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A QUAKER INTERPRETATION OF THE LORD'S SUPPER THE LISTENING PROJECT STRANGE INTERLUDE: A QUAKER REFLECTION ON NONVIOLENCE Editor-Manager Among Friends Vinton Deming Associate Editor Kenneth Sutton Quaker Scintillation Assistant Editor Timothy Drake Art Director t is intriguing to me to see what rare insights into our personal religious faith may Barbara Benton occur at quite unexpected moments. I may be hard at work on a writing or editing Production Assistant of my sons' Alta Podolsky I project. Or I may be painting a room at the house, attending one Development Consultant soccer games, washing the dinner dishes, or riding home on a trolley after work Henry Freeman when zowie-it hits me. At that moment, while least expecting to do so, I think of a Marketing and Advertising Manager message from meeting that week or that month. It takes on meaning for me in a Nagendran Gulendran deeper way. Or, seemingly without thinking about it, I will come to understand some Administrative Secretary Marie McGowan spiritual insight or see it in a new light. Bookkeeper A while ago Friend Cully Miller wrote to me. He mentioned a 1993 recording he James Neveil had discovered by the young harpist Yolanda Kondonassis, a compact disk entitled Poetry Editor Judith Brown "Scintillation" (CD 80361 by Telarc). Cully admitted he had a particular interest in Development Data Entry the recording. "Yolanda has been a friend of ours ever since she started to play with Pamela Nelson the Vermeer Quartet during the summer concerts here in Rockport, Maine," he said. Intern Cat Buckley She played with the New York Philharmonic under Zubin Mehta at age 18 and has Volunteers become known as a concert soloist and recitalist across the country in recent years. Jane Burgess, Emily Conlon, Marguerite Clark, Enclosed with the CD, Cully told me, was a leaflet. It contained a quotation by Carol MacCormack, Jack Mongar, Robert Sutton Yolanda Kondonassis that moved him (as it does me). Here is what she wrote: Board of Managers Irwin Abrams, Jennie Allen, Frank Bjomsgaard, I recently had an intriguing conversation with a gentleman sitting next to me on a plane. Paul Buckley, Susan Carnahan, Sue Carnell, Marguerite Clark, Barbara Coffin, Emily Conlon, While exchanging casual pleasantries, I learned that he was an outspoken enthusiast of Phoebe Cottingham (Treasurer}, the arts- all of the arts, that is, but classical music. When I asked him why classical Richard Eldridge (Clerk), Deborah Fisch, music Marty Grundy, Robert Kunkel, Carol MacCormack, was the exception for him, he told me that there was no creativity involved when Mary Mangelsdorf, Jack Mongar, Lee Neff, generations of performers played exactly the same music over and over again. 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7 The Bus Ride 4 Forum Lucy Mciver A series ofsimple acts allows for new awareness and personal 23 FCNL Notes growth. 24 Reports 8 Strange Interlude: A Quaker 27 News of Friends Reflection on Nonviolence Deborah Fink 28 Bulletin Board Are we all complicit in violence? How do we make choices in an imperfect world? 29 Calendar 10 What If There Is No Immortality? 31 Books William Edgerton 34 Resources Questions about life after death vary among individuals as basic assumptions evolve. 36 Milestones 12 The Choice of Life 39 Classified Rhoda R. Gilman The boundary between affirming life and fighting death can be a 42 19951ndex shadowy, confusing place. 13 The Listening Project Willie R. Frye Poetry When people are allowed to voice their hopes and fears about a divisive issue, clarity and common ground may be revealed. 8 Holy Thursday 16 Friends Around the World Jonathan Blunk RobertS. Vogel The author, a widely traveled Friend, essays an overview ofthe 11 The Garden state ofour Society and looks to the future. Anthony Scola 19 A Quaker Interpretation of the 15 Spiritual Community Lord's Supper Lauren Ungar T. Canby Jones While Friends do not practice the Lord's Supper, we do have communion. How can this be explained to other Christians? 22 Benjamin, the Meetinghouse Mouse Clifford Pfeil Our hero is introduced in the first ofeight installments.

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Thoughtful choices all the time in porcelain-lined trailers, wear Holy Spirit (Christ Spirit, Inner Light, only cotton clothing even in subzero Presence, etc.}-the agent through which One of the virtues ofbeing silent is that weather, live by breathing oxygen through a God (again, by whatever name you know you don't get misquoted ftequently. hose from a tank they push around with Him, Her, or It) interacts directly with I think that when we find ourselves them wherever they go. humanity- is but one manifestation of an disagreeing, we tend to push each other into It's just one more hard lesson, I tell entity that pervades and embraces all of the far corners of the argument. No, I don't myself, that I've been struggling with for 28 Creation, from the subatomic to the cosmic think my students and colleagues are "a years. After all, isn't that what life is all scale. If humans ceased to exist on earth, group of demented, ravening beasts with a about? Surely it must be a school where we there would be no one here to experience taste for blood," and I feel somewhat hurt go from one grade to another in character that particular aspect of God; but would that that Clifford Paltzer (Forum, Nov. 1995) has building, I tell myself. It is not what happens aspect of God therefore cease to exist? And concluded from my letter that I do. to us but how we handle the ups and downs what about all the other aspects of God? It's But the decision an 18-year-old makes to that is important. like the tree falling in the forest: just because become an officer in the navy or marine Iris Ingram no one is there to hear the crash does not corps is a little different from most other Sarasota, Fla. mean it doesn't make a sound. God does not career decisions. For one thing, you train depend on human consciousness for very specifically how to kill people. For existence, on earth or anywhere else. another, you give up the right to determine Seeking verification Elsewhere in the December issue, it was for yourself whom and when you will kill. refreshing to read "The Challenge of I find a notation in my family Bible Under those conditions, it isn't Evangelical Friends" and "Friends and the relating to the Religious Society of Friends. unreasonable to ask midshipmen to examine Niceness Syndrome." I stop short of the It states, in effect, that my great-grandfather what it is that makes them want to do this. view that evangelical Quakerism (or any Dannels, father of my grandfather Isaac The choices my students [at the U.S. other version of Christianity) is the one true Dannels, was one of three children whose Naval Academy] must make are extremely church; God is too broad a subject for any parents were lost in a shipwreck at sea on a far-reaching. My task is to help them make one church or religious tradition to contain journey from Switzerland to the United those choices thoughtfully. within its own walls. It is appropriate, States. The children were rescued and however, and perhaps necessary, for a "bound out" to Quakers. Robert Durwood Madison church to limit the scope of its view of God Isaac Dannels was born in Terre Haute, Queen Anne, M9. as a concession to the limitations of human Indiana, December 2, 1849. lfl assume consciousness-we cannot hope to Isaac's father (one of the shipwrecked kids) comprehend that which comprehends us­ was 25 years old when Isaac was born, it Seeks information as long as by so doing the church does not follows that Isaac's father was born in about lose sight of the fact God still extends I am seeking primary or secondary 1824 and rescued at sea in 1829, assuming beyond the church's limited field of view. In information on the life and work of John he was five years old at the time of the that light I concur that Quakerism is Sellers, 18th-century Quaker economist and shipwreck. essentially a Christian tradition with a reformer. Please contact me at 66 Mary St., I would be pleased to hear from Friends doctrine far more definite than the catchall Arlington, MA 02174. willing and able to search their records for for spiritual miscellany it too often is verification of the above, adding other Frank T. Adams represented as being. Yes, our doors must be details as may be possible. I wonder if the Arlington, Mass. wide open (in some cases become wide name Dannels was his father's original open) for any and all to come and see what surname or one given to him by the we are about; but no, we need not promise Quakers. (I may be contacted at 1456 Don Hard lessons to "be about" whatever someone asks of us Gaspar Ave., Santa Fe, NM 87505-4649.) The first thing I always read when my once they are through the door. Isaac Dannels moved from Indiana to JouRNAL arrives is the editor's little homily, And our reticence to publicize our faith Farmington, New Mexico, when my mother and a recent one spoke to my condition (FJ does a disservice to those who would benefit was young. He was one of two men who Oct. 1995). from learning of Quakerism, if only we helped greatly in the founding of the First It is my experience that Quakers don't would make our presence known and reach National Bank in Farmington in 1902. My know much about the chemically sensitive out with something concrete enough to get a grandfather Isaac later moved to an orchard or environmental illness. From traumatic handle on. Must we persist in hiding our farm in Canon City, Colorado. I remember cherished Light under a bushel for fear of exposures to even a single chemical there is visiting him and his wife Eva (Van Vactor) a chain reaction, and we become unable to offending someone with the glare? Dannels several times in my youth. Isaac tolerate all chemicals, petrochemicals, even had a long white beard, drank his coffee Edwin L. Clopton smoke, perfumes, cleaning substances, and from the saucer after blowing on it, then Iowa City, Iowa medications. The list seems endless, and wiped the stain from his beard. He never even a very minor exposure can throw us owned a car, using a horse and buggy to get into quite serious reactions. God is Spirit. That Spirit created all that about. My major problem now that I am a is in the universe. That Spirit is fu lly present Dave Wagner senior citizen lies in the fact there are no in all that was created. If humankind were Santa Fe, N.Mex. retirement homes in this country that do not destroyed, the Holy Spirit would still be use heavy applications of chemicals. I present and at work. cannot even visit friends who live in them. Evelyn H. Dane As far as I know, this is true of all the Answering the query Parkersburg, W.Va. Kendal homes. In response to Nelson Babb's query Some of my friends who have been so (Forum, Dec. 1995): Yes, God is within Would God exist without humans? The stricken have to live under air conditioning people, but not solely within people! The question is more manageable yet just as

4 March 1996 FRIENDS JOURNAL pointed if we replace "God" earth and elsewhere points was invigorating. Yes, we do need to with "intelligence." Would have more loving follow his last statement: Go hit the road of intelligence exist without companionship, God visitation. humans? The question nagged evolves into a more I have a follow-up request: I'd love to when we lived on the brink of loving God. In encourage an evangelical Friend to attend an nuclear extinction. What we authoritarian unprogrammed meeting and write up the enjoy as intelligence is as odd families and points challenged in that position. as it is natural. Our societies, children intelligence is about to grasp a are taught to fear an Thoreau Raymond Theory of Everything that .a uthoritarian God. In Concord, N.H . explains everything from the families focusing on subatomic to I00 billion companionship and Thanks to H. Otto Dahlke for "The galaxies (each containing 100 love, children are Niceness Syndrome" (FJ Dec. 1995). billion stars) to the big bang. C'i taught to seek Maybe it is time for FJ readers to get Would this Theory of ~ companionship with reacquainted with a witty poem by Quaker Everything and all its a loving God. John McCandless titled "And Smog": mathematics and physics disappear if we The word "gravity" was invented by While I agree about the fire humans disappeared? I think not. Nor would humans to clarify a concept. The fact that (also the ice) music, stories, art, poetry, or nature's "gravity" was invented by humans does not I fear our world may not require magnificence. mean gravity is purely a fi gment of an desire or hate or other vice What is odd is that we creatures who imagination. Similarly, the fact that "God" so violent to cause its fate. have the capacity to enjoy intelligence was invented by humans does not mean that For there's a smog we all inspire arrived ten to fifteen billion years after the She is purely a figment of an imagination. I that insulates us from desire big bang. Was there intelligence in the have faith that She would not die when the or from, indifferently, hate. interim? Was there mathematics and physics last human dies. Fact is, our world could perish thrice and the grandeur of nature? Of course. John R. Ewbank just being nice. When we view the heavens and peer ever Southampton, Pa. Margaret Lacey deeper into our universe, we are peering into Richmond, Ind. the past and comprehending it with our Theory of Everything. If there were A wonderful gift I stepped up to the information desk at intelligence then without us, surely there Friends Center in Philadelphia, the home of Your December issue was a wonderful will be intelligence in the future without us. FJ offices, and introduced myself. gift. It contained so much to reflect on, The Cartesian truth, " I think, therefore I "You're from the Canton, Ohio, area, are matters both inside and outside the am," may be modified to "I enjoy you?" I was asked by the gentleman behind Religious Society of Friends. Your various intelligence, therefore intelligence is." Is it the desk. I nodded. articles over the last few months that help us such a big step to add the God within each " I remember you from another "unprogrammed" Friends better understand of us to this affirmation? conference and from ESR. Canton? Are you evangelical Friends are a great service. The William Hohri what they call a 'so-called pastor'?" He focus on the outer world (as in the article Lomita, Calif hissed the final word. about the religious radio station in Alaska) " It's very complicated," I replied, not also helps to give perspective, and the My cosmology has assumed this wanting to have this conversation again--it universe had creativity prior to the evolution meditation of the child with the candle was is unoriginal and it has an agenda. worth the whole issue! of a hairless biped less than ten million The man turned to speak to an older I've had real doubts each year whether to years ago and that humanity is likely to be gentleman seated next to him: "He is from continue my FJ subscription; the material so extinct in less than ten billion years. All of the center of the most narrow-minded, often seemed well intentioned but not us can comprehend that the "personality" of conservative Quakers in the world." especially relevant. If you can continue the a deceased acquaintance can be I turned for the door. Welcome to the quality of the December issue, FJ will be the distinguished from the "body" of such an City of Brotherly Love, I thought, home of first thing I read when it arrives. acquaintance. I have long defined God as the country's most open-minded Quakers­ the personality of the ongoing creativity in Katrina Smathers so-called. this very unfinished universe. Through Los Altos, Calif. This Friend engaged in what I now refer billions of years, that personality has to as "geographical stereotyping." Not one become more loving and forgiving. Based Mark Cary's essay, "The Challenge of question was asked to determine my upon the spontaneous order of recent eras, Evangelical Friends," is a wonderful perspective on even the most elementary greater mercy, grace, and love can be blessing. It opens possibilities for mutual issue. In this man's simplistic view of things expected for the future. learning. It lets us breathe freely. It opens he quickly assigned to me a worldview, a Those participating in contemporary our doors and windows to the fresh air of theological position, and a political Quaker worship experience that love of truth. Thank you, FRIENDS JOURNAL. Thank orientation based upon nothing more God. Any Quaker who has felt God's Jove you, Mark! substantial than my mailing address. can appreciate why there is that of God in Paul Niebanck Simplistic, judgmental, and terribly each human. Seattle, Wash. mistaken. When all humans are dead, God will Although I do not at all points identify continue to live, one hopes with far greater Cheers for Mark Cary's message. The confessionally with evangelical Friends, I Jove and forgiveness than today. Each of us eight factors were well selected, just the was delighted to read the clear-headed and contributes love and/or hate to the ongoing angles we have often wished discussed. appreciative article by Mark Cary. I read the creativity. As more intelligent creatures on That Friend Cary didn' t "settle" the eight article one day after my encounter with the

FRIENDS JOURNAL March 1996 5 information desk worker. What a contrast. response quickly expand to many stations. If dollar. We even do well rerunning him on Let us hope that the spirit of understanding the host of a program is caught up in scandal the weekends. If we hadn't bid for and won and the desire for mutual encouragement revealing their conduct is not consistent with Limbaugh, another station would have-for and learning evident in Cary's article will what they preach, their support dries up and the very same reasons- and our operations cany the day. their program disappears from the airways. manager would have been put out on the The decentralized, democratic nature of street. David L. Johns the programming on most Christian radio Again: Is there no moderating influence Massillon, Ohio stations virtually guarantees that a variety of able and prepared to gather suitable perspectives will be presented. Such sponsors and take his or her place behind a Christian Radio diversity would be applauded in most liberal nationally syndicated microphone? Friends meetings, but becomes evidence of Kirk L. Bjornsgaard In an effort to focus my life on obedience internal contradictions when liberals look at Bixby, Okla. to Christ, I usually tune my car radio to one Christian radio. And of course the hosts of of three local Christian stations. Sometimes Christian radio programs are human and I don't find what I hear edifYing, but most of fallible (which they often acknowledge Signs of Hope publicly) and thus are not totally consistent the time I do find the program content As the new year gets under way, it is and make mistakes. helpful. During my years listening to good to see signs of hope. Recently Would that liberal Friends could Christian radio, I have found that it usually UNICEF introduced its /996 Report on the approach Christian radio with the openness doesn't fit the stereotypes I had heard during State ofthe World's Children, in which with which Mark Cary approached my decades of membership in liberal UNICEF proposes an antiwar agenda. Until Evangelical Friends (FJ Dec. 1995). Friends meetings. now, UNICEF was mostly concerned with Take today, for example. While driving good health and education for children to a meeting this morning, I heard an Bill Samuel Landover Hills, Md. around the world. interview with Bill McCartney, founder of During recent armed conflicts about 90 the Christian men's organization Promise percent of the victims have been civilians, Keepers. He told of how a comment made I wish to comment on Deborah and most of these have been children. by a preacher caused him to look at his life Niedermeyer's excellent article, "Listening Despite international humanitarian laws, and rethink his career as head coach of one to King Jesus North Pole" (FJ Dec. 1995), among them the "United Nations of the leading college football teams in the from the perspective of a part-time news Convention on the Rights of the Child" that nation. He realized he had made himself the editor and reporter for a news-and-talk protects children in armed conflicts, children center of his family's life, at great cost to his station in northeast Oklahoma. have become intentional targets. (We have wife and his daughter. He quit his First, the question her article poses to me read about girl-children being raped and prestigious position, stating that he would is this: What are Quakers and others of know about the horrors child-soldiers face.) now support his wife's career as a journalist. conscience who object to the broadcast The director of UNICEF, Carol Bellamy, He also talked of the Gospel imperative to presence of the so-called religious right wrote that the report begins with children in Christ.ians to "come alongside the doing to counteract the message? ("Not war "because their contemporary oppressed." McCartney would be widely tuning in" doesn't count as taking action!) predicament is both overwhelming and considered to be a leader of the "religious Why does every town have at least one inescapable." It is good to know that right." station broadcasting the likes of Marlin UNICEF will no longer stand by and watch Returning from the meeting, I listened to Maddox and James Dobson (supplemented children be the victims of armed conflict. It Focus on the Family's "Weekend Edition," in Oklahoma by a gaggle of local radio will insist that the laws that protect children which consists of excerpts from the daily preachers) unchallenged by other points of in armed conflicts be applied, that children programs during the week. Host James view? Niedermeyer suggests that internal be given designated areas, "zones of peace" Dobson introduced one segment by reading contradictions of the religious right's where they will be safe and can receive a letter from a listener castigating the broadcast message may be challenge basic care. UNICEF will also work on the denigration of working mothers. Dobson enough. I disagree! Have we no one in the prevention of conflicts, on solving conflict, made clear this was not his intent. He then broadcasting business in a position of power on reconciliation, and on programs to heal introduced a panel of five working mothers, and influence who can offer balance? the psychological wounds children have from a great variety of situations, who Second, I wish to remind you that a lot of suffered. UNICEF is now calling for a discussed the challenges of their lives and what is carried on the airwaves comes down universal ban on the production, use, how they responded to them. Listeners were not to conviction but to dollars and cents. stockpiling, sale, and export of land mines. then informed of resources for working Lacking commercial sponsors, radio It seems to me that UNICEF will do its mothers available through Focus on the preachers must pay stations to air their best to help the most vulnerable of the Family. programs; the stations need to fill the time world's children, the children in armed Christian radio is a bastion of democratic and need their dollars, so the deal is struck. conflict. Let us hope the political will of the programming here in the United States. They're doing business in the temple, '90s international community will be Some of the stations operate much like style. This helps to explain the contradictory forthcoming in support ofUNICEF's new, public radio, with occasional pledge drives messages Niedermeyer hears. urgent task. As the 1996 Report on the State supporting the station's entire programming. The right's leading lights are a ofthe World's Children says, "however More commonly, most of the programs different-perhaps scarier-situation. For dreadful the armed conflict, the death and purchase their time on stations. The program instance, my station carries Rush Limbaugh, suffering of children cannot be tolerated." providers watch their mail carefully to see not because station management holds dear what stations listeners tune to. If they get the man and his message-! don't know lngeborg Jack little response from a station's listeners, they anyone at the station who listens or even Swarthmore, Pa. no longer purchase time on that station. likes him-but because we can sell every Programs which get a lot of listener minute of local commercial air time for top

