational. Silent Retreat, Nancy Bieber, Sept. 5-7. 1997-98. This position is full-time and involves adminis­ Byron Forbush, wiho will retire in June 1998, has pro­ Toni Morrison's Beloved: The Hauntlngs of Memory, tration ol all aspects of the Field Education program, vided stable and forward-thinking leadership. Goals for Linda-Susan Beard, Sept. 5-7. teaching concurrent weekly seminar, and teaching one the future are the natural ones to retain the School's high Channels o f Univ ersal Love: A Woolman Ret reat, other course each year in the area of pastoral ministry quality as it evolves to meet new challenges-while Michael Birkel, Sept. 12-14. (e.g. preaching, worship & liturgy, education, administra­ remaining true to its Quaker values and trad~ions. Opening Hearts and Minds, Bonnie Tinker, Sept. 12-14. tion, evangelism, etc.). Experience in the use of case The ideal next Head will have experience from pre­ Evolution of Liberal Quakerism, Betsy Cazden, Sept. studies and congregational studies, as well as demon­ 19-21. school through grade 12, must identity with the Quaker· strated administrative skills is preferred. Candidates must and academic values and traditions and be a resource What Do I Do with My Anger? Bill Ratli ffe, Sept. 26-28. have a M.Div., experience in pastoral ministry, and be lor the School's future development. The position re­ Meister Eck hart: Sounding the Depths, Isabella Bates, committed to a Quaker understanding of ministry. Resi­ q uires a community builder who has successful Sept. 26-28. dency and significant participation in the seminary's educational leadership experience and strong financial Contact: Registrar, Pendle Hill, Box F, 338 Plush Mill community life are expected. and fundraising abilities. Road, Wallingford, PA 19086-6099. (610) 566-4507 or Send nominations or a curriculum vita and names of Please send nominations or applications to: Gilvar & (800) 742-3150, X 142. three references to Nancy Bowen, Clerk of the Search Committee, Earlham School of Religion, 228 College Associates, 29 Concord Square, Boston, MA 02118. Friends House Moscow is seeking Friends conversant Avenue, Richmond, Indiana 47374. Review of applica­ in Russian to serve either as Friends in Residence or as tions will begin immediately and continue until an Interns for periods of one month to a year as soon as appointment Is made. Earlham School of Religion is an Real Estate possible. Accommodation provided and possibly some affirmative action, equal opportunity employer. subsistence. Opportunities for service include: house­ Wanted Fo r Purc hase Or Rental: Woodland or country hold management; care and hosting of vis~ors; conduct Quaker Southam Africa International Affairs Repre­ get-away house. Prefer close to Chicago; will consider of group sessions on Quakerism and spimuality; organi­ sentatlve(s): American Friends Service Committee greater distance. (773) 907-()732 or [email protected]. zation of English/Russian library and information currenUy based in Harare, Zimbabwe. Field placement resouroes; axploration of placing volunteers with Rus­ by October, 1997. Traveling extensively in a program sian organizations; and other support as determined area covering 11 countries, develop contacts and initiate Rentals & Retreats mutually with FHM staff and the Moscow Monthly Meet­ dialogue with representatives of church, civic, and gov­ Philadelphia. Sunny room available in home friendly to ing. Inquiries in the U.S. to Julie Harlow, (916) 7~. ernment insmutions. Coordinate national and regional 1163 Auburn Drive, Davis, CA 95616, [email protected]; exchanges and conferences. Provide ongoing informa­ bicyclers and Quakers. Share kitchen. Long/short-term rental. Near Penn and Drexel. Short trolley ride to Center in Europe to Peter Jarman, +44 171 609-5560, 57A tion and analysis on key economic, pol~ical. and social City. $80/week. (215) 387-7962. Anson Road, London N7 OAR, [email protected]; or issues ol the region. Major program focus areas include directly to the FHM Office in Moscow, +7 095 241-3487 conflict resolution, demilitarization and disarmament, eco­ (phone or FAX), [email protected]. nomic transformation, and civil participation in Maine Coast Attractive watertront house near Wiscasset decision-making within new democracies. Requires: on Westport Island (with bridge). Deck, spruces, small "Quaker Spiritual Friends for Prisoners Programw is Compatibility w~h and ability to represent the faith-based point and cove, peace and quiet. Weekly rates: June an opportunity for an individual Friend to beco me a spiri­ principles defining AFSC's international work, especially $350, July $600, August $650. (617) 696-6353. tual friend through writing lo a prisoner with the interface in Africa. Three years recent work experience in South­ of QSF. Does your ministry lie in encouraging your own ern Africa and/or international experience in informal Pocono Manor. Beautiful, rustic mountain house suit· and your friend 's spiritual growth by correspond ing? For diplomacy, conflict mediation, or equivalent work that able for gatherings, retreats, and re unions. Seven more Information about this program of FGC's A&O Com­ included regular travel in the region. Capacity to commu· bedrooms. Three full baths. Beds for 15. Fully equipped. mittee, write P.O. Box 75, Kennett Square, PA 19348. nicate with both high-level leadership and with Deck with mountain view. Hiking trails from back door. community-based groups and individuals. Demonstrated Southeast Yearly Meeting's Pro-Nica Friends Witness Weekends, or by the week, May through October. Con­ ability to analyze, interpret, and present orally to public Trips to Nicaragua. Twiceyearly: July31- Aug.10, 1997, tact Jonathan Snipes: (215) 736-1856. audiences and in writing about one or more of the pro­ and Feb. 26-Mar. 8, 1998. Umited to six participants. gram focus areas and to relate such regional issues to Long-term negotiable lease offered on approx. 900 $400 covers all in-country expenses, including stay at the broader global context. Experience in organizing sq. fl. Octagon house on 25-acre "Magic Mountain" with Quaker House in Managua. Participants arrange own air group events. Fluency In English, oral and written flu­ magnificent view. Opportunity participation in Q.Jaker fare. Learn about current social and political situation in ency in Portuguese or French highly desirable. Program Testimonies: simple living, eco-awareness, social change, Nicaragua. Visit community groups where Quakers give planning and administration, and PC skills. This is a spiritual growth in rural setting 60 miles north of San support to local projects. For information contact Ruth senior field position for an individual or couple with an Francisco. Telephone: (707) 823-1583 (evenings) or (707) Paine. (813) 821-2428. established relationship. 823-1712. Fax: (707) 823-1728. Quaker House Intentional communi ty seeks residents. Letter of interest and resume to Elizabeth Stegner, Share living and meal arrangements in historic Friends AFSC-HR, 1501 Street, Philadelphia, PA 19102- Cherry A Friendly Maul vacation on a Q.Jaker family organic meetinghouse. Common interests in spirituality, peace, 1479. Fax: (215) 241-7247. E-mail: [email protected]. farm. 20 minutes to local beaches. New stone and cedar and social concerns. One- or two-year terms. Directors, AFSC is a Quaker organization that includes people of building with large octagonal room, skylight, ocean view, Quaker House, 5615 S. 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