July 1991 Quaker Thought FRIENDS and Life OURNAL Today

I WAS IN PRISON, AND YOU VISITED ME

IS IT TIME, ONCE AGAIN, TO BECOME A 'PECULIAR PEOPLE'?

SOUTH AFRICA: WAGING THE LAMB'S WAR Edltor-lleneger Among Friends Vinton Deming Assoclete Editor Melissa Kay Elliott Art Director Barbara Benton Asking the Hard Questions Advertising lleneger Catherine Frost Clrculetlon end Promotion ach month we receive a number of letters from prison inmates. Nagendran Gulendran Occasionally it's a request for a copy of our magazine, sometimes ~pesettlng Services James Rice and Voodoo Jordhamo E for a subscription. Often, too, we're asked to publish an ad under Secreterlel Services personals, something like "Sincere young man, lonely, wants to correspond Jeanne G. Beisel Bookk-per with female [preferred age mentioned], all letters answered promptly. '' James Neveil Such requests for "female pen pals" are not accepted, but we seek to Volunteers respond to all letters and answer as many requests as possible. Jane Burgess, Burgess Ekman, Anders Hansen, Emily Conlon, Catherine McCulley, Becky Young Several things come through clearly in these bits of correspondence. First, Boerd of llenegers and primary' we feel the loneliness and sense of isolation expressed by most 1989-1992: Jennie Allen (Secretary), Richard Eldridge (Assistant Clerk), Bernard Haviland, prisoners. In many cases, we learn, individuals feel abandoned by family Eric Larsen, Marcia Mason, Janet Norton, David Samuel, Carolyn Sprogell, Wilmer and friends; there is little personal contact with the outside world. The Tjossem, Alice Wiser letters are often written very well and with great care. Many writers are 1990-1993: Clement Alexandre, Marguerite Clark, Peter Eccles, Leonard Kenworthy, Lee curious about Quakerism, want to read more about Friends' beliefs, desire Neff, Mary Ellen Singsen contact with local Friends and meetings. In such cases we may send an 1991-1994: Frank Bjornsgaard, Emily Conlon, Nancy Cocks Culleton, Barbara Dinhofer, Dian article or pamphlet, encourage someone we know to make a Friendly visit Fatula, Sam Legg (Clerk), Parry Jones, Richard Moses (Treasurer), Harry Scott, Larry Spears to the person, provide a JoURNAL subscription. Honorery llenegers Just a year ago the Washington Newsletter of Friends Committee on Eleanor Stabler Clarke, Mildred Binns Young National Legislation featured a particularly good article on our national FRIENDS JOURNAL (ISSN 0016-1322) was established in 1955 as the successor to The prison system. It pointed out, for instance, that the U.S. rate of Friend ( 1827 - 1955) and Friends.lntelligencer incarceration is the third highest in the world-surpassed only by the Soviet (1844-1955). It is associated with the Religious Society of Friends, and is a member of the Union and South Africa. 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2 July 1991 FRIENDS JOURNAL July 1991 FRIENDS Volume 37, No. 7 JOURNAL Features Departments 8 Time to Become a Peculiar People 2 Among Friends Priscilla Berggren-Thomas Our role in the world is to share our experience of God. 4 Forum 5 VIewpoint 11 The Peace Testimony Mamie Miller-Outsell 30 Quaker Crostlc One Friend asks the hard questions about faith and 32 Reports accountability. 34 Witness 13 Unitarians as friends 35 FCNLNotes Mary Barclay Howarth Quakers and Unitarians form a bond offe llowship and wor­ 36 News of Friends ship in a corner of The Rockies. 36 Nonsense of 16 I Was In Prison and You VIsited Me the Meeting. Herb Ettel 38 Bulletin Board/ Bob and Kay Horton's prison ministry lives on in the lives it touches. Calendar 19 Pucho 40 Then and Now Mario DiBlasio 42 Books A prisoner moves on to a place of hope. 44 Resources 21 Make VIctims the Focus of Law 44 Milestones Adam Starchild Is it time to change our focus to restitution? 46 Classified 22 Nonsexist Language In New Bible Poetry Translations Wallace Cayard 7 Tribute There are now gender-inclusive ways to state old truths. Helen Weaver Horn 24 Waging the Lamb's War James Fletcher Soweto Friends stand solidly in a sea of troubles. 27 Srt Lanka: Unresolved Conflict Elizabeth Salter Cataclysmic events can obscure-ongoing tragedies.

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A Message in Meeting ugliness. But in worshipful living, God for business provides an opportunity to lets us know the difference. practice the principles of nonviolent One of my grandfathers, John Baird, Jesus taught us to love God, and to conflict resolution, to experience personal was born in 1852, in Scotland. He came love others as much as we love ourselves. growth, to really get to know other to this country in his late teens, became a Not only will there be enough love, but Friends, to deepen one's spiritual life. cheesemaker in Herkimer County, N.Y., lots more neighbors to share it with. Sometimes in a meeting for business, and married a school teacher, whose I pray for us that we live in the Spirit, quite marvelous resolutions happen, quite grandparents had lived through the which will preserve as much of the world unexpected openings occur. Sometimes it American Revolution in the Mohawk as possible for our great-grandchildren. feels as though "the Spirit is truly valley as small children. I remember him Let us be worthy of the life and love that working among us." letting me help him take the feathers off God has given us. For example, once the clerk of the a chicken he had killed for dinner the Charley Brown Friends General Conference Central next day. I remember watching him hitch Wiscasset, Maine Committee introduced a matter that he up the buggy, and I have a picture of knew to be very difficult for the gathered him with my cousin and me in that Friends. He was tense with anxiety buggy. I remember my grandmother's himself, perhaps not free of a personal hand on mine as she kept me from bias on the issue. The discussion got churning too fast, as I tried to help make increasingly difficult when, pausing for a butter. moment, he experienced something quite This spring I drove from Maine to get unexpected. He suddenly felt a kind of to my son's home in West Chester, Pa., light flow over his body from head to for my grandson's seventh birthday. The foot. He relaxed into quite a different whole family went out to dinner. When mood and was able to lead the meeting we got back, the children and I were to a gentle resolution of the issue. tired and went to bed pretty quickly. Later this man learned that just at the The next morning, about 6:15 a.m., time of })is amazing experience, three when he heard me moving, Joshua, a day Friends had gone together into an over seven, came in and stood next to my adjoining chapel with the explicit bed. I pulled the covers back, and he Flower power intention of "holding him in the Light." climbed in with me, and we whispered The Business Meeting Resource Group, together for a few minutes till the rest of I was touched by Jessica Robie's letter which first met in Richmond, Ind., on the family started getting up. (FJ April) so generously sent to a soldier April 12, invites you to share If Joshua lives to be as old as I am calling him "brave" and "courageous." I "testimonials" about rewarding now, he will be my age in 2058. My would like to tell Jessica that I, too, experiences you have had in a Quaker hands have held the hands of those prefer flowers to guns and am now meeting for business. We welcome the whose lives will have spanned two particularly hopeful the Brady Bill (which simple and the astonishing and everything centuries. establishes a waiting period for handgun in between. Write to Elizabeth For some time the population of the purchases) will become law. Boardman, 3831 Army St., San world has been doubling every 30 to 35 I feel that the JOURNAL needs to reach Francisco, Calif., or call (415) 285-7841. years. In 200 years it will have doubled six out to Friends and their friends whose We would like to hear from you by times unless something happens to change paths and viewpoints may not agree August 15. that growth. That means that if Joshua always with our own. I am a birthright Elizabeth Boardman has grandchildren, each of them will have Friend, now a sometime contributor to San Francisco, Calif. as a fair share of the world's resources, Wider Quaker Fellowship and AFSC, just 1/64th as much as John Baird had who has lived for many years in the when he was born. Wars like the one we Washington, D.C., area. We have some Experiencing God just had, which destroy so much, will dear "military" friends-one of whose make the share even less. sons we have just welcomed back from Just as each person is unique, so is It will be a very different world, and a Desert Storm. He is as dear to us (we've each person's perception of God. When very difficult one. Already, with only a known him since babyhood) as our own we are tempted to find fault with little over five billion people, 40,000 youngest son, his friend, who is not a another's vision of God, it may be wise children under the age of five die every soldier. to consider whether we are respecting day from hunger, thirst, and diseases Mary E.S. French the other person's individuality. A related to malnutrition. When the Alexandria, Va. significant and rewarding part of my population doubles twice more, how own spiritual journey has been the search many will die? for the divine in my own life and Each person's share of air, water, and Special experiences experience. natural resources will be much less, and My early training did not support there will probably be few large Business meeting can seem to be a concepts of God as creator, guiding mammals, and possibly very few trees, boring event which requires much sitting, intelligence, lawmaker, or ultimate but the spirit of God will be just as great much patience, and much petty hassling rewarder and punisher, so I have not for each child then as it is now. Each for very minimal results. Why bother if tended to seek a God in these roles. I am person will have as much ability to love, you don't really care who is hired to redo not insensitive to the many abuses human truth will be the same, and there will be the roof, what time meeting starts in the beings have perpetrated in the name of beauty enough for everyone. Of course, summer, orhow to get new hymn books? service of some God, often seen in one. there will also be hate, ignorance, and But sometimes it is clear that meeting or more of these roles.

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Yet it seems difficult to deny that some A New World Vision of the greatest good in the world has also been done in the name of service to God. In my own attempts to be good Your articles in the May issue on Out of this grew a conviction, a yearn­ and do good, then, I have been grateful whether to go to war, and campus views ing for another way-pacifism. It had for whatever glimpses of divinity I have have brought back memories for me. It started in a Quonset hut in England as a had. is more than 45 years ago since I prepared moral position against a certain type of It must have begun with the Quaker to finish high school. The world never bombing. It became more defined when, credo of "that of God in every person"; looked brighter-even with World War as a prisoner of war, I was forced to live one of my earliest openings was a sudden 1\vo going on. It was the summer of 1943 with those I had been sent to kill. I ex­ understanding that "that of God" was and it seemed so right to immediately join perienced the misery of war from both not limited to people. I have found the Air Force and be part of that exciting sides. I came out of this personal holo­ beauty, truth, and goodness in many world out there-to find one's manhood caust knowing I would never fight in war places, and within all of this a sense of in that thing called war. again. Human life is too precious. I had an interconnected element in all of these In 1944, the winter in England was wet made a total commitment to pacifism. which I call divine. Love also partakes and cold. I was 19 years old and already This is a personal story. I cannot teach deeply of divinity. And there is more. I had been on 17 bombing missions over morality; all I can do is share my I find that when I seek to associate Germany. Military targets were becoming experiences. myself with people, things, actions, fewer, high saturation bombing was insti­ As we near the end of the 20th century, experiences, where I feel this divinity, tuted to demoralize the German people. I believe we need to create a new vision and to promote them, I am moving We decided as bomber crew not to par­ of the world and its moral order-a Quak­ forward on my own spiritual journey, ticipate in any more bombing missions er message that raises the perception and becoming a better person myself, and that were not specifically military targets. value of human life above the standards often contributing to a better world. The I was faced for the first time with a per­ currently set by most of the rest of socie­ more facets of divinity an experience sonal act of disobedience to duty. I had ty. Quaker men and women need to step combines, the more powerful it is; the personally made a moral judgment and out of conventional society to experiment more I work to combine and promote the taken my first step toward a personal and to search for. a spiritual and social divine in my own life, the greater my pacifism. I did not understand it fully at transformation making clear that learn­ own awareness of God within myself, the the time, but for some unknown reason ing to kill is not the answer. Friends must greater my ability to do all good, and the I felt I must take this stand. recognize that there is always the temp­ less my inclination to do otherwise. Our next bombing mission was to tation to forget what making war is like. What is the nature of this divinity? I Munich, and it was a military target. It I believe that the prophecy of Joel, so confess freely that it is purely experiential was a clear, cold Sunday when we were often repeated since his day, still rings for me. I can't think of any way to shot down and crash landed outside the with hope for those who believe in the define it beyond saying that I have Bavarian town of Sonthofen. We were eternal power of the spirit over the hearts repeatedly experienced a quality that I captured and were tied to trees to be shot of men and women: "and it shall come choose to call divine. Having said this, I when the German Alpine Corps arrived to pass afterward, that I will pour out my would be hard put to deny or criticize and stopped our execution. We were led spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and others who have had other, perhaps quite back into the town, beaten by the towns­ your daughters shall prophesy, your old different, experiences which they choose people as we walked to the city prison. men shall dream dreams, and your young to call divine, or even Eric Johnson From here began an odyssey of traveling people shall see visions." (" Why I Am an Atheist," FJ January) across Germany, city to city, prison camp who, I believe, has experienced qualities, to prison camp. I was very sick, very George Rubin for example, of beauty, truth, or tired, very scared, and I learned to sleep goodness much as I have, and found standing up. I relived my own life and them worthwhile, but has done so either death again and again. All of this mosaic without seeking an underlying element became part of my very fiber. The death, common to all of them, or without the cold, the hunger, the war became part A member of Manhasset (N. Y.) Monthly choosing to name it God. of my very being. I did not remember not Meeting, George Rubin is clerk of New York In my discussions with others, I try to being part of a war. Yearly Meeting. be sensitive to their perceptions, experiences, and expressions of God. Yet I have never found reason to doubt that the basic divinity in each of us and in Considering membership offer. In our meeting, regular attenders our experience is part of a greater unity, are considered to be members of the which I think can fairly be called God. It In response to Nick Triffin's Forum monthly meeting even though they are is a Light of which most of my glimpses letter (FJ February), I am enclosing a not members of the Religious Society of have been fleeting. But there have been recently updated copy of the charge of Friends. The decision about the times when I have experienced it more our Committee on Ministry and composition of the Ministry and steadily. One such time has been in the Oversight. As indicated, our committee Oversight Committee, no doubt, reflects gathered Quaker meeting. There, without requires that two of the six members be this broader policy. the interference of words (such as members of the Religious Society of Judy Burris " God"), it has shone clear and bright. Friends. I believe it is the sense of our Lexington, Ky. meeting that by organizing in this way, Turtle MacDermott we have both a connection to our roots Cookeville, Tenn. and the freshness that new folks can (continued on next page)

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find ways for building bridges of communication and understanding. One method for doing so has been used by Friends in Las Cruces, N.M.-especially for mid-week meetings. To enable participants to listen in a supportive manner, each is given a three-minute egg timer and several chips. A chip represents one timer-run. The sand running serves both to reserve time for the more reticent and to limit the more verbal among us. No interruptions or questions should occur during timer meetings and one may use his/ her time for silence as desired. Sole Power empathy with those who must depend on The respect one receives from the their own feet or the infrequent buses to group (four to six people is best) Congratulations to Skip Londos for get them to their jobs and back home? contributes to confidence and asking "Where Are the Sidewalks?" (FJ How much time and effort is required! empowerment, supporting us individually February). I've been asking the same It all seems part of our and collectively as we struggle with tough thing ever since I came to Connecticut. dehumanization, machines taking place of questions or situations that could divide Where I grew up, we practically lived on people, self-isolation due to fear of the us if this caring communication were not the sidewalks. Everyone knew everyone unknown, differences and mistrust of nurtured. We tend rather rapidly to else for blocks around (even though it others. So we have less and less appreciate our fragility as well as our was a big and otherwise rather hostile community, less sharing of ourselves and strengths and to accept our uncertainties city), and the resultant sense of our lives. and rough edges. Knowing each other at community was so strong that virtually Katharine A. Tatum these deeper levels fo rms a foundation we all my boyhood friends are still friends Cherry Hill, N.J. need in a spiritual community for the whom I see regularly, despite being 20 resolution of conflicts. years and 3,000 miles away. Here, people The May 1990 JouRNAL carried an who have been neighbors for 20 years Pristine polluters article by Patience A. Schenck, "Keeping don't even know what each other look Most everyone seems to agree Close to that which is Pure," which like. The sense of community is so long membership can be a spiritual thing described a similar method developed by lost that several generations have no idea between the person and God, but when it the Annapolis (Md.) Meeting. Friends what it was like. turns into a list of people with interested in exploring paths for Merritt Clifton committees deciding who is "holier than interaction in our diversity in order to Monroe, Conn. thou" and with birthright membership prevent the hurts that separate, would do added to it. ... Ha! Then there are well to re-read Schenck's article and/ or Reading Skip Londos's excellent those who think it serves as a barrier to inquire of Las Cruces Meeting about the article, which reflected so many of my help keep the "less holy than thou" from "Timer Kits" that have been made · own thoughts while walking in city and polluting the pristine Quaker atmosphere! available to Friends at Intermountain country, I again was reminded of the Isn't it a wonder there is a bit of Yearly Meeting. following thought: controversy? One timer-meeting participant writes, In the last years of the 20th century if Will people in the future be looking " The use of timers hones both listening we were to follow the spirit of George back and saying Quakers for centuries and speaking skills. Growth in self­ Fox's injunction to "live in the virtue of were progressing ahead of their times in restraint and self-expression results. Since that life and power which takes away the some areas of life, but it took them equal courtesy is accorded each speaker, occasion for all wars," would we not try much longer to progress with the heated subjects become manageable, and to get rid of the automobile's influence philosophy of membership? frustration is minimized. The Quaker altogether? Are not using up oil and goal of seeking light without heat is paying taxes for war analogous? Alfred J. Geiger achieved." Jim Best Jacksonville, Fla. Mary and Cecil Brown, Tucson, Ariz. Carolyn Doll, Jack and Ethel Haller Since I sold my car three months ago I Egg-timer meetings Las Cruces, N.M. have discovered first-hand how hard it is to travel by bus and feet when you are 83 Many Friends and meetings can years old. As the cars whiz by I sense the undoubtedly identify with various aspects F'RIENDS JoURNAL welcomes contribu­ drivers' annoyance or self-absorption. of Elizabeth Boardman's and Sam Cox's tions from readers. We reserve the Waiting for a bus, I have counted how report to us about Friends' suffering right to edit all letters. Submissions to many one-driver cars there are. The ratio within their own meetings (FJ January). Forum should be no longer than 300 was five to one: five with one driver, one It is to be hoped that the article will words. Submissions to Viewpoint with more than one. stimulate much reaching out for healing should be limited to 1,000 words. Al­ The call for more public transportation among Friends. though we would like to print all con­ is clear, as well as more sidewalks for In the process of mending and healing, tributions we receive, space is limited, pedestrians. How do we get those one­ which we should always address but often and we urge Friends to be succinct. drivers to want to change? Where is the find very difficult, an essential step is to

6 July 1991 FRIENDS JOURNAL FRIENDS JOURNAL July 1991 7 he war in the Middle East created in Quakers a desperate need to re­ Tevaluate our work for peace. Strengthening the connection between Is it time, once again, our faith and our works is now more im­ portant than ever. If we don't, we run the risk of slipping into a humanistic, ra­ to become a tional, service-oriented approach to our role in the world. The call to work for peace is from God and cannot be re­ duced to simple, rational, humanistic service. The actual work we do may be the same whether our approach is ra­ PECULIAR tional and humanistic, or whether it is God-centered and prayerful, but the spirit of the work isn't. A new orienta­ tion to our call as " Children of the Priscilla L. Berggren-Thomas is a member of PEOPLE? Blacksburg (Va.) Meeting.