6 March 1996 FRJENDS JoURNAL The Bus Ride by Lucy Mciver

everal years ago I became acutely aware of a yearning Uttle did I know that I had so much to learn Sto spend much time in medi­ tation, solitude, and prayer. To about myself when I began to pray to be follow this leading it became es­ sential to purge from each day's continually aware of God. activities all that keeps me from seeking. The testimony of sim- plicity came alive within me. lieve that these feelings were a message where within the Portland area. Sched- I have found it necessary to start each from God telling me to change the way I ules were convenient and frequent. I came day with a time for listening within for was living. The feeling became so strong, to rely on a bus that took me directly to direction. Each morning I light a candle, however, that I soon thought of selling my internship, where I spent most ofeach greet the day with a blessing, and ask to my car and began to look into using pub- day working with children who are vic- be held by God's strength and wisdom. lie transportation. Not two weeks later, tims of domestic violence, abuse, and Waiting in the silence I listen for how to my car was sold, even without advertis- neglect. grow and live my life. This has become a ing it. It was all too simple. This trip took half an hour each way "ritual." If I do not allow time to be open Soon I discovered that the public trans- and was routed directly through the heart to God, somehow the day goes all wrong portation system in Portland, Oregon, is of Portland. Now, the heart of Portland is or seems empty. This practice has brought one of the best in the United States. At where many of our homeless population me many rich experiences and changes. very little cost, I was able to ride any- gather. There are many shelters, soup Last winter I added a new clos- --....-::-- ---..-- .._.._..., ..._-r---.---...... -- ...... ----"T"I kitchens, and mental health agen- ing to each morning's meditation. cies in this area that serve the I began saying a prayer as I blew homeless. Therefore, I was placed out the candle. I simply asked that directly beside many of these the light from the candle would people, each day, as I traveled come within me, lighting my through town. awareness of God throughout I did not see this at the time, each day. I wanted to hold on to but my prayer was being an- that conscious moment when I swered. It was not an answer of knew that God was there within ecstasy and warmth but rather a me. learning of my own inner dark- A few weeks after I began this ness. I became aware that I was closing prayer I received themes- greatly uncomfortable with these sage that I was to stop driving. homeless people. In my discom- This seemed a strange leading, fort I responded by ignoring them, one that I questioned. Was it re- shunning them, actually not ac- ally what God wanted me to do? knowledging them as human be- There was no apparent reason to ings present in my life. It is very stop driving, no age concerns, dis- difficult to admit how repulsed I abilities, or the like. I was, how- was at having to share my seat ever, suddenly uncomfortable be- with such as these. There is great hind the wheel of my car. The embarrassment in remembering responsibility was too large. Traf- how I found myself cringing. fie seemed overwhelming. I To hide myself, I tried read- feared that my concentration ing. This simply closed me away, seemed lessened and that I would and any awareness of the day be the cause of an accident. I also was lost and empty. Then I be- became aware of how expensive gan to crochet during each trip. owning a car was and of how that At least with this I could look up, expense overbalanced my mea- keep my mind somewhat clear to ger budget. my surroundings, and not feel It was at first difficult to be- totally shut down. What I did not Lucy Mciver is a member ofEugene know would happen was that oth­ (Oreg.) Meeting. She is currently a ers on the bus would become student at Pend/e Hill, where she is interested in my handwork. They deepening her spiritual foundation began to talk with me about it. to be a movement therapist. Not only was I open to my own

FRIENDS JOURNAL March 1996 7 awareness, but now they were more aware move several seats closer to him to re­ of me. ceive his card. In this interval he watched One morning while busy crocheting, I me intently. As I looked at him and took heard someone, some distance from me his card, I realized that he wanted me to STRANGE say, "Hey, hey." I looked up and saw on~ know his name. of the homeless men, a dirty, drunken, . Adolf- Adolf Johnson. I looked up at deformed man, gesturing towards me. htm and could simply say, "Hello Adolf. "Hey, I understand that," pointing at my It's nice to meet you," realizing that no hands. I smiled hesitantly and responded one probably ever had occasion to ad­ A Quaker "Oh, do you know how to crochet?" H~ dress hin:t on a casual basis or call him by smiled broadly and shook his head yes. name. Dtd he have any friends? Did any­ Reflection on . With much urgency, he began to search one ever speak to him with the common hts pockets, pulling out a handful of pa­ courtesies of one human to another? In­ pers. Among them he found a plastic 1.0. s~de I began to feel the tears of compas­ Nonviolence card and thrust it towards me. I had to ston and, at the same time, the presence of God. We continued our ride together. Adolf told me (somewhat sketchily and inco­ by Deborah Fink herently) of his childhood and how he t was a Sunday evening, maybe learned to crochet. I listened- really lis­ eight years ago, and I was sitting tened, now- letting myself see this man alone in a cafe at a rest stop on as a human with the same needs for being I Interstate 80 in rural Iowa. I had pulled touched by another, as I myself needed to off the highway to shake off the be touched. He wanted to continue talk­ drowsiness of several hours of inter­ ing to me, inviting me to join him in a state driving and was bracing myself meal. B_ut, n~w I was on my way to my for two more hours on the road before work wtth chtldren. He understood. With reaching home. Since it was later than a thank you, Adolf got off the bus and hobbled up the street. the Iowa supper hour, the cafe was nearly empty. The only other people I . I've not seen this man again. The ques­ remember seeing were what was ap­ tiOn comes to my mind: Was Adolf a parently an extended family ofmaybe messenger from God, teaching me that I six adults and a boy three or four ~eed to open my life to make opportuni­ ties for connecting with others? Little did years old. They had pulled a table I know that I had so much to learn about over to a booth and were sitting some­ what together, talking and eating. ~yself when I began to pray to be con­ I wasn't listening to their conver­ tmually aware of God. sation or paying much attention to . Dri~ing in my car each day, I was them, but suddenly I saw one of the msulatmg myself from interacting with women grab the boy, yank him out of others. In such a way ofliving I could not the booth, and drag him toward me. have had such a direct opportunity to The boy was fighting wildly to free learn about my own prejudices and igno­ himself, grabbing whatever he could rance. I could not have become available 0 ' trymg to pull himself away from her to others who live differently than my­ but she was bigger, and she had self. Most important, I would not have deter~ mination on her face. As they passed felt the compassion for the homeless that my table he clutched a chair, and I now pours through me each time I ride could feel his terror as he was jerked through the city and sit beside someone away. less fortunate than myself. These people She got him out to the cafe en­ are the forgotten humans of our culture. trance and began to thrash him. The These people are often responded to as hard whacks and the boy's frenzied less than human, not worthy of the com­ screams echoed through the still room. mon courtesy of "Hello" or "How are After what seemed like hours but was you?" probably two or three minutes, they Living the testimony of simplicity has returned. The woman's face still car­ changed my life. I feel that my life mustn't ried the pinched lines of angry re­ be filled with distracting patterns that keep solve; the boy's sullen face was swol- ID:e _from focusing on my spiritual work. Ltvmg thus has now melted into the testi­ mony ofequality - learning to understand­ Deborah Fink, an anthropologist and a others through our most human of all member of Ames (Iowa) Meeting, writes commonalities and loving from that place. on rural labor issues. D

8 March 1996 FRJENDS JoURNAL INTERLUDE

len and red. They took their seats and state rest stop? One of the differences I have ob­ carried on with the family gathering. I don't know what I would do today if served among Quakers is whether or the same thing happened. I still have no not we posit a Point C at which we he incident shook me out of the clarity that not intervening was the least stand removed from the violence, bubble of my private musings. Al­ violent course of action, nor have I been judge it, and act or not act accord­ T though I imagined myself explod­ able to console myself that my inertia ingly. I feel frustrated as I think about ing in the direction of the woman, I was arose from a deep spiritual center. What I the image ofa Point C, because I see it too stunned to react openly. Since the understand is that by being there I was as widespread and wrong. I believe group was directly in front of me, I stared. part of the violence. I had no option to be that we buy the illusion of Point C They didn't seem to mind. The boy was uninvolved. In silently watching, I was partly by being middle-class Quakers. acting up and sticking his tongue out at silently giving permission to the mother, Most ofus in North America still have the woman from the opposite end of the and silently condoning the injustice. the option ofgoing home and going to table. She, in tum, would glare at him and bed. We can deny or postpone our hiss, "Just wait. When we get home you're s this original sin? A web of violence, own involvement. really going to get it." It didn't faze him. begun before the first hominoids I believe that, contrary to how we She must have been his mother. I left and I walked on earth, that entangles us often act, we are in and of the vio­ drove home. when all we want to do is go home and go lence-victims and perpetrators. I have pondered my inaction for years. to bed? If it's that biblical, I guess there's There is no perfect or nonviolent way I know that the mother was disturbed, and nothing we can do about it. I bought a forward. We are children of the Light could the rest of the family have been button saying, "It's never okay to hit a but also children of the Darkness. much more balanced? Anything I could child." I would guess that the family I saw think of to say might easily have further Maybe I could put the rest stop behind that night came from the idyllic Iowa infuriated her. What could I have done? me if analogous situations didn't keep countryside, the heartland of family I know that what I did not do was happening. As I follow the social dilem­ and apple pie. The boy is, maybe, 12 harmful to the boy. In those few minutes mas taken up by diverse Friends commit- years old now, and his mother has he learned that adults would sit probably quit beating him. silently through his humiliating Maybe he is already bigger agony without raising themselves than she is. Soon, maybe, the to defend him. He learned that as a rest of society will know his small and weak person he can't defiance and fury. We will expect social support or protec­ have other chances to try to do tion. How could I have partici­ something right- for him and pated in the abuse of that child? for ourselves. If an adrena­ Since then I have discussed the line-laced moment leaves incident with Lynn Fitz-Hugh, people like me paralyzed, we who works with Friends' Alterna­ still have non-crisis options: tives to Violence Project She sug­ supporting reproductive rights, gested I might have validated the mental health funding, family frustration of the woman, saying services, and the Alternatives that I understand that children can ~ to Violence Project. These are be difficult. I might have consid­ ~ a few of the measures that ered taking some of the child's 1<:: would encourage people tak­ behavior off her hands by pitch­ ing control of their lives and ing in to play with him or redirect making thoughtful and gentle his energy. Yet as long as I have choices. thought about it, I can't come up The blessing of Quaker with a reasonable scenario for what faith is that even in our imper­ I could have done that evening. fection we acknowledge the For years afterwards I carried the 800 tees, I am struck by their monotonously power of the spirit that leads us to be number for reporting child abuse, but it similar form: Party A does violence to channels of peace. As flawed as we didn't get transferred to the new billfold I Party B, although we must admit that find our human condition, we can got last spring. Reporting someone to the Party B is not perfect either. How do we bring our physical, intellectual, politi­ authorities is not a great solution. Be­ oppose the violence while affirming the cal, and spiritual energy to the world. sides, I didn't know the name of this humanity and dignity ofboth parties? And Honesty and humility may allow us to woman. Do child abuse workers want a why does the imperfection of Party B get pick up where we are and do what we report on an unknown person at an inter- brought into the equation anyway? can. CJ

FRIENDS JOURNAL March 1996 9 What IfThere Is No Immortality? by William Edgerton Must I declare to you again the supreme absurdity ofculture, of science, ofart, ofgoodness, oftruth , ofbeauty, ofjustice, ofall these fine conceptions, ifat the last, in four days, or in four million centuries-in this case it matters not which-there will exist no human consciousness to receive this culture, science, art, goodness, truth, beauty, justice, and all the rest? -Miguel de Unamuno, Tragic Sense ofLife

n his long lifetime the late John Y ungblut contributed to spiri­ I tual growth among Quak­ ers and other seekers through five books and six Pendle Hill pamphlets. In his most recent pamphlet, For That Solitary Individual: An Octogenarian's Counsel on Living and Dying, he sums up the fruits of his 80 years with beautifully written pages on mysticism and the contemplative life, on the implications ofevo­ lution for our present age, on discerning a new sex ethic (which deserves wide cir­ culation in our present time of confusion), and on cultivat­ ing one's gifts. In the final section of this pam­ phlet, "On Making a Good End," John Yungblut concludes with a star­ tling statement: "Until comparatively recently, it was generally believed that my loved ones how to die into God." there was personal survival of death. No at the injustice Through these courageous matter how much we should like to be­ of such apparent statements Yungblut places the Re­ lieve this today, for many of us there is no futility and mean­ ligious Society of Friends in his debt. assurance of personal survival in any rec­ inglessness." The It is high time we stopped dodging the ognizable form .... Most of us no longer only comfort he can offer, however, echo­ whole question of immortality with eva­ fear being consigned to a heaven or a hell ing Job's words, is: "Though God con­ sive euphemisms about the dead living on on dying. Our distinctive fear now is that sign me to oblivion at death, yet will I in the memory of their friends and rela­ of being consigned to nothingness, trust God." Our sole consolation, he says, tives. Even as I pay tribute to him for this, oblivion, non-being. How do we deal with is to "surmount our fear of oblivion by a I must add that I think he fails to draw the this fear creatively?" practiced letting go of this demand of the logical conclusion from his own assump­ Yungblut does not flinch in the face of ego for survival .. . . To practice contem­ tion. His previous publications-particu­ this terrible problem. "I am tempted," he plation is to rob death of its sting by larly his impressive Quakerism ofthe Fu­ says, "to cry out in anger for myself and reason of accepting in advance the worst ture, Mystical, Prophetic, and Evangeli­ death can do to us: the imposition of non­ cal- have tended to reinforce our belief William Edgerton is a member ofBloomington being. It is to embrace life's greatest di­ that God is a God of love, in whom we (Ind.) Meeting. minishment. In this way we may learn can put our trust and with whom we can

10 March 1996 FRIENDS JOURNAL commune through prayer. But if John assume that consciousness preceded abnormality. Now the pendulum has Yungblut is right in his admission that matter. swung so far in the opposite direction that "there is no assurance of personal sur­ In 1927 the great British astronomer skepticism risks being replaced by gull­ vival in any recognizable form," then I and physicist Sir Arthur Eddington (who ibility. This would appear to be the right believe we must logically conclude that was also a lifelong Quaker) declared in time for serious researchers to join to­ Unamuno was correct that this universe is his book The Nature ofthe Physical World gether in cooperative efforts to study the not the handiwork of a God oflove but is that "the stuff of the universe is mind­ whole range of psychic experiences, in nothing more than a cruel, meaningless stuff." The masses of popular books on all places and in all cultures and religious farce. What possible justification could the subject make it difficult nowadays to traditions. The fruits of such combined there be for a universe in which millions winnow the wheat from the chaff, but the efforts, freed of all kinds of fundamental­ of years of evolution have produced liv­ latter halfof our century has brought forth ism, could possibly lead to a new spiritual ing creatures who are capable of sacrifi­ a body of studies that serious scientific and cultural renaissance on our little earth. ciallove and can reason about the mean­ fundamentalists are not likely to be able 0 ing of the universe itself, but who are to ignore much longer. To themselves doomed to extinction upon my mind one of the most their individual deaths and the ultimate impressive is The Impris­ disappearance of the sun that makes life oned Splendour: An Ap­ possible on our earth? proach to Reality, Based In the course ofhis argument, Yungblut upon the Significance of does examine one path that might lead Data Drawn from the Fields out of this doomed circle. "Many highly of Natural Science, respected persons," he writes, "offer us Psychical Research, and so-called proofs ofexistence beyond death Mystical Experience by for the individual human psyche or soul. Raynor C. Johnson, an These are based on actual experiences Oxford-educated physicist such as return to life after being pro­ who spent most of his ca­ nounced dead or purported contact with reer at the University of the dead through mediums and those Melbourne. Two more re­ who claim to be channels." But he dis­ cent works that should not misses all this evidence, along with evi­ be overlooked by anyone dence pointing toward reincarnation, as seriously interested in the phenomena arising from the collective question are Margins ofRe­ unconscious. ality: The Role of Con­ John Yungblut's casual rejection of sciousness in the Physical this kind of evidence arises from what I World by Robert G. Jahn, believe can best be described as a curious Dean Emeritus of the form of fundamentalism. I would define School of Engineering and fundamentalism as a system of beliefs Applied Science at based on one fundamental assumption. Princeton University, and The validity of the whole belief system Brenda J. Dunne, Manager depends on the validity of the assump­ of the Princeton Engineer­ tion, which then becomes an obstacle to ing Anomalies Research the acquisition of further knowledge. For Laboratory; and Recover­ example, one sort of religious fundamen­ ing the Soul: A Scientific talism is based on the assumption that the and Spiritual Search by Bible is completely free of all error. This Larry Dossey, MD. assumption has made it impossible for Emancipation from sci­ adherents to cope with the theory of evo­ entific fundamentalism can lution or with our present knowledge of be as exhilarating an expe­ the size and age of the universe. rience as emancipation from Yungblut's disbelief in life after death religious fundamentalism. is attributable to a widespread form of The evidence that the build­ what can best be called scientific (I am ing blocks of the universe tempted to say "scientistic") fundamen­ are some form ofconscious­ talism-the belief that the ultimate form ness or spirit, rather than of reality is material. Up to the end of the matter, can give new mean­ 19th century, this form of scientific fun­ ing to both life and death damentalism was practically unchal­ and deserves exploration. lenged. Subsequent progress in scientific Until recently, many thought, however, has raised the question people have been afraid to whether it is any more logical to assume tell about their own psychic that matter preceded consciousness in experiences for fear of ridi­ the evolutionary process than it is to cule or suspicion of psychic

FRIENDS JOURNAL March 1996 11 THE CHOICE OF LIFE by Rhoda R. Gilman ife-what a beautiful choice!" purrs timonial is from an athlete, and he hoists a Her first and last thoughts were always the voice-over on the antiabortion ball in a beautiful basket shot. With a for those who were dear to her. Now her Lspot. But lingering in my mind is an click the screen goes dark, and I realize own immediate needs are the only reality appalling picture from the news of a few that my mother has turned it off. She is she knows. Is this what we all come to at moments before. It was a pile of rotting NOT, she says, interested in sports. Shall last? Is mindless self-absorption the natu­ human corpses in Rwanda. Or was it in I explain for the hundredth time that most ral end to a lifetime of generous giving the Sudan? or Angola? or Bosnia? or of the news is still to come, and this is and loving devotion? Is, then, more life Cambodia? They all pass by so quickly. only a short commercial? I decide against such a beautiful choice? In any case the bodies spoke mutely of it. More news will just depress her fur­ Or is there really a choice? The doctor people turning on each other in a frenzy ther. But it is really not the news. She is followed the dictates of medical practice of killing- killing blamed on conflicting still glaring at the TV, thinking of the and ethics when he said she must have loyalties and ideologies but fueled by des­ offending basketball. transfusions. Ninety-two years of defer­ peration for land and water and space to Slowly the tiny 98-year-old body sinks ence to custom and authority determined live. And our weapons industry, meeting back into the enveloping chair, and the her answer, even though she had already the demands of the market, speeds it all eyes relax their struggle against dimming told me several times, with a hint ofapol­ up so effectively! vision. Her arthritis-twisted fingers re­ ogy in her voice, that "truth to tell" she My mind drifts on to contemplate those lease the remote control. Bone weary. wished the end would come. Our society other victims, the refugees or "displaced She probably needs another transfusion, I lays fearful sanctions on those who opt people," in camps around the world. Some think, counting the weeks. Periodic re­ out. Life and death. Good and evil. They are in their second or third generation as charging with borrowed blood has kept are twin dichotomies, interwoven in our unwanted life with nowhere to go. They her internal ecology in operation, if not in hearts. My mother was no more free in are the most pathetic part ofearth's groan­ balance, for six years. her choice than the starving woman who ing overload of five-and-a-half billion The withered profile and gently wav­ brings yet another tender child into the humans. ing silver hair remind me of the woman world, doomed also to starvation. The train ofthought is interrupted when who was my mother many years ago­ We have inched forward in recent years a laxative commercial comes on. The tes- before this dependent child replaced her. in our attitude toward death. No longer do Strong, warm, efficient, spending her en­ we universally praise a person's "coura­ Rhoda Gilman, a member of Twin Cities ergy freely for others. There was a proud geous fight" against it and deny the inevi­ (Minn.) Meeting, will edit the spring issue of tilt to her head then, and her most earnest table outcome. Voices are beginning to Universalist Friends. wish was never to be a burden to anyone. be heard that say it is time we look to our departure with a clear eye and prepare for it as a natural stage in life. But real accep­ tance will not come until we recognize that enshrining life and preserving it at any cost only creates more death. They are parts of the same process, and one cannot exist without the other. Wisdom suggests a further step. As long as we conceive of reality in terms of two opponents squaring off, we will per­ petuate a world of conflict. In that world, death along with evil will be seen as the implacable enemy, and victory for the good will become victory for eternal life. If we see existence as constant pro­ cess, and suffering as the outcome of struggle against time and change, then death, being simply another change, loses its character ofdefeat. The body, an inter­ dependent community ofliving cells, dis­ perses naturally to merge again with the larger ecology of earth. The personality, an artifact of time and memory, evapo­ rates like thought. Seeing this, the identity we normally consider "self' becomes less solid and sacred. We can embrace the need to let it go and to move on. D

12 March 1996 FRIENDS JOURNAL Project by Willie R. Frye he controversy over the issue of basic Quaker controversy over the au­ homosexuality has visited practi­ thority of the Scriptures versus the lead­ T cally every denomination in the ership of the Spirit who is the author of United States in recent years, and the the Scriptures. Religious Society of Friends-including When time ran out at the end of the both Friends United Meeting and Friends week and no resolution had been found, General Conference-is no exception. In the clerk announced there would be a Friends General Conference, the issue called session in the fall, hoping that with appears to be primarily over same-sex enough patience the Quaker process unions, while in Friends United Meeting, would result in some type of rapproche­ it has centered around the more basic ment. That session met in October 1993 contention that homosexuality is a sin and at Jamestown (N.C.) Meeting. Those should be condemned. In North Carolina wishing adoption of the statement contin­ Yearly Meeting (FUM), the conflict arose ued impassioned and often angry appeals, during Ministry and Counsel at the 1992 and those resisting its adoption refused to annual sessions when a local meeting re­ yield. The yearly meeting was at an im­ quested the adoption of a statement that passe, and Ministry and Counsel ad­ began: journed in some confusion and frustration. Stymied in their efforts to adopt the We, the members of North Carolina Yearly statement, those supporting it then began Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends, a vigorous campaign to purge the yearly do state, unequivocally, that we hold all sexual ring to homosexuality. Meetings were cir­ meeting of those who had resisted them. immorality, such as homosexuality, fornica­ tion, adultery, rape, incest, etc., to be sin in cularized with impassioned letters request­ Some demanded that those who opposed accordance with the Holy Scripture. ing their support for the statement. the statement be disciplined for "unsound­ In response, numerous meetings wrote ness" (for not believing the Scriptures), Even with some modification of the letters to the yearly meeting clerk strongly and some openly called for their disown­ statement to condemn only homosexual condemning homosexuality and advocat­ ment. A number ofmeetings continued to activity and to include wording that of­ ing adoption ofthe statement; a few meet­ threaten to withdraw from the yearly meet­ fered love for the "sinner" and the hope ings sent letters affirming Friends' tradi­ ing. It appeared that a major division was of forgiveness for those who repent, a tional belief in the sacredness of all per­ inevitable. number of Friends still found the state­ sons and asking for the spirit of love It was against this background of se­ ment unacceptable. Over their objections, rather than the spirit of division and judg­ vere, apparently hopeless, conflict that however, the statement was forwarded to ment; still others acknowledged that their some Friends heard of the "Listening the plenary sessions of yearly meeting meetings were too divided to make a state­ Project," a conflict resolution program where, after a heated discussion, the mat­ ment either of support or opposition. originated in the early 1980s by Herb ter was referred back to Ministry and anticipated, yearly meeting Walters ofCelo (N.C.) Meeting in South­ Counsel for further consideration. Ministry and Counsel took up em Appalachian Yearly Meeting and As­ During the ensuing year (1992-1993), A the issue again at its 1993 ses­ sociation. The program is based on active those wishing adoption of the statement sions. It was a stormy meeting. The re­ listening with the intent ofallowing people engaged in a vigorous campaign to bring quest for adoption of the statement now to discuss their feelings on controversial about approval at the 1993 sessions. Ap­ became a demand backed by threats to issues in a nonthreatening atmosphere. peals were made to the authority of Scrip­ withdraw meetings from the yearly meet­ The purpose is to create dialogue, build ture and such words as "abomination" ing if it were not approved. At one point, bridges, and help people develop their and "sin" became common when refer- the proponents who appeared to be in a own solutions. Listening Projects had pre­ Willie Frye has been a pastor in North Caro­ majority so forgot themselves and Quaker viously been used both in the United States lina Yearly Meeting (FUM) for 33 years and procedure that they demanded a vote. and other countries to deal with issues as is currently serving Mt. Airy (N.C.) Meeting. The issue quickly focused on the far more wide-ranging as racism, community de-

FRIENDS JOURNAL March 1996 13 velopment, environmental justice, ethnic state from the Piedmont to the Coast. Successfully weathering the upheavals of violence, multicultural diversity, military Although the project received approval 1827-28 and 1854, which divided other spending, AIDS, mothers' and infants' of the yearly meeting at June Representa­ yearly meetings, it has suffered only one health, and child welfare rights. tive Body, a number of pastors later be­ minor fracture. That occurred when a few After studying the program, the Social gan to marshal opposition to it on the members withdrew in 1904 in protest of Issues and Ministries Committee of the mistaken assumption that it was a pro­ the adoption of the Uniform Discipline. yearly meeting approved sponsoring it gram to "promote homosexuality." The Friendship and respect have long served for North Carolina Yearly Meeting. Over volunteers decided to proceed in spite of to bridge wide theological chasms and 40 persons, representing each of the eight the opposition, hoping that once it was in allow the yearly meeting to enjoy both a quarterly meetings, responded to an ap­ operation the fears could be allayed. It broad diversity and a strong cohesiveness peal for volunteers. Since each Listening was also seen as the best and perhaps the that is somewhat unique and greatly trea­ Project must be formulated to fit the spe­ only hope the yearly meeting had for sured. cial subject and circumstances that it is beginning some type of communication. t was clear from the answers to the intended to address, the group first began The efforts ofthese pastors did cripple questionnaire that, despite the divi­ to work on a statement of purpose, and the project to some degree. Of the 141 I sive leadership in many meetings, after many hours of intense searching, the persons contacted by the volunteers, 38 Friends still valued both the diversity and following statement emerged: refused to be interviewed. Some who did the cohesion of the yearly meeting and agree to interviews later canceled after that the greatest fear was not of homo­ We support communication and the growth of loving relationships among members of receiving telephone calls or letters from sexuality but that the yearly meeting would North Carolina Yearly Meeting. To this end, those opposing the project. Also, some become fragmented. Balancing the fear we hope to use Quaker process to bring in­ interviewers were so intimidated by the of disintegration was the frequently ex­ creased communication, understanding, and hostility they encountered that they pressed hope that we could "agree to dis­ healing to conflict and divisiveness that exist stopped making calls, so the full 240 in­ agree" and move beyond the conflict to in our yearly meeting. terviews which had been planned were more constructive expressions ofour faith. never completed. Nevertheless, when the It became clear that, as long as Friends To facilitate this overall purpose, the project ended in June of 1995, a total of felt this strongly about the yearly meet­ group then established specific goals. 103 persons from 56 meetings represent­ ing, there was hope of saving it. These were: ing all eight quarterly meetings of the Common ground was discovered as I) To educate ourselves and increase our own yearly meeting had been interviewed, a well in other answers. For instance, most peacemaking skills. 2) To use active listening rather remarkable feat under the circum­ of those interviewed, including those who through a Listening Project survey of pastoral stances. supported a statement condemning ho­ ministers, other religious leaders, and meet­ Since the Listening Project is neither a mosexuality as a sin, said that they sup­ ing members within the yearly meeting. This scientific poll nor a statistical survey, ob­ port equal rights for homosexuals in jobs, will enable us to understand better the hopes, jective evaluation is out of the question. housing, and other civil rights and that fears, and concerns of our religious leaders they think homosexuals should be pro­ and general membership; to find existing and Nevertheless, there were several very clear potential common ground among participants accomplishments. One of the stated goals tected from hate crimes. A frequent ca­ in the Listening Project and determine areas was to "educate ourselves and increase veat, of course, and an important one to of need for practicing Quaker process and our own peacemaking skills. .. to under­ the respondents, was that while they be­ conflict resolution; to increase our understand­ stand better the hopes, fears, and con­ lieved in equal rights, they did not support ing of the issues surrounding homosexuality. cerns of our religious leaders and general "special rights." 3) To facilitate group dialogue sessions that membership; to find existing and poten­ There was also an overwhelming sense will help increase understanding and commu­ tial common ground among participants from the respondents that regardless of nication among religious leaders and meeting in the Listening Project and determine whether homosexuality was viewed as a members within North Carolina Yearly Meet­ areas of need for practicing Quaker pro­ sin or not, homosexuals should be ac­ ing. 4) To respond to other communication cepted in local meetings with the same and conflict resolution needs of our cess and conflict resolution.... "If judged yearly meeting. on this alone, the project was an eminent love, care, and concern as anyone else. success. There were, however, definite reserva­ nce the statement ofpurpose had The common ground which was sought tions about placing them in positions of been adopted and the goals es­ was immediately apparent. One of the leadership and an overwhelming rejec­ O tablished, the group began the key questions was: "What are your hopes tion ofthe idea ofsame-sex unions. While process of formulating a questionnaire and fears around this issue (homosexual­ most said they hoped that homosexuals for the survey, and over a period of sev­ ity)?" Although many expressed a fear of would feel comfortable in coming to them eral weeks, a list of more than 100 ques­ any approval of homosexuality, the fear as a friend or counselor and that they tions was distilled to a core group of 18. expressed more often than any other was would attempt to be good listeners, a sig­ The volunteers then met for a weekend of the fear that the controversy surrounding nificant number said that if this should intensive training conducted by Herb efforts to condemn it would alienate indi­ occur, they would try to change the ho­ Walters. They agreed that they would viduals and meetings and would ultimately mosexuals' behavior. attempt to interview the pastor, clerk, and lead to a major division of the yearly Especially significant was the response clerk of Ministry and Counsel of each meeting. to a question concerning the proposed local meeting-quite an ambitious un­ It should be noted that one of the adoption of a position statement by the dertaking in view of the fact that North strengths ofNorth Carolina Yearly Meet­ yearly meeting. There was a strong con­ Carolina Yearly Meeting consists ofmore ing is that, since its establishment in 1698, sensus that the matter should be left to than 80 meetings and reaches across the there has never been a major division. each individual or to each local meeting

14 March 1996 FRIENDS JOURNAL and no further attempt should be made to ing through the meeting. Yearly meeting part of one faction of the yearly meeting compel the yearly meeting to adopt a ended on a note of exhilaration and hope. to communicate with another, in reveal­ statement. The feeling was that to pursue While one would like to report that this ing the underlying loyalty to the yearly the issue could only further divide the was the final chapter in a very unpleasant meeting that would serve as the glue to yearly meeting. Respondents also ex­ era of North Carolina Yearly Meeting, hold it together until genuine reconcilia­ pressed a desire for a greater sensitivity to such a report would be less than candid. tion could take place, in serving as a divine leading and for a commitment to The yearly meeting still has many prob­ bridge between a complete absence of the Quaker process, still another very posi­ lems and a long, difficult road to their dialogue to the beginnings of communi­ tive sign. solution. For instance, since the yearly cation, and in identifying the common One of the most encouraging factors meeting sessions, two meetings have taken ground on which genuine reconciliation was the favorable reaction to the project action to withdraw from the yearly meet­ could be built. itself. With only one or two exceptions, ing, and more than a dozen have ex­ It played a key role in helping the those interviewed acknowledged (some­ pressed support for their position. There yearly meeting avoid a serious division, times with surprise) that it had been a have also been brief flurries of the per­ drop the idea of disowning people over most pleasant and helpful experience; that sonal attacks that have characterized the . the issue of homosexuality, and begin the they had, indeed, not felt threatened; that last two years. process of attempting to communicate. the fear that it was a program to "promote In contrast to these negative reports, Perhaps its most important contribution homosexuality" was unfounded; that the there are a number of positive ones. A was that it served to bridge the gap be­ intervisitation it engendered was valu­ new conflict resolution program modeled tween a complete lack of communication able; and that they would recommend its by Dr. John Savage of Columbus, Ohio, to the beginnings of dialogue and, as a use in other areas of conflict. is now well under way. To inaugurate the result, helped to set the stage for the kind he Listening Project, of course, program, the yearly meeting recently ofremarkable breakthrough that occurred did not result in immediate peace. sponsored a retreat which was attended at yearly meeting Ministry and Counsel TTensions continued to run high as by approximately 50 of the pastors, and a sessions. D the 1995 Ministry and Counsel sessions follow-up program is being planned. began in August. After two days of in­ It would be too much to claim that the Anyone wishing to conduct a Listening tense wrangling, it appeared that very Listening Project was solely responsible Project or to obtain more information little progress had actually been made. for the progress that has been made. Nev­ may contact Herb Walters at 278 White Following the Thursday session, the clerk ertheless, it was a major factor. It suc­ Oak Creek Rd., Burnsville, NC 28714, approached several people privately and, ceeded in demonstrating the desire on the telephone (704)675-4626. confiding that the situation was desper­ ate, asked for counsel and for prayer for the Friday sessions. In the meantime, a small group had been meeting in a sepa­ rate room each day to pray. On Friday morning, the clerk opened the session with a very frank summary of the state of by Lauren Ungar society including the futility of continu­ ing business in the atmosphere that pre­ vailed. He then announced that all busi­ Would you be ness would be suspended and the meeting ~pteonefor Soul would settle into worship until it could my move forward under the guidance of the An elifoldiilg silence Spirit. · As the meeting settled into silence, a pastor who had been an outspoken advo­ cate of the statement condemning homo­ sexuality arose, read Jesus' parable con­ cerning the wheat and the tares, and said, "I have been wrong," acknowledging that he had attempted to do what only God has a right to do. He then went to a pastor for whom he had advocated disownment, embraced him, and asked his forgiveness. Others began to ask forgiveness and to express the desire for reconciliation. This was not universal as some major players were not present, and some who were present were noncommittal. Nevertheless, Friends had the sense that there was a genuine movement ofthe Spirit and, while emotions were deeply stirred, there was nothing superficial in the currents sweep-

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f)€tf)e:rlQf)ds AROUND THE WORLD Har)c!uras K€OYO. by Robert S. Vogel n 1956 a concern of Douglas V. Steere religious leadings inspired political ac­ prompted the Friends World Commit­ tion and social reform, a time when Quak­ Itee for Consultation to initiate a study, ers governed three American colonies and Sharing Our Faith, which addressed four became involved in movements to end notable exception of the United States. In basic issues then facing the Religious So­ slavery and bring justice to Native Ameri­ Europe, the Middle East, Australia, and ciety of Friends: Friends' attitudes to­ cans. Third, the 19th century brought con­ New Zealand, Friends worship in unpro­ ward Missions and sharing the Good flict between quietism and evangelicalism grammed meetings. In most parts of Af­ News; Friends' attitudes toward world and caused deep divisions in the Society rica, Asia, and Latin America where religions; Friends' attitudes toward other in the United States. Fourth, from 1900- Friends missions were established, Friends Christians and the ecumenical movement; 1950 is the modernist period and the rise hold programmed worship services. Only and Friends' attitudes toward evangel­ of rationalism and the social gospel. It in the United States does one fmd all ism, proselytizing, and variations in wor­ marks the beginning of more active mis­ expressions of Quakerism: from liberals ship forms. After half a century, these sion and service bodies and the first world to conservatives to orthodox to evangeli­ same basic problems are still with us, plus gathering ofFriends, leading to the launch­ cal. Yearly meetings are identified as be­ a few more. ing of Friends World Committee for Con­ longing to one or sometimes two associa­ Here I am attempting to explore con­ sultation. I would add a fifth period, 1950- tions of Friends, such as Friends United temporary Quakerism, to try to discover 1995, characterized by the growth of Meeting, Friends General Conference, or in the midst of different expressions any evangelicalism and missions, the healing Evangelical Friends International, along real unity, to examine the challenges fac­ of some of the divisions of the 19th cen­ with conservative and independent yearly ing Friends as we approach the 21st cen­ tury, the beginning of the Evangelical meetings. One common element is that tury, to take note of the conflicts and Friends Alliance in 1965, the growth of virtually all groups claim George Fox as growing points, and finally to note what new meetings in university communities, their founder. If one reads his Journal, Friends have to say to the world today. and the entry it). to the Religious Society of one can find statements that support dif­ Since no one can speak for all Friends, I Friends of persons who were conscien­ ferent emphases. One ofFox's early spiri­ have sought counsel from other observ­ tious objectors in World War II. tual discoveries was that "There is one, ers across the wide spectrum of the Soci­ In 1959 FWCC estimated that there even Christ Jesus, that can speak to thy ety and have tried to incorporate their were 194,000 Friends in the world. In condition." Later in his ministry, Fox coun­ views. However, I take full responsibility 1994 the estimates were 304,000, with 20 seled: "Be patterns, be examples in all for the observations and conclusions. percent worshiping through silent wait­ countries, places, islands, nations, wher­ At the outset it might be helpful to note ing, and 80 percent worshiping in pro­ ever you come, that your carriage and life the various historical phases through grammed or semi-programmed ways, of­ may preach among all sorts of people, which the Religious Society of Friends ten with periods of silent worship and and to them; then you will come to walk has passed, periods characterized by sometimes with the assistance of pastors. cheerfully over the world answering that change, division, and some unification. of God in every one." Then in 1671 Fox InhisbookFriendsfor 300 Years, Howard DIFFERENT EXPRESSIONS OF wrote a letter to the governor of the Bar­ Brinton identifies four periods. First, the QUAKERISM bados which essentially is a near repeti­ early years, 1650-1700, characterized by Although there are many different ex­ tion of the Apostles Creed. It begins, "We the discovery of the Christ Spirit within pressions of Quakerism, in most coun­ own and believe in God... and in Jesus and a burst of evangelism that, despite tries there is only one expression, with the Christ, His beloved and only begotten persecution, brought Friends' message to son ... who was conceived by the Holy England, Europe, the Middle East, and Ghost and born of the Virgin Mary.... " North America. Second, the 18th cen­ Liberal Friends emphasize "that of God tury, often called the quietist period, char­ §OER COOFEREOC€ in every one" while Evangelical Friends acterized by unique, clearly defined •OtstrcssEC1_ soT~_P.€Opl_c__ find Fox's early discovery and the Barba­ 'Fi"1e:f)ds ore: 1)0! oouf)d Oy Quaker culture, a way oflife with a spiri­ a I')Erttoge: or cre:e:as H)e:e:d dos letter of importance. tual base. This was also a time when 1-"'t:-\'!~~ not bre:o~ wtll'l lf:le:lr gre:ot It is far easier to describe how Friends post to put tfJe:mse:lve:s ln toucf) witf> tf)e: are divided than to discover what the RobertS. Vogel is Pacific Yearly Meeting's Jof)n WUf)e:lm Rowl)lre:e: various branches may have in common. Brinton Visitor through May /996. This ar­ ~===~~'-"- 1868-1905 According to Errol Elliott, author ofQuak­ Goers lrulfl is give:T) (or every age:.• ills our auly ticle will appear in a collection ofessays by to we:lcome: tf)e: hgr')t wnlcfl mo.y just Or erism on the American Frontier, a con­ contemporary Quakers to be published by re:acning us' rrance:s ll')ompson. 1840-1920 siderable degree of acculturation has ac­ Britain Yearly Meeting later this year. companied the development of Quaker-

16 March 1996 FRIENDS JOURNAL ism in North America. A major factor person and the spirit of Jesus Christ, the shared basis for faith and practice is seen was the evangelical, revivalist movement leadings of the Holy Spirit or the Inward by some as disrespectful, irritating, and that swept in waves across the United Light, and the role of Quaker traditions evidence that maintaining some distance States with its emphasis on serious Bible and testimonies. These differences result is a wise policy. It might help to remind study, personal religious experience, and today in differences on issues ofabortion, ourselves that early Friends thought of the redemptive power of Jesus Christ. homosexuality, and same-gender relation­ their movement as a revival of primitive Friends were not exempt from the influ­ ships. Because Friends are not creedal, Christianity; for most Friends today, the ences of Wesleyan and Calvinist doc­ one finds a large spectrum of theological question of whether one is a Christian or trines, and these continue to influence views, especially among liberal Friends, not would not occur to them. At the 1991 Friends today. who prize diversity and fmd through their World Conference, Duane Comfort of John Punshon, tutor at the Earlham spiritual journeys that there are many ways Evangelical Friends Mission, said, "We School of Religion, at the 1992 Western to God. They tend to stress Quaker tradi­ are Christians first and then add our Gathering ofFrie nds described one branch tions and testimonies, find inspiration in Quaker distinctives." Zablon Malenge, of the Society as "children of the Enlight­ parts of the Bible and other writings, and former General Secretary of the Africa enment" and the other as "children ofth e are sometimes divided between those who Section of FWCC, put it this way: "In Great Awakening or Evangelical Re­ call themselves Christian and those who Kenya, a Quaker is one who has gradu­ vival." A more common way is to divide term themse'lves universalists. Being ated from a Christian level to something the Quaker movement by forms of wor­ noncreedal, they, like evangelical Friends, more than Christianity. Quakerism grows ship: Unprogrammed/Silent Meeting find it difficult to join any Christian ecu- out ofChristianity . Christianity then forms the basis of Quakerism." It is largely due to missionary efforts of programmed and pastoral Friends that Friends have spread their message to the Middle East, Asia, and especially Africa and Latin America. It has brought into the Society a large number of Friends from the developing world who are poor in this world's goods. FWCC estimates that there are 122,000 members in Africa, 51 ,000 in Latin America, and about 4,000 in Asia, making a total of 177,000 Friends, over half of the total of Friends worldwide. Although most material resources still come from Friends in the North Atlantic area, the numerical center of Quakerism has shifted to the South Atlantic area, and will surely affect the future of the family of Friends. Teodoro Cutipa and Evaristo Gironda from Bolivia told their interviewer in Friends World News (No. 144) that spreading the gospel is their primary con­ cern. There are three parts to this process: personal experience, knowing Christ, hav­ 1:: ing the Holy Spirit within; showing this ~ experience in conduct, speaking, evange­ -.:: lizing; sharing material aid and providing Panels from the Quaker Tapestry, a project initiated by British medicine for the sick. They are following Friends in 1981, illustrate the 1895 conference of British Friends in the example of Quaker missionaries who Manchester, the 1991 World Conference of Frie nds, and the efforts of not only brought the Gospel, but have Friends World Committee for Consultation. also assisted in setting up schools and Friends and Programmed/Pastoral. Yet, it menical movement like national councils clinics to meet the needs of people. should be pointed out that forms ofwor- or the World Council of Churches. Thus, Johan Maurer, General Secretary of ship are not so easily categorized and that some yearly meetings belong to councils Friends United Meeting, has observed that one often finds silent or open worship ofchurches - local, national, and world- there are two major attitudes toward tra­ periods in programmed meetings, and while others refrain. Evangelical Friends dition. There are those who advocate aban­ much vocal ministry in unprogrammed project a clear purpose for their mission donment or concealment of our tradition meetings. Furthermore, during the 19th in the world. Called by Jesus to if we are to reach new people. Others century London Yearly Meeting embraced "Go into all the world and preach the resist any innovation in evangelism and evangelicalism while retaining the un- Gospel to all the peoples," they focus outreach that to them would not feel Quak­ programmed form of worship. their efforts on church planting, saving erly. Some would see outreach primarily Friends differ on the basis ofau thority, souls, and "Christianizing" the world. Lib- through examples of selfless service and especially the place of the Scriptures, the eral Friends' assumption that there is a would avoid proselytizing.