8 July 1991 FRIENDS JOURNAL Light" is in order. The time to be a years ago, the focus need not be on their in their outward deeds of service to suf­ "peculiar people" is once again at hand. separation from the rest of the world, fering men, it lies in that call to all men We speak of our Quaker history as a but on their offering the world a new to the practice of orienting their entire peculiar people either in fondly reminis­ society based on a living relationship being in inward adoration about the cent terms or with a certain sophisticated with God and one another. springs of immediacy and ever fresh derision. From our involvement in the In our war-torn world, as we struggle divine power within the secret silences war in the Middle East, to social in­ to work for peace, as we see the connec­ of the soul." justices, to environmental concerns, the tion of all the injustices of the world, the Quakers shudder at the thought of world's problems demand our efforts to power of Fox's testimony to his experi­ proselytizing, but are we perhaps allow­ work for peace and justice. Returning ence of God speaks to our need. "I told ing others to define the terms of our call to our role as a peculiar people does not them I lived in the virtue of that life and for us? Did Christ call us to "Go ye in­ have to mean withdrawing from the power which takes away the occasion of to the world and preach the good news world and failing to do these acts of all wars." Whether we speak of U.S. service. Rather, we need to ask ourselves bombs falling on Iraqi citizens, or not only what being a peculiar people women world-wide being battered by has to.offer modern-day Quakerism, but their husbands, or homeless people cold Being a also what it may allow us to offer the and hungry on the streets of our cities, rest of the world. Looking at present­ the desire to have power over others and day Amish, or Quakers of 100 to 300 the damage done by that desire is univer­ peculiar people sal. The hunger for power cannot be overcome through correct politics or ra­ mayaUow us tional thought. We can only address these injustices by living in that life and power that George Fox knew and to offer the preached of. As a peculiar people, we need the in­ rest of the world vigorating faith and message of George Fox, the acting and living on that faith a new society of John Woolman, Lucretia Matt and many other Friends, and the sense of community and accountability that based on a Friends have had for each other and un­ fortunately have lost. Our role in the Uving relationship world is to share with others our ex­ perience of God and offer the world a with God and community-centered, plain lifestyle as an alternative to our present society. Such a role would not only ground us one another. in God and the work God calls us to, but would offer us a new way of deal­ ing with the world's problems: a vision of a new world for all people. The call to share our faith or prosely­ tize is fervent in these days. We cringe every time a fundamentalist evangelist speaks of the Good News and yet, iron­ ically, we are called not just to work for to every creature" (Mark 16:15) in order peace, but to witness to the living Christ, to indoctrinate others into a belief sys­ the Inner Light, that calls us to that tem, to accept a creed, or was he call­ work. If we are working for a new world, ing us to joyfully tell others of a new a world where we live in right order, a way of living, an experience of God that peaceful world, we are calling for the can change our lives? Again from spiritual transformation of all human Thomas Kelly: beings. To invite others to "live in that The Inner Light, the Inward Christ, is no life and power that takes away the oc­ mere doctrine, belonging peculiarly to a casions of all war," we must be willing small religious fellowship, to be accepted or to share our own faith , our own experi­ rejected as mere belief. It is the living center ence of God. How else can we expect of reference for all Christian souls and Chris­ others to understand the work we do tian groups-yes, and of non-Christian and the very need we have to do it? As groups as well-who seriously mean to dwell in the secret place of the most High. Thomas Kelly wrote, "But the value of Woolman and Fox and the Quakers of. The message isn't believe, but live; live today for the world does not lie merely with God. The resurrection isn't the

FRIENDS JOURNAL July 1991 9 symbol of one human's rebirth, but the spond to others out of the divine center. beautiful quilts and an authoritarian potential of all of us to die to ourselves Our Salvation will come not through faith; it is present in the economy of and be reborn in God. We may turn everyone believing the same creed or their community. To withdraw them­ away in horror from the terms born having the same statement of faith, but selves from an exploitative economy re­ again, salvation, and resurrection, but by everyone knowing God and acting quires that they produce products for isn't that what our own experiences of and living out of God-centeredness. If their own needs and not be dependent God are? Aren't we longing for God­ I want others to experience God-cen­ on importing and exporting products to centeredness, rather than self-centered­ teredness, I've got to be willing to ad­ and from their communities. Amish ness? We may feel that Quakers don't mit I have in fleeting moments experi­ communities thrive with locally owned proselytize, but isn't part of the peace enced it and that I'd like my life to be buggy shops, harness shops, sawmills testimony witnessing to our personal ex­ made up of never-ending moments of that buy and sell locally. The choice to perience of God, to the spirit of Christ being with God. Will the world think choose or reject a technology is not just I'm a religious freak? Probably. But based on whether that technology will what's so bad about that? speed up life, but whether that tech­ A second part of living as a peculiar nology is something they can produce people is developing community-cen­ themselves or whether purchasirfg that By plain teredness. This community-centeredness product will increase their dependence is not exclusive, but inclusive; it is not on an outside economy. and simple separating us from the world, but help­ When we live at a more technological ing us have a positive impact on the level, we· are much more reliant on the Uving, we can world. Centered in our communities, we exploitative violent system we are trying can begin building a new society and of­ to replace. To start building a new fering the world an alternative. The economy and society, we need to ask start removing chance to build a new world is not just ourselves the hard questions that come an opportunity of Quakers of science with plain living. What can we do with­ ourselves from fiction novels or those of the Holy Ex­ out? A self-reliant community wouldn't periment. Now is when we need to re­ bring many resources into the communi­ • claim our role in this building process, ty or sell many out. Our produce would an oppressave not by patching the old world based on be grown here and eaten here. Our false values and " 1-centeredness" but by manufacturing would be done here from economy and offering a God-centered alternative. local resources and used here. Transpor­ In a recent article in Atlantic Mon­ tation and fuel concerns will require us begin to buDd thly, Wendell Berry wrote: to take a long hard look at our " needs" and lifesytles. Properly speaking, global thinking is not Plain living may mean changing what an alternative possible. Those who have " thought global­ I consider necessities, trying to live more ly" (and among them the most successful have been imperial governments and multi­ ecologically sound lives, or for some, one. national corporations) have done so by even adopting a plain style of dress. We means of simplifications too extreme and op­ often smile at the quaintness of plain pressive to merit the name of thought. ... dress, but the opportunities it affords Unless one is willing to be destructive on a for reminding ourselves and others of very large scale, one cannot do something ex­ the hope we have of living God-centered cept locally in a small place. lives, can never be underestimated. By The peaceful world we can start building plain and simple living, we can start can only be built locally. Wendell Berry removing ourselves from an oppressive goes on to say: economy and begin to build an alterna­ who brings us to an understanding of tive one. Visualizing and working toward that of God in all people? If we could think locally, we would do far a plain way of living will help us achieve We are incredibly willing to discuss better than we are doing now. The right local a peaceful world. As John Woolman our political beliefs with others. We can questions and answers will be the right global wrote, "May we look upon our treas­ ones. The Amish question, 'What will this discuss at length why war is wrong, why do to our community?' tends toward the ures, the furniture of our houses, and more money is needed for social causes, right answer for the world. our garments in which we array our­ why we are against war taxes and for selves, and try whether the seeds of war money for the homeless, single mothers, Promoting new ways of living and have nourishment in these our posses­ and AIDS research. And ironically, we earning income, so people in our com­ sions, or not." As we work for self­ can do that without ever using the word munities can be more self-reliant, more reliant, peaceful, local communities, as God. But, in the end, all our talks and empowered, more nurturing to one we develop a plain lifestyle, as we speak actions for justice and peace come out another and their world, is the to others about our experience of God, of the fact that we have a personal ex­ community-centeredness required of a we will not only be able to take a stand perience of and relationship with God. peculiar people. Peaceful communities against violence, war, and oppression, The world's problems will ultimately on­ are made by creating local alternatives but we will have a vision of an alter­ ly be solved by everyone experiencing to the current economy. The lesson for native that we can invite others to help that divine life and endeavoring to re- us in Amish society isn't wrapped up in build. 0

10 July 1991 FRIENDS JouRNAL for criticism and attack; we are not always as good at proposing positive alternatives.

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FRIENDS JOURNAL July 1991 13 a practicing yogi, said she could keep members. Our discussions range from find that within both groups are many stiii for half-an-hour; while a third was physics ("chaos" was one of last sum­ people who were raised in more tradi­ reading a New Age book that touted the mer's topics), through politics, econom­ tional faiths. Usually within that church value of meditation. Retrospectively, I ics, English literature, and faith, to such or temple there were customs and beliefs think this was the crucial element in our esoteric topics as reincarnation and faith that felt hampering, hindering full joining forces. The Unitarians who stuck healing. We are not very strong on growth and blossoming. As with one's with the group were willing to try hav­ theology. family of origin, the child grows within ing a period of silence. We started with ne Sunday a visiting Unitarian the warmth and fellowship of the group 45 minutes, but in subsequent years low­ exclaimed as we broke the si­ into which she/he was born, but also ered it to half-an-hour of silent worship. 0 lence, "This is just what we finds the hypocrisy and constraints that During the winters we meet in a cen­ Unitarians need! We never have space chafe and bind. Many people speak of trally located home, but from Memorial in which to integrate all the ideas that disappointments and hurts suffered in Day to the first of October we meet every are thrust at us." the process. Sunday morning in the library on the Not all responses are so enthusiastic. Recently a visitor suggested that per­ grounds of the YMCA of the Rockies, Some Friends find only half-an-hour's haps one reason people nowadays seem a conference center. This makes it possi­ worship is too short. One Unitarian cou­ hesitant to impose on themselves any ble for us to accommodate a larger num­ ple arrived late, after the introduction spiritual discipline or make long-term ber of attenders and has proved a very and during the silence. After looking at commitments to a specific faith is that effective form of outreach. Even some each other several times, they rose and they fear it might lead to dogma. In our local members reluctant to meet in a left. I'm sure they were convinced it was spiritual histories it is most often the private home, have started to attend the dullest Unitarian Fellowship they dogma which has wounded; the warmth, during the summer. had ever attended. caring, and love we found as children Having been a student-staff member During the 14 years we have been often made it difficult to break away. at the Y in my youth, I originally thought meeting, we have had a few visiting My Webster's Seventh New Collegiate there might be college-age staff who Unitarian/Universalist ministers who Dictionary defines dogma first as would be interested in experiencing a have explained to us the intricacies of "Something held as an established opin­ silent meeting. I arranged with the chap­ how that position developed from the ion, esp. a definite authoritative tenet,'' lain to present our Sunday option dur­ Congregational church. Visiting Friends but "a point of view put forth as author­ ing one of their "rap sessions." At the come in all shades of gray, giving us the itative without adequate grounds," is end of my presentation, the chaplain the third definition. This is the kind of asked, "If some of our students come "dogma" our group wrestles with, to your silent meeting, how do we know whether it be in the political, economic, they won't be assaulted by the Devil?" or social sphere. "Question Authority" Of course I couldn't give him a guar­ could certainly be a common tenet. antee, but assured him that in the We have not been as stringent in ex­ 40-some years I had been attending, I "famUy" in a way amining the interface between all of the wasn't aware that had ever happened. Friends Meedngs above and religion. Since I believe couple of their young theologi­ Quakerism doesn't separate the secular ans attended subsequently and often strive for from the religious-for me all secular A asked some questions. There was thinking and decisions are influenced by one very faithful Sufi woman who and occasionally my religious beliefs-perhaps I tend to found refuge with us one summer, but gloss over differences we might have in mostly our regular staff attenders have achieve. If Friends theology. been older women who work in the gift What happens during our silence? For shop or as housemother in the dorms. and Unitarians those of us committed to a mystical vi­ In the summer we also get a steady flow can do that for sion, it is a time to commune with the of vacationing Friends and Unitarians Spirit. For our friends I can only report who see our announcements. We publish each other, it is a comments they have made and behav­ our availability throughout the Unitarian iours we have witnessed. One non-Uni­ churches on the eastern slope of the blessing in an tarian said she wished more people Rockies and in FRIENDS JouRNAL. Once would speak during the silence; she sits or twice a month we have a minister who often divisive there trying to figure out what the others visits, saying that he had always wanted are thinking. to attend a Friends meeting but was world. Others, who would claim to be agnos­ never before free on Sunday morning. tics believing that "any ultimate reality In the YMCA setting, we begin with (as God) is unknown and probably 15 miutes of introductions and a history unknowable,'' describe experiences they of how the group formed. We find that opportunity to expose our Unitarians to have communing with the natural beau­ this helps those who are unfamiliar with the diversity of Quaker practice and ty which surrounds us in Colorado in the silence know what to expect. We belief. words I would only describe as "mysti­ have half-an-hour of unprogrammed Often as we trace our spiritual pilgrim­ cal"-direct communion with ultimate worship followed by an hour-and-a-half ages, which we do every Sunday in the reality. of discussion, led in rotation by the summer when we introduce ourselves, we Within the third of our group who are

14 July 1991 fRIENDS JOURN AL neither Unitarians nor Quakers, there poems, but usually saves them for dis­ "Satan has come among us," as Tucker are those who have led discussions deal­ cussions he leads, often dealing with the claims, and our YMCA chaplain feared. ing with such spiritual matters as faith changing seasons or our mountain healing and reincarnation, both topics environment. Truth has become totally subjective, I find also being considered in my home His wife, Rhoda, has had several phy­ discipline has collapsed, doctrine has dis­ meeting. These discussions elicit re­ persed; strange new notions of what meeting sical setbacks in the intervening years. for worship is for flourish among us. Satan sponses from individuals along the entire They both say that "old age is not for has come among us ... and has taken from spectrum-from easy acceptance and in­ sissies!'' Rhoda originally introduced us that which was most central to us, that terest, to repulsion-but the division herself as "The other half of the without which we are nothing. finds both Unitarians and Quakers scat­ Harpers." Now she speaks up to intro­ tered without reference to denomination. duce herself by name, telling something But it doesn't feel that way to us. For In contrast to the often divisive discus­ of her own journey from a Catholic girl­ us our fellowship and the friendships. it sion time, the silence has proved to be hood, to a Unitarian Fellowship in has nurtured give meaning and purpose a binding and cohesive force for those Omaha, and now membership in our hy­ to our existence. Within our group peo­ who have remained with our group. brid group. She still rarely comments ple have found a spiritual home to which Some people came for a time and then during our discussions, but when she they commit themselves regularly each drifted away. We have a core group of does it is with wit and humor. week. Perhaps this is because even now about 15-20. For those of us who are ith only the structure of an there are few liberal religious organiza­ Friends, it has been fun to watch some appointed meeting time, some tions in our small community. Our ser­ of our verbal Unitarians becoming more W silence, and some discussion, vice work is tackled by individuals, comfortable with the silence. In the and a rotating leadership without com­ depending on their unique callings and beginning one retired professor of Eng­ mittees or clerks, our little group has supported by whomever has the inclina­ lish literature would bring his book, thrived. I'm sure none of us would claim tion and strength. We support and care thumb through its pages, and wiggle un­ to have the "apostolic authority," R. for each other in times of trouble. We til, as Wilfred Howarth says, "We W. Tucker describes in "Structural In­ have become "family" in a way Friends would let him loose to talk!" congruities in Quaker Service.'' We are Meetings often strive for and occasional­ After more than 12 years, he now set­ more like the Seekers George Fox ly achieve. If Friends and Unitarians can tles quietly into the silence without his found; we never claim to have found ab­ do that for each other, it is a blessing book. Infrequently he shares beloved solute Truth. So perhaps it is true that in an often divisive world. 0

FRIENDS JouRNAL July 1991 15 KAY AND BOB HORTON'S PRISON WITNESS I Was in Prison • • • and You Visited Me ecipe for Greatness: Turn Pain Horton said. " But people don't always by Herb Ettel into Passion." These words are stay horrible. People change. These are Rinscribed on the colorful medi­ human beings with potential." He and The movement for peace and justice cine shield presented to Robert Horton Kay always believed in the Quaker tenet, lost one of its most committed activists at his 90th birthday party in November "There's that of God in everyone." with the death of Robert Horton at 1990. The shield is a Native American "The cure for murderers is not the age 90 on Jan. 27. Bob, with his wife symbol of the earth, made of leather death penalty," Bob continued, with Kay, devoted himself to support for laced over a bent tree branch, trimmed characteristic matter-of-factness. He told conscientious objectors and prisoners, with beads and feathers. It is an ancient about a man who had missed the death among other things. He was a and appropriate symbol for a religious penalty by ten minutes. Bob asked the Methodist minister, a staff member of man, a minister, who, with his wife Kay, man to speak at Southampton Meeting. the American Friends Service devoted his long life to peace and to The man is now a counselor in a home Committee, and founder of the shielding and healing prisoners, spiritu­ for boys and brought some of the boys Prisoner Visitation and Support ally and emotionally wounded by a so­ with him. "Would it have been better if program, based in Philadelphia, Pa. ciety that condemns and forgets them. he'd been executed?" Bob asked. He was a member of Southampton "People are quick to point out horri­ This story illustrates the wit and wis­ (Pa.) Meeting, as is Kay, who survives ble things prisoners have done," Bob dom Bob Horton acquired during his 90 him. The interviews on which this years. Like Socrates, his views were often article is based took place shortly Herb Ettel is a long-time activist and writer. He directed toward the young and idealistic, before his death. -Eds. attends Central Philadelphia (Pa.) Meeting. and not always appreciated by those

16 July 1991 FRIENDS JOURNAL holding more mainstream perspectives. the television blaring, people chatting, But he refused to play that role. In­ The story was part of Bob's acceptance and guards walking back and forth with stead he chaired the Rochester Fellow­ speech two years ago when he and Kay, dozens of keys jangling," according to ship of Reconciliation throughout the now 82, were honored with a distin­ Eric. Trying to marry amid such a caco­ war, arranging public talks by such guished service award by Prisoner Visi­ phony upset not only Kenny, the in­ noted anti-war activists as Bayard Rus­ tation and Support (PVS). That's the mate, who had come to expect such in­ tin, Muriel Lester, and A. J. Muste. "I national organization the Hortons sensitivity, but even more so, his bride­ founded in 1968 to provide friendship to-be. "When she was about to com­ and assistance to federal and military plain to one guard, Bob called her back, prisoners who often have no other out­ calmed them down and kept the cere­ side support. mony going. It was that kind of caring PVS is sponsored by 33 national reli­ and wisdom that really showed the kind gious bodies and other social agencies. of person Bob was. He was a real peo­ It maintains more than 125 volunteer ple person." visitors supporting inmates in 40 of the Kenny is out now, working as a con­ 60 federal and military prison facilities tractor for the state of North Carolina. from California to Connecticut. "Our But he still keeps in touch, as have many job is to let them know someone cares­ the Hortons befriended, sending letters that they are of worth to God and to and cards, especially at holiday times. people," said Bob, a retired Methodist Kenny even made their 50th wedding an­ minister, broad-shouldered and more niversary certificate in 1981, in exquisite than six feet tall. calligraphy. "I visited one man who in 13 years Despite advanced age, Kay and Bob had never had a visitor," he continued, Horton continued their ministry of cor­ adjusting his ball cap and glasses. That respondence, with their granddaughter was at Marion, Illinois, the nation's Christy McGurty helping at their home most secure prison. "I talked to him three days a week as a secretary. "I'm through a glass window on a telephone." really proud of them," she said. Kay Horton, a slight, soft-spoken "They're good models who've broken woman, recalled another federal prison­ the traditional mold-especially my Kay Horton in 1988. er, Johnny Peterson. "He asked if we grandmother. She's never said an un­ would be his grandparents," she said. kind word about anybody.'' gave a peace sermon once a month," he "So we wrote to him, 'Dear Grandson.' The Hortons began visiting prisoners recalled, "as my fellow Methodist min­ With someone like Johnny, you know during World War II, when one of Bob's ister, Henry Hitt Crane said, 'just to it means a lot.'' fellow ministers was imprisoned 2Y2 keep them in training.' " Kay read from one inmate's letter, years for being a conscientious objector. The Hortons continued writing and "Bob and Kay, know that you areal­ Horton himself became a pacifist while visiting imprisoned objectors during the ways in my thoughts.'' Bob added, pastor of Trinity Methodist Church in Korean and Vietnam conflicts, while ex­ "Others have gotten out and kept up Rochester, New York, in the late 1930s. panding their prison ministry to inmates with us." The Hortons opened their "I knew a little about peace when I went convicted of a wide range of crimes, in­ home to more than a dozen inmates who to Rochester," he once recalled, " but cluding some on death row. In an unpre­ stayed with them temporarily after be­ I hadn't gone far enough in my think­ cedented move, the federal justice de­ ing released. ing. I hated like the dickens to have partment's Bureau of Prisons and the Bob loved to tell jokes and do magic registered for the draft. I thought the Pentagon gave the Hortons complete ac­ tricks, according to Eric Corson, PVS unique exemption for ministers was one cess to visit conscientious objectors in general secietary. Once Bob was in a of the lowest things Selective Service federal and military prisons. prison visiting room doing a trick that ever did . . . they were closing the Bob Horton was born Nov. 8, 1900, involved cutting a piece of string, then mouths of many ministers. Did they in the tiny community of Horn Brook, rejoining the ends in his mouth. When want us as public relations people?" near Ulster, Pennsylvania. Six genera­ he pulled out his pocket knife, Bob re­ tions of Hortons had lived on that same called, "The guard roared like a Mon­ Bob Horton in 1988. farm. The house is still there. When Bob tana bull, 'You give me that knife-you was a child, there was a blacksmith ought to know better!' " shop, a one-room school, a one-room Eric said, "That shows the innocence church, and his father's grocery store. Bob had-only he could do that without Bob raised rabbits, caught fish, gathered getting thrown out." chestnuts, rode horses and sleds, and Eric tells another story about Bob per­ helped with chores on the two-acre forming a wedding ceremony for a pris­ farm. "My father and mother were in oner and his fiancee at Lewisburg, Penn­ love with each other and with us," he sylvania. Prison authorities denied use ~ said. of the chapel, so it was held in the vis- ~ His father was known for his hard iting room after visiting hours. "There o work and his kindness. "Nobody ever were prisoners waiting to be searched, ~ went away from my father's store with-

FiuENDS JOURNAL July 1991 17 out a loaf of bread, a sack of flour, or of AFSC's personnel department, and something else. I've seen him take out Bob became assistant for peace educa­ a thick stack of grocery bills and just tion for AFSC's Mid-Atlantic region. burn them. But he never stopped giving His duties entailed visiting churches to credit. He never turned anybody down, arrange speakers and presentations, show because he took the Bible literally." films, and sell books and other outreach Those values shaped young Horton's materials. "I was happy in the ministry, character and led him to complete a but I felt the need to promote peace was degree at Syracuse University and pur­ most crucial," he said. "As a good sue the ministry at Garrett Biblical In­ friend once told me, 'to see the need is stitute, now Garrett-Evangelical Theo­ to hear the call.' " logical Seminary, in Evanston, Illinois. Bob retired from AFSC in 1968, and It was there he met Kay during his mid­ Kay retired in 1973. But that did not end dle year and her last year of college. their activism for peace and social just­ Katherine Allen Tower was born in ice. Upon their founding of Prisoner 1908 and raised in Chicago's west-side. Visitation and Support in 1968, Bob She was an only child and spent a goOCI took the lead in visiting inmates, while deal of her time playing with other young Kay largely handled the correspondence. people and reading. Her family was ac­ Then in 1977, Bob suffered a debilitat­ tive in the Austin Methodist Church, ing heart attack that kept him from his where her father was the head usher and normal acitivity for· six months. Kay treasurer. His business was brick man­ A long-term prisoner visited often by PVS took his place with energy and deter­ ufacturing. Her mother managed the expresses his thanks. mination. Marian Dockhorn, a longtime household and volunteered at the church, friend and neighbor who accompanied where Kay also helped and was active cine. Some of the 21 volunteers attend­ Kay on many visits during that period, with its youth group. ed Bob's church. Two sang in the choir. tells of those days: "She organized the After two years at the fundamentalist Bob was unofficial chaplain to the visits, making sure each prisoner got the Christian college, Taylor University, in group, according to Robert Dick, a par­ full attention he needed." Marian ad­ Upland, Indiana, Kay transferred to ticipant who is now a Unitarian-Uni­ mired Kay's courage in entering solitary Northwestern University, where she versalist minister in Springfield, Ver­ confinement cells in maximum security completed her English degree Phi Beta mont. "We all looked to him for spiri­ prisons to visit men convicted of violent Kappa in 1929. Bob and Kay met tual guidance and practical help." crimes. Often inmates were handcuffed, through friends and, after dating and In one experiment researchers had a because guards feared they might harm engagement, were married on Aug. 18, CO sit in a brewer's tank while they this gentle, slightly built woman. "They 1931, at the Austin Methodist Church. pumped out the air until he passed out, were wrong," Marian said. "They Bob had completed seminary in 1930, to test the altitude to which humans wouldn't have hurt her. Kay was never and had taken a church assignment with could fly without losing control. There afraid. Nobody's loved by more prison­ the Western New York Methodist Con­ were also experiments on hunger, diet, ers than Kay and Bob." ference, where Kay joined him after they and cold tolerance, and one series that Even after his heart attack and at 90 were married. The couple served nearly tested the effects of dehydration under years of age, Bob still had his hands in three decades with the conference, as­ desert conditions. In one experiment, a lot of things, according to Eric Cor­ signed to five different churches. Kay according to Robert Dick, volunteers son. "Bob did nothing halfway. He went taught high school several years, but would ride a stationary bicycle for eight all out." He even helped put together a spent most of the time assisting Bob in hours in a room heated to 124 degrees, county coalition against the death penal­ administrative duties for their churches · losing 10 percent of their body weight. ty, composed of various religious groups. and raising their four children. Several participants developed stomach In October 1990, he was given a rous­ Bob quickly earned a reputation for ulcers and other ailments during or fol­ ing 90th birthday celebration by 50 par­ being outspoken on social issues, as well lowing those experiments as a result. ticipants from PVS's training workshop, as a successful fund raiser. When he Bob Horton and seven surviving par­ followed two weeks later by a surprise transferred to Trinity Church in Rochest­ ticipants took part in the 46th anniver­ party at the home of a neighbor, Kathy er in 1937, it had a mortgage debt of sary reunion in 1989. He also attended Sjogeren. More than 60 friends, chil­ $34,000, with big interest payments. the national "Celebration of Conscience" dren, grandchildren, and great-grand­ That became a personal challenge to conference last August, marking the children attended. Bob, and he went to work to reduce the 50th anniversary of the establishment of However, the greatest tribute to Bob debt. With his efforts, it took three years rights for conscientious objectors in the and Kay Horton's lifelong compas­ to pay it off, and the local bishop called United States. Before his death, Bob sionate ministry may be the thick stack it "a miracle of the area." had collected his notes on conscientious of mail that comes every day from the During the war, the government asked objectors he had known and visited in men and women whose lives the Hor­ Strong-Memorial Hospital in Rochester prison into a book-length manuscript. tons touched and changed. Bob said it to gather a group of conscientious ob­ The Hortons went to work for the best one day as he reached into their jectors from Civilian Public Service American Friends Service Committee mailbox to pull out scores of letters. camps to be human guinea pigs in medi­ (AFSC) in Philadelphia, after leaving "It's beautiful mail! We get paid very cal experiments at its School of Medi- New York in 1957. Kay joined the staff highly for this work." 0

18 July 1991 fRIENDS JOURNAL by Mario DiBlasio t 19, "Pucho" is a handsome, tall, dark-skinned Puerto Rican. A Pucho never knew who his fa­ ther was, he still does not. His mother is 33 years old. Pucho loves his mother with the strong instinct of his race and culture. You say anything disrespectful about his mother and Pucho will kill you with his bare hands. Raised on the streets. Fashioned with the survival skills of the cement jungle of the metropolitan area. Powerful muscles. Quick reflexes. The story unfolds in the maximum security wing of an overcrowded coun­ ty jail. The writer-a white middle-class man of 40, in prison for the first time­ is awakening to crude social realities previously unsuspected in his life of com­ fort. Pucho-his "tough" act notwith­ standing, caught up in events larger than life and trying desperately to hold on­ comes often to his cell to talk. Pucho has a horrible load to discharge. Perhaps he sees in the older man the father he never knew. Two years ago, at age 17, Pucho broke into an apartment in the projects to steal. He was surprised by the tenant, who returned unexpectedly: a woman with her four-year-old daughter. The woman screamed. She knew Pucho. The blade found Pucho's hand in a flash, as if by magic. He lashed out, two, four, eight, ten times. Blood everywhere . .. but the screams would not stop. Twenty times . . . thirty times . . . . "How many times did you stab her, Pucho?" "I dunno. Until she was quiet. Until all was quiet." After, you could hear only the sobs of the little child in a corner. Pucho looked, approached her, the blade ready in his hand, and then he left. " Why didn't you kill the child, Pucho?" "Oh ... because she was too small to know anything or to identify me or

Mario DiBlasio is a prisoner at Sing Sing Prison where he attends the Quaker worship group and is editor of the Quaker Sing Sing Newsleller.

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something. I just left. That's all." something like this: "Lord Jesus, Pucho Pucho? You need six years in prison "Why didn't you kill the child, asked me to pray to you about his situa­ because prison is the only place where Pucho?" tion. Pucho repents of what he has people like you can get a college degree. "Stop asking me that damned stupid done." (Then I said, "You are sorry for There is no place out there where you question, man! You don't know the what you did to that woman, Pucho, are can do that, Pucho. Society has not pro­ rules. You just dunno the rules, man." you not?" vided it for people like you. You under­ "What rules, Pucho?" "Yeah, yeah, man. I'm sorry, man, stand that, Pucho?" ''The rules that you kill the ~nemy, very sorry.") I was so excited I didn't know wheth­ man. You crush the enemy. That's all. "Lord, Pucho believes that you gave er I was saying it right. But Pucho un­ Why kill anyone else? Even animals your life for him and washed his sins derstood, apparently. know the rules. Where have you been, away with your own blood." " Yeah, man, yeah, I understand. man?" ("Do you believe that, Pucho?" I ask understand." Pucho was picked up four days later him. "What will you do now?" on the description of that little child who "Yeah, yeah, man. I believe. I " Electronics, man . .. computers. I knew him around the neighborhood. On believe.'') love that. Yeah, man, that's what I'll do. the testimony of that little child-after "Lord Jesus, Pucho repents of his Yeah." almost two years in the county jail­ sins and puts his trust in you. Help him, "Do you promise that, Pucho? Do Pucho was tried, convicted, and sen­ Lord. I pray. Help him in this situation, you promise that before God?" tenced to 30 years to life. He is now that he may know you, and the glory of "Yeah, yeah, man. I promise. I awaiting his sentencing report to be your name. Amen." promise." transferred to the state prison. I did not see Pucho again for two He gave me a bear hug that left me "Why didn't you kill the child, weeks. Then he ran to my cell one day, short of breath. I had never seen Pucho Pucho?" excited and wild, with fire in his eyes. cry until that day. "Because.... Because .. ~" His eyes He had two sheets of blue paper in his It's been eight to nine months already. roll from wall to wall in the little cell. hand. Pucho is in a state prison somewhere, Afraid. Afraid that the corner of his "Look, man, look. What's it say here, preparing for his high school diploma. eye, or the strange curve of his mouth, man? Is this right? Is this right?" I know, I just know. I think he found or the tremor of his hand, would betray I looked where his finger was. It said: his best friend: Jesus, the son of the liv­ the fact that he had been "soft" -that ing God. And I believe that in August he could not find the bestial rage to kill SENTENCE: 6 to 30 years. NEXT PAROLE DATE: August 14, 1994 Pucho will go to the parole board that child, that he did not possess the 1994. with a fresh B.S. degree, right off the callousness to perform that act, the press. I wonder what they will do to him callousness so familiar with generals and He shook the papers. "What is this, then. I wonder. admirals and presidents when they send man? What is this? What happened to their platoons and fleets and bombers the 30-to life?" How many "Puchos" are there? to vomit death and destruction on ''the Many-tens of thousands. What are we enemy'' and everyone else in the area. I believe that doing for them? Little, so very little. No, Pucho, you don't have that callous­ Almost nothing. Prison is the place we ness. You don't have what it takes to do in August 1994 have set aside for them. We will throw that. You are not in that category. You Pucho will go to them a bowl of rice and a few food only know the rules of your jungle. You stamps when they are born. Then we will are lucky, Pucho, you only got 30-to-life the parole board spend $25,000 to $40,000 a year to "cor­ in a human court. If you only knew with a college rect" -them after they have committed what awaits them-unless they repent. the crime! How very strange and sad. A few days later, Pucho came into my degree. I wonder What a country this would be if we cell. Most of the people had gone to the could only materialize the dream: the gym for recreation period. what they will do dream of a government of the people, "Man, pray for me, man. Pray for to him then. by the people, for the people, where "all me." humans are created equal." In such a "Sure, Pucho, sure. I'll pray for " I don't know, Pucho. It might be a country the little "Puchos" born to the you." I took his hand. He jerked it mistake. But I think it's a miracle-the teenage addict and dropout in a drunken away. miracle you asked for. It says there you stupor in a back alley somewhere would "Watcha doing, man? Are you a fag got six years before you see the parole have the same rights and privileges and or something?'' board, more or less. You understand, opportunities at the start of life as "No, Pucho. I'm not a fag. I could Pucho? The system never works, but the child of the politician and the per­ be your father." this time an unseen hand made it work! son of wealth. Isn't that what govern­ "If you were my father, man, you You understand? Do you remember a ments are for? What else could "equal" wouldn't last five minutes in the same few weeks ago when we discussed your mean! gallery with me. I'd kill you, man." education? You said you liked elec­ One wonders why we cannot have That's how much Pucho longs for his tronics. You need two years to get your such a government. One wonders where father's love, but he doesn't know. I high school diploma, and four years to the malfunction is. It must be in the took his hand again gently. I placed my get your bachelor's degree, and then you heart, because with our hands and other hand on his shoulder and said go see the board. Do you understand, brains we could do it in a minute. 0