FRIENDS JOURNAL March 1996 17 WHAT DO WE HAVE ent forms. As described in the epistle of Meeting (Conservative) is sponsoring the IN COMMON? the 1985 World Gathering of Young Wider Fellowship ofConservative Friends Friends, we hear the word of God in to help meet this need. With all the differing emphases and different ways: the Written Word comes divisions, is there anything we have in from the Scriptures; the Incarnate Word A MESSAGE TO THE WORLD? common throughout the Quaker world? comes through Jesus Christ; the Corpo­ Yes, I believe there is. These approaches The 1985 World Gathering of Young rate Word is discerned by the gathered would generally include plainness and Friends epistle reported that "after much meeting; and the Inward Word is experi­ devotion to truth; a clear understanding struggle we have discovered that we can enced in our hearts and is available to all ofspirit-led worship and essential inward­ proclaim this: there is a living God at the who seek the Truth. ness; the use of queries and advices in center of all, who is available to each of fonning faith; seeking the sense of the WHERE ARE THE GROWING us as a Present teacher at the very heart of meeting in business sessions; the peace our lives. We seek as a people of God to POINTS? be worthy vessels to deliver the Lord's testimony and other social concerns; and As Friends face the next century, the the rejection of outward ordinances and transforming word, to be prophets of joy majority of Friends will live mainly in the sacramental worship. They would also who know from experience and can tes­ developing world and be evangelical in include Quaker classics, some of which tify to the world, as George Fox did, 'that persuasion. During the latter part of the the Lord God is at work in this thick are being translated into other languages. 20th century there has been a phenom­ Friends Church Southwest Yearly Meet­ night.'" In reporting on the gathering, enal growth in Friends in South and Cen­ ing lists The Journal ofGeorge Fox, The Paul Anderson ofNorthwest Yearly Meet­ tral America, in Africa, and in parts of ing noted that there appeared to be little Journal of John Woolman, Robert Asia. Evangelical Friends are interested Barclay's Apology, Thomas Kelly's Tes­ unity in approving the epistle until, in the in spreading the gospel, not in diversity. tament of Devotion, Douglas Steere's gathered meeting, Friends experienced the Friends world gatherings celebrating di­ Prayer and Worship, Hannah Whitall transforming power of God's love. This versity will not be attractive, and this may Smith's The Christian's Secret ofa Happy is the way he put it: pose serious problems for European and Life, D. Elton Trueblood's The Company North America!). Friends. However, the A New England Friend said something of the Committed, and Richard Foster's presence and work ofFriends World Com­ like, 'I know that the blood of Christ and the Celebration ofDiscipline. Atonement are very important issues for some mittee for Consultation may help to bring Friends, and I don't see anything in the epistle IS THERE ANY REAL UNITY? about the syntheses referred to earlier. which addresses those convictions. . . . ' In the FWCC is the contemporary movement discussion that followed, an evangelical Friend Probably not. When asked this ques­ that might bring about reconciliation expressed his concern that the number of ref­ tion, Charles Mylander ofFriends Church among Friends. Models that might help erences to Christ might be difficult for Friends Southwest Yearly Meeting said that "there achieve this end and attract others are the not used to Christ-language. What had begun is underlying unity in Christ among pro­ sister-meeting relationship between Cuba as an act of loving concern for other Friends grammed Friends, and underlying unity and New England yearly meetings, the transformed the meeting into a unified whole. in Quakerism among unprogrammed visit of ministers from East Africa to the The discussion changed.from persons want­ ones, but no unity between the two." John United States, the appointment of repre­ ing to ensure that their concerns were heard to Punshon agrees, but sees the division "be­ sentatives to all the associations ofFriends wanting to ensure that the concerns of others tween those for whom the tradition mat­ were heard and that their needs were met. We that Pacific Yearly Meeting initiated in indeed experienced the transforming power ters, and those for whom tradition does 1985, and the assistance Friends give to of God's love. not matter." Johan Maurer of FUM warns one another through International Quaker that we should not merely worship tradi­ Aid. Asia Bennett, Executive Secretary It will take that kind of spirit to bring tions, but be taught by them. "We need ofFWCC, Section of the Americas, noted about any unity among Friends in future the light of out traditions," says Maurer, that another growing point is the report of gatherings. The challenges to all Friends "to shine upon our efforts to proclaim honest, successful negotiations among a are to live our faith and let our lives speak Truth for three reasons: to authenticate variety of Friends responsible for Youth and express God's love. In the conclusion the power of the testimonies; to welcome Quake in the United States, a triennial of his book, Portrait in Gray, John the newcomer to a new life in Christ; and gathering of Quaker high school youth. Punshon addresses those Friends who to express the leadings of the Holy Spirit Following a highly successful gathering refuse to allow their faith to be defined by in social action." Jonathan Vogel Borne, at New Year 1995, unity has been the conflicts ofthe Quaker past, and what Field Secretary for New England Yearly achieved on a mission statement. they see as an impermissible compromise Meeting, believes that we can find a de­ Asia Bennett further states that she with the spirit of the age. The challenge of gree of unity if our two approaches are believes Friends from different parts of the future is whether, at an official level, synthesized by bringing the theological the Society have gifts to offer one an­ the diverse elements of the Society have and the cultural together. The challenge other; and that to be whole, as a people any kind of loyalty to a Quaker vision that to liberal Friends is to seek common called by God, we are challenged to at­ transcends their historical, geographical, ground across the wide diversity of our tend to one another's experience, to know or theological limitations. religious society, to question the tendency and respect one another. Friends' message to the world ofpeace , to be an exclusive and elitist group, and to Other areas of growth include the compassion, justice, and love will be hol­ address the implications ofour faith in the Quaker studies programs and the possible low indeed if Friends cannot find ways to areas of class and race. The challenge to beginnings of a neo-Conservative trend live at peace with one another and be evangelical Friends is to describe that the for Friends who are in harmony with truly "examples in all countries, places, understanding of God takes many differ- Quaker-based silent worship. Ohio Yearly islands, and nations." a

18 March 1996 FRIENDS JOURNAL A Quaker Interpretation of the Lord's Supper

by T. Canby Jones

T. Canby Jones presented the fol­ movement was founded in a lowing Quaker perspective in Quaker settlement house in East June 1994 at a Believer's Church London. The Salvation Army is Conference in Ashland, Ohio. also notable for the parity of posi­ tion and dignity given to women o you invited a Quaker to in the movement. These two facts interpret the meaning of the give a hint of Quaker influence, SLord's Supper or Eucharist. but it's only a hint. Are you sure you know what you Unfortunately, many Quakers are doing? Some Southern Bap­ (and that included this writer for a tists and others call the Religious number of years) feel that the Society of Friends a "cult." I pre­ Quaker testimony on baptism and sume they do so because we are the Lord's Supper amounts to a baptized only by "the living wa­ taboo. Water baptism, or as I like ter which wells up into eternal to term it "Hp-type baptism," and life," or that we feed solely on " "bread-and-wine-type Eucharist" "the Bread of Life which comes ~ are Christian practices Quakers just down from heaven to give life to ~ don't do. We feel this taboo so <:> the world." ~ strongly that when some members Eschewing the outward ele­ ~ on the fringe of our Religious So­ ments of water, bread, and wine, -. ciety encourage the use of those Quakers stress the sacramentality of all Friends maintain that outward ordinances, the main body of us meals and of all life's experiences. This feel they "have lost it" and are no longer sense of" cosmic sacramentality," ifl may Jesus Christ has come Friends. call it that, is marvelously expressed in On the other hand, in this age of"indi­ one of Kenneth Boulding's Nayler Son­ in Spirit and in power vidual choice" and "following your own nets. It reads: to bring people into inward leading," if a Friend, as a sign of My Lord, Thou art in every breath I take, unity and fellowship, feels led to partake And every bite and sup taste firm of Thee. . direct and immediate of the Eucharist or Lord's Supper, rarely With bouyant mercy Thou enfoldest me, communion with if ever would he or she be eldered. And holdest up my foot each step I make. So how do Friends reconcile the call to Thy touch is all around me when I wake, himself by whatever the "Cosmic Sacramentality" of the in­ Thy sound I hear, and by Thy light I see means he chooses and ward Christ experienced in all oflife with The world is fresh with Thy divinity the actual taboo we feel against our en­ And all Thy creatures flourish for Thy sake. without dependence gaging in the eucharistic practice of our In Thomas R. Kelly's terms we Quak­ on ordinances, rites, brothers and sisters in Christ? Briefly, I ers seek by inward attitudes of prayer and think most of us don't. But in what fol­ adoration to so practice the presence of ceremonies, or human lows I will share my struggles with, and God at all times and places that we come beings ordained to my eventual peace found in, "the Lord's to look out on all events "through the Supper" in hope that my pilgrimage of sheen of the Inward Light." In another celebrate them. pain and reconciliation may suggest an place in A Testament of Devotion, answer to the Quaker dilemma on this Thomas Kelly says, "The possibility of upon life-this is the central message of issue. this experience of Divine Presence, as a Friends." First we need to ask why the Quaker repeatedly realized and present fact, and As far as I know, the only other Chris­ testimony against the use of water in bap­ its transforming and transfiguring effect tian group that experiences baptism and tism and bread and wine in the Eucharist celebrates the Lord's Supper by inward arose. I believe the basic reason was as a T Canby Jones, emeritus professor ofrelig­ and spiritual means only is the Salvation protest against the superficial, banal, and ion and philosophy at Wilmington College, Army. I have never learned why Salva­ even corrupt state into which sacramental Ohio, is a member ofCampus (Ohio) Meeting. tionists spiritualize the sacraments. The rites had fallen in Roman Catholic, An-

FRJENDS JoURNAL March 1996 19 glican, and Nonconformist practice in or rites. It is not clear how participation in cup of the Lord unworthily... eateth and 17th-century Britain and Europe. A deeper ceremonies necessarily promotes these at­ drinketh damnation to himself." (1 Cor. level ofprotest centers on the tendency of tributes, but they are the true outward mea­ 11 :27 and 29). I still cringe from that the Roman Catholic Church following sures of the Christian life, and it is to their condemnation! the Lateran Council of 1215, which not Author that one should look directly for trans­ From this you can understand why all forming grace. The second consideration here only established the sacraments as seven is that special ceremonies can narrow our through my early adulthood I felt quite in number, but also taught that they were focus and make us overlook the multifarious uncomfortable during communion ser­ almost exclusively the means of grace. channels God actually uses. vices, especially those low-church ones Confusion between the sacramental rite This is the source of the well-known where they passed around the elements and the real and direct nature of divine Quaker phrase that all of life is sacramen­ on trays. I rejoiced in the silence during grace symbolized by the sacrament was tal. ... Hence, the Quaker testimony leads to that period, but the rest of the ceremony another way to state the problem as early a particular way of life and a characteristic made me very uneasy. Friends saw it. Friends maintain that Jesus kind of discipleship-a continuing opening My discomfort with participating in Christ has come in Spirit and in power to to grace.... And this is the simple point. We the ceremony of the Lord' s Supper bring people into direct and immediate live in the new order, the covenant of grace. reached a peak when some of my dearest What more do we need in our heart of hearts communion with himself by whatever than to know the fountain of grace, Jesus friends in the Lord at Yale Divinity School means he chooses and without depen­ Christ-and Him crucified? asked me to join them in an early morning dence on ordinances, rites, ceremonies, worship group that met in the chapel for or human beings ordained to celebrate Friends seek in all prayer and communion administered by them. Christ is our unseen and ever-present my beloved teacher and academic advi­ bishop, guide, teacher, prophet, priest, worship direct sor. As a Quaker I felt I couldn't partake king, and only minister, seeking to raise of the elements. However, I felt my ab­ us to newness of life through inward communion with stention was such a breach of that pre­ modes of baptism and multiple modes of Christ the substance cious fellowship that I couldn't stand the communing with him. tension and never went back. Friends seek in all worship direct com­ and not indirect or Much later in my life I was a Quaker munion with Christ the substance and not symbolic communion delegate to an Ohio Council of Churches indirect or symbolic communion through Faith and Order conference on the Lord's outward means that are shadows and not through outward Supper. The two main speakers were substance. My friend John Punshon, Pro­ means that are Robert Nelson, Methodist, and a Lutheran fessor of Quaker Studies at Earlham New Testament professor. By the time School of Religion, has written a concise shadows and not they got done presenting the evidence and beautiful leaflet, The Shadow and the substance. there was no way, in their view, for a Substance. Some words from this leaflet person to be fully Christian without par­ clearly explain the Quaker view of sacra­ I tum now to my own struggles with taking of the elements ofbread and wine ments. the Lord's Supper. My own experience in communion. I sank into my chair feel­ of the Eucharist began with my feeling ing, as a Quaker, relegated to second­ The disuse of ceremonies is a pointer to class citizenship in the Body of Christ! the way Quakers understand God's grace. very strongly the taboo described above The most important reason for Friends tes­ that "Quakers don't do sacraments." I After lunch, Father William Sherry, pas­ timony is to make it impossible for Christians grew up on the campus of Fisk Univer­ tor of St. William's Catholic Church in to mistake a real experience for an unreal one. sity, Nashville, Tennessee, where my fa­ Cincinnati, addressed us saying, "The only Ceremonies in themselves have no divine ther, Thomas E. Jones, served as presi­ place to start when seeking the meaning power to change us one way or another, as dent. Fisk's black student body was re­ of the Eucharist is with the sixth chapter Paul warned in the Colossians. In the second quired to attend Sunday worship in the of the Gospel ofJohn." When I heard that chapter of that letter, he says that they are "a university chapel. Our family also attended my heart leapt for joy, and I began to mere shadow of what is to come, but the frequently. About three times during the breathe again. When Father Sherry got substance belongs to Christ." year they served Communion consisting done expounding on the cosmic dimen­ The distinction drawn in Scripture between of diced bread and tiny cups of grape sions of "the Bread of Life which comes the shadow and the substance is clear. Grace is invisible and unmistakable. We are called juice passed around on trays. Horribly, down from heaven to give life to the into communion in the Spirit, inwardly. Our my older brother, age 11, and I, age 9, world," I was back in the Body of Christ! baptism is an appeal to God for a clear con­ would eat the bread and drink the juice, A Quaker rescued by a Catholic, yea! science (1 Peter 3:21). The Communion wonder why they were so stingy with But my full rescue from my Quaker ''bread" we eat cannot be purchased at the such small amounts, and look at each problems with "outward communion" grocery store, because it is Christ, the Bread other and laugh, ridiculing the ceremony. came at the hands of dear and humble of Life (John 6:35). So it is also with the wine, Five years later, as a student at members of the Church of the Brethren. water, flame, and fire of the Spirit. To be Westtown School in Pennsylvania, I was For years I had defended the Quaker po­ immersed in and filled with the Spirit ofJesus led to speak out of the silence in "vocal sition of "no need for outward elements Christ is the real substance to which in communion" by citing John 13:14-15: sacramentals point. The receiving of God's ministry" in Sunday unprogrammed wor­ saving and empowering grace is always me­ ship at the school. Feeling this call to "If I then, your Lord and Master, have diated through inward faith alone, not through ministry I became a serious student of the washed your feet, ye also ought to wash outward forms of expression.... Bible. Imagine my consternation when I one another's feet. For I have given you The fiuit of the Spirit offers a far surer read Paul's words in Corinthians, "Who­ an example, that ye should do as I have indication ofspirituality than tongues, ecstasy, soever shall eat this bread and drink this done to you." To those who justified their

20 March 1996 FRJENDS JouRNAL failure to wash feet by saying that Jesus States and its consequent revivalism, the meant that "spiritually," signifying that majority ofFriends meetings in this coun­ we should "wash feet" by serving human try became evangelical, revivalistic, and Join needs, the Quaker reply came, "That's missionary, complete with pastors, or­ what we think Jesus meant by 'Do this in ganized hymn singing, and a low-church the Quest remembrance of me,' " he meant it "spiri­ Protestant order of service. Nevertheless, tually." a period of silent-expectant-open wor­ Later in this gathering you will have ship is still found in the vast majority of for a the same experience of Love Feast and these Friends churches. Several of them Footwashing. The Church of the Breth­ explicitly call this period, "our time of Renewed ren actually wash feet! Their practice did Communion after the manner ofFriends." a complete "end run" around my Quaker Thomas Kelly expresses the Quaker Friends hang-ups. In 1961 at a Friends, Brethren, experience of beloved community and and Mennonite gathering at Earlham the cosmic sacramentality of a life of Peace School of Religion, my roommate was a daily and hourly commitment to God in young Church ofthe Brethren pastor from these selections from his essay, "The Pleasant Valley Church of the Brethren in Blessed Community," found in A Testa­ rural Darke County, Ohio. He told me he ment ofDevotion . had been won to the Lord by the Love Feast and Footwashing ceremony. The The final grounds of holy Fellowship are in God. Lives immersed and drowned in God next spring I asked permission to bring are drowned in love, and know one another in my Contemporary Christianity class from Him, and know one another in love. God is Wilmington College to "observe" the cer­ the medium, the matrix, the focus, the sol­ emony. When we arrived the dear elders vent. ... of the Church, strangers though we were, Two people, three people, ten people may begged us not to observe but to partici­ be in living touch with one another through pate. After washing one another's feet, Him who underlies their separate lives. This eating a common meal, and ending with is an astounding experience. ... We know homebaked unleavened bread and fruit of that these souls are with us, lifting their lives the vine, how could I refuse to partake of and ours continuously to God and opening Papers from the ~ themselves, with us, in steady and humble Quaker Peace , the last part of the ceremony when I had Rourdtable ":-­ obedience to Him. It is as if the boundaries of P-IeHm ~ been so deeply moved by the first two our self were enlarged, as if we were within 1eH ..... Eclitedwithanlnlroduction parts? I couldn't. There and in the few them and as if they were within us. Their t~yChudt Faget times I have shared in Love Feasts since, strength, given to them by God, becomes our my sin ofeating unworthily and my spiri­ strength; and our joy, given to us by God, Peace Witness today can be ... tual block against partaking have been becomes their joy. In confidence and Jove we • as abstract as how to make live together in Him ... . washed away, literally. the UN work better ... Since then, on special occasions of For daily and hourly the cosmic Sacra­ • as concrete as a masked celebration of the Eucharist, when I feel ment is enacted, the Bread and the Wine are that more is being witnessed to than de­ divided amongst us by a heavenly Ministrant, teenager carrying a gun .. and the substance of His body becomes our nominational tradition, I have felt at lib­ • as terrifying as finding your life and the substance of His blood flows in name on an assassination list .. erty to partake of the elements in a Eucha­ our veins. Holy is the Fellowship, wondrous rist or communion service. is the Ministrant, marvelous is the Grail. • as imaginative as pursuing Beginning about 1920 many Quakers a mythical beast from the have come to think of our traditional Isn't that an amazing passage? How Arthurian legends. silent-expectant-waiting form ofworship, could a Quaker describe worship and fel­ Pendle Hill's Quaker Peace in which the Holy Spirit may prompt any­ lowship in such superbly sacramental lan­ Roundtable celebrated one present to speak, pray, or sing, as an guage? Or even better, how could a true our witness as experience of communion. There are Quaker not do so? many different levels and qualities in the I confess before all of you that in all A Continuing Journey silent worship. Sometimes we bask in the the arguments about transubstantiation, In these papers you'll find silence in joy and delight. At other times consubstantiation, or rememberance of personal stories, historical the silence is thunderous, even deafening. the Last Supper as the essential event of perspective and new ideas. Most times in the silence we feel our­ the Eucharist that I feel very strongly as a $9.95 selves being gathered into a living, loving Quaker that if you don't experience the To order call the Bookstore community of children of the Light. On real presence of Christ in your celebra­ rare occasions when someone through tion of the Lord's Supper you might as 1 (800) 7 42-3150 vocal ministry shares deep anguish or well forget it. It's no use. The Zwinglian The Issues Program at seeks forgiveness, you can feel in the interpretation of the Eucharist as only a silence the surge of compassion reaching rememberance just can't cut it. Again, if Pendle Hill out to the petitioner from the whole group. you are going to have outward celebra­ 338 Plush Mill Road Many of you are aware that following tions ofthe Eucharist with bread and wine, Wallingford, PA 19086 the Second Great Awakening in the United they'd better be real! CJ I

F RIENDS JOURNAL March 1996 21 Benjamin, the: Meetinghouse Mouse: I Speak in Meeting by Benjamin (as told to Clifford Pfeil) !Dustrated by Lorna Kent name is Benjamin Mouse. I was Day, when the place is full of people, it's quiet. Friends born in a Quaker meetinghouse on are able to sit in silence for an hour at a time, patiently

vv ...... "" day, shortly before dessert. My waiting for the snacks to be made. Occasionally someone were not Quakers, however. They were just helps pass the time by giving a "message," but these are passing through, and had stopped in for a bite to eat. brief and sometimes tasty in their own way, if you know When they moved on, I stayed behind enjoying some what I mean. My cousin Katherine, who is a "High leafY vegetables and a bit of rice. I've lived here ever Church" mouse, says that where she lives messages are since, and that makes me a "mouse in residence." called sermons, and they go on forever. She says she lives Being a mouse in residence is a feast or famine sort of for refreshments and porlucks too, and she knows how thing. Once a week after meetings, light snacks are the phrase "poor as a church mouse" got started. served: crackers, bits of cheese, a plate of cookies. Every My predictable life of feast and famine ended so often-! never know quite when to expect it­ suddenly one First Day, when I stood up in meeting and there's a feast called potluck. A long table is laden with gave a message myself. casseroles, vegetables, breads, salads, and pies. The This is what happened: An elderly lady began to talk meetinghouse is filled with wonderful smells and about hunger. From just inside my hole in the cheerful noises. People pile their plates high with food wainscoting I heard her say: and sit down and eat and talk and laugh, while I "Dear Friends, I have a hunger inside that brings me scamper around their feet stuffing myself with whatever to meeting." falls to the floor. "Yes!" I said to myself. I became all ears. In between meetings, however, not much of "Here I sit among those I dearly love," she continued, anything can be found, except perhaps for a few crumbs "and in the stillness that we share, I feel the Presence left in the corners. It's not an easy life, but I like it. It's among us. By the end of the meeting, that hunger in my usually quiet, for one thing. Most of the time I can heart is nourished." explore without fear of misadventure. Even on First Excitement lifted me to my feet, and I dashed out of my hole to the middle of the room. There, surrounded by people, I began to squeak--or speak, it's all the same, really. "Friends," I said, "just like the lady says, I come to the meeting with hunger, though my hunger tends to be in my stomach instead of my heart. The pickings are sometimes meager, but even so, this meeting has managed to keep my fur shiny through thick and thin. Each First Day I wait patiently for morsels to drop from above, and each First Day I return to my hole well filled. I knew from the beginning that this meetinghouse would be a home to me, and so it is. This is where I belong." ··-·- -·t ·: . .;·_- ·. ' -r=- I sat down, my heart beating wildly. The rest of the --- meeting went by silently, except for the barely audible whisper of a little girl to her mother. "It's a mouse," she said. Continued next month. ..

Clifford Pfeil, a member ofPima (Ariz.) Meeting, teaches English as a second language. "Benjamin, the Meetinghouse Mouse" is dedicated to Mark, Robert, Matthew, Emily, and the sweet memory ofLaura. Lorna Kent is a member ofCentral Philadelphia (Pa.) Meeting.

22 March 1996 FRIENDS JOURNAL FCNL Notes ~~% ~IQfiD.i ~ ... I Choosing Priorities HAVERFORD ~ The never-ending sessions of the 104th Consensus 851 de Lane Pre-School-Grade VI Congress are still underway, but Friends who Haved"ord, PA Coeducational The Policy Committee sends its recom­ (610}642-2334 Extended Day participate in the work of Friends Committee mendation to members of the General Com­ on National Legislation are already planning mittee, in preparation for FCNL' s annual meet­ Frien:!s School is devoted exclusively to for their work during the next Congress- the elementary odu::ation with an enlJiu!sis on ing, held each November. At the annual meet­ academic excellence and Quaker values l05th. FCNL invites you to help shape and ing, General Committee members consider focus FCNL's attention and energy for the the Policy Committee recommendation, in FricNis Sdtt>Mkw of""J,.. coming two-year period. worship-sharing groups, in small discussion relitloa tutd MiWnul "" tllt..U: t>ritilc Here's How It Works groups, and in plenary session, until consen­ First, there's the Statement of Legislative sus emerges. Policy, adopted by the General Committee In some years the result ofthe process has Coming to D.C.? (of 250 Friends) every five or six years. been a very long list of priorities, ranging Stay with Friends on Capitol Hill FCNL's statements, positions, educational ma­ from world peace to an end to poverty. In terials, and correspondence on issues are those years, it has been Friends' best judg- WILLIAM PENN HOUSE guided by the policy statement. ment that our best witness is to The policy statement is typi­ be present in the public policy 515 East Capitol St. SE cally a dozen pages long, and arena and to state our general Washington, DC 20003 covers issues ranging from views in appropriate forums. world poverty to Head Start pro­ In other years, Friends have Individuals, Families and Groups grams, and from nuclear disar­ chosen a more focused list, call­ $25 to $40 mament to gun control. The ing for work on exchanges with Seminars on Current Issues broad range and internal integ­ leaders in the Soviet Union, for rity of the policy statement lend analysis and educational work for Schools, Colleges, and Meetings strength and credibility to the on healthcare reform, for sup­ (202)543-5560 document. But a 12-page state­ port of the Middle East peace [email protected] ment is far too broad to define process, or for an end to U.S. an effective legislative program. ] participation in the world arms So every two years, Friends " trade. In those years, FCNL has survey the issues addressed in ~ been able to take on significant the policy statement, consider § leadership roles, promoting Fyfe & Miller the issues that the world around .g unique legislation, calling to- FUNERAL SERVICE us presents, and choose a focus gether new coalitions, and mak­ 7047 Germantown Ave. for the next two years of legislative work. ing significant progress toward broader, long­ This is called the priorities process. term goals. Philadelphia, PA 19119 The Priorities Process These choices-which topics, how many, (215) 247-8700 The process begins in Friends meetings and how broad- are all part of the priorities James E. Fyfe Edward K. Miller and churches. FCNL's Policy Committee process. Simple earth burial sends out an open-ended questionnaire, ask­ What Happens Next? and cremation service ing Friends to consult with each other about Following FCNL's annual meeting, staff available at reasonable cost. what issues are most important to them at this members gather to discuss the new priorities. time. Many meetings hold discussions about They pool their research on the legislative the issues of the day and our hopes for ad­ issues covered by the priority statement, their dressing our concerns. The policy committee expectations about the Congressional calen­ collects responses, noting which ones resulted dar, and their experience with colleague orga­ FRIENDS CAMP from a group process and which were submit­ nizations that may be working on related is­ South China, Maine ted as individual views. sues. They construct a plan for each priority, Prior to its next meeting, FCNL Policy including communications with Congress, * Ages 7-17 Committee members read and compile the education, and action plans. By January, when * Coed - Reside ntial responses. Then the committee creates a sec­ the new Congressional session opens, FCNL * Non-<.:ompetitive ond questionnaire, asking Friends to help make staff and committees are prepared to imple­ * $510 for 2 weeks choices among several widely shared con­ ment the new set of priorities. cerns. Meetings then hold a second discus­ It Matters A unique camp progmm which in­ sion-a more difficult one-in which they dudes international campers, Quaker Friends' prayerful consideration ofFCNL's community living, decision making, seek clarity on the best focus for FCNL' s work is the heart of the priorities process. work. peace communications center, cmft'i, Friends who participate in FCNL's ongoing drama, sport-;, Wdter activities, and The results of the second round of discus­ work treasure the process and commit them­ other creative progr<~ms . sions are again compiled by the Policy Com­ selves to carry out the choices that it yields. mittee. In a focused and work-filled weekend The choices evolve over the years, shaped by Call or write: meeting, the committee members seek the events, by Friends' experiences, and by deep Susan Morris, Director best fit between the issues of concern to concerns. FCNL will profit by your careful P.O. l3ox 84 Friends and the issues that are likely to be attention to the process. E. Vassalboro, ME 04935 considered by Congress in the coming ses­ (207) 923-3975 sion. - Ruth Flower

FRIENDS JOURNAL March 1996 23 DISCOVER QUAKER PHILADELPHIA Reports Two-hour walking tours of William Penn's original city of brotherly love, in honor of the peace testimony also requires faithfulness Penn's 350th birthday. Border Meeting in in order to transform our energy into right Send a SASE for schedule to: QUAKER action. Our annual Hiroshima Peace Walk TOURS, Box 1632, Media, PA 19063. Germany gave us a chance to recommit ourselves to Over the weekend of September 8-10, living in the virtue of that power that takes 1995, a multinational gathering of Quakers away the occasion for all war. met in Germany to explore "What It Means to We dealt with many questions about who VERMONT Be a Quaker Today." Friends from Germany, and what we are as a yearly meeting, as we Adventure Belgium, England, the Netherlands, and I, the wrestled with the issues of finding future meet­ only participant from France, considered this ing sites and acquiring a permanent home. The Farm & Wilderness summer camps question with the help and guidance of Helen Are we committed to remaining one yearly offer challenging adventures for children Rowlands from Woodbrooke College in Selly meeting? What is our vision for our future? ages 9-17 in a nurturing atmosphere. Oak, England. The opening exercise was for Passionate support of the concept ofa perma­ Farming, canoeing, hiking, swimming, each of us to take a piece ofcolored wool, tie nent site from the young adults moved us all. work projects & crafts are offered on un­ knots to neighbors on either side, then lay We are thankful for their diligence and clarity spoiled lakes deep in the Green Moun­ down our connected strands in a pattern on on this issue. When we worshiped together in tains, 57 years under Quaker leadership. black paper. This was a visual reminder ofou r business sessions, we left stronger for feeling Write or call linda M. Berry, interconnectedness and the beauty we can the Living Spirit among us. We learned that Farm & create together. unity is not only found in our decisions, but Wilderness, There were many different answers given also in our work together. We were blessed HCR 70, to the questions "Why are you a Quaker?" with times when we were bound by the Spirit Box 27, "Why are you still a Quaker?" or "What at­ during our laboring to know God's will for us. Plymouth, tracts you to the Quakers?" Among the re­ There is continuing yearning in the yearly vr oso56 plies: nonviolence, no dogma, fiiendship, in­ meeting for more spiritual nurture; we know (802) tegrity, silence, understanding, spirit, power, that we need to do spiritual work in order to 422-3761 God within or the Inner Light, Quaker work, strengthen our faith. We are in the midst of and diversity. Helen Rowlands said that for revising our Faith and Practice and are grate­ her the important aspects of being a Friend ful for this opportunity to discern anew our were that she could be accepted for who she spiritual foundation. In addition, we resolved is, it stretches her, it requires her to be open, to expand opportunities at each yearly meet­ 1996 and it gives her a sense of purpose. ing session to explore and deepen our faith. Friends Center In small groups we discussed our visions As we leave yearly meeting, we still have Quaker Visitors, for our respective meetings, sharing good ideas unresolved issues before us. We hope tore­ Guilford Michael and to attract new attenders and make the activi­ member that we cannot solve the hard prob­ ties ofour meetings meet the needs and inter­ lems of the yearly meeting or the world with­ •College Darlene Graves, ests of our members and potential members. out being faithful to the leadings of the Spirit. Admission Office The Martyrdom Our accommodations and meals in the Please pray for us, Friends, that we may know 5800 West Friendly Avenue of Mary Dyer Catholic Theological Institute were very good. God's Truth in our hearts and live it in our Greensboro, NC 27410 It was a thoroughly restful weekend with lots actions. March 12,13 910-316-2100 of spiritual nourishment. Thanks to Helen -Ellie Huffman, Clerk FAX 910-316-2954 Quaker Education Rowlands for coming and to Harald Stamm http://www.guilford.edu Since 1137 for organizing the gathering. We all felt that theme meetings should continue. -Ann Anthon Quakers Uniting in Publications Pacific Yearly Meeting Quakers Uniting in Publications (QUIP) Friends gathered for its annual meeting September We came together for the 49th gathering 14-17, 1995, at Woodbrooke Quaker Study Music ofPacific Yearly Meeting, Aug. 1-6, 1995, in Centre in Birmingham, England. QUIP is an Chico, Calif. One of the lessons set before us: organization of Quaker authors, publishers, We are called to be faithful to the whispers and distributors worldwide. The main achieve­ Camp and shouts of the Spirit. ments of this meeting were to become more Our Brinton Visitors, in their addresses on conscious of the organization as an interna­ A unique Quaker struggles with equality, reminded us tional body and to make that consciousness summer program that this testimony was formed and informed visible in more concrete ways. for ages 10-18 by faith; to live the testimony requires not A panel of representatives led by William July 7-August 4 good politics but faithfulness. In small Sessions of Sessions of York (England) fo­ at Barnesville, Ohio worship-sharing groups, we continued to re­ cused on international publication and sales. flect on the equality testimony in the light of Since there is much less denominationalism For brochure, write: personal experience as we pondered: What and more ecumenism among varieties of FMC, P.O. Box 427, are the real distinctions that we need to honor? Quakers, the demand for foreign publications Yellow Springs, Ohio 45387 What are the false distinctions that we need to has increased. Quaker publishers and distribu­ Phone 513-767-1311 or 513-767-1818 work to eradicate? tors were encouraged to continue efforts to In working sessions we felt increased en­ enter the global marketplace and to experi­ ergy around issues of peacemaking. Living ment with "transnational aiJiances."

24 March 1996 FRIENDS JoURNAL ffiAR1t1AGE A major focus of discernment was the Peacekeeping. Dan reminded us, "Evil people Ceri!Jicatts database of Quaker Books in Print, which are not beyond God's mercy nor are good currently has I ,800 listings. The meeting af­ people beyond need of it." DIANE AMAROTICO • CALLIGRAPHY f. DESIGN firmed the value of the database and commit­ Mark Walsh of the U.S. War College, 215/ 766-8797 ted itself to its development. It minuted the Peacekeeping Institute, shared that among the intent to distribute the database widely as a military there is a developing concern with tool for outreach, after seeking professional involvement in "Military Operations Other advice. University librarians and technologi­ Than War," which involve cooperation with cal experts will be consulted to find subject civilian and nongovernmental organizations headings and computer formats with the great­ in situations of conflict. Networking with est international accessibility. academia, the UN, and other peacekeeping In a further affirmation of its international groups, the institute helps prepare command­ scope, QUIP approved its first clerk designate ers for efforts beyond fighting. The new fo­ from outside the United States. Jim Pym of cus, while still small within the U.S. military, A Quaker Conference Center Britain Yearly Meeting will become clerk at is a source ofhope for change. Another source 340 HIGH STREET the close of the annual meeting in April. QUIP of hope is that the UN has increased its De­ P.O.BOX246 also intends to hold bank accounts in both partment of Peacekeeping from 18 people in BURLINGTON, U.S. dollars and British pounds. 1992 to over 360 today. NEWJERSEY08016 Also at this meeting, the 1995 revision of Larry Ingle presented a paper on the his­ Available for day and overnight use QUIP's Writer's Guide for authors seeking tory of the Quaker peace testimony in George 609-387-3875 information about the requirements of vari­ Fox's times. While the peace testimony is the ous Quaker publishers was unveiled. It is most significant Quaker testimony, having available from Friends General Conference. been accepted (or at least not repudiated) by QUIP's 1996 annual meeting will be held every yearly meeting, it currently is, as Rufus JOURNEY'S END FARM CAMP April 18-21, near Greensboro, N.C., and is Jones said, feeble but important. It is also is a farm devoted to children for sessions oftwo open to anyone interested. For general infor­ what distinguishes Quakerism from other be­ to eight weeks each summer. Farm animals, mation, including QUIP membership, contact liefs. George Fox's spiritual basis for his paci­ gardening, nature, ceramics, shop. Nonviolence, Jan Hoffman, QUIP clerk, 343 West Street, fism was a part of Quakerism's turning away simplicity, reverence for nature are empha­ sized in our program centered in the life of a Amherst, MA 0 I 002. from the radicalism of the 1650s when Quaker farm family. For thirty-two boys and - Jan Hoffman Cromwell's army fought for a theocratic gov­ girls, 7-12 years. Welcome all races. ernment. Many Quakers supported this cause, CARL& KRJSTIN CURTIS and some fought for it, although Fox refused a Box 136, NEWFOUNDLAND, PA 18445 captainship. After the restoration of King Phone: (717) 689-7552; 2353 Quaker Peace Roundtable Charles II and the suppression of the Fifth OnNov. I0-12, 1995, over50peoplemet Monarchists, Quakers became less threaten­ at Pendle Hill in Wallingford, Pa., to discuss ing to those in power. The peace testimony the Quaker peace testimony in light of post­ that then developed was aimed to uphold Camp Woodbrooke Cold War changes in the world and the chal­ Quakers innocent of charges of insurrection; Wisconsin. A caring camp lenge of the new century. it was issued not by any yearly meeting but by community! Ecology, Shop Diana and John Lampen presented the Fox's and other's statements; it did not rule ~. Pottery, Canoeing, Quaker opening session, describing their leading to out paying taxes for war; it did allow the use 34 boys & girls; age 7 - 12 go to Northern Ireland, where they worked at of spiritual weapons and interaction with the 2 or 3 wks., Jenny Lang, 847-295-5705 grassroots peacebuilding among Protestant State; it did not refuse to wield weapons on and Catholic groups for over ten years. They behalf of a just cause; and it never presumed developed friendships with people on both to speak for a meeting or for others outside sides of the conflict and emphasized to us that Quakerism. CONTINUING QUAKER VALUES IN the news coverage on outbreaks of violence Chel A very examined the Quaker peace HELPING "PERSONS DEPRIVED OF did not portray the reality of everyday life, testimony in light of Friends' responses to an 1HE USE OF 1HEIR REASON" which was preponderantly peaceful. They informal survey. She found that while Friends drew heavily upon their faith and the spiritual frequently support work that involves conflict Friends Hospital continues to apply the resources of their meeting to resist despair. resolution, Friends don't feel that they help principles of moral treatment supported Both emphasized the value of the spiritual resolve conflicts among themselves. Many by our Quaker founders in the provision support of Friends who were not activist. modern Friends espouse a peace testimony of outpatient, partiill hospital, residentiill, Dan Seeger spoke next about "Crucial Is­ based on seeking "that of God" in all, which home health, and inpatient services for sues in Peacemaking Today." Friends need to is not the same as Fox's "I live in the Light adults, adolescents, and older adults with be engaged in what he called the "politics of that takes away occasion for war." Examining emotional and mental disorders. We also eternity," responding to God's call with a the Faith and Practice of a number of yearly have speciill programs for eating "hopeful modesty." His presentation began meetings, she found they generally renounce disorders, substance abuse, and stress and ended with the query, "What are we wait­ war, sometimes challenge members to elimi­ ing for?" He posed five areas in which Friends nate the seeds of war or work for peace, and and chronic pain. have previously worked and in which we may do no harm to the planet. Friends also differ in -'~~•x!..."'C'-~~h.,. fruitfully explore: I) Direct Action/Nonvio­ their understanding of violence. For some it is 4641 Roosevelt Blvd. lence/Conflict Resolution/Mediation; 2) Stem­ strictly physical harm to another, for others it Philadelphia, PA 19124 ming the arms trade; 3) Concern for global is a wider sense of coercion or breaking con­ FRIENDS H 0 Sp ITAL 215•831•4600 economy and just distribution of resources; 4) nections among people (and/or nature). It's Ethnic conflicts; and 5) International Law/ hard to promote the peace testimony when it

FRJENDS JoURNAL March 1996 25 is understood in so many diverse ways. war and abused home, so they should have an nI~ ~&~fi~~ The rest of the sessions were spent doing a equal voice at gatherings to build peace. simulation of peace committee meetings of If such control of a gathering of educated • Quality care in the Quaker tradition. five different types of monthly meetings, each religious leaders seems strange, it must be of which had just received a donation to be remembered that most of the participants­ • 42 apartments for independent liv­ spent in specific ways. Each small group men in their 60s and older-had come through ing, 60 private personal care rooms. worked separately. Most focused on local the barbarism ofWW II and the oppression of 120 nursing home beds. projects addressing violence, especially among communism. Several had suffered personally young people, and each found itself excited while upholding their religious faith and na­ • Peace of mind. Supportive medical about projects that really didn't need the money tional identity. They had learned to keep their and social services throughout your to get going, but seem to have been sparked thoughts and feelings private, still a safe habit stay. by the donation. where many former rulers are back in power A Continuing Journey: Papers From the with new titles. It took several days for most • An active lifestyle in a beautiful, Quaker Peace Roundtable, including the ad­ of the delegates to open up in small groups graceful sening. vance papers, the presentations, and a sum­ and at meals, and then most easily with those mary of the discussions, is available from who spoke the same language. • Meals, housekeeping, transporta­ Pendle Hill Bookstore. A letter was prepared in Hungarian, Ger­ tion. cultural and social activities. -Val Liveoak man, and English to be sent to the Catholic, • A history of caring since 1904. Orthodox, and Protestant churches of Europe. It noted that "we have become aliens and Christians Search For even enemies who infl ict unspeakable suffer­ Stapeley In Germantown Balkans Peace ing upon each other, such as massacres, forc­ 6300 Greene Street ible migrations, hostile propaganda, and the Philadelphia. PA 19144 As a first ecumenical step for peace in the denial of basic human rights." Balkans, 180 Catholic, Orthodox, and Protes­ People were urged "to join in changing the Call Carol Nemeroff tant delegates, mostly from eastern and south­ enemy images ofothers," "to love other Chris­ Admissions Director eastern Europe, met in Kecskemet, Hungary, tians and also Jews, Muslims, and others," (215)844-0700 August 21- 27, 1995, to discuss the role of the and "to work for all refugees and victims of churches in the conflicts of the Balkans. war." Finally, the delegates pledged "to con­ The conference, entitled "Christian Faith tinue the reconciliation and mutual under­ and Human Enmity," was primarily for clergy standing begun at the Conference." and theologians of the region. It included The conference was organized by the Ecu­ delegates of 18 denominations from 21 coun­ menical Study Center of Budapest and sup­ Display Ad Deadlines tries to consider how Christians contribute to ported by the Ecumenical Council ofChurches and can resolve violence, ethnic conflict, en­ in Hungary, the Hungarian Catholic Bishops Reservations are required for display emy images, and religious freedom in a plu­ Conference, the World Council of Churches, the National Council of Churches, and Chris­ ads in FRIENDS JouRNAL. ralist society. Beyond such meaty themes, however, the tians Associated for Relationships with East­ May issue: Reserve space by March 4. real purpose was to show how, at a personal em Europe. Most ofthe delegates and observ­ Ads must be received by March 11. level, Christians from different faiths and coun­ ers were from the region, others came from June issue: Reserve space by April 8. tries must first learn to work together if they western Europe, the United States, and Japan. Ads must be received by April 15. would bring peace. Thus the scholarly papers Another ecumenical conference is planned Ad rate is $28 per column inch. stimulated searching for solutions rather than for Graz, Austria, in 1997, with a series of assigning blame to any particular group. Con­ smaller gatherings in Bulgaria, Romania, and Call (215) 241-7279 now with your Macedonia. Similar conferences that build reservation or questions. ference organizers were watchful to head off any doctrinal disputes or personal remarks unity among people ofa ll religions who have that might touch off angry rejoinders. I be­ ties to the Balkans could lead to reconcilia­ lieve that such spiritual direction reflected the tion and support for long-term peace-building four years' careful planning for the confer­ in that troubled part of the world. ence, and I hope that follow-up inquiry will be Personal Note: made to learn the results. As the only Friend present I voted against Small classes, strong To those who asked why no Muslims were FRIENDS academics in a the final Jetter's reminder to "forgive our en­ invited, the answer that "we Christians must emies" because I claimed to have no enemies, SELECT supportive, caring learn to walk before we can fly" seemed to environment whereupon, amid much laughter, five profes­ SCHOOL emphasizing Quaker satisfy everyone. Then when the ambassador sors in tum reminded me that the term comes values. from Pakistan drove down to the conference from Jesus's Sermon on the Mount. Must we after reading about it in a Budapest newspa­ have enemies? Did George Fox or Gandhi • Pre-K thru 12th per and spoke about the Prophet's teaching on have enemies? Day School peace and nonviolence, he was greeted with a - Theodore Herman e • After School Program standing ovation. The Spirit was opening all • Summer Day Camp of us together in the search for unity. Notably absent was a fair number of Theodore Herman, Consultant to the Balkans 17th & the Parkway women. Of the 25 present, only I I were in­ Peace Center at the University of Sts. Cyril Philadelphia, PA vited participants, and only one led a work­ and Methodius, Skopje, Macedonia, repre­ (215) 561-5900 shop, as far as I know. Yet it is the women and sented the Friends Peace Team of Philadel­ children who are the chief victims in every phia Yearly Meeting.