20 July 1991 FRIENDS JouRNAL Make Victims the Focus of Law

by Adam Starchild ll over the country prisons are full to overflowing. Most people Aseem to equate getting tough on crime with putting more people in prison for more infractions, but few people want to pay the price, either in higher taxes or in the inconvenience and po­ tential danger involved in having a jail or prison near their homes or businesses. It is time to ask hard questions about the situation that has evolved in the

United States and much of the Western ~ world, wherein we rely on imprisonment "" ~ as virtually the only way' we deal with ~ crime. Such reliance leads to prison ® over-crowding, often does not serve just­ ice, and almost always results in unsatis­ Conqueror, as part of a political strug­ seldom ordered-the defendant was factory treatment of the actual victim. gle to entrench his power, took more simply fined. It is surprising to most people that cont~ol over the process of handling Under such a system, the victim has early legal systems which form the foun­ crimes. His son, Henry I, consolidated no remedy. His only function is to serve dation of Western law emphasized the his power by defining a crime not as an as a witness. This statist theory persists. need for offenders and their families to offense against a specific victim, but as Criminal actions today are brought in settle with victims and their families. an offense "against the king's peace." the name of "the people" instead of the Thus, Old Testament law, the Code of Thus criminal punishments were no actual victim. Hammurabi, Greek, Roman, and early longer viewed primarily as ways of If we worried more about restoring Anglo-Saxon law all emphasized com­ restoring the victims of crime, but in­ the victim than the injured dignity of the pensation and restitution directly to the stead as means ·Of redressing the "in­ state, we might find that justice requires victim of a crime. jury" to the king. less jail and more restitution. If we went The focus changed in England with This concept allowed Henry to enrich a step further and were careful' to define the Norman Conquest. William the his treasury by taking a portion of the as crimes only actions in which a specific compensation due a crime victim under complaining victim can be identified, we Adam Starchild is serving ten years for tax fraud at the federal prison in Sandstone, Minnesota. He the old Anglo-Saxon code. Over time, would find our problems of prison over­ is the author ofnumerous books and articles, pri­ the amount confiscated from the victim crowding dissolving in the universal sol­ marily on business. increased, and eventually restitution was vent of common sense. 0

FRIENDS JouRNAL July 1991 21 Nonsexist Language in by Wallace Cayard ince 1982 four new English transla­ and the American Psychological Associa­ and deserves to be the center of our tions of the Bible have been pub­ tion. In 1980, guidelines for the NRSV attention. Slished, each significantly revising translators were adopted that included Observing how passages concerning influential earlier editions. The New a mandate to use nonsexist language as men and women written in the mascu­ King James Version (NKJV) is much part of a goal of being more accurate line, sexist language of the RSV have more readable than the King James Ver­ and clear. While the translators were been changed to the inclusive, nonsex­ sion (KJV), but made little progress in working on the NRSV, the NKJV was ist language of the NRSV can be enlight­ overcoming sexist language in passages published in 1982, the NJB in 1985, and ening in several respects. In this process concerning men and women. The New the REB in 1989. In 1990 the NRSV was of noting changes, we will learn about in­ Jerusalem Bible (NJB) and the Revised published, giving us the only English fluential revisions of an influential Bible English Bible (REB) are greatly im­ Bible at present which has practically translation, we will be able to appreciate proved versions, especially in using most­ eliminated sexist language regarding more its messages in inclusive language, ly nonsexist language. The New Revised people. Sexist language regarding God and we can acquire skills in ways to use Standard Version (NRSV) not only is still plentiful and may never be com­ nonsexist language when we speak and draws on scholarly study for a more ac­ pletely eliminated without violating the write. We will find that such nonsexist curate translation, but, in contrast to the text. However, the future awaits a fur­ language is not only more accurate in Revised Standard Version (RSV), prac­ ther depatriarchalizing of the Bible by being inclusive, but also provides more tically always uses nonsexist language reducing the unnecessary use of mascu­ appropriate and varied shades of mean­ regarding people. line pronouns in reference to God. ing lacking in traditional masculine Because the NRSV uses inclusive lan­ The extent to which each of these terminology. guage more consistently than other Bibles uses nonsexist language regarding A basic way that the NRSV changes English translations, it best communi­ people may be measured and compared inclusive passages from the sexist lan­ cates to Friends and others that biblical by the percentage of cases where specific guage of the RSV to nonsexist language messages are for women as well as for terms referring to men and women are is to replace "man," "men," or "man­ men. It also teaches us various ways we translated inclusively. In about 700 cases kind" with an inclusive noun. The can be inclusive in our speaking and the Hebrew adam and the Greek anthro­ NRSV translates adam and anthropos in writing. The translators of the NRSV pos clearly refer to men and women, passages referring to men and women believe that using masculine language leaving about 180 cases referring to one into nonsexist, inclusive nouns in about when women are clearly included is not or more males and about 200 references half of over 600 cases where the RSV only sexist and insensitive~ but incorrect. which are ambiguous. In the English uses sexist nouns. The inclusive nouns Such language was not considered versions mentioned, these 700 passages most frequently used by the NRSV are sexist or incorrect in 1952 when the RSV are translated into nonsexist language in "person," "people," "human beings," was published. However, by 1977 at the following percentages of cases: KJV "humankind," and "mortals." least two national professional organiza­ 1 percent, NKJV 6 percent, RSV 9 per­ Where the RSV uses "man" to refer tions had issued "Guidelines for Non­ cent, REB 68 percent, NJB 83 percent, to an individual human being, the sexist Use of Language," that is, the Na­ NRSV 100 percent. These percentages of NRSV most frequently uses ''person,'' tional Council of Teachers of English nonsexist translations of adam ansi an­ as in Proverbs 19:22, "What is desirable thropos are supported by similar percen­ in a person is loyalty. . . . '' When the tages of nonsexist translations of other RSV refers to a community of human Wallace Cayard is a member of Pittsburgh (Pa.) Hebrew and Greek words where they re­ Meeting and is emeritus professor ofphilosphy and fer to men and women. Thus the NRSV religion at West Liberty (W. Va.) State College. is the most gender inclusive translation Blessed are the peacemal<.ers, for they shall be called children of God.

22 July 1991 FRIENDS JOURNAL ew Bible Translations

are unnecessary to the meaning of a sentence, which happens in 7 percent of the cases. Proverbs 15:20 of the RSV, One does not live ". . . a foolish man despises his mother" is changed in the NRSV to ". . . the by bread alone. foolish despise their mothers." Likewise Acts 17:26, "And he made from one every nation of men to live on all the face of the earth . . . '' is simplified to say, "From one ancestor he made all na­ beings it uses " men," and the NRSV to keep the translation singular. The tions to inhabit the whole earth.... " most frequently uses "people." For ex­ singular indefinite pronoun most fre­ Along with adam and anthropos ample, the new version of Ezekiel 36:38 quently used by the NRSV to replace other Hebrew and Greek words can be says, " .. . like the flock at Jerusalem "man" is another three-lettered word, correctly translated into masculine or in­ during her appointed festivals, so shall "one." This pronoun is often used to clusive terms, depending upon the con­ the ruined towns be filled with flocks of state a general principle about human text. Particularly interesting are RSV people." The earlier version's reference nature as in Deuteronomy 8:3 and Luke sexist translations of the Hebrew ben to humans as a species as in ''man and 4:4, " ... one does not live by bread and the Greek huios to refer to "sons" beast" is usually replaced by the plural alone .. .. " where the NRSV has changed them to expression, " human beings and ani­ "Any man" in the RSV is sometimes nonsexist terms. mals." An example of this in the NRSV replaced in the NRSV by "anyone," as When ben is combined with adam in is seen in Ezekiel 36:11 where the proph­ in Job 32:21, "I will not ... use flat­ the plural it is translated 24 times in the et predicts that in a restored Israel God tery toward anyone." Similarly "every RSV as "sons of men." The NRSV "will multiply human beings and man" is sometimes replaced by "every­ translates these passages inclusively, animals." one," as in John 1:9, a passage often often using "humankind." This is evi­ "Mankind" in the RSV becomes "hu­ quoted by Quakers, " The true light, dent in Psalm 107 where the same re­ mankind" in the NRSV to indicate peo­ which enlightens everyone, was coming frain is repeated in verses 8, 15, 21, 31: ple in relation to God as providential into the world." "Let them thank the LORD for his and just. This is seen in the new version The plural indefininte pronoun most steadfast love, for his wonderful works of Jeremiah 32:20, which records the frequently used by the NRSV to replace to humankind." prophet's statement that God "showed "men" is "others." This change is par­ When huios is combined with theos signs and wonders . . . among all hu­ ticularly noticeable in the Sermon on the in the plural it is translated six times as mankind." Where the reference is to Mount, where it occurs nine times. "sons of God" in the RSV and as "chil­ people as limited in relation to God as "Others" is an appropriate term to use dren of God'' in the NRSV. The follow­ eternal, the RSV translations as "men" when talking about human relations. An ing examples of this change to nonsex­ become "mortals" in the NRSV. An ex­ example would be Matthew 6:14, " .. . ist language in the NRSV should be ample is found in Luke 18:27 or the forgive others their trespasses . ..." especially appealing to Friends: Romans NRSV: "What is impossible for mortals A third way the NRSV changes sexist 8:14 says, " For all who are led by the is possible for God." translations of adam and anthropos in­ Spirit of God are children of God." And Another way that the NRSV changes to inclusive language is to use " human" Matthew 5:9 reads, "Blessed are the inclusive passages from the sexist lan­ as an adjective. This occurs in 14 per­ peacemakers, for they will be called guage of the RSV to nonsexist language cent of the cases. Proverbs 20:27 of the children of God." is to replace "man" or "men" with an RSV, ' 'The spirit of man is the lamp of I believe that the examples given here inclusive, indefinite pronoun. In about the LORD ..." is changed in the of specific terminology and techniques 30 percent of the cases where the RSV NRSV to " The human spirit is the lamp involved in changing the sexist language uses a masculine noun to translate adam of the·LORD ...."Similarly Acts 5:29, of the RSV to the nonsexist language of or anthropos the NRSV uses an indefi­ "We must obey God rather than men" the NRSV are representative and en­ nite pronoun such as "one," "anyone," becomes "We must obey God rather lightening. I hope that these examples "everyone," or " others." than any human authority." will encourage others to read and ap­ One advantage of changing "man" to One other way the NRSV avoids sex­ preciate this new Bible translation and an indefinite pronoun rather than to an ist translations of adam and anthropos help them to be more sensitive in using inclusive noun is that it is often easier is not to translate these terms when they nonsexist language. 0

FRIENDS JouRNAL July 1991 23 SOUTH AFRICA

paid a pastoral visit in February to of the completed center. Friends in Soweto and Johannes­ With security precautions very tight I burg, South Africa. At the same time because of the war raging in the Persian I checked on the progress of the meet­ Gulf, it was a difficult time to travel. Waging inghouse and community center being Many of my friends thought it too risky built in Soweto during the last ten years, and dangerous. Although I realized the with international contributions from potential dangers, in my heart I knew I Friends coordinated through Friends had to bring the contribution and news the World Committee for Consultation. I personally to the Soweto Friends who also came bearing a special gift: a check had labored so long and lovingly to for $18,400 from my own Gwynedd fulfill their dream. (Pa.) Meeting, along with news that I received a warm greeting from them Lamb's other contributions would soon be forth­ when I arrived at Jan Smuts Airport. I coming to support construction of the rented a car, and they drove with me to main meeting room in the Soweto Eddie and Sibongile Mvundlela's three­ Quaker Center. Friends there currently room house on Thibogang Street in War meet in what will become the entry room Deipkloof, where I would stay. Diep­ kloof is one of 18 townships compris­ James A. Fletcher is active in local and national ing Soweto, and it is about 20 miles out­ Quaker organizations, including the South Africa side of Johannesburg. The Soweto Working Group and the Racia( Concerns Commit­ tee of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting. He is a vice Quaker Center is a few hundred feet by 1ames Fletcher president offinance in Unisys Corporation. He has down and across the street from the been involved in the building of Soweto Meeting Mvundlela's house. and Community Center for the last ten years. I found South Africa clearly changed Funds are still needed to continue the growth of the center. Contributions may be sent to FWCC, since my visit there two years ago. The 1501 Cherry St., Philo., PA 19102, with checks atmosphere on this trip seemed much made payable to "Soweto Quaker Center." more tense, with more violence in the air

24 July 1991 FRIENDS JOURNAL and many increased security measures. the massive breakdown of community In the culture at large, dialogue was This time I had to pass my bags through under the ravages of apartheid. taking place between many groups. metal detectors and pass personally oweto Friends were concerned Nelson Mandela had recently met with through one when I entered a super­ about protecting me. Everyone Gatsha Buthelezi and was rumored to market in Johannesburg. On my way S cautioned me to keep all windows have met with some far-right advocates out, security guards checked receipts up and doors locked when driving, to of an Afrikaner "homeland." It was against merchandise in hand. Sometimes avoid groups of people on street corners, quite a sight for me to see live interviews people were searched, as police do in an and not to stop for stop signs or stop of Nelson Mandela on television-quite arrest. Many homes in Johannesburg lights at night. When arriving at places a change from two years ago. were walled and surrounded by guard in Soweto, people asked me to pull up There was a sense of hope for and an­ dogs and security equipment. A number close to doorways so the car door was ticipation of progressive change in the of them had signs warning that intruders aligned with the entry door to the build­ air, mixed with uncertainty about how would be shot on sight. ing. At night, I was told to pull the car everything would come out. There is Some homes in Soweto were also behind Eddie's house, next to the out­ massive yearning for freedom by the walled, though many more had protec­ house, where it could not be seen from overwhelming black majority, and a tive fences and locking gates. Some had the street. The entry gate to his yard was­ rapidly growing impatience with the guard dogs. All homes were soundly then locked with a large padlock. No slow and inadequate pace of change. locked at night. There had been a sud­ one wanted to be walking on the streets This is combined with a sense of great den upsurge in car thefts recently. The at night. fear and caution on the part of the thieves would not only brazenly take a A Soweto newspaper, The Sowetan, whites. It is a revolutionary situation. In driver's car keys and the car, even in carried a front-page story about how the midst of all this, I sensed the heroic broad daylight, but would shoot the AK47 attack rifles were plentiful through­ stature of Nelson Mandela, a leader of driver afterward. Everybody in Soweto out Soweto. One night I awoke to the the first rank who is the glue holding was talking about whatever was the sound of AK47 gunfire. I found out the together much of this combustible mix­ latest incident. While I was there, a next day a man had killed his girlfriend. ture, with diplomacy, tact, and charisma. black Sowetan who worked in a local The Soweto youth were extremely po­ The tremendous backlog of unmet radio station drove to a convenience liticized-it seemed even more than on social and economic needs grows greater store with his wife and five-month-old my previous visit. I once passed a large every day. This was typified by a squat- child. After a few minutes in the store, gathering of what seemed to be thou­ he came out to find some suspicious­ sands of young people, perhaps between looking men around his car. He jumped the ages of eight to 16. They were listen­ inside and tried to drive away, but was ing to speakers from political groups. shot dead. The event was called, "A Celebration of There were many other such stories. the Fallen Heroes," and commemorated Friends attributed much of this to the those youth killed in the Soweto strug­ extremely high unemployment in Soweto gles with police and army in 1976 and -now higher than 60 percent-and to 1986.

ters camp I visited in Diepkloof that was new since I visited two years ago. Blacks are migrating into Soweto from rural areas at an increasing rate. Here in these "Mandelavilles," as they are called, thousands of people squeeze together in hastily built tin shacks with little water, sewer, and sanitation service. n the middle of all this, the Soweto Quaker Center is a special presence. I Residents comment on how beautiful it is. Since I was there in 1989, Friends have added another small building with a modern and well-equipped kitchen, a small administrative office, and another classroom for the creche, or day-care center, which is the major community service provided by the center. The formerly dusty lot that surrounded the Pages 24 and 25: Children at the community center in Soweto. center is now covered with green grass