26 March 1996 fRIENDS JOURNAL News of Friends DELAWARE VALLEY FRIENDS ScHOOL Alternatives to Violence Project celebrated 1994. The meeting decided to set a policy Morris&: Montgomery Avenues its 20th anniversary on Oct. 22, 1995, at the regarding the handling of future requests for Bryn Mawr, Pa. place where it began, Green Haven Correc­ same-gender marriage. The result is the fol­ tional Facility in New York. Thirty-three "out­ lowing minute: For Students with side" facilitators joined forty "inside" facilita­ We appreciate diversity in our community Learning Differences tors for exercises, food, and an informal cer­ and welcome all who share our search for College preparatory, Grades 7-12 emony to commemorate 20 years of dedi­ Truth. We recognize the Light in all sincere, Summer School cated commitment to A VP principles and prac­ loving, supportive relationships in which faith, tices and celebrate the enormous growth of hope, love, and truth abide. Upon request, Come to an Open House AVP throughout the world. Live Oak Friends Meeting will recognize (610) 526-95~5 for info & video, same-gender marriage through the same care­ "Learning with a Difference" Moscow Meeting officially became "The ful process we customarily use to arrive at Moscow Religious Unit of Friends" after clearness for marriage for all couples who registering with the Russian government in wish to unite under our care. One pathway to peace October 1995. Moscow Friends first applied to the Russian Min­ leads right through the istry of Justice to be a legally halls of Congress recognized organization over a year ago. Their application was returned three times for minor adjustments: the date was wrong or in the wrong place; Ae;k how you can ht:lp the forms had changed and brin€J Frit:nds' conct:rn for needed to be resubmitted; a p~:au and jue;tict: to Capitol Hi{{ group in Russia may not be FR!BNDS COMMITIEE ON NATIONAL LEGISLATION called a "Society"; a different 245 Second Street N.E. Washington, D.C. 20002-5795 address had to be listed. Even­ tually this legal status should enable Friends to issue their 1:: CREMATION Friends are reminded that the f~\~~v~~:o:d~~~::g :~: ~ Anna T. Jeanes Fund cedure ofgoing through another ~ will reimburse cremation costs. organization. There may also 16..:11o...::..JL>M (Applicable to members of be advantages related to Moscow Meeting The National Campaign for a Peace Tax Philadelphia Yearly Meeting only.) being the official employer of Friends House Fund announced the successful completion For lnrormation, wrltt or ttltphont Moscow staff and/or lease holder for rented of its 10,000 Letters program on Jan. 8. SANDY BATES 5350 Knox Strttt space. In addition, Moscow Friends have be­ Thousands of participants throughout the Philadelphia, PA 19144 gun the steps necessary to be an official United States fulfilled the year-long program's monthly meeting of the Religious Society of goals by sending 10,000 letters to their con­ Friends through Friends World Committee gressional representatives in support of the for Consultation. Three attenders have re­ Peace Tax Fund Bill and raising the nation's ceived training at Woodbrooke Quaker study conscience around issues of military spend­ Oakwood School center in England, where another is currently ing. The National Campaign for a Peace Tax studying. A fifth member has traveled several Fund is a grassroots advocacy organization times to Pendle Hill in Wallingford, Pa. Mos­ working for legislation that recognizes con­ Grades 7-12 and Postgraduate cow Meeting is doing well, although loca­ scientious objection to financial participation Friends Boarding and Day School tions and times for meeting for worship have in the military. The group has over 5,000 needed to be changed several times. Hope­ members, including 50 national religious and fully Moscow Friends' legal recognition will peace organizations. Nearly one-third of ev­ Emphasis on: lead to a permanent worship site that they can ery federal income tax dollar is spent for • College Preparatory Curriculum call their own in the near future. (From Friends military purposes. An estimated I0 to 20 thou­ · Challenging Senior Program House Moscow, December 1995) sand taxpayers violate tax law each year, rather · Learning Center than violate their conscience. Many more tax­ · Personal Growth Live Oak (Tex.) Meeting approved a minute payers violate the dictates of their conscience · International Program on same-gender marriage at their Decem­ rather than face stiff penalties and fines from · Visual and Performing Arts ber 1995 meeting for worship for business, the IRS. The Peace Tax Fund Bill amends the · Sports Program following a process initiated several years Internal Revenue Code so that a taxpayer, ago. The meeting began with a series of pro­ conscientiously opposed to participation in For a tour and more information grams on the study of"Marriage-AII Kinds" the military, can pay taxes in full and have the before any request for same-gender marriage part of those taxes equal to the current mili­ contact: was presented. After months of careful study, tary portion of the federal budget paid into a Oakwood School the meeting received its first request. Follow­ government trust fund for nonmilitary pur­ 515 South Road ing deliberations over naming a clearness com­ poses. For more information, contact the Na­ Poughkeepsie, NY 12601 mittee and holding the marriage under the tional Campaign for a Peace Tax Fund, 2121 Telephone:(914) 462-4200 care of the meeting, the request was approved Decatur Place NW, Washington, DC 20008- Fax:(914) 462-4251 and the marriage took place in November 1923, telephone (202) 483-3751.

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•Individuals involved in the study and prac­ tice of Christian mysticism are eligible for grants of up to $500 from Friends World Scattergood offers a rigorous college preparatory program for approximately 60 Committee for Consultation's Elizabeth Ann Bogert Memorial Fund. Recently funded pro­ students, grades 9 through 12, in a caring, close-knit community of boarding posals include: producing a new edition of students and resident staff living and working together in a beautiful rural setting. EarthSaints for EarthLight Magazine; devel­ oping a slide show on icons as an aid to • Coeducational worship; preparing a course on experiencing • Graduation requirements include the mystical through meditation and sacred Quaker Studies and an off-campus dance; a course of study on nurturing the community service project spirit; and the study of a particular mystic's • Strong programs in the arts life. Proposals should include a description of • Four-year Spanish language the project, the specific amount requested, program with work-camp how the grant will be used, and how the experience in Mexico applicant plans to communicate the results to • Daily campus and farm work crews others. Tuition and living expenses are usu­ • Outdoor and wilderness programs ally not funded. Recipients are asked to sub­ mit a progress report within one year. To • Cooperation emphasized over apply, send seven copies of your proposal to competition Carolyn N. Terrell, 46 B Brainerd St., Mount • More than one-third of students and Holly, NJ 08060, and ask others familiar with staff have Quaker backgrounds the project and your ability to carry it out to send letters of reference directly to the same To learn more about Scattergood, or to a"ange a visit, contact the Director ofAdmissions , address. The deadline for applications is April Scanergood Friends School, 1951 Delta Avenue, West Branch, Iowa 52358-8507, 15, and decisions will be made in June. To phone(319)643-7638,FAU((319)643-7485. make a financial contribution, send checks, payable to the FWCC Bogert Fund, to FWCC, Under the care oflowa Yearly Meeting of Friends (C) since 1890 Section ofthe Americas, 1506 Race St., Phila­ delphia, PA 19102. •The Bob Bacon Memorial Fund has been established to provide encouragement and fi­ nancial assistance to an individual or group associated with the Religious Society of Friends seeking to act on leadings or convic­ Individuals in Community tions toward the purpose of making them­ selves, the community, or the planet a more peaceful, loving, and harmonious place. Bob Bacon and his wife Betty were cofounders of the Youth Program at Powell House, New York Yearly Meeting's retreat center in Old Chatham, N.Y. Inquiries and tax-deductible contributions may be sent to Bob Bacon Me­ morial Fund, c/o Old Chatham Meeting, 524 Pitt Hall Rd., Old Chatham, NY 12136. •Ann Arbor (Mich.) Meeting is planning a reunion for July 20-21 entitled "Celebrating Our Continuing Community." Two days of fun, food, reflection, and worship are planned. Saturday's activities include dancing, play­ ing, and visiting at the new Michigan Friends Center at Friends Lake Community. On Sun­ day, participants will gather at the Ann Arbor Meetinghouse for morning worship, followed ASCHOOL IN THE PI06IESSIVf TIADITIOII, THE CAMII/06£ SCHooL Of wmt1N OffEIS HIGHLY l'fiSOIWJZED, THOIJGHTRIL by a potluck dinner. Hospitality is available COUEGE I'IE1AIATIOII FOIIKTB1KTIJAJ..LY CUIIOUS YOIJII61f01U; AM E1HKAL SCHOOL COMMIJiffrY lASED 011 DEE1 for those who confirm early. For more infor­ MIITIJAL TIIJST AID mlfCT; AfiACE WHElE ltm6111Y AID DMISITY AlE AmECIATED; AID AM AmOACH WHICH mation, contact Debs Roush, 7301 Waters Rd., Ann Arbor, MI 48103, telephone (313) fiACfS AS MIJC1# EMI'HASIS 011 ASK/116 THE liGHT QUfSTIOIIS AS 011 GM/16 THE liGHT AMmiS. 663-0415. (DEDUCAnDIIAL, IOAIJJIIIGAMD DAY, GlADES 9-12 AID PG. (Au (617} 642-8650. •The Peace Studies Association has desig­ nated April 4 as their "Day Without Vio­ lence," a special observance on college and university campuses around the world. April The Cambridge School of Weston • 1886 4, the anniversary of the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., will be a "violence-

28 March 1996 FRIENDS JOURNAL New from North Carolina! free, hate-free" demonstration throughout the country and in Wash­ day. Current projects include ington, D.C. Each hearing will high­ SONGS teach-ins, dances, and rallies light selected cases that demonstrate FOR for peace. The events will call the inconsistency of the application of attention to university com­ the death penalty. These selected cases WORSHIP: munities' desire for peace, fo- ... will be dramatized by professional ac­ cus on alternatives to vio- ~ tors and recorded for video distribution. Towards lence, promote the study of ~ The NCCP is a coalition of individuals a QJ,taker the processes of peace, and ~ and organizations, including the Hymnody cultivate communication ~ ...... Bruderhof Foundation, the James Earl among individuals on cam- Chaney Foundation, and the National by CarroU S. Feagins puses around the world. For more informa­ Council of Churches, dedicated to educating tion, contact Peace Studies Association, the general public on the current practice of • 35 new hymns and an essay on Drawer 105, Earlham College, Richmond, IN executions in the United States. Hearings in Quakers' use of music 47374, e-mail [email protected]. the Northeast took place in February, but other • Published by North Carolina Yearly regional hearings are scheduled for the Great Meeting •The Clarence and Lilly Pickett Fund for Lakes in April, the Central U.S. in May, South­ • $10 plus shipping and handling Quaker Leadership is seeking nominations em U.S. in July, Pacific U.S. in August, and for 1996-1997 grants. Last year's recipients Washington, D.C., Sept. 17-19. For more include Stan Becker from Baltimore information, contact Ben Chaney, The James Homewood (Md.) Meeting, who received CANE l \'-.1 l Kll K Earl Chaney Foundation, Law Office-Sixth I $2,000 to support his activism, lecturing, and Floor, 36 East 12th St., New York, NY I 0003, CREEK: writing about world population growth; Herb telephone (212) 475-3232, fax (212) 979-1583, Walters from Celo (N.C.) Meeting, who used or Matthew Domer, The Bruderhof Founda­ Mother of a $2,000 grant to assist the "Religion and tion, Route 213, Rifton, NY 1247 1-0903, tele­ Meetings Diversity Project'' for gay rights in Atlanta, phone (914) 658-8351, fax (914) 658-3317. Ga.; and Guilford College student Chandra Tax-deductible contributions should be made by Bobbie Woolson, who will use $1,000 to support a payable to The BruderhofFoundation, marked r year of research and visitation among Friends for the NCCP Fund, and sent to the address Teague in New Zealand and Australia. Nominations above. for 1996-1997 grants should be sent to Allen • Local Friends meeting in North Bowman, Fund Coordinator, c/o William Penn •The national Religion and Diversity Project Carolina that began 15 other meetings College, Oskaloosa, lA 52577, telephone ( 515) recently completed a two-year effort with • Jointly published by Nonh Carolina 673-1 07 6. The fund will forward applications Asheville (N.C.) Meeting, which worked suc­ Yearly Meeting, N.C. Friends to nominees, and the dead! ine for the nomina­ cessfully to promote dialogue between homo­ Historical Society, Cane Creek tion/application process is April!. The Pickett sexuals and ministers of all the major de­ Meeting nominations in Asheville and helped form the Endowment currently totals $170,000, and • 160 pages, photographs annual grant income is about $6,000. Interfaith Alliance for Justice. The national project is currently providing training and as­ • $13 plus shipping and handling •To mark the 20th anniversary of the rein­ sistance to an effort sponsored by Atlanta statement of the death penalty in the United (Ga.) Meeting, which is also reaching out to States, the National Commission on Capital other faiths and denominations. After three THE Punishment (NCCP) is holding hearings years of successful grassroots work supported BATTLE Calendar OF NEW MARCH 8-10-"Workshop for Social Action Train­ Meeting at the University of Miami Holiday GARDEN ers," led by George Lakey in New York City. Inn in Coral Gables, Fla. T. Canby Jones and Participants will develop training skills and Arturo Carranza will speak to the theme, "Make network with other trainers. Contact Learning a joyful noise unto the Lord, all ye lands." by Algie 1 Newlin Alliance, 324 Lafayette 7th Fl., New York, Visitors and attenders are welcome for daily NY I 00 12, telephone (212) 226-7171 , fax sessions. Contact FWCC, Section ofthe Ameri­ • The little known story of one of the (212) 274-8712. cas, 1506 Race St., Philadelphia, PA 19102, most imponanr "minor battles" of the Second week of March-Japan Yearly Meet­ telephone (215) 24 1-7250, fax (215) 241-7285. Revolutionary War in North Carolina ing, Tokyo, Japan. Contact Japan Yearly Meet­ 20-24-Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, at Arch • Jointly published by North Carolina ing, Mamoru Hitomi, 8-19 Mita 4-chome, Street Meetinghouse, Philadelphia, Pa. Con­ Yearly Meeting, N.C. Friends Minato-ku, Tokyo 108, Japan, telephone (8 1- tact Nancy Middleton, PYM, 1515 Cherry St., H istorical Society, 78 pages 3) 3451-7002. Philadelphia, PA 19102, telephone (215) 241 - 13- 17-Alaska Yearly Meeting, Ambler, 7210, fax (215) 567-2096. • $7.50 plus shipping and handling. Alaska. Contact Roland T. Booth Sr., P.O. Box 28-31-Middle East Yearly Meeting, 687, Kotzebue, AK 99752, telephone (907) Brurnmana, Lebanon. Contact Tony Manasseh, Order the above books now from: 442-3906. P.O. Box 130, Brurnmana, Lebanon, telephone North Carolina Yearly Meeting 14-17-Friends World Committee for Con­ (961-4) 960023/4, fax (I) 427423. 5506 West Friendly Avenue sultation, Section of the Americas, Annual Greensboro, North Carolina 27344

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terms of their usefulness to us. Our link to the his verbose style and convoluted sentences, Images of Personal Value other is merely through some function, no the author shows a fragmentary understand­ By Philip Mooney. Sheed & Ward, Kansas matter how important. The appreciation per­ ing of Quakerism. While Fox looked for the City, Mo. , 1994. 168 pages. $10.951 spective is quite different. Here there is some spirit behind the words, the author takes him paperback. real felt awareness of the worth of another. literally. If each of us is of unfathomable worth, Indeed a key task of the book is to get us to see Essays dealing with James Nayler's ac­ then why is it so often the case that this great just how important our feelings are to being tions at Bristol in 1656 reflect a present-day, and saving truth seems hidden from us? Why rational. To truly appreciate someone is to laissez-faire attitude towards religious belief. do so many fail to believe this about them­ feel their worth. " For what is affection but my One states that Nayler was only doing what selves? Philip Mooney, a professor of relig­ unique spirit showing appreciation for your Fox had taught. Another sees Nayler as vic­ ion and literature at St. Peter's College in unique worth for which there are no preset tim and criticizes Fox for not being more Jersey City, N.J., has written a book about the symbols." Friendship, the heart and substance forgiving. But one essay puts the matter in struggle and suffering people experience try­ of the personal perspective, arises out of the better perspective, noting that prior to Nayler's ing to rid themselves of false images of what mutual recognition and affirmation of one's defection, Fox had been making some head­ it is to be a person. It is a book with insights "belovability," despite flaws. way in stemming the vigorous opposition to that could change your life. Anyone interested in the complexity, rich­ Quakers and that Nayler's action had led to a Beginning with thoughts on the meaning ness, and mystery of human relations will fresh wave of persecution. of "home," the slim volume is immediately profit from this book. In it is the quiet, in­ The essays on the emergence ofthe Quaker engaging and easy to read, but less easy to formed voice ofso meone who deeply sympa­ peace testimony are informative. In the early describe adequately. It is about the desire that thizes with the struggle to live authentically in 1660s the peace testimony was well estab­ exists in each of us for an authentic personal a world that often distracts, confuses, and lished, proclaimed by one author to be the life, a quest for the sense of belonging that misleads with its false images of personal greatest legacy of George Fox. It is noted in only comes through the mutuality of friend­ value. several places, though, that early Friends were ship. " Home is made up of those special per­ -Stanley M. Harrison not pacifist at the start. Too much is made of this, for it takes time for such a radical con­ sons who occupy a comer of our heart." Stanley M. Harrison is an associate profes­ This brief remark only announces the cept to develop. sor ofphilosophy at Marquette University in For those interested in the religious, politi­ theme. The book is about many important Milwaukee, Wis. things. It is partly a commentary on the subtle cal, and social life of 17th-century England, and not-so-subtle ways in which basic institu­ there are some very good sections. For the tions such as corporations, government, the most part, however, these essays are by schol­ Church, and even one's own family can effec­ New Light on George Fox ars, for scholars, and not for the casual reader. tively prevent us from seeing our true dignity Edited by Michael Mullett. William Sessions and worth by creating images, such as judg­ Limited, The Ebor Press, York, England, -John E. Nicholson ing according to performance criteria or re­ /994. 162 pages. £12.50/paperback. A retired teacher ofhistory and religion, John fusing to forgive mistakes. It is about the The 12 essays in this book on George Fox E. Nicholson is a member of Westtown (Pa.) struggle we all experience in believing that and the early Quaker movement were se­ Meeting and has served as clerk of Philadel­ we are worthy of the gift of someone else's lected from papers presented to an interna­ phia Yearly Meeting's Worship and Ministry time, work, and devotion. It is about what it tional conference held in England in 1991 to and Family Relations committees. means to trust and to wait patiently for an­ mark the tercentenary of his death. other to freely reveal who they are. It is about While the title of the book catches the the subtle way in which sexual intimacy can reader's interest, it soon becomes clear that The Origin of Satan camouflage fear of real intimacy. It is about any "new light" is obscured by wordy schol­ the complexities of marriage and the meaning arship. Several of the authors show an intui­ By Elaine Pagels. Random House, New offidelity. It is about the temptations ofpower tive sense of Quakerism, but others seem to York, N.Y., 1995. 214 pages. $23/hardcover. and violence, and the deep human need for have little, if any, understanding ofthe spiri­ Many Friends will find much of vital inter­ forgiveness. tual dynamic behind the Quaker movement. est in this book, if recent group discussions of What makes the book work is the author's Too often Fox is looked at and judged through it at the Kendal at Longwood residential care conversational way of integrating his intimate the lens of contemporary liberalism. One au­ center in Kennett Square, Pa., are symptom­ knowledge of favorite books, plays, movies, thor sees the sense of the meeting as a "com­ atic. The Origin ofSatan was hailed in several musicals, biographies, and many personal an­ promise." Another wonders why only II of leading journals as a landmark in New Testa­ ecdotes. Interspersed with insights from the Fox's sermons were published, failing to un­ ment studies. But why should it interest so contemporary philosopher and Quaker, John derstand that Quaker ministry was spontane­ many Friends, many of whom are not in­ Macmurray, are wonderful lessons from the ous and, as a rule, not written down. One tensely oriented toward Scriptures? famous French aviator, Antoine de Saint­ writer takes Fox to task for not speaking out For starters it is good history. The author, a Exupery, the poet Anne Morrow Lindbergh, against slavery. Yet Fox was primarily led to Princeton professor of religion, skillfully Tennessee Williams, Grace Kelly, St. Paul, spread the gospel and set up meetings, along handles the many layers of recently uncov­ Robert Preston, Jesus, Eugene O'Neill, and with needed organizational structure. ered evidence, impenetrable to those not many others. Two chapters are especially critical ofFox. equipped with a battery of ancient and mod­ Twelve brief chapters, each with its own The author of one states that he had "not em languages, to tell a clear if not simple theme (such as "What Is Failure Anyway?"), found Fox especially likeable" and demon­ story. draw the reader into real reflection on what is strates his feelings through the essay to the The story is not simple because her inter­ most crucial in our relations with others. The point where one is led to question his objec­ pretation flies in the face of convention and book builds out, in clear and ordinary lan­ tivity. He tells us that Fox lacked humor and makes us think. Her first challenge is to go guage, the meaning of "Three Attitudes" or humility and that his early agenda was primar­ behind the four gospels and open our minds to basic ways we have ofrelating to other people. ily political. The other provides the title for the more than 20 or so other gospels found at In a functional relation, we approach others in the book, "New Light on George Fox." With Nag Hammadi in Egypt. The orthodox rebel