FRIENDS JOURNAL July 1991 25 for the children. A play yard that once The Parents Committee is energetic This additional space will allow room had only a rusty old swing now has and involved, overseeing operations of for more than 200 students in the creche, beautiful new play equipment: a sliding the creche on a monthly basis and pro­ a sizable increase over the present 120. board, a see-saw, a jungle gym, and a viding a model of grassroots communi­ riends in Soweto Meeting, parents two-way swing. The center even has a ty involvement. Many people in the and creche staff, and community new FAX machine. community are coming to know of Fmembers expressed in many ways More importantly, the dynamic new Friends and seeing our message ex­ their thankfulness for the money we principal of the creche, Grace Mbobo, emplified in a needed service. The group raised. Their deep gratitude moved me leads an energetic young team of three is now opening a Saturday school for profoundly. I could only tell them we teachers of three classes, divided by age. older students and planning an evening were all more thankful for the example The children have an excellent program school, as well. A number of community they have given us, and that I was per­ of educational instruction, as well as art, meetings are held in the center. After sonally grateful for the new meaning music, dance, and Bible study. Grace many trials and tribulations, Soweto they have given my life. I do believe we Mbobo aims to make the creche a model Friends Meeting is growing and matur­ are all only instruments of a much for all Soweto, and I believe she will. ing as a community of faith with a grow­ greater Power in this work. She is a strong believer in self-help and ing sense of confidence in its abilities. When it was time to leave, Soweto wants to make the creche entirely self­ The new co-clerks, Tebogo Moteane and Friends took me to the airport. There, sufficient, which is difficult to manage Nomsa Segoe, work well together and my dear friends Eddie Mvundlela and on only the fees taken in for pupils. are building the good order of the Martha Motloung, on behalf of Soweto Some parents drive many miles to meeting. Meeting, gave me a final gift: a new bring their children here, because it has The new kitchen in the center was African name, Musa Na Nkululeho. In the best program, best teacher-pupil made possible by a contribution of Zulu, that means "kindness or compas­ ratio, and lowest price of any of the $5,000 from my employer, Unisys Cor­ sion, and freedom." eight creches serving the half-million poration, and by the bequest of Scarnell As I traveled home, images of the war residents of Diepkloof. About 20 per­ Lean, a recently deceased member of in the Persian Gulf were everywhere. cent of the students receive full scholar­ Transvaal Meeting in Johannesburg and Again and again, I saw televised destruc­ ship assistance. a good friend of mine. We were arrested tion of buildings in Iraq with "smart t a meeting of the Parents Com­ together in a group for protesting apart­ bombs." I thought of the Soweto mittee, I asked what the children heid on a train ride from Pretoria in Quaker Center, ten years in the build­ Asay about the creche. One parent 1980. Even at 84, he used to visit Soweto ing, and of how difficult it is to build said, "They love it! My daughter says, Meeting regularly. When he died, he left anything good and how easy it seems to 'Mum, I can't wait to go to school half his estate to the center. destroy. For the cost of just one Patriot tomorrow!' I say, 'You mean, to the At the meeting for business of the Missile, we could build four or five new creche?' And she says, 'No, Mum, a Soweto Quaker Center Trust Fund centers like the one in Soweto. As apar­ creche is where they just go to sleep and Committee, I delivered my news about theid laws are falling and people are wait to be picked up. This is school; we Gwynedd Meeting's contribution. This, struggling toward a more non-racial, learn things there.' So I say, 'Tomorrow together with money remaining from democratic, and just society, this center is Saturday, so you can't go, since the Scarnell Lean's bequest, will pay for is needed now more than ever. There are creche is only open Monday through most of the construction on the large many obstacles to justice in South Friday,' but then my daughter says, meeting room. Other funding in prog­ Africa, and there is a long road ahead. 'No, Mum, school is every day!' " ress should almost cover completion. But, the closer the country comes to political justice, the larger will loom Lunch being prepared in the needs for economic and social recon­ community center kitchen. struction at the grassroots level. The Soweto Quaker Center is a small step in that right direction. Early Quak­ ers had a vision of the Lamb's War, in which they were to resist evil with good. The Lamb's War is fought, not with car­ nal, but with spiritual weapons. I saw a vision of how it is being waged in South Africa in the Soweto Quaker Center. I remember how community people said the center was beautiful. I also remember how years ago, when I met with Bishop Tutu, he referred to a gift from some Soweto children-a tangled wooden cross, which he hung on his wall and called "The Cross of Soweto." Pointing to it, he said, "On­ ly God can take an instrument of pain and torture and turn it into a thing of beauty.'' 0

26 July 1991 FRIENDS JOURNAL by Elizabeth Salter here are some sobering lessons to be learned from the Gulf War. SRI ILondon in the early 1940s. The sound of airplanes . droning overhead, the rattle of machine CONFLICT Elizabeth Salter's article appeared in The Friend, April 5, 1991.

FRIENDS JOURNAL July 1991 27 of quiet, gentle women, many of them holding babies and small children. One by one they came forward to tell their stories: stories of murder, abduction and torture. One woman's son was taken away, shot by the army and buried­ she has no access to the body. Another's husband, who was a government sup­ porter, was hunted down by the JVP, brought to their home, and cut into pieces. She was left with an 11-month­ old baby. Yet another young pregnant woman with four children told us how her husband, a fisherman, had been taken away by the police, because they suspected him of JVP connections. They broke his leg, hanged him by his thumbs, and beat him, trying to extract informa­ tion. After the family had paid a large sum of money to a lawyer, he was re­ leased, but he can no longer walk or ....,~ i::' fish. Story after story, until we could ~ hardly bear to hear the tales of suffering. A barricade used by soldiers on a street in Colombo, 1989. As we drove along the coast of south­ ern Sri Lanka, past some of the most The three of us who made the long beautiful palm-fringed beaches in the and hazardous journey by Red Cross world, it was impossible to reconcile the Along with our truck north to Jaffna, skirting battle terrible stories of violence and terror zones and traveling without lights be­ with the seductive charm of that lovely concern for peace cause of the government-imposed cur­ scenery, and the warmth and hospitality in the Middle East, few, were warmly welcomed by all those of our hosts. In one village, a pastor we met, particularly in the churches. traveling with us told us, "Just a few we must continue "Tell the world of our plight," they months ago, driving through the main pleaded. " Tell the government to stop street, you had to keep cleaning your to plead the case the bombing and strafing; how can we windscreen. The army had strung the believe they consider us equal citizens bodies of captured JVP suspects across of our sisters when they treat us this way?" the street, and the blood dripped down The LTTE are virtually in control of onto the cars." Now all appears calm; and brothers in the whole of the north; even though not law and order have apparently been re­ all the population support their aims and stored. But underneath the surface there Sri lanka. methods, there is no one else to whom is the paralyzing fear: can I really trust they can turn for protection. When chil­ my neighbor? Is this fragile peace real­ dren are dying from snakebite because ly going to hold? Do I and my family no antidotes are available, and in the have any kind of future? hospital (recently reopened by the Inter­ Christians in Sri Lanka are a tiny mi­ gun fire from roving helicopters, and the national Committee of the Red Cross) nority: Catholics are around 7 percent scenes of utter devastation filled me with operations cannot be performed for lack of the population, and Protestants a the same anguish I had experienced, of oxygen and painkillers, ordinary peo­ mere 1 percent. For the most part, theirs night after night, in the cellar of our ple look to those who are bearing arms is a muted voice; they are active in relief London home. to fight for their freedom. Even the and rehabilitation work. Courageous in­ Now the people of Jaffna-those who most peace-loving people will resort at dividuals speak up, through civil and are left, for 250,000 have fled the pen­ last to combat, faced with desperate human rights groups, on behalf of the insula- are learning to live with the con­ situations. oppressed. In theory, the churches should sequences of massive confrontation be­ We traveled, too, to the south of Sri be providing the bridge between the ma­ tween the government and the fighting Lanka. Here the horror of armed con­ jority Sinhalese and the minority Tamils, forces of the LTTE, or Tamil Tigers. flict is all but over, even though report­ for they are the sole religious communi­ There is no electricity, no firewood or edly 100 people a week are still being ty that includes both among their mem­ gas for cooking, no matches, candles, killed or reported missing. The army bers. But the ethnic divide is often, sad­ or batteries; food and medicines are in and police appear to have won the bat­ ly, as marked within the churches as in desperately short supply. Kerosene costs tle against the JVP, but the cost in hu­ the nation as a whole. The Church of ten times its normal price; cash is short, man suffering is horrendous. One day South India, through the Jaffna diocese, telephone lines were cut long ago; the we were taken to some little village is constant in upholding the cause of the only transport is by bicycle or on foot. churches. Sitting in the pews were rows beleaguered Tamils; the largely Sinhalese

28 July 1991 FRIENDS JOURNAL congregations elsewhere see the problem cern for and involvement in Sri Lanka. as less clear cut, and the consequent We may not have found many solutions, mistrust and suspicion are deeply dam­ but we have worked consistently with all aging to ecumenical relations. sides, seeking to mediate and reconcile. But the problems are not all related The visit by the WCC team was in the to ethnicity-indeed, the team felt, as is same tradition, bringing, as one bishop stated in its preliminary report "that wrote from Jaffna, "much strength and many of the basic issues had been encouragement to a people who feared ethnicized.'' that the church and the world outside "We perceive," states the report, "the could not care to know of its travails." significant basic issues to be related to And at its Central Committee meeting Our unofficial PASSPORT has the transition from traditional to modern on February 22, immediately after the a Code of Ethics for Tourists, a society, such as unabated high unem­ Seventh Assembly, the WCC approved Personal Pledge of Peace, and ployment particularly among youth, in­ an appeal on behalf of Sri Lanka, ad­ an Environmental Commitment. creasing poverty in large sectors of socie­ dressed to the government and all those It lets others know you are ty, and the breakdown of democratic engaged in the conflicts, to bring to a committed to creating a just political processes.'' halt all acts of violence, and to the wee and peaceful world. A huge agenda, certainly-but how member churches to be constant in much longer must the Sri Lankan peo­ prayer and humanitarian aid. Please send me a peace Passport. ple suffer before peace and justice are Now we have to make sure that, along I enclose $8.95 per Passport. restored? International pressure, focused with our concern to seek a lasting peace and persistent, should be building up to in the Middle East, we continue, too, to persuade the warring parties to come to plead the cause of our sisters and broth­ NAME the conference table and seek once more ers in Sri Lanka, and to respond with ADDRESS long-term political answers to their prob­ prayer and action to their equal yearn­ lems. Friends have a long history of con- ing for peace. 0 CITY STATE ZIP

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Pastoral counselors deepen their purpose The first national gathering of Quaker pastoral counselors and chaplains was held at Earlham School of Religion on Feb.9-10. The organizers, Bill Ratliff, Loretta Gula, and David Garman, put together a mailing list of 60 Friends engaged in pastoral counsel­ ing and chaplaincy work in counseling cen­ ters, hospitals, nursing homes, and other set­ tings. 1\venty of us came together for the weekend to share questions and concerns and to get to know each other. We hope this will be the start of a regular annual gathering and will allow greater networking and mutual support for Friends engaged in pastoral counseling and chaplaincy work. During the weekend, we gathered in wor­ ship, shared Bible study, ate, and sang to­ gether, and told the stories of our individual journeys. A panel of presenters led us in heartfelt discussion about pastoral identity, professionalism, and the use of sacraments- :!! engaging us as Friends involved in ecumeni- ~ cal pastoral work. "" We discussed how our meetings support ~L.....------l and endorse our ministries, often in power­ ful ways. The dialogue with our meetings is of the World Council of Churches, held in In the course of the formal debate, it looked important, both for us as individuals and for Canberra, Australia, on Feb. 7-20. for a moment as if the assembly were going our meetings, as we look at traditions of The Gulf War was "neither holy nor just," to make a determined step in the direction Quaker ministry, educate Friends about our proclaimed Paul Reeves to some 3,000 dele­ of a more pacifist position when it accepted work, and seek appropriate forms of endorse­ gates, visitors, staff members, and advisors an amendment calling on churches "to give ment and support. We also talked about the at the opening worship service. Reeves, who up any theological or moral justification of process of becoming recognized by our pro­ is the Anglican Communion's representative the use of military power ... and to become fessional bodies. We feel that our Quaker at the UN in New York and a former gover­ public advocates of a just peace.'' However, spirituality, faith, and practice have unique nor-general of New Zealand, placed the gulf Church of England Bishop Barry Rogerson contributions to make to our professional issue firmly on the agenda of the assembly, accused the assembly of tilting toward pac­ communities. Perhaps most importantly, which meets every seven years to choose the ifism, and there appeared to be growing through gathering together, we were able to Central Committee of the WCC and deter­ doubt about the amendment during the lunch find a new sense of identity as Quaker mine its future directions. break. pastoral counselors and chaplains-part of The meeting's plans for the first weekend Upon returning, the delegates voted tore­ a community of Friends who have felt called were changed at the last minute so delegates consider. Following a short debate, the as­ into this work. We had a sense of being could join with Canberra townspeople in a sembly voted by 366 to 160 to rescind the gathered together to deepen our own work, march for peace. The demonstration ended amendment. However, Church of England identity, and purpose. at a giant worship tent with a service for attempts to weaken the resolution failed, and We hope other Friends working or train­ justice, peace, and the integrity of creation, the assembly approved the motion by a sub­ ing as pastoral counselors and chaplains will followed by an all-night vigil. stantial majority, calling for an immediate contact us and join us for future events. To Halfway through the two-week confer­ cease-fire in the Gulf War, to be followed by be added to the mailing list, please write to ence,. U.S. church leaders issued a call "for the immediate, complete, and unconditional Bill Ratliff, Earlham School of Religion, a halt to the fighting-a cease-fire-and a withdrawal of Iraqi troops from Kuwait. Richmond, IN 47374. fresh effort to find a diplomatic solution." The major controversy of the assembly in­ Maureen Graham Several public hearings were held for volved the assembly theme: "Come, Holy delegates, advisors, and visitors, and it soon Spirit-Renew the Whole Creation." To became clear there was wide sentiment in show how old traditions can be incorporated favor of calling for an unconditional cease­ into contemporary Christian life, Asian fem­ wee Assembly grapples fire. The main opposition to that sentiment inist theologian Chung Myung-kyung in her with pacifist issues came from Church of England delegates who, keynote presentation drew on ancient tradi­ saddled with the Archbishop of Canterbury's tions of Korean religion and her own under­ The Gulf War, aboriginal rights, and non­ declaration that the war was "justifiable," standing of the long history of struggle by Western, post-colonial theology were the insisted on linking a cease-fire with an Iraqi Korean women. In front of a backdrop of issues that dominated th,e Seventh Assembly announcement to withdraw. Korean and aboriginal dancers, she read off

32 July 1991 FRIENDS JOURNAL the names of many of history's martyred self-determination and self-management of moving him into the Society and the concept men and women. She called upon their rest­ Australian aborigines, as well as "their right of God within. For a while he worked with less spirits, seeing them as "icons," or win­ to determine sovereignty for themselves." It culturally isolated children in Chicago. Even­ dows on the Holy Spirit, that "wind of life" also called for Australian churches "to re­ tually, he was called by Larry Scott, a that leads us to make radical changes of di­ turn land unjustly taken" from them. bulwark of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, to rection in our theological perceptions to Many Friends from New Zealand and support a program for helping low income create a more just society. Australia attended the meeting through the people in Chester, Pa. Because of his back­ Chung Myung-kyung spoke of the need well-organized visitors' program. Three North ground in teaching English, and his interest for a post-colonial tradition of theology to American Friends attended as official dele­ in writing and publishing, he made the tran­ discard many of the forms of thinking im­ gates: Barbara Bazett, representing Canadian sition into working for FRIENDS JouRNAL, ported ·with the missionaries that prevent Yearly Meeting and Friends United Meeting; where he has been editor-manager for eight development of an authentically Korean un­ and Polly Edgar and Terry Coutret, repre­ years. derstanding of the Gospel. Her presentation senting Friends General Conference. David The evening ended with participants shar­ was preceded by a long speech written by Par­ Thomas of Australia was a delegated repre­ ing, one-on-one, their experiences of their thenios, Eastern Orthodox patriarch of Alex­ sentative of Friends World Committee for journeys into Quakerism. andria, and read in his absence by another Consultation. Barbara Bazett was elected to On Saturday morning, Vinton had partici­ priest. The contrast between the black-robed the Central Committee of the World Coun­ pants divide into four groups to perform priest and the young, white-clad professor cil of Churches and will serve until the next searches into "Meeting Our Lions" -fmding of theology from Seoul created a sharp im­ assembly, some seven years hence. the basis of community while wrestling with age of two very different ways of looking at our differences. Each group was assigned a the Holy Spirit. Orthodox participants, espe­ Joel McLellan different topic, ranging from the touchy con­ cially, were deeply troubled, and reacted cern of keeping and renovating a meeting­ strongly. Orthodox church leaders and theo­ house, to examining differences of opinion logians accused her of syncretism, paganism, School of the Spirit: about demonstrations for or against war, to and even apostasy. considering same-gender marriages. Chung Myung-kyung replied that when spiritual feast On Sunday morning with the children, Europeans use their own cultural symbols, Vinton read a story by Vesta McCullough, they call it Christian tradition, but when non­ The experience of all who attended the ex­ "The Way of Friends." The story called Europeans do the same thing, they call it tended weekend with FRIENDS JoURNAL forth some Friendly songs, with which we syncretism. editor Vinton Deming was the epitome of closed that session. "White Australia has a black history," was what Quakers would hope for in the School After meeting for worship and potluck, the stark message delegates were reminded of the Spirit, Mountain View (Colo.) Vinton took us on a tour of meetings as a of throughout the two weeks. As with many Meeting's annual gathering for renewal. whole, with their common goals and con­ indigenous peoples, Australian aboriginal It all began Friday evening, prefaced by cerns. Entitled "A View from the Crow's people have strong spiritual ties to their his­ a lyrical sing-along accompanied by guitar, Nest," the discourse was based on his per­ torical lands. The opening worship service with 60-some attenders grouped around the spective of Quakerism from his work at began with a cleansing frre of gum tree leaves, frreplace. Vinton led us through a disarming, FRIENDS JoURNAL. He sees four main con­ followed by a traditional ritual with a " mes­ immensely human depiction of his journey cerns at this time: abortion; our respect for sage stick" in which aborigines gave permis­ into the Quaker way. He spoke of his up­ those who choose marital love for persons sion for assembly participants to enter the bringing by caring parents who instilled, by of the same gender; Friends' relationships land. example, the sense of integrity and the im­ with the American Friends Service Commit­ In his sermon, Paul Reeves, himself a New portance of building it into all of our lives, tee; and Christocentric/ Universalist issues, Zealand Maori, referred to the spirituality of his stint as an army medic in Germany in which involve many Friends in continuing of indigenous peoples across the world who the late 1950s, and of his return to his home­ dialogue. cherish the land as their mother. town in Illinois. In nearby Chicago, he found Jim Ray The land rights of Australian aboriginal his way into AFSC Project House, where he people were a central theme of a plenary ses­ met a notable Quaker, Chris Cadbury, who Reprinted with permission from Mountain sion that used multimedia techniques to show introduced him to Quakerism. The outreach View (Colo.) Meeting newsletter, Apri/1991 the sad and shameful history of black Aus­ of Friends became very important to him, issue.) tralia's encounter with white Australians. Aboriginal Bishop Arthur Malcolm de­ scribed how he lost his culture and language by being raised in a mission community. However, he added, despite the church's negative influences, "I believe the church saved my own people from dying out." Al­ though the session was full of pain, it ended on a note of hope as white Australians in the audience spontaneously came to the stage and asked to join the aborigines for the finales . In its closing session, the assembly ap­ proved a public statement that supports the