FRIENDS JoURNAL March 1996 31 at this, not so much because it undermines fundamentalist literalism as because it reveals The ESR Equation: a rich, varied, and creative ground of religious experience. Some say: "Close the book. We 1. A supportive, Christ-centered, learning community-plus know what we need to know." 2. Rigorous academics-plus Often, however, the non-canonical mate­ rial tends to con finn insights of Quakers and 3. Diversity of age, race, gender and faith tradition&-plus others who are open to the spiritual needs of 4. A focus on personal spirituality-plus our times. For example, Pagels calls attention to the Gospel of Mary, which plainly places 5. Many small, engaging classes-plus Mary among the Apostles as a friend of Jesus 6. Opportunities to work closely, one-on-one, with caring faculty-plus and a spiritual leader ofthe first rank. Defend­ 7. A place where family members are included. ers of orthodoxy argue that this gospel is a heretical aberration of the second century. Although it may be that the present fonn of the writing is later, not many will deny that It all adds up the canonical gospels and the genuine letters of Paul do reveal women ministers of note. to transformation. The same argument cannot be success­ fully used against the Gospel ofThomas, since Earlham School of Religion- most scholars agree that it is of the same (A QUAKER SEMINARY OFFERING MAsTER OF DlVIN!lY, period as the canonical gospels, if not earlier. MAsTER OF MINISIRY AND MAsTER OF AR'ls DEGREF.'l) In it Pagels reveals much that lies deep in the right answer for a solid education Quaker experience: the idea that the kingdom and personal preparation for minis tty. ofGod lies within and not in some imaginary place or time, that our goal should be enlight­ enment not salvation, that we are all children Call Nancy Nelson at 1~1377 of God, and that self discovery is mostly the I 228 College Avenue, Richmond, Indiana 47374 work and responsibility of an individual. Pagels then shows that the orthodox church felt the need to ignore or suppress the variety of early Christian experience in order to retain the obedience of its members to a clergy authoritatively chosen as inheritors of apos­ tolic leadership. The definition of absolute boundaries between we and they reinforces The Prayer Project what may be a universal trait of human tribes. cAre you willing or do you know someone who would be willing to answer Hence the canon of works acceptable to the a confidential series ofsurveys about prayer and related issues ofspirituality? hierarchy was created and the foundation laid for the definition of a creed in the fourth Serious California researcher seeks a limited number of mature individuals century. Such was the life work oflrenaeus of for long-term (1 year+) and occasional correspondence(s) who. .. Lyons toward the end of the second cen­ ,.. are over age forty, tury-together with his multivolumed attack on heretics. His sharp focus is on the * pray daily (in their own way or in some more traditional manner), demonization of enemies. To be sure, Christians did not invent Satan ,.. consider their life to be, in some fashion, like art or prayer, as the personification of evil, and Pagels ably ,.. have experienced concrete benefits (e.g., the cultivation of strong sketches Satan's development in the teaching faith) from their practice, of the Essenes, Pharisees, and later rabbis. However, Christians did ratchet up the inten­ * have been praying regularly for at least ten years, sity ofcondemnation, for Jews never expelled * consider themselves "spiritually mature" and have developed servants of Satan from Jewry, which is based a vocabulary to discuss the variables of a rich and constant inner life, on inheritance rather than creed. Christian demonization, ostracism, and * feel disposed to enter into occasional, ongoing correspondence about later persecution were applied first to Jews, as the benefits, dictates, and transcendent potentials of prayer and its in the passion story, then to pagans and her­ more practical correlates. etics; the bulk of the book is devoted to the sad story. The attack on the pagans seems This is a small, ongoing, and personal study with limited openings. especially unprovoked, since pagans, with If you (or someone you know) would be interested in our confidential some lapses, accepted any group into their universalist polytheism. It seems to be only research project, please review this ad and respond briefly describing your the "higher," monotheistic religions that carry background and interest, with a business-size SASE. demonization to its fu ll extent. Herein lies one of the great curses of our times from Boxholder ~ POB 1 ~ Stewarts Point, CA 95480 Bosnia to the Christian Coalition. It would be wrong to convey the impres-

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Births/Adoptions joined the navy and became a hospital corpsman. He received a medical discharge in 1961 and at­ Bancroft-Savannah Faye Bancroft, on tended the University of Redlands, where he stud­ Sept. 2, 1995, to Rebecca and Ernest ied history and economics. He graduated in 1965 Bancroft, of Falls (Pa.) Meeting. and worked for an insurance company in Los An- Buck-Molly Wells Buck, on March 30, geles. He attended Southwestern Law School and, 1995, to Valerie Ross and David Buck, after graduating in 1974, did independent legal attenders of Oneonta (N.Y.) Meeting. research for many years. During the 1970s and 1980s he worked with several peace Douglass-Robert Reed Douglass, on organizations. In 1980 Randy met Kathryn Aug. 14, 1995, to Julianne and Dan / Wickson and the couple were married in Douglass, of Atlanta (Ga.) Meeting. 1982. They had a son in 1984, and through Evans-Jeremy Graf Evans, on Nov. his participation in the preschool at Pa­ 6, 1995, to Melissa Graf Evans and cific Ackworth Friends School, the fam ­ Jonathan Evans, of Baltimore (Md.) ily began attending Orange Grove (Calif.) Meeting, Stony Run. Meeting. Randy became a member ofthat meeting in 1992. The family enjoyed Haaf-Joseph Gary Haaf, on Sept. 3, camping together, and in 1995 Randy and 1995, to Carmela and David Haaf, of his son shared a month-long trip to Alaska. Woodstown (N.J.) Meeting. ~~~~~~~ Randy liked to welcome newcomers to Lewis-Heather Anne Lewis, on Sept. 15, meeting. He knew a lot about the history of Friends 1995, to Anne Ursell Lewis and Peter Lewis. ~ and wished to share Friends' convictions about Anne is a member of Friends Meeting of peace, simplicity, community, and equality with Washington (D.C.). the world. Randy is survived by his wife, Kate; a son, Arthur; a brother, Charles Carpenter; and an Moss-Martin Moss, on Nov. 30, 1995, to aunt, Ruth Carpenter. Mary Kay Glazer and Mark Moss, of Rochester (N.Y.) Meeting. McKoy-Helen Harris McKoy, 85, on Sept. 21, Newman-Heggie-Lydia Marian Newman­ 1995, at Kendal at Longwood retirement commu­ Heggie, on Nov. 16, 1995, to Pam Heggie nity, Kennett Square, Pa. Born in Philadelphia, and Nancy Newman, of Twin Cities (Minn.) Helen graduated from Howard University in 1932 Meeting. then to New York, where they were members of and later received a master's degree in education Manhasset, Scarsdale, and Chappaqua meetings. in counseling psychology from Antioch College Rubio-Chandra Kalipama Rubin, adopted on For many years Mae taught swimming, specializ­ Graduate School in Philadelphia. She worked with Nov. 3, 1995, by Callie Wilson and Dan Rubin, ing in elderly learners, at a local YMCA. She was the Philadelphia County Board of Assistance, acted of Olympia (Wash.) Meeting. an active member of the League of Women Voters as supervisor of the Women's Christian Alliance Walker-Sarah Walker, on Aug. 25, 1995, to and pursued a lifelong interest in sculpture, par­ Foster Home Placement Agency, served as a thera­ Francine and Peter Walker. Peter is a member of ticularly in wood. Mae brought great strength to pist with Hahnemann Hospital's Mental Health Purchase (N.Y.) Meeting. meetings, where her thoughts came with no waste Program, and worked as a guidance counselor at a of words. Simplicity and clarity marked her life. North Philadelphia junior high school. Helen was Mae is survived by her husband, Clement; three active with the American Friends Service Commit­ Marriages/Unions daughters, Martha, Jane, and Faith; a son, Peter; tee, Germantown (Pa.) Meeting, and Philadelphia Jones-Campbell-Don Campbell and Judi seven grandchildren; and a sister, Bernice Yearly Meeting. She was a pioneer in Philadelphia Jones, on June 24, 1995, under the care of Williams. human relations. She was one of the first African Framingham (Mass.) Meeting. Bonner-Dorothy Clayton Bonner, 87, on Sept. American members of Germantown Meeting and McFarland-Haaf- Jfdfrey Haafand Kelly 24, 1995, at Vista Del Monte retirement facility in one of the first African American parents to edu­ McFarland, on June 16, 1995. Jeff is a member Santa Barbara, Calif., following a lengthy illness. cate her children at Germantown Friends School, of Woodstown (N.J.) Meeting. Born in Trenton, N.J., Dorothy attended George where she served on the school committee. She School in Newtown, Pa., and later graduated from was an active hostess with the International Visi­ Smith-Knightly-Bob Knightly and Rose Smith, the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, N.Y. She worked in tors Organization. Helen enjoyed reading, com­ on Oct. 14, 1995, at and under the care of Quaker-sponsored soup kitchens in New York City posing poetry, writing, and listening to music, and Flushing (N.Y.) Meeting. and was involved with the American Friends Ser­ after moving to Kendal at Longwood in 1986, she vice Committee during World War II. She lived in started a writer's group. Helen was preceded in Deaths Chicago before moving to California in the early death by her husband, John Walter McKoy, in 1968; and a son, Paul Limeul McKoy, in 1987. She Alexandre-Frances Mae Gordon Alexandre, 82, 1960s. Dorothy was an active member of Santa Barbara (Calif.) Meeting, where she headed a break­ is survived by a son, John Harris McKoy; and on Sept. 14, 1995, at home in Tarrytown, N.Y., several nieces and nephews. surrounded by her family. A birthright Friend, fast discussion group for many years. She was in Mae grew up in De Soto, Kans., where her father charge of two dormitory dining services at the Rhoads-Caroline Paxson Rhoads, 95, on Oct. was mayor. She graduated from Kansas State Uni­ University of California, Santa Barbara, and later 31, 1995, at Stapeley in Germantown retirement versity and during the 1930s and early 1940s was employed in food service at Vista Del Monte. facility, Germantown, Pa. A lifelong member of worked in rural Kansas and Missouri communities She is remembered for her wonderfully dry sense Germantown (Pa.) Meeting, Caroline attended for the Cooperative Extension Service of the U.S. of humor and her ability to make others laugh in Germantown Friends School and Westtown School. Department of Agriculture. In early 1943 she took any situation. Dorothy is survived by a niece, She graduated from Mt. Holyoke College in 1922 an assignment with the American Friends Service Diane Wilgus. and later earned a degree in education from Co­ Committee, helping resettle families in East Ben­ Carpenter-Randall Lee Carpenter, 54, on July lumbia University in New York City. Upon gradu­ gal following India's post-independence civil war. 25, 1995, of a heart attack. Born in Cleveland, ation, she devoted her life to teaching for the next Her association with AFSC continued for many Ohio, and raised in East Orange, N.J., and La 43 years, beginning in Friends schools and later years. Mae met Clement Alexandre, an English Canada, Calif., Randy was a Boy Scout and loved serving on the faculty of Girard College in Phila­ member of the Friends Ambulance Unit in India, camping and exploring wild places. His first expe­ delphia for over 30 years until her retirement in and they were married in 1946. They moved to rience with Quakers and Quaker process was 1965. Caroline lived in Germantown almost all of Pendle Hill in Wallingford,' Pa., where Mae was through a work camp project at Pacific Ackworth her life, spending many summers on her family's head resident. The couple later moved to Chicago, Friends School in Temple City, Calif., while he farm in New Hope, Pa. She traveled widely, visit­ where they joined 57th Street (Ill.) Meeting, and was in high school. In 1959 at age 18, Randy ing Japan, the Middle East, Europe, and most of

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FRIENDS JOURNAL March 1996 37 WESTTOWN SCHOOL the United States and Canada. She was an active member of Germantown Meeting, serving as an elder and, for many years, as an overseer. Above all, she was the "anchor" in a large family, provid­ ing help and long-term care for her mother, aunt, and older sisters. Caroline is survived by a brother, Jonathan E. Rhoads; a niece, Margaret Kendon; five nephews, Jonathan E., George G., Edward 0. F., Philip G., and Charles J. Rhoads; and 12 grand­ nieces and grandnephews. Stabler-Sarah Marshall Stabler, 96, on Oct. II, 1995, at Kendal at Longwood retirement facility in Kennett Square, Pa. Sarah was born and raised at We invite you to discover the value of a Westtown education.. . George School in Newtown, Pa. She graduated under the care of the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting since 1799. from George School in 1918 and, after a year at Swarthmore College, she supported herself and studied music. In 1923 she married Laurence Janney *Challenging programs in academics, the arts, and athletics Stabler, and they raised five children. Throughout her life, Sarah was active in community affairs and *Strong Quaker presence in student body and faculty in Swarthmore (Pa.) Meeting. At the time of her *310 day students in grades pre-K through 10 death she was a member of Kendal (Pa.) Meeting. Sarah was a member of the local school board and *290 boarding students in grades 9-12 (boarding required, 11-12) directed the lunch room of a local school for many *Diversity of racial, geographic, economic and religious years. She was a musician, and she also created beautiful hooked rugs and quilts. She was filled backgrounds among students and teachers with good cheer and loving kindness and was *Weekly meeting for worship and strong sense of community loved by all who knew her. Sarah is survived by her five children; 16 grandchildren; and 17 great­ are central to school life. grandchildren. Sykes-Marjorie Sykes, 90, on Aug. 17, 1995, at Westtown School, Westtown, PA 19395 (610) 399-7900 Swarthmore Friends Residential Care Home in Gerrards Cross, England. Matjorie was born in South Yorkshire, England, and attended Cambridge University. Following graduation in 1928, she went to India to teach at Bentinck School for Girls in Madras and soon became that school's principal. It was during these years in Madras that she found and became a member of the Religious Society of Friends. In 1939 she was invited by Rabindranath Tagore to be Representative of English Culture at Santiniketan, where she worked closely with him during the last years of his life. Having become fluent in Bengali, she translated many of his works into English. Matjorie knew Gandhi well and was active in the nonviolent movement for Indian inde­ pendence. During these years, she taught English at the Women's Christian College in Madras, where she lived in the slum area and began a nursery school for the children of working mothers that continues to this day. She then went to Gandhi's ashram at Sevagram and served as principal of his Abington Friends School Basic Education Program. She later extended this program in her own home in the Nilgiri Hills of South India. For three years she was a member of A Quaker co-educational college preparatory day school the peacekeeping team monitoring the ceasefire between the Indian government and the Nagaland for students in Preschool through Grade 12 Independence Fighters. Maijorie continued her work for peace as a consultant to the nonviolent civil rights movement in the United States and Canada in 1964. In 1974-75 she served as Pacific Yearly Meeting's Friend-from-the-Orient, travel­ ing and speaking throughout the Pacific Rim. She For more information, please call also spent periods as Friend-in-Residence at Pen die Hill and Woodbrooke Quaker study centers. 215-886-4350 Throughout her life she found time for writing­ books, articles, translations (she was fluent in Tamil, Bengali, and Hindi), editing Friendly "Way, and composing many personal letters. Matjorie had a distinguished career, but she will be remembered most of all for her gift of friendship and the way, unencumbered by material possessions, she was able to live fully under the guidance of the Spirit

38 March 1996 FRIENDS JoURNAL Looking for a creative living alternative in New York Classified City? Penington Friends House may be the place for you! We are looking for people of all ages who want to make a For Information call (215) 241-7279. serious commitment to a community lifestyle based on and to respond with love and understanding to the 55¢ per word. Minimum charge is $11. Quaker principles. For information call (212) 673-1730. Add 10% if boxed. 10% discount for three We also have overnight accommodations. needs of others. consecutive insertions, 25% for six. Appearance of any advertisement does not Taylor-William Henry Taylor, 82, on Aug. 8, imply endorsement by Friends Journal. Audio-Visual 1995. William was born in San Dimas, Calif., and Classified Ad Deadlines: WHO ARE QUAKERS? by Claire Simon: moved to Altadena, Calif., at the age of seven, Describes Friends' worship, ministry, following the death of his father. When he was 14, May issue: March 11 and decsion-making. Excellent tool fo r June issue: April 15 his mother also passed away, and he and his brother outreach and education. $26.50 Submit your ad to: (appr. 27 mins.). were raised by an aunt. Living next door to another Advertising Manager, Friends Journal Also available: CRONES: Interviews with Elder Quaker 1501 Cherry Street aunt, uncle, and cousins, William grew up in an -Wome~iaire Simon's first program. Quaker women extended fami ly and was active in Orange Grove Philadelphia, PA 19102-1497 speak unselfconsciously about their lives, being Quaker (Calif.) Meeting. In 1936 he graduated from the Fax: (215) 568-1377 women, and their feelings about aging and death. Re­ duced to $15 (appr. 20 mins.). University of Southern California with a degree in Please add $3 for postage with your order and allow three architecture. In 1940 William married Jean Engle, weeks for delivery. Quaker Video, P.O. Box 292, whom he had met as a 16-year-old while attending Accommodations Maplewood, NJ 07040. a Friends General Conference gathering in Cape Friends Southwest Center. Reasonable guest accom­ May, N.J. They established a home in Altadena modations. R. V. facilities also available. Mild climate at Books and Publications and raised three children. In 1942, during WW II, 4,200 ft. altitude in southeastern Arizona. Convenient to Cookbooks: Gladys Taber, Grace Livingston Hill, Janice William worked at the Japanese Relocation Center Coronado National Forest and Mexico. Please write Rt.1 Holts Giles. Send SASE for list to: Yesterdays Books, Box 170, McNeal, AZ 85617. in Rivers, Ariz. In 1943 he joined the United Na­ 402 Bedford Street Whitman MA 02382 tions Rehabilitation Agency and worked on im­ An oasis of calm In the heart of london? Yes, at the proving railways in Yugoslavia and Egypt. He Quaker International Centre, where short-, medium-, and Heron Dance: A publication celebrating the good. The longer-term accommodation is available as well as con­ spiritual underpinnings of work in prisons, soup kitchens, returned to California in 1945 and resumed his ference facilities. Excellent homemade food. For further refugee camps, homeless shelters. The beauty of art architecture practice. William enjoyed a 57-year information contact telephone: (0171) 387-5648, fax: and of nature. For a sample send $3 to P.O. Box 318, architecture career, during which he designed (0171) 383-3722, or write to: 1 Byng Place, london Westport, NY 12993. Annual subscription (8 issues) $27. schools, public buildings, and private homes. Most WC1E7JH. Beacon Hill Friends House: Quaker-sponsored resi­ recently he had received an award for his remodel­ dence of 19 interested in community living, spiritual growth, New 1995-etl FGC Bookstore Catal