FRIENDS JOURNAL July 1991 33 RENTAL RETIREMENT Witness COMMUNITIES rya!ity Quaker Friends College Kaitnosi ~Management, Inc. by William Charland Independent & Catered Living -Transportation- antallion Kwena remembers his first, programming in Pascal with George Silver. -No Buy-In Fees- vivid impression of the United States: At IVY Tech, he is studying Lotus 1, 2, and P "Very cold!" He arrived in Rich­ 3, database III, and MS-DOS. mond, Indiana, in January to spend six It's a challenging, but satisfying experience, Friendly Center months studying computer science at Earlham he says. "Basically, I'm liking the place. I've of Wilmington College and at IVY Tech, a local vocational enjoyed the people around. They're willing 290 Prairie Avenue school. to help." Richard Wood, president of Earl­ Wilmington, OH 45177 Kwena is chairman of the food techology ham, arranged financing for the program of (513) 382-7938 department at Friends College Kaimosi, study. George Silver arranged for housing Studio, 1 & 2 Bdrm Apts a technical training institute founded by and winter clothes. Friends Meetinghouse near Quakers in 1971. Today the college operates Meanwhile, Friends College Kaimosi con­ under joint sponsorship of the East African tinues to grow. The school recently gradu­ Raintree Square Yearly Meeting of Friends and the Republic ated its first word processing class, in Word­ 2820 S. Memorial Drive of Kenya. One of 350 educational institutions Star. Last year, Kwena's food technology de­ New Castle, IN 47362 founded by Quakers in Kenya, the college partment received two ovens from the Japan­ is an important resource for national develop­ ese government. The college now is supply­ (317) 521-3491 ment. The nation faces critical population ing all its own baked goods for the student Studio, 1 & 2 Bdrm Apts pressures and training needs. Only one in ten body, and selling bread in the local commun­ Friends Meetinghouse near secondary school graduates can be accommo­ ity. The department previously received a dated in Kenya's four national universities. large complex of canning equipment from Sanders Glen Local technical training institutions offer the Ball Corporation in Muncie, Indiana. 334 S. Cherry Street another avenue to education and an alter­ Kwena hopes to acquire several additional Westfield, IN 46074 native to urban migration. Nairobi, Kenya's components for preserving pineapples, beans, (317) 867-0212 capital city and commercial center, current­ tomatoes, and potatoes. The produce is 1 & 2 Bdrm Apts; Patios ly is growing by eight percent a year. As a abundant in Kaimosi, but scarce in other 2 Blks from Westfield Friends result, the Kenyan government is making parts of East Africa. every effort to promote economic growth The North American Committee for The Home Place and create new jobs at the grassroots level. Friends College is seeking additional contri­ Friends and educators in Kenya and the butions to help the school develop its pro­ (6700 block Mooresville Rd) United States have worked together during gram. There is an immediate need for IBM­ 6734 Millside Drive, Box M the past several years to strengthen the cur­ compatible computers, functional office Indianapolis, IN 46241 riculum at Friends College. The school enrolls equipment, and current texts in business-sub­ (317) 856-3295 300 students in three fields of study: account­ jects for the library. Next fall, the commit­ 1 & 2 Bdrm Apts; Garages ing, secretarial studies, and food technology. tee plans to sponsor a major fund-raising Next to West Newton Friends In addition, it provides office support serv­ campaign to complete the college administra­ ices to local businesses. tion building. Friendly Center In 1989, Friends College received a dona­ To support the development effort, con­ of Tavares tion of 15 computers from a biotechnology tact William Wagoner, North American 1211 Caroline Street (East) company in Boulder, Colorado. George Sil­ Committee for Friends College, 101 Quaker Tavares, FL 32778 ver, director of computing services at Earl­ Hill Drive, Richmond, IN 47374, telephone ham College, traveled to Kaimosi to help in­ (317) 962-7573. D (904) 343-6464 stall the new equip­ 1 & 2 Bdrm Apts; Patios ment and train faculty J members in word proc­ All apts have fully equipped kitchens essing and spreadsheet and all except The Home Place have accounting. Common Dining Room and 24-hour That's when he met Assisted Living available. Pantallion Kwena. To­ day, Kwena is putting in long hours, studying .. For more information, contact: t' Larry Barker - QQM, Inc. 8 President (513) 382-7938 Keith Kendall - Indiana ~ William Charland, a ~ Coordinator (317) 521-3491 member of Mountain Leonard Hall - Florida View (Colo.) Meeting, Director (904) 343-6464 is a career columnist and consultant in I 1: Denver, Colorado. ~

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the FCNL office, we regularly re­ of terror. Murder, torture, and enslavement ceive a variety of publications con­ of the native Arawaks was the norm. It is Expand your A cerned with Native American issues. estimated that during the first two years of They come from different parts of the coun­ Columbus' occupation, fully half of the horizons try (some from Central and South America), Arawak population was killed or had killed and relate to different Indian groups. Never­ themselves. By 1540, the entire Arawak na­ theless, a lot have begun to focus attention tion had vanished from the earth. at Mohonk. on the meaning of 1992, the 500th anniver­ The pre-Columbian population of the area For comfort and hospitality in an sary of the voyage of Christopher Colum­ which is now the United States is estimated unspoiled natural setting, come to. bus. Networks and alliances of Native Amer­ to have been more than five million. Follow­ Mohonk. in the heart of t he. ican peoples are organizing to give voice to ing Columbus, other European adventurers, Shawangunk Mountains. Our lake. a history which has mostly been ignored. conquerors, and settlers pushed from coast cliffs and miles of mountain trails are In 1984, Congress established the Christo­ to coast of this rich, already occupied coun­ perfect for activities like golf. tennis. pher Columbus Quincentenary Jubilee Com­ try. By the end of the 19th century, the native swimming. riding. hiking and old­ mission. The commission has coordinated fashioned carriage rides. too.Hearty population had plummeted to just 250,000. meals. And special theme programs the various programs and events planned for One can only wonder how history might have that let you learn while enj oying the this commemoration, and has urged state unfolded had the early encounters between peaceful surroundings. We're -not and local governments to join in. At present, Indians and Europeans been characterized by artificial. j ust down-to-earth. In the 40 states have commissions, and all40 states mutual respect, rather than conquest and Hudson River Valley, Exit 18. N.Y. are planning activities. Yet only one state exploitation. State Thruway. commission includes a Native American, and Here's what's happening at Mohonk: only recently has a Native American been •• •Still Continues added to the national commission, though In contrast to the official celebrations be­ not as a voting member. ing planned to commemorate the "discovery" Hudson Valley Heritage One of the activities endorsed by the com­ of America, Indian groups are planning ac­ July 1-5 mission is a scholarship program designed to tivities with different themes: resistance, sur­ Festival of the Arts " both honor the achievements of Columbus vival, invasion, holocaust, and genocide. July 5 - August 8 and encourage young people who embody And these groups emphasize their continu­ his spirit and accomplishments to carry for­ ing struggle to find acceptance as cultures ward his legacy into the next century." (Em­ and nations within this nation. phasis added.) The legacy of the conqueror and exploiter Mohonk MOUNTAIN HOUSE The Columbus Leg•cy••• is still strong in the U.S. spirit. As we share in the grief and the struggles of this hemi­ A National Historic 1..3ndmark New Pal tz, (212) 233-2244 Unfortunately, historical facts seem to sphere's native peoples, we must look to this N.Y. 12561 (914) 255· 1000 contradict Columbus' popular image. After nation's next 500 years. What legacy will we Columbus took up residence on the island honor in 2492? of Hispaniola (now the Dominican Republic and Haiti), he established a devastating reign Steve Zehr

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Spiritual nurturing, the practice of helping administrative and research support to others answer that of God in themselves, will FCNL programs. The internship program is be the focus of The School of the Spirit, a more than 20 years old. new educational program in the Philadelphia, Pa., area. Years ago, in Quaker tradition, A call for amnesty for all who refused to bear elders were considered the spiritual nurturers arms is the point of a message submitted to in meetings-quite a different role than to­ George Bush and signed by 16 national day's definition of "eldering." Spiritual nur­ religious leaders. Among the signers were turers may be called on to listen, encourage, Dulany Bennett, chairperson of the Ameri­ discern, interpret, teach, call to accountabili­ can Friends Service Committee; Sara Wilson, ty, pray for, and Jove others. Core staff will presiding clerk of Friends United Meeting; be Sandra Cronk, who taught Quakerism and C. Douglas Hostetter, executive direc­ and spiritual life studies for ten years at Pen­ tor of Fellowship of Reconciliation. The die Hill; Kathryn Damiano, who teaches re­ message called on those who are in charge ligion at Neuman College and leads retreats; of the armed forces to put an end to punish­ and Frances Taber, a graduate of Shalem In­ ment, trials·, and imprisonment of objectors. stitute's spiritual guidance program who "We believe our nation and its leadership are teaches spiritual nurturing at Pendle Hill. capable of such healing acts. . . . We are Eleven visiting teachers from Quaker, Luther­ convinced that we can all grow as a people an, Mennonite, Catholic, and Brethren per­ A temporary legal reprieve for Salvadorans in our respect and understanding for those suasions will also offer their expertise. The in the United States is a mixed blessing, ac­ whose consciences say no to killing and to program, which is sponsored by the Worship cording to Angie Berryman, coordinator of and Ministry Committee of Philadelphia the American Friends Service Committee's Yearly Meeting, is open to anyone. It will run Human Rights Program. The Immigration for ten months, beginning with a five-day Act of 1990 grants Temporary Protected Nonsense of th residency on Aug. 28-Sept. 2. There will be Status to Salvadorans who have been in the weekend residencies once a month, ending United States since Sept. 19, 1990. Reprieve with a five-day residency in June 1992. The is for 18 months, followed by deportation, location will be at San Damiano Retreat unless that term is extended by Congress or How-others-see-us Department: Center, Neuman College Campus, Aston, the U.S. Attorney General. Angie Berryman Have you ever thought of meeting for wor­ Pa. (15 miles southwest of Philadelphia). says, "By adopting [this], the U.S. govern­ ship as the "Best Antidote to MTV-era Sen­ Tuition is $2,950. For information, contact ment recognizes that Salvadorans are really sory Glut?" That was the award given to Kathryn Damiano, 450 Bancroft Rd., Moy­ refugees. We are happy for that." The pos­ Multnomah (Oreg.) Meeting by a weekly lan, PA 19063, or Sandra Cronk, 31 sibility of massive deportations after 18 newspaper, Willamette Week, under its Best Evergreen Circle, Princeton, NJ 08540. months may be mitigated by an agreement of Portland section. The newspaper went on by the Immigration and Naturalization Serv­ to say, " ... 50 to 100 people gather on the Educating women in international studies ice to reopen 150,000 cases of petitions for second floor of this storefront each Sunday and economics, with cross-cultural experi­ political asylum for Guatemalan and Salva­ for an hour of sensory underload . ... Folks ences is the focus of Ovum Pacis, the doran refugees. simply walk in, select one of the folding Women's International Peace University. chairs arranged in a large circle on the blue The university opened on May 26 in Burl­ Legislative interns this year at Friends Com­ carpet of this otherwise barren room, and ington, Vt., and is dedicated to addressing mittee on National Legislation are Donna start being-silent. What do these people do the needs of women and expanding their op­ Ancypa from Oberlin (Ohio) Meeting, Alyssa with 60 minutes of quiet? They look at their tions globally. Students will be trained to Bennett from Ames (Iowa) Meeting, and laps, watch one another, find interesting make social changes, especially in ways that Michael Brown from Chapel Hill (N.C.) spots on the floor to study, close their eyes, will benefit women's lives elsewhere. Ovum Meeting. Donna's degree is in philosophy sneeze, cough. They meditate, engage in Pads, meaning "egg of peace," is the result and French, and she looks forward to com­ self-analysis, pray, or otherwise think whole­ of discussions held at the 1985 conference in bining three of her interests while working some, spiritual thoughts. : .. " Later in the Nairobi, Kenya, on the UN Decade for at FCNL: community service, Quaker prin­ article, the word worship is used once. (from Women. At that time, women from less devel­ ciples, and U.S. government. Alyssa gradu­ the Multnomah Meeting newsletter) oped nations called on women from indus­ ated from The Meeting School in New trialized countries to "go home, get edu­ Hampshire and recently graduated in Ameri­ And on the other side of the country, an­ cated, and get your governments off our can studies from the University of California other meeting's interaction with the outside necks." The university, which is unaccred­ at Santa Cruz. Michael graduated from world sounds like an echo from Portland. ited intentionally to allow greater flexibility Carolina Friends School and is completing The clerk of "Beantown Molehill (Mass.) of program, will offer individual courses of a degree in peace studies at Colgate Univer­ Meeting" reports she received a summons study designed to involve students in first­ sity. He will work on international affairs at from the Boston Munipical Court. Incredible hand learning, and developing practical skills. FCNL, where interns are assigned to work as it may seem, Beantown Molehill Meeting Full-time residency is not required. Women with a lobbyist, focusing on a particular was named in a civil suit by the City of Boston. may pursue degrees while holding other posi­ range of issues. Interns contribute to FCNL On successive Sundays, city agents took tions. For information, write to Ovum Pacis, publications, visit congressional offices, readings outside the meetinghouse to validate 391 So. 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• Items for personal hygiene kits are needed values of the military. The proposed book and there are accommodations for guests. for people in the Persian Gulf region and are cover shows a picture of the world with Contributions may be sent to the FWCC being collected by the American Friends photos of outstanding young people from Quaker Aid Committee, P.O. Box 923, Service Committee's Material Aids Project. every comer. The phrase "Peace Is Possible" Oregon· City, OR 97045, which is receiving Each kit contains a small bath towel, bar of is inscribed in 11languages. The bookcovers donations on behalf of the Swanbrook soap, toothbrush, comb, soap dish or plastic will eventually be distributed throughout the Management Committee in Dublin. soap container, nail clippers, a tube of tooth­ country, starting with middle schools and paste, hair barrettes or elastics, and a fabric high schools in Vermont, where the project • Quaker International Social Projects or­ or mesh bag to hold the kit. All items should originates. The Peace and Social Concerns ganizes volunteer projects, lasting one to be new. Also needed are warm clothing for Committee of Burlington (Vt.) Meeting is three weeks, in Great Britain and Northern infants and small children, and cloth diapers. organizing the project, and involving several Ireland. The projects bring together people Contributions may be sent to Gulf Relief, Young Friends. Contributions are welcome. from many different backgrounds and na­ AFSC Material Aids Program, 1515 Cherry Checks may be made payable to Burlington tionalities to work on projects to improve St., Phila., PA 19102. For questions, call Friends Meeting, with the notation "Book­ quality of life. Work is both manual and (215) 241-7041. cover Project," and sent to Burlington social. Most projects do not require special Friends Meeting, 179 N. Prospect St., Bur­ skills, just enthusiasm and willingness to • Producing and distributing bookcovers that lington, VT 05401. learn. Volunteers must be over 16 years of advocate world peace is the plan of the Peace age. Those under 19 may be placed in a Is Possible Bookcover Project. Those in­ • Swanbrook House, the headquarters of youth project. (The oldest volunteer was 73.) volved note that the U.S. military presents Ireland Yearly Meeting and Dublin Monthly Projects have included teaching English to its finely tuned message to young people in Meeting, is being renovated, and approx­ Bangladeshi women, working in a hospital many forms, including free, slick, fashion­ imately $23,000 is needed to fmish paying for with disabled children, decorating a com­ able book covers and pencils. The messages the project. The building houses Quaker rec­ munity center in Wales, helping build a promise high-tech careers and world travel, ords dating from the mid-1600s. Five stu­ garden for Buddhist monks, and refur­ in exchange for signing up and taking on the dents live in residence at Swanbrook House, bishing tools to send to needy communities abroad. The publication describing the op­ portunities is Projections and Opportunities Abroad, available from Quaker Internation­ al Social Projects, Friends House, London, telephone 017-387-3601 , ext.255.

Wlll.IAM PENN CHARTER SCHOOL Est. 1689 • A new curriculum focusing on hunger and Kindergarten through human rights is available for elementary, 302 Years of Quaker Education Twelfth Grade middle school, and high school students. Called "Children Hungering for Justice," Operated under Charter issued by William Penn. The William Penn Charter the material may be used in schools, meetings School is a Quaker college-preparatory school committed to nurturing in and churches, or community settings. It is girls and boys the education of the mind, the quickening of the spirit, and made available by the Office on Global the development of the body. Penn Charter stresses high standards in academics, the arts, and athletics. Education, National Council of the Churches of Christ. Cost is $3.50 each for packets in Friends are encouraged to apply both as students and as teachers. each level, or a set of three for $10, plus 15 Earl J. Ball III, Headmaster percent for postage and handling. Checks may be made out to Church World Service 3000 W. School House Lane, Philadelphia, PA 19144 (215) 844-3460 and sent to that organization at P.O. Box 968, Elkhart, IN 46515-0968.

• Voting records on hunger-related issues in­ dicate that both Republican and Democrat leaders failed to support any of the impor­ ·Subscribe to Friends journal! tant anti-hunger measures in 1990, according Please enter a subscription to Friends Journal, payment for which is enclosed. to Bread for the World. Only two senators and 16 House members had perfect scores 0 Enroll me as a Friends Journal Associate. 0 1 year $18 0 2 years $34 in hunger initiatives. The initiatives proposed My contribution of$_ __ is in addition to were expansion of the food stamp program; the subscription price and is tax-deductible. 0 This is a gift subscription in my name for: increased funding for the Special Supplemen­ MyName Name tal Food Program for Women, Infants, and Address Address ______Children (WI C); conversion of military ex­ penditures to meet domestic priorities; direct­ ing a greater share of farm program benefits Send renewal notice D to me. D to recipient. D $6 per year for postage outside Nonh America. to smaller farms; and measures to reduce hunger and conflict in the Third World. Nine of 19 initiatives passed. For a copy of the Friends Journal, 15'01 Cherry Street, Philadelphia, PA 19102-1497 1990 voting record on hunger-related issues, send a self-addressed, stamped envelope to

38 July 1991 FRIEND S JOURNAL Bread for the World, 802 Rhode Island Ave., traumatic disaster situations. The pamphlet 21 766, or by calling (301) 635-8734. N.E., Wash., DC 20018 offers practical ideas for responding to chil­ dren's questions, pain, and confusion result­ • Recordings of rap music voicing resistance • How do you answer children's questions ing from war-time deaths or separation from to the Persian Gulf War, recorded by U.S. about war and violence? A pamphlet of family members. The program is administered soldiers stationed in Germany, are available ideas, " When Children Ask About War," by the Church of the Brethren. Single or bulk from Michael Marsh, War Resisters League, is available from the Cooperative Disaster copies are available from the Cooperative 339 Lafayette St., New York, NY 10012. Child Care Program, which trains volunteers Disaster Child Care Program, New Windsor Each tape costs $5. to comfort and care for young children in Service Center, Box 188, New Windsor, MD Calendar

JULY Wasilla, Alaska. Contact Kimberly McGee, 2428 Tulik, Anchorage, AK 99517, telephone (907) June 29-July 6-Friends General Conference An­ 243-1324. AUGUST nual Gathering, at Appalachian State University, 20-23-Aiternatives to Violence workshop, led by 3-6-Indiana (Conservative) Yearly Meeting, at Boone, N.C. Theme: "Growing in Radical Faith, Steve Angell, at Paullina (Iowa) Meeting. Enroll­ Earlham College, Richmond, Ind. Contact David Living the Questions, Seeking the Answers." ment limited to 20. Pre-registration required. Con­ Brock, 4715 N. Wheeling Ave., Muncie, IN 47304, Features speakers, worship-sharing, interest groups, tact Olive Wilson, R#2 Box 190, Primghar, lA telephone (317) 284-6900. music, fellowship, and spiritual searching together. 51245-9796, or telephone (712) 448-2760. 3-7- New England Yearly Meeting, at Hampshire For information, contact FGC, 1216 Arch St., No. 20-26-Northwest Yearly Meeting, at George Fox College, Amherst, Mass. Contact Elizabeth Cazden, 2B, Phila., PA 19107, telephone (215) 561-1700. College, Newberg, Oreg. Contact Mark Ankeny, 118 Walnut St., Manchester, NH 03104, telephone June 30-July 6-International Young Friends 18480 N.E. Chehalem Drive, Newberg, OR 97132, (603) 668-3251. Gathering, to be held in Belgium, following the telephone (503) 538-2122. 3-8-Evangelical Friends Church, Eastern Region FWCC World Conference in The Netherlands on 21-Gathering of Scattered Friends of South Yearly Meeting, at Malone College, Canton, Ohio. June 22-30. Dakota, North Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa, Nebras­ Contact John P. Williams, Jr., 1201 30th St., N.W., July 4-16-Quaker United Nations Summer ka, and Colorado, to be held at Paullina, Iowa. Canton, OH 44709, telephone (216) 493-1660. School in Geneva. For information, contact Steve Angell will describe the Alternatives to 4-10-Pacific Yearly Meeting, at Craig Hall Com­ Katharine Lee Clark, resource secretary, Interna­ Violence Program. plex, Chico, Calif. Contact Jane W. Peers, 808 tional Young Quakers, 14 Walcott St., Maynard, 21- 27-New York Yearly Meeting, at Silver Bay Melba Rd., Encinitas, CA 92024, telephone (619) MA 01 754, telephone (508) 897-8822. Association, Silver Bay, New York. Contact 753-6146. 10-14-Wilmington Yearly Meeting, at Hiwassee Joseph Vlaskamp, 15 Rutherford Place, New 7-10-Jowa Yearly Meeting at William Penn Col­ College, Madisonville, Tenn. Contact Rudy Haag, York, NY 10003 , telephone (212) 673-5750. lege, Oskaloosa, Iowa. Contact Del Coppinger, Pyle Center, Box 1194, Wilmington, OH 45177, 22-28-Baltimore Yearly Meeting, at Wilson Col­ Box 657, Oskaloosa, lA 52577, telephone (5 15) telephone (513) 382-2491. lege, Chambersburg, Pa. Contact Frank Massey, 673-9717. 11-Aug. 7-Young Friends workcamp in the 17100 Quaker Lane, Sandy Spring, MD 20860, 7-10-North Carolina Yearly Meeting, at Guilford Soviet Union, sponsored by Pacific Yearly Meet­ telephone (301) 774-7663. College, Greensboro, N.C. Contact Billy Britt, ing's East-West Relations Committee and Volun­ 24-28-Jllinois Yearly Meeting, at IYM Meeting­ 5506 W. Friendly Ave., Greensboro, NC 27410, teers for Peace. Cost: $1,900. For information, house, McNabb, Ill. Contact Paul Buckley, 2137 telephone (919) 292-6957. contact Anthony Manousos, 1445 E. Ralston Ave., W. I lOth St., Chicago, IL 60643, telephone (312) 7-11-0hio Valley Yearly Meeting, at Wilmington San Bernardino, CA 92404, telephone (714) 445-2391. College, Wilmington, Ohio. Contact Ellen Hodge, 883-13 10. 24-30-International Young Friends Gathering in 4240 Cornelius Ave., Indianapolis, IN 46208, 11- 14-North Carolina (Conservative) Yearly Honduras, following the FWCC World Confer­ telephone (3 17) 923-8880. Meeting, at Guilford College, Greensboro, N.C. ence in Honduras on July 16-24. 9-18-Central Yearly Meeting, at Central Friends Contact Ray Treadway, 1301 Alderman Dr., 25-Aug. 8-Quaker Youth Theater, to be held in Camp, southeast of Muncie, Indiana. Contact Ollie Greensboro, NC 27408, telephone (919) 855-5173. England. McCune, Rt. #I , Box 226, Alexandria, IN 46001 , 12-14-"Families & Worship," a retreat at 25-28-North Pacific Yearly Meeting, at Western telephone (317) 724-3587. Woolman Hill, a Quaker center in Deerfield, Mass. Montana State College, Dillon, Mont. Contact 11-18-Canadian Yearly Meeting, at Pickering Participants will share experiences, ideas, insights, Carol Giantonio, 1520 Tyler, No.5, Eugene, OR College, Newmarket, Ontario, Canada. Contact and queries about how, with their children, they 97402, telephone (503) 344-0428. Anne Thomas, 91-A Fourth Ave., Ottawa, Ont. see God. Includes a children's program. Led by 29-31-"Christian Ministry in God's Violent KIS 2LI, Canada, telephone (613) 235-8553. Allison Erikson and Henry Stokes. Cost: $70. For World," a conference combining sociological ap­ 13-18-Jamaica Yearly Meeting, at Happy Grove information, call (413) 774-3431. proaches, theological interpretations, and practical School, Seaside, Jamaica. Contact Kenneth Joseph, 13-Norma and Mark Silliman, presenting slides applications. Speakers: John Yoder, Rosemary II Caledonia Ave., Kingston 5, Jamaica, West and a talk about their experiences of working Ruether, Ismael Garcia, and others. Sponsored by Indies. among Friends in rural Kenya for two years. Elmhurst College. Cost: $213 for early registra­ 13-18-0hio (Conservative) Yearly Meeting, at Cherylin and Larry Holt-Larsen will also speak. tions. Contact Paul P. Parker, Box 170, Elmhurst Stillwater Meetinghouse, near Barnesville, Ohio. To be held at Sacramento Friends Church, College, 190 Prospect Ave., Elmhurst, IL Contact Edward Kirk, 182 Bethesda St., Barnes­ Sacramento, Calif., from 9 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. 60126-3296, telephone (708) 617-3559. ville, OH 43713, telephone (6 14) 425-4109. Brown-bag lunch. Child care provided. For infor­ 30-Aug. 3-Mid-America Yearly Meeting, at 14- 23-Fifth World Conference of Friends, this mation, contact Richard Bear, 464 S. 41 st St., Friends University, Wichita, Kan. Contact Maurice section to be held in Chevakali, Kenya. This is one Springfield, OR 97478, telephone (503) 726-9058. Roberts, 201 8 Maple, Wichita, KS 67213, tele­ of three locations at which Friends World Com­ 16-24-Fifth World Conference of Friends, this phone (316) 267-0391. mittee for Consultation will hold the 1991 world section to be held in Tela, Honduras, one of three 31-Aug. 4-Iowa (Conservative) Yearly Meeting, gathering. locations at which Friends World Committee for at Scattergood School, West Branch, Iowa. Write 24-29-International Young Friends Gathering Consultation will hold the 1991 world gathering. to Iowa (C) YM, RR.#6 Box 266, Decorah, lA 1991 , in Kenya, following the FWCC World Con­ 19-21-Central Alaska, at Friends Retreat Center, 52101, or call (319) 382-3699. ference in Chevakali, Kenya.

FRIENDS J OURNAL July 1991 39 Then and Now The Courage to Be Different

by Ralph E. Cook It was an arrangement appropriate for the times. The traditional mid-June date for here are many ways by which a person yearly meeting in New England fell just may arrive at a feeling of identifica­ before the start of the association's own T tion with the Religious Society of Chatauqua-style summer program, so the Friends. A major influence in my own early association got a bit more revenue while discovery of such an identity was the exper­ Friends took advantage of off-season rates. ience of yearly meeting. Meetings were held in three public build­ My earliest memories of yearly meeting are ings amid the pines. Two white frame struc­ impressions of a place-of soft ftltered light tures, one of them with the pediment and col­ in a grove of tall white pines, and of the umns of a classic temple, flanked a remark­ white glare of sun on a wide sand beach; of able octagonal building called the Temple. a thick carpet of brown pine needles, and of There was a modest resort hotel, and spare­ hot lqose sand and cool moist sand. There ly furnished cottages were also for rent. A a child might search for immature pine cones couple of families sharing a cottage and pro­ it for many years, commencing in 1930. He amid the falJen needles, arrange them in viding their own meals could attend yearly wrote the words for a Junior Yearly Meeting meeting inexpensively indeed. song of many stanzas, devised a distinctive One of my frrst distinct memories of yearly emblem, and suffused the whole program meeting is from a day when my mother and with his own good humor. father had to be away from Ocean Park and Harold had various helpers during those were later than expected in returning. Un­ years, a seemingly large number of whom concernedly, I joined two neighbor families were Jones girls. Getting these young ladies for a steamed clam supper, comfortable in identified was something of a puzzle for a the security of an impromptu extended child; it seemed surprising to learn that they family. did not all come from the same family, nor The cottages and public buildings alike even from the same meeting. were obviously intended for summer use, un­ They told or read us stories from the Bible finished inside, with no provision for heat. and about Quakers in various times, presid­ Scheduling an event at that time of year in ed over a crafts room with enticing materials, Maine means taking some risk with the and coached us in the conduct of a business weather. Most years were quite satisfactory, meeting after the manner of Friends. Increas­ but a succession of cold rainy days in 1944, ingly, I came to look on yearly meeting as combined with a leak in the Temple roof over the high point of the year. I became aware the clerks' table, made it easier to consider of a different order of reality there. It was leaving Ocean Park and enhanced the anti­ frustrating to go back to neighborhood cipation of meeting the next year as part of playmates with whom I could not share it. Left: Yearly meeting attenders at the beach. a united yearly meeting, in a place that would The distinctiveness of yearly meeting came Rufus and Elizabeth Jones are in the be new for everyone. into sharper focus as the United States foreground. Mary Hoxie Jones is behind right. Until that transition, afternoons on the moved toward involvement in the wars with beach were more than just a feature of yearly Germany and Japan. Attention of Friends order of size, and perhaps imagine them, meeting; for the juniors they very nearly shifted from concern for the refugees in with their close-fitting green scales, to be meant yearly meeting, and for some the Spain to urgent personal questions about rows of green parrots. He could wonder at temptation of Old Orchard was a big distrac­ one's own response to the demand to partici­ the swings hung from pine limbs so high tion. But of course there was more to the ex­ pate in the war effort. Military conscription above the ground that surely no human be­ perience. Junior Yearly Meeting was the idea began, and the goverment and entertainment ing could ever have attached the ropes. How of the late Harold N. Tollefson, who directed industry collaborated in an unremitting bar­ did they get there? He could find satisfac­ rage of war propaganda. More than ever tion as each year, with increasing height, it Adjacent: Junior before, yearly meeting seemed an oasis, im­ became easier to drink from the outdoor yearly meeting perfect to be sure, but a glimpse of what life bubbler. clerks, /943. could and ought to be. The place was Ocean Park, Maine. There Ralph Cook is The picture of Quakerism I gathered from the Ocean Park Association, an organization on the right. instruction in Junior Yearly Meeting and of American Baptists, cultivated and main­ Top right: " The from observing older Friends, was fragmen­ tained an atmosphere of quiet decorum in Temple" on the tary and perhaps rather disjointed, but it marked contrast to the amusement park am­ Ocean Park built up a strong impression of a people who bience of Old Orchard Beach, just a mile assembly had cultivated a particular kind of courage, grounds. away. There the Yearly Meeting of Friends the courage to be different, and who had for New England held its annual sessions discovered a difference worthy of that during the Great Depression and most of courage. It was attractive. I wanted to be a World War II. part of it. I found my identity.

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Biodegradable Man a robber." In his stubborn, unending effort to change Essays by Milton Mayer, edited by Leone the world, Milton Mayer may have thought Stein. The University of Georgia Press, he was a failure. Yet, in his obituary about Athens, Ga., 1990. 302 pages. $24.95. his friend Robert Hutchins, the late president With an irreverent humor always shaded of the University of Chicago, Mayer etched by a sense of the fragility of human fate, an epitaph that fitted his own courageous Milton Mayer, a "Jewish Quaker," splen­ life: "He didn't know that it is better to fail didly enlightened our literary and political trying to do what he was trying to do than scene for almost 60 years. In this provocative to succeed at anything else.'' 0 collection of essays, Milton Mayer (1908- 1986) demonstrates that his "mixture of des­ William McCord is a member of Middletown perate topicality and desparate tenderness" (Conn.) Meeting. speaks just as urgently to young people of our era as it did to his initial audience. Milton Mayer led a vigorous life as "an In Brief unemployed newspaper man" who served with verve and distinction as a roving editor Stitched from the Soul: for The Progressive, as a co-founder of the Slave Quilts Great Books Program at the University of Chicago, and as a lecturer at Chicago; the from the Ante-Bellum South. Max Planck Institute; Oxford; and the By Gladys-Marie Fry. Dutton Studio Books The Global Ecology Handbook University of Paris. in Association with the Museum ofAmerican By The Global Tomorrow Coalition. Beacon "If I had any sense," he used to say, "I'd Folk Art, New York, N.Y., 1990. 101 pages. Press, Boston, Mass., 1990. 414 pages. stay home and learn how to write." Yet, his $18.95/paperback. The talents of African­ $16.95/paperback. For those seriously com­ journalism, his religious missions, and his American slaves are brought to life in this mitted to environmental activism, The Glob­ longings took him to Switzerland and Italy, detailed and beautifully photographed book. al Ecology Handbook is an indispensable India and France, Dachau and Prague. The author's conscientious research provides resource. The Global Tomorrow Coalition Wherever he went, he followed Isaiah's ad­ sample information for the serious historian, is a national, nonprofit alliance of organiza­ vice, "learn to do good," because he believed as well as the casual reader. A vivid image tions and individuals committed to action there was no use stalling around and waiting of the old South arises as the story of the today to form a more sustainable, equitable for life to begin. slaves' role in textile, clothing, and quilt global tomon:ow. This handbook is well­ His personal strivings "to become a production is told. Black-and-white and researched and clearly written and addresses socialist, a pacifist, and a Christian" were color reproductions illustrate with perfect many environmental issues from a global never fulfilled to his own satisfaction. How­ clarity the book's assertion that southern perspective. The strength is in its approach; ever, that search is at the core of these ar­ slave women were more skillful and creative not only are readers informed of global ticles. "Pledge in Pomona" tells of his re­ than past historians have reported. issues, they are also instructed on ways to fusal to swear the oath of allegiance, as mem­ minimize these problems by taking actions bers of the Liberty Party badgered the audi­ and making decisions. Emphasis is given to ence into fearful submission. 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Beacon Press, Boston, cidental holocaust. -g Mass., 1990. 178 pages. $12.95/paperback. Milton Mayer refused to kill and refused ~ After documenting his recovery from alcohol to pay others to do what he would not do IQ and drug abuse in a previous book, Dan himself. He recognized the futility of with- ~ Wakefield began leading seminars in writing holding his taxes from war expenditures, · '0' spiritual autobiography. He observed that but argued that "the inevitability of any evil ~ when people write of memories (especially is not the point. The point is my suborna- ~ ..,.~~lhl from childhood) while in a supportive group tion of it." Knowing that the government ~ of peers and then share these memories by would ultimtely force him to pay war taxes, ~ reading them aloud, a catharsis often occurs. 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• Our George: The Early Years of George a minimum of comment, allows Fox to speak Births Fox, the Quaker, 1624-45, is a booklet writ­ for himself. Send $5, plus $1 postage, to Powell-Kristina Elizabeth Powell, on April J 7, ten by historian Joan Allen that reconstructs George Fox Fund, P.O. Box 1101, Wingate, to Anna and Steve Powell. The baby's mother and the boyhood years of George Fox. The book NC 28174. grandparents, Otto and Margret Hofmann, are provides a picture of the local society and members of Austin (Tex.) Meeting. personalities that influenced George Fox's • Unitarian Prayers is an issue of the development. The booklet is part of the Unitarian Universalist Christian devoted to Deaths worldwide Quaker commemoration of his classic prayers that have been edited using Crownfield-Frederic R. Cro wnfield, 90, on Oct. life during the tercentenary year of 1991. inclusive language. The booklet includes 12, 1990, in Dobson, N.C. He was professor Copies are available for £1.70 each, plus written prayers by James Martineau, Charles emeritus of religion at Guilford College. Born in shipping, from Bethany Enterprises, Moor­ Edwards Parks, Vivian Pomeroy, Harry Plainfield, New J ersey, he received his bachelor's wood Lane, Nuneaton, Warwickshire, Eng­ Murray Stokes, and an afterword and " warn­ degree from the College of the City of New York land CV10 OQH. ing" by James Freeman Clarke. To order, and his master's degree and doctorate from Har­ send $7 to Unitarian Universalist Christian vard University. He taught until 1947 at the New • Yes! Books & Videos is a catalog specializ­ Fellowship, 110 Arlington St., Boston, MA Church Theological School of the Church of the ing in materials to help people with personal 02116. New Jerusalem (Swedenborgian church) in Cam­ bridge, Mass., where he joined the Religious Socie­ development and inner growth. Some areas ty of Friends. He then went to work at Guilford covered are creativity and intuition, leader­ • Shopping foro Better World, a catalog of College, where he taught religion until 1971. He ship and excellence, and books and videos more than 1,800 products, rates companies and his wife, Margaret E. Crownfield, became about our mother earth. Catalogs are avail­ for their response to the environment, animal members of New Garden (N.C.) Meeting in 1948, able from Yes! Books & Videos, P.O. Box testing, military contracts, investments in and he became a recorded minister in North 10726, Arlington, VA 22210. South Africa, and treatment of women and Carolina Yearly Meeting. He and Margaret were minorities. The 1990 edition is updated and active in the college community and held seminars • The Peace Taxpayers Newsletter covers expanded, and the publishers say many com­ and meeting for worship in their home for students subjects of interest to war tax resisters and and others in the community. He wrote two books panies with poor ratings last year made ef­ and many scholarly articles. Following his retire­ others concerned with the tax money that forts at improvements to meet consumer ment from teaching, he served as chairman of a supports military efforts. A recent issue awareness. For the pocket-size edition, send consortium of Guilford, Greensboro, and Bennett describes how some people in Virginia are $5.95 to The Council on Economic Priorities, colleges. He was a resident of Friends Homes in redirecting their federal taxes toward their 30 Irving Place, New York, NY 10003, or call Greensboro, N.C., from 1981 until just prior to local government to finance a much-needed 1-800-822-6435. his death. He is survived by two sons, David and waste management system. The newsletter is William; six grandchildren; and four great-grand­ available for no charge, although the group • In Gandhi's Seven Steps to Global Change, children. asks for donations to help cover postage. To Guy de Mallac applies Gandhi's strategy to Hartsough-Ray Hartsough, 79, a life-long work­ get a subscription, write to Peace Taxpayers, current problems and suggests practical ac­ er for peace, died Jan. 23, at Friends House in San­ P.O. Box 333, Nellysford, VA 22958. tion. This handbook is useful for anyone in­ ta Rosa, Calif. After marrying Ruth Goodell in volved or interested in social change. Copies 1936 and graduating from Hartford Seminary in • New Thinking for California Agriculture: are available from Ocean Tree Books, P.O. 1937, he served as a minister to Congregational A Discussion Paper on Form Worker and churches in Ohio and Iowa until 1949. During Box 1295, Santa Fe, NM 87504. World War II, his support for conscientious ob­ Family Former Relations presents challenges, jectors made him less than popular with some of perspectives, recommendations, and values his parishioners. In 1949, at the invitation of the that could lead to reversal of the trend in American Friends Service Committee, Ray worked California for small farmers to be pushed out nine months in Palestine and Israel distributing of business. For a copy, send $4 to the Rural food, medicines, and tents to refugees. He worked Realignment Project, P.O. Box 9748, Berke­ in peace education with the AFSC for the next 25 ley, CA 94709. years, serving in the Middle Atlantic Region, the Pacific Southwest Region, the Portland, Oreg., of­ fice, and in the national office. Ray organized • Kids Who Hove Mode A Difference, is a peace caravans, family camps, and set up hundreds new pamphlet by Teddy Milne giving brief of speaking tours at churches, Friends meetings, biographies of children such as Samantha and colleges across the country. ln the early 1950s, Smith, who toured the USSR for peace, and he headed AFSC's efforts to oppose universal Trevor Ferrell, the 11-year-old who gives military training. In 1966-1967, he was extension blankets and hope to the homeless of Phila­ secretary at Pendle Hill. He and Ruth became delphia. For information on this book and members of Gwynedd (Pa.) Meeting, and then, as others to use with children, write to Pitten­ they moved, transferred their memberships to Mid­ bruach Press, 15 Walnut St., P .0. Box 553, • A video celebrating cultural diversity is now dletown (Pa.), Muitnomah and Salem (Oreg.), and Redwood Forest (Calif.) meetings. From 1974 until Northampton, MA 01060. available from Clergy and Laity Concerned. his death, Ray struggled bravely against Parkin­ "We All Belong" tells how a beautiful mural son's Disease, while contining his peace work. In • George Fox and the Bible, compiled by was painted over a graffiti-covered wall by 1989, he was arrested with his son David at the Arthur Berk, with an introduction by Daniel a group of young people who also discuss Concord Naval Weapons Station for blocking a Berrigan, examines Fox's use of Genesis, Job, their concerns about discrimination and prej­ munitions train. Ray's love and concern for others the Psalms, the prophets, and the Gospels. udice. Write to Clergy and Laity Concerned, lives on in the thousands of people he touched. This 73-page book quotes Fox's journal and 458 Blair Blvd., Eugene, OR 97402, or call He is survived by his wife, Ruth; two sons, David doctrinals, asks study questions, and, with (503) 485-1755. and Paul; and four grandchildren.

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Klaver-Thelma W. Klaver, 89, on AprilS, of kid­ Snare-Car/ David Snare, 7, on May 2 when his ney failure, at Kendal at Longwood, a retirement bicycle was hit by a car and he never regained center near Kennett Square, Pa. She was a member consciousness. He was a member of Bulls Head­ of the Board of Managers of Pendle Hill and a Oswego (N.Y.) Meeting, where his mother, member of the first Kendal Residents Association brother, and sister are members. He is survived Board of Directors. Born in Toronto, Canada, she by his parents, Karen and Jeffrey Snare; a brother, spent part of her life in Talleyville, Del. She Eric Jeffrey Snare; and a sister, Katherine Snare. graduated from Detroit Junior College and, in He is also survived by his maternal grandparents, 1924, from the University of Michigan School of Mark and Mary Shaw, who are members of State Education. She began teaching biology in 1924 in College (Pa.) Meeting, and his maternal great­ Detroit. In 1934 she moved to Wilmington, Del., hampton Memorial Hospital Auxiliary. She also grandmother, Marion Dearden, a member of served on committees of Bethel Meeting, of Balti­ with her husband, Martin A. Klaver. After World Chestnut Hill (Pa.) Meeting. War II, she helped form the Delaware Committee more Yearly Meeting, and Friends United Meeting. on Government, which evolved into the League White-A/ice Withers Winston While, 90, on She and her husband led the local Young Friends of Women Voters of Greater Wilmington. In 1951 April 3, in Franklin, Va. A retired licensed prac­ group, and she served on a yearly meeting com­ the governor appointed her to the board of trustees tical nurse, she joined Bethel (Va.) Meeting after mittee helping Pendle Hill attract African of the former Kruse School for delinquent girls marrying Exum Newby White in 1920. ·She was American students, and on the FUM Board of and later named her a distinguished citizen of beloved and active in the communities in which Missions, with a special concern for the Ramallah Delaware for her service on the governor's advi­ she lived. Highlights include the presidency of the Friends Schools in the West Bank. She is survived sory committee of the Board of Delaware State Franklin Parent-Teachers Association, administra­ by three children, Sadie Taylor, Exum Newby Hospital. She was chairwoman of the Delaware tion of funds from Baltimore Yearly Meeting for White, Jr., and Julia Reynolds; 13 grandchildren; Youth Service Commission and on the board of the help of African American girls in Della Hayden 19 great-grandchildren; four sisters; and two the Prisoners Aid Society, which focused on the High School, and life membership in the South- brothers. state's juvenile correction system. She served as president of the People's Settlement Association and was a board member of Community Action Street, Boston, MA 02108. Telephone: (617) 227-9118. for Greater Wilmington, which undertook civic Simple low-cost lodging for individuals and groups. improvement projects in the 1960s. She taught in Seminar planning available. Quaker center on Capitol Hill. the Delaware Art Museum's handicrafts program, ClassHied William Penn House, 515 E. Capitol St. SE, Washington, led rug-weaving seminars, and was a member of DC 20003. (202) 543-5560. the Philadelphia Guild of Hand Weavers. She is Place your ad today. London? Stay at the Penn Club, Bedford Place, London WC1B SJH. Friendly atmosphere. Central for Friends survived by her husband, Martin A. Klaver; a son, For information call (215) 241-7279. House, West End, concerts, theater, British Museum, 50• per word. Minimum charge is $10. Martin A. Klaver, Jr.; a daughter, Elsa K. university, and excursions. Telephone: 071 -636-4718. Quakenbush; and two grandchildren. Add 10% if boxed. 10% discount for three consecutive Insertions, 25% for six. Wuhlngton, D.C., sojourners welcome in Friends' home Rogers-Howard F. Rogers, 75, on Jan. II, in in pleasant suburb nearby. By day, week, or month. For Appearance of any advertisement does not imply details call: (301) 270-5258. Oregon. Members of Multnomah (Oreg.) Meet­ endorsement by FRIENDS JOURNAL. ing, he and his wife, Jane, were active in Moun­ Looking for a creative living ahennatlve in New York City? Copy deadline: 6 weeks before publication. tain View Worship Group in The Dalles and Hood Penington Friends House may be the place for you! We are looking for people of all ages who want to make a serious River, Oregon. He was born in Springfield, Mass., commitment to a community lifestyle based on Quaker prin­ to Charles and Florence Rogers. While. young, he Accommodations ciples. For information call (212) 673-1730. We also have moved with his family to Elgin, lll., where he grew Chautauqua, N.Y.-A summer festival of music, lectures, overnight accommodations. up. He moved to Oregon in the 1930s to study activities & sports. The Englewood B&B (716) 357-3300. Mexico City Friends Center. Reasonable accommoda­ forestry at Oregon State University. He and Eliza­ Nicaragua Friends Center. Refuge for socially concerned tions. Reservations recommended. Casa de los Amigos, beth Jane Rogers were married in 1938 in Phoenix, travelers. Apartado 5391 , Managua, Nicaragua. Phone Ignacio Mariscal 132, 06030 Mexico D.F. 705-0521. Ariz., and returned to Portland during World War (011-505-2) 663216 or 660984. Casa Heberto Seln Friends Center. Reasonable accom­ II. In the early 1960s Howard returned to college Costa Rlca-Monteverde. Visit the rain forest near the modations. Reservations. Asociacion Sonorense de los Quaker Community. The new hotel, SAPO DORADO, Amigos, Felipe Salido 32, Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico to complete his bachelor's degree in forestry, with welcomes you. Phone and Fax: (506) 61-29-52. Friends Meeting, Sundays 11 a.m. Phone: (011-52-621) an emphasis in secondary education. He then The Berkshlres, Massachusetts. Baldwin Hill Farm Bed 7-01-42. earned a master's degree in library science from & Breakfast. Box 125, RDN3, Great Barrington, Mass. the University of Portland in 1966 and was de­ 01230. (413) 528-4092. Friends farm homestead in Assistance Needed lighted to be appointed librarian at Wahtonka Berkshires on 450 acres. One mile from Route 71 , two miles High School in The Dalles in 1966, because he en­ from Ate. 23, and 2'12 miles from Ate. 7. Near all fall, winter, summer attractions and activities. Dining nearby. Civilian Public Service songs wanted for upcoming joyed working with people, and especially high Marvelous views, pool, country breakfast. school students. He had an incredible memory and CPS reunion. Please send information on existing col­ NYC-Greenwich VIllage Bed & Breakfast. Walk to Fif­ lections or the words and music themselves. Received an endless fascination for the world around him, teenth Streel Meeting. 1-4 people; children welcome. (Two information will be shared. John and Ann Michener, 2616 and working as a high school librarian gave him cats in house.) Reservations: (212) 924-6520. Talbot Rd., Baltimore, MD 21216. (301) 664-2473. a chance to put to use his talents as a "walking Greater Boston Hospitality, a bed and breakfast reser­ encyclopedia." When he retired in 1981, he re­ vation service offers modest to luxury homes, inns, and A wise lnveetment. Student loan needed due to ineligibility mained active in pursuing his many interests. His unhosted condominiums throughout the greater Boston for Federal aid. Agreeable terms. Contact: Joe Volk, (202) greatest joy was being with his family; his next area. Many Include parking. Beacon Hill, Back Bay, Water­ 363-2747. front, South End, and suburbs. Breakfast included. Write: greatest desire was to be on a mountain stream Greater Boston Hospitality, P.O. Box 1142, Brookline, MA fishing for trout. He was active in Northwest 02146. Or call (617) 2n-5430 (24 hours/day). Books and Publications Steelheaders, and was a photographer and wood­ Tldlout-Frlendly Eagle B&B. Peaceful oil rush town, Former psychiatric hospital patients are among the carver. He had strong convictions about how the N.W. Pa. Allegheny River, forest, chamber music; children hornet... on all big city streets! Read how some caring world should be and supported efforts to work for welcome. Box 222, Tidioute, PA 16351. (814) 484-7130. folk handle this tragedy. Order The Inward Vision by peace. He is survived by his wife, Jane Rogers; a Community Living in Quaker-sponsored house of 20 in­ Marcella I. Schmoeger from Libra Publishers, 3089 C terested in spiritual grow1h, peace, and social justice. All Clairemont Drive, Suite 383, San Diego, CA 921 17. ($16.20 daughter, Priscilla; two sons, Tom and Doug; includes postage.) This is the story of two transitional seven grandchildren; and a brother, Douglas Lake faiths welcome. Preference to applications completed by 7/1 for September openings, 11/1 for January. For applica­ centers serving more than 1,000 persons daily: Horizon Rogers. tion, information: Beacon Hill Friends House, 6 Chestnut House, Inc. and Tricounty Fountain Center, Inc.

46 July 1991 FRIENDS JOURNAL tween unattached music lovers. 1 (800) 233-CMLS, Box 31, less of age. Teenagers live on campus in faculty homes. An Ideal Gift Pelham, NY 10803. The school is based on simplicity, honesty, the peaceful For Weddings, Birthdays, Holidays, or Yourself. resolution of conflict, the dignity of physical labor, mutual Sonnets on Courtship, Maffiage, and Family, by Kenneth trust and respect, and care for the earth. Admissions: The Boulding (second edition). Send $11.50 to Peaceable Concerned Slnglea Newsletter links compatible singles Meeting School, Rindge, NH 03461. (603) 899-3366. Press, 4664 North Rob's Lane, Bloomington, IN 47401 . who care about peace, social justice, and the environ­ (Price includes mailing cost.) ment. National and international membership. All ages. A value-centered school for learning disabled elementary Since 1984. Free sample: Box 555-F, Stockbridge, MA students. Small, remedial classes; qualified staff serving 01262. 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FRIENDS JOURNAL July 1991 47 FRIENDLY FACTS ABOUT RETIREMENT LIVING AT STAPELEY What our residents and others say about us Retirement communities aren't for everyone. Nor are they all alike. But if you're pondering a retirement move, study your options and consider the advantages of living at Stapeley.

Stapeley residents are happy that we offer continuing care. Whether they live independently, need a little assistance or skilled nursing care, Stapeley 1. can serve them today and into the future.

Stapeley residents know they can rely on the health care that we offer, and area hospitals and doctors who treat our residents agree. Stapeley staff ;!. cares for residents w ith respect and affection with a regard for dignity, self­ confidence and independence.

Stapeley residents appreciate our Friendly service, which is synonymous with our Quaker tradition. One of our residents summed it up this way: 111 a. know that when I have needs, Stapeley will meet those needs.11 Stapeley residents like the family atmosphere and nostalgic charm of Stapeley Hall, our turn-of-the century building. We've added traditional 4. touches to Stapeley West, our bright, modern apartments and health care center.

Stapeley residents are pleased that we're experienced. We've offered a homelike atmosphere to retirees at this spot since 1904. Stapeley's I. reputation for excellence is built on that experience.

Stapeley residents like being in historic Germantown, a location which provides them with opportunities for cultural and recreational activities. 8. Public transportation and the Stapeley van make libraries, stores and downtown Philadelphia easily accessible. Residents have created a prize-winning garden in our urban oasis.

Stapeley residents know that we're moderately priced. Retirement communities can be expensive. Stapeley is comparatively affordable.

Stapeley, the in-town Quaker alternative.

6300 Greene Street Philadelphia, PA 19144

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