FRJENDS JouRNAL March 1996 39 Spring events at Mountain Retreat, a small Christian Oakwood Friends School, a 7-12, coed, day &boarding retreat center. school with a 200-year tradition of Quaker education, March 15-17: Come, Rest, Pray: A Quiet Retreat Opportunities Sought seeks an experienced administrator with a strong com­ April 19-21: living Bread: A Bread Baking Retreat mitment to Friends education and Quaker values to serve May 24-26: Unending Currents: A Canoe Retreat Ukrainian environmental film producer, currently at­ as Dean of Students, starting July 1, 1996. The candi­ For more information contact: MI. Retreat, Box 266, tending Westerly (R.I.) Meeting, seeks opportunities to date should have teaching experience and hold at least a Harman, WV 26270. (304) 227-4427. produce documentary videos. Speaks English. Will relo­ master's degree. Positive leadership and good communi­ cate. Write or call Andrei Loskoutor, 43 Barnes Road, Upcoming Conferences at Pendle Hill cation skills will enable the candidate to respond effectively Stonington, CT 06378. (203) 536-9968. to disciplinary issues as well as develop meaningful co­ Drawing and Meditation, Michael McGrath, March 22-24. and extra-curricular activities for day students and board­ Gospel of Thomas, Anne Thomas, April 26-28. ers alike. Send letter, resume, and references to: Search Women of Age, Wisdom, and Power, (women over 65 Performing Arts & Music Committee, Oakwood Friends School, 515 South Road, only), Elizabeth Watson, April 29-May 3. Poughkeepsie, New York, 12601. George Fox and the Creation of Quakerism, Larry Royale Musicke-Renaissance and Baroque music for Ingle, May 3-5. your wedding, party, or special occasion. Classical guitar Durham Friends Meeting seeks experienced Quaker Poetry of Adrienne Rich and Emily Dickinson, Eugenia and recorder/llute duo. (609) 858-9374. pastor. Rural setting near Brunswick and Freeport, Maine. Friedman, May 10-12. Songs that build community. Free catalog of songbooks/ Close to colleges, parks, and ocean. Vital meeting, wor­ Deepening Your Experience of Quaker Worship, a recordings. Kids' music, environmental songs, Pete ship with programmed and unprogrammed aspects. Gifts retreat, liz Kamphausen and Dorothy Steere, May 10-12. Seeger, group singing resources. 50% discounts on Rise for youth work, speaking, and community outreach im­ Simplicity: A Meditation and a Lifestyle, Ruah Up Singing by carton. Annie and Peter Blood-Patterson, portant. Full, or part-time possible, with benefits, including Swennerfeldt, May 24-26. 22 Tanguy Road, Glen Mills, PA 19342. (610) 399-0684. allowances for travel and health insurance and home at Singing Weekend: Sacred Harp Music, Robin Fox, May parsonage. For more information please contact: 31-June 2. Patt-Ann Goodman-Douglas, 141 Durham Ro'ld, Massage and Energy Work, John Calvi, June 14-16. Personals Brunswick, ME 04011. Men and the Spirit: Discernment and Everyday Life, Barry Morely, June 14-16. Share House: Retired Quaker woman seeks compatible Friends Committee on National Legislation (FCNLl Sources of Spiritual Renewal for Educators, Paul woman to share two-bedroom house north of Tucson. No seeks full-time Legislative Education Secretary/Editor. Lacey, June 24-28. smokers or pets. Contact: Corinne Krekler Chapman, Job requires knowledge of and experience with legisla­ 14301 N. Chalk Creek Drive, Tucson, AZ 85737-9312. tive processes; excellent editing, writing, research, and Contact: Registrar, Pendle Hill, Box F, 338 Plush Mill communication skills; experience in education design Road, Wallingford, PA 19086-6099. (610) 566-4507 or Telephone: (520) 825-2674. and planning; understanding of and sympathy with Friends' (800) 7 42-3150. Single Booklovers, a national group, has been getting unattached booklovers together since 1970. Please write testimonies and FCNL's legislative policies; excellent interpersonal skills and ability to work in coalitions. March Walking in Wales. Ten-

40 March 1996 FRIENDS JoURNAL John Woolman School. Rural California, grades 9-12. Still looking for a book? Free search. Sperling Books, Preparation for college and adulthood, small classes, 160 E. 38th Street, 25-EFJ, New York, NY 10016. Rentals & Retreats caring staff, work program, service projects; board, day. 13075 Woolman Lane, Nevada City, CA 95959. (916) Nantucket, four bedrooms, two baths, near beach and We are a fellowship, Friends mostly, seeking to enrich 273-3183. Hummock Pond. Washer, dryer, dishwasher, deck. June­ and expand our spiritual experience. We seek to obey September, two weeks minimum. Nonsmokers. (508) A value-centered school for elementary students with the promptings of the Spirit, however named. We meet, 462-9449 evenings. learning differences. Small, remedial classes, qualified publish, correspond. Inquiries welcome! Write Quaker staff, serving Philadelphia and northern suburbs. The Universalist Fellowship, 121 Watson Mill Road, Onas, beautifully located in rural Quaker School at Horsham, 318 Meeting House Road, Landenberg, PA 19350-9344. Bucks County, one hour from Horsham, PA 19044. (215) 674-2875. • Philadelphia, is available for fall; Wedding Certificates, birth testimonials, poetry, gifts all winter, and spring rentals. Facili­ The Meeting School: a Quaker alternative high school done in beautiful calligraphy and watercolor illumination. A~ for 30 students who want an education and life-style Book early for spring weddings. Write or call Leslie ro.. ''"""'c...,;,""'"' c.... , ties for both large and small groups include indoor and outdoor sleeping facilities, promoting Friends testimonies of peace, equality, and Mitchell, 2840 Bristol Rd., Bensalem, PA 19020. (215) comfortable meeting and retreat areas, indoor and out­ simplicity. Students live in faculty homes, sharing meals, 752-5554. door recreation areas, modern kitchen and dining facil~ies, campus work, silence, community decision making. Char­ General Contractor. Repairs or alterations on old or outdoor education facilities, and walking trails. Additional acteristic classes include: Conflict Resolution, Native historical buildings. Storm and fire damage restored. services and programs available. For information write or American Studies, Ecology, Human Rights, Alternative John File, 1147 Bloomdale Rd., Philadelphia, PA 19115. call Camp Onas, 609 Geigel Hill Road, Ottsville, PA Housing, Mythology, Quantum Physics. College prepara­ (215) 464-2207. 18942. (610) 847-5858. tory and alternative graduation plans. Wooded rural setting near Mt. Monadnock; organic garden, draft horses, sheep, Moving to North Carolina? Maybe David Brown, a poultry. Annual four-week intensive independent study Quaker real estate broker, can help. Contact him at 1208 Maine Coast. Spacious house sleeps eight. Deck over­ projects. The Meeting School, 56 Thomas Road, Rindge, Pine-wood Dr., Greensboro, NC 27410. (910) 294-2095. looks pond. Beautiful woods, salt-water cove. Swimming, NH 03461. (603) 899-3366. canoeing-islands, bays. Near beaches, woods walks, Family Relations Committee's Counseling Service island ferries, theaters, concerts. $700+ week, except (PYM) provides confidential professional counseling to Junior high boarding school for grades 7, 8, 9. Small, $800+ week in August. Weekends available spring, fall. individuals and couples in most geographic areas of Dam Cove Lodge. (207) 443-9446. academic classes, challenging outdoor experiences, com­ Philadelphia Yearly Meeting. All counselors are Quak­ munity service, consensus decision making, daily work ers. All Friends, regular attenders, and employees of Quaker-based, rural, desert community invites indi­ projects in a small, caring, community environment. Arthur Friends organizations are eligible. Sliding fees. Furthe.r viduals, families, or small groups. We rent homes to Morgan School, 1901 Hannah Branch Road, Burnsville, information or brochure, contact Steve Gulick, 1501 prospective community members and space for modest NC 28714. (704) 675-4262. Cherry St., Philadelphia, PA 19102. (215) 988-0140. retreats. Write Satya, Friends Southwest Center, McNeal, Celo Valley Books: Personal attention to all phases of AZ 85617. Westbury Friends School-Safe, nurturing Quaker en­ vironment for 90 children, nursery-grade 6, on beautiful book production (25 to 5,000 copies). Typing, editing, 17-acre grounds. Small classes and dedicated teachers. layout, final delivery. Free brochure. 346 Seven Mile A Friendly Maul vacation on a Quaker family organic Ridge Road, Burnsville, NC 28714. farm. 20 minutes to local beaches. New stone and cedar Music, art, computers, Spanish, and gym. Extended-day, building with large octagonal room, skylight, ocean view, vacation-holiday, and summer programs. 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FRIENDS JOURNAL March 1996 41 Lee, Gina, 65 Lee, Richard, 117 Friends Journal Luick-Thrams, Aliza Michael, 122 Maugans,Jayne, 108 McDowell, Nancy, 51 Birkel, Michael, 7 Morgan, John C., 21, 50 Bolling, Landrum, 74 Morton, Peg, 104 Browne, Gordon, 83 Moses, Lincoln E., 36 Busby, Wynne, 39 Miirer, Esther Greenleaf, 11 8 Carroll, Celia, 114 Nemes, Kurt, 34 · 1995 Carroll, Leslie Ann, 89 Newell, Kara, 18 Carter, Maia, 85 Niedermeyer, Deborah, 124 Cary, MarkS., 120 Niyonzima, David, 71 Cayard, Wallace, 121 Oldynski, Francis J., 41 Cleveland (Ohio) Meeting, 113 Osborn, Rebecca J., 95 Index Coffey, Rosemary K., 56 Pahl, Greg, 5 Coggan, Catherine, 52 Parsons, David K., 107 Confer, Harold B., I I Peck, Catherine, 2 Crowe, Avis, I 03 Pollock, Helene, 59 -- FRIENDS Dahlke, H. Otto, 123 Pope,John,90 JOURNAL Deming, Vinton, 1, 10, 19, 30, 43, 57, Reynolds, Barbara, 81 68, 76,86,97,99, 105, 115 Rhoades, Vicki, 12 Depp, Carole Hope, 8 Rickerman, Sally, 16 Dixson, Barbara, 40 Rifkin, Arthur, 13 Dutton-Shen, Judith, 44 Roberts, Jean, 32 Elkinton, J. Russell, 112 Roth, Carol, 93 Emerson, Doris, 28 Ryckman, Diana, 51 Farley, Tom, 100 Samuel, Bill, 113 Felice, Renee-Noelle, 37 Sannino, Bess Lyn, 75 Fetter, Susie, 88 Sannino, Grace LeClair, 75 Fogarty, Jack, 9 Scola, Anthony, 22 Folsom, Bruce Ames, 116 Seitz, Charmaine, 23 FJ eds, 113 Shivers, Lynne, 77, 82 Fuchs, Peter, 47 Smith, Marty, 60 \'\'\{ \l BOO!\.' l''\ !- Fujimoto, Junko, 79 Spivek, Roberta, 69 Gilbert, Wayne A., 46 Stanford, Merry, 117 Ginzler, Denise, 106 Stauffer, Bob, 66 Gleaton, James U., 63 Stewart, Ray E., 58 Glines, Melinda, 54 Swift, Gladys H., 53 How to Use This Index Greenley, Jim, 38 Terrell, Carolyn, 60 The numbers after the author and Griffith, Reva, 3 Thompson, A. Stanley, 61 subject entries on this page refer to the Groninger, Steve, 91 Tieman, John Samuel, 26 numbered articles beginning on page Grundy,Marty,6 Tornimatsu, Tsuneo, 80 43. Articles are listed chronologically Guthrie, Kathy, 42 Umer, Carol Reilley, 70 according to the date they appeared and Harbert, Lynne, 48 Vellacott, Jo, 126 include the title, author, issue, and page Heath, Harriet, 29, 67 Wells, Diana, 33 number. All book reviews and poetry Hoare, Edward, 73 Welsh, Anne Morrison, 109 are listed by author. Reports are listed Hoge, Phyllis, 4 Witte, Franklin P., 51 by organization. Hosking, Anne, 125 Wood, Richard J., 24 Howell, Joyce A., Ill Woodbury,John,31 Hubbard, Allen, II 0 Yamaoka, Michiko, 84 Ishitani, Susumu, 78 Zalph, Barry L., 102 Authors Jeavons, Thomas,98 Zarowin, Stanley, 92 Allen, Jennie H., 17 Johnson, John L., 25 Zimmerman, Blanche P., 64 Andersen, Alfred F., 35 Jones, T. Canby, 15 Andersen, Dorothy Norvell, 119 Julye, Vanessa, 101 Subjects Baer, Elisabeth Lusia, 96 K.azemek, Francis E., 20 Baker, James, 49 Kerman, Ed, 27 Advancement 16, 10 I Baker, Judith, 62 Kerman, Hannah, 27 Animal Rights 102 Baker, Katherine, 72 Kerman, Kate, 27 Arts 26 Barnett, Kerttu Kay, 94 Kriebel, John, 45 Biblical Analysis 13, 38, 63 Bewley, Fred, 14 Kunkel, Robert, 87 Capital Punishment 86 Bietz, Myron, 51 Lape, Herb, 55 Children 19, 29, 60, 67, 119

42 March 1996 FRIENDS JoURNAL Christmas 115, 119 36, 54, 64,68, 74 Kazemek, 3: 7-8 Christocentrism 13, 58, 64, 108, 118, Religious Education 114, 125 21. "Recalling John Morgan and Others 120 Science and Technology 61 of the Streets," John C. Morgan, 3: Commentary 123, 124 Seasons 106 9-10 Community 31, 108 Self-realization 83, 89, 111 22. "Allowing Life," Anthony Scola, Crime 75,97 Service 11 , 28, 71 , 72 3: 11 Death 3 Sexual Abuse 27 23. "Old Questions, New Answers," Discipline 110, 113 Simplicity 52 Charmaine Seitz, 3: 12-14 Education 23, 24,40 Social Action 28, 41, 57, 61 , 72, 91, 105 24. "A Constructive Diversity," Richard Environment 61 Social Concerns 1, 69, 82, 97, 102, 104, J. Wood, 3: 14-16 Family 27, 60 124 25. "Looking Beyond Light and Dark," Fiction 14 Spiritual Growth 4, 8, 12, 20, 22, 31, 32, John L. Johnson, 3: 16-17 Friends Institutions 5, 6, 11 , 16, 23, 24, 38, 39,45,46,47, 48, 49,50,51,52, 26. "Lament in D-Minor," John Samuel 40,42, 56, 70, 87, 92, 99, 121 63, 73, 90,93,96, 98, 107 Tieman, 3: 18-19 Friends Journal Activities 43, 68, 115 Theological Reflection 2, 13, 58, 64, 27. "Dealing with Rape as a Family," Friends Meeting 7, 10, 17, 30, 31 , 43, 118, 123 Kate, Hannah, and Ed Kerman, 44, 46, 47, 48,49, 50, 51,53, 59, 60, Universalism 5, 6, 58 3: 20-23 62, 67, 117, 119,126 Women 103 , 104 28. "Arnigos in Word and Deed," Doris Friends Testimonies 7, 14, 45, 52, 102, Worship 103 Emerson, 3: 24-25 104 Youth 11 , 59, 75, 85 29. "Grandparenting: Defining Our Friendship 9, 19, 34, 53, 65, 66, 75 Role," Harriet Heath, 3: 26-27 Gay Rights 63, 116 30. "Too Good to Lose," Vinton Good Order of Friends 95, 98, 110, 113 Articles Deming, 4:2 Healing 8, 12, 27, 53, 78, 88, 93, 117 1. "A Winter's Day," Vinton Deming, 31 . "No Reason for Divisiveness," John History 7, 14, 15, 17, 30, 33, 36, 76, 77, 1: 2 Woodbury, 4: 5 78, 80, 82, 84, 94, 95, 109, 112, 116, 2. "A View of 'the Steeple' from 32. "Risking All for Love," Jean 122 Jerusalem," Catherine Peck, 1: 6-7 Roberts, 4: 6-7 Homelessness 21 , 44, 111 3. "Portrait of Our Lydia," Reva 33. "Daughter of Beauty, Lover of Homosexuality 65, 113 Griffith, 1: 8--9 Flies," Diana Wells, 4: 8--10 Humor 10, 57, 68, 115 4. "Dawn Song," Phyllis Hoge, 1: 10 34. "Nonviolence and Neighbors," Kurt Intemational2, 4, 22, 26, 54, 56, 70, 71, 5. "Christocentric and Universalist Nemes, 4: 10-11 72, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81 , 82, 83, 84, 85, Friends: Moving Beyond the 35 . "Peace or Justice? Continuing 94, 105, 112, 121, 122 Stereotypes," Greg Pahl, 1: 11- 14 Revelation and Structural Change," Leadership 98 6. "In the Presence of God," Marty Alfred F. Andersen, 4: 12- 16 Lifestyle 124 Grundy, 1: 13-14 36. "Comments on the Just War Marriage 55, 62, 116 7. "Some Advice from John Woolman Theory," Lincoln E. Moses, 4: 13- 15 Membership 37, 44, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, on Meeting for Business," Michael 37." 'Marrying' the Meeting," Renee­ 51 , 59, 73,87,94, 107,108 Birkel, 1: 15- 16 Noelle Felice, 4: 17 Ministry 10 1 8. "Restorative Illness," Carole Hope 38. "Gifts," Jim Greenley, 4: 19 Mystical Quakerism 15, 32, 93, 107, 118 Depp, 1: 17 39. "A Secret Handicap," Wynne Native Americans 66 9. "Is Prison Ministry for You?'' Jack Busby, 4: 20 Nature 33, 106 Fogarty, 1: 18 40. "Standing with Friends," Barbara Nonviolence 18, 19, 34, 70, 71 , 92 10. "A Little Gospel (Dis)Order," Dixson, 4: 21 Nuclear Technology 61 , 76 Vinton Deming, 2: 2 41 . "Kent State Remembered: A Outreach 90 11 . "Reestablish Youth Programs," National Day of Conflict Parenting 29, 67, 96, 100, 106, 114, 125 Harold B. Confer, 2: 5 Resolution," Francis J. Oldynski, Peace 18, 26, 35, 36, 41, 79, 80, 84, 89, 12. "Listening: A Quaker Kind of 4: 24-26 112 Prayer," Vicki Rhoades, 2: 7 42. "EPicenters-Exploring Policy Peace Activities 77, 78, 81 , 100, 105, 13. "The Experience of Divinity," Ideas," Kathy Guthrie, 4: 27 122, 126 ArthurRiflcin, 2: 8--10 43. "On the Road," Vinton Deming, 5: 2 Personal Presence 20, 66, 69, 77, 81 , 83, 14. "New Queries," Fred Bewley, 2: 11 44. "This Is My Story," Judith Dutton­ 88, 91, 96, 100, 111 , 120, 126 15. "Thomas R. Kelly: A Fresh Shen, 5: 5 Personalities 3, 7, 15, 74, 95, 97, 99, 109 Perspective," T. Canby Jones, 2: 12- 45. "To One Aspiring to Quakerism," Political Action 42, 109 14 John Kriebel, 5: 7- 8 Poverty 1, 21 , 22, 69 16. "A Continuing Ministry of Friends," 46. "From the Inside Out," Wayne A. Prayer 12, 39, 117 Sally Rickerman, 2: 15- 17 Gilbert, 5: 8--10 Prisons 9, 86, 90, 91 , 92 17. "Flushing Meeting's Tricentennial," 47. "A Quaker Wannabe-Maybe," Quakerism Today 3, 5, 6, 9, 10, 16, 28, • Jennie H. Allen, 2: 18- 19 Peter Fuchs, 5: 10-11 35, 37, 57, 73, 87, 99, 110, 120, 121 , 18. "A Call to Peacemaking," Kara 48. "As Way Opens," Lynne Harbert, 123 Newell, 2: 22 5: 11- 12 Race 23, 24, 25, 101 19. "Drop by Drop," Vinton Deming, 49. "About Being a Friend," James Relationships 55, 65 3: 2 Baker, 5: 12-14 Religions and the World 2, 21 , 25, 35, 20. "Theology on the Road," Francis E. 50. "Seeking the Presence," John C.

FRIENDS JOURNAL March 1996 43 Morgan, 5: 14-15 81. "An Overriding Compassion," 109. "Remembering Norman 51. "A Special Forum," Diana Barbara Reynolds, 8: 13- 14 Morrison," Anne Morrison Welsh, Ryckman, Franklin P. Witte, Nancy 82. "Honorary Citizens of Hiroshima," 11 : 11-12 McDowell, Myron Bietz, 5: 15-16 Lynne Shivers, 8: 13 110. "Quaker Tools," Allen Hubbard, 52. "On Living Simply," Catherine 83. "Hiroshima! a Small Personal 11: 12-13 Coggan, 5: 17- 18 Story," Gordon Browne, 8: 15-18 11·1. "Park Place," Joyce A. Howell, 53. "Our TLC Support Group," Gladys 84. "I Abhor War," Michiko Yamaoka, 11: 14-15 H. Swift, 5: 19 8: 16 112. "Quakers and the Doukhobors," J. 54. "Sun's Day," Melinda Glines, 5: 20- 85. "A Living History," Maia Carter, Russell Elkinton, 11 : 16-19 21 8:20-21 113. "The Disownment of Cleveland 55. "The Marriage Vows: Being 86. "A Plea for Help," Vinton Deming, (Ohio) Meeting," FJ editors, Truthful," Herb Lape, 5: 22 9:2 Cleveland (Ohio) Meeting, Bill 56. "International Quaker Aid," 87. "It Doesn't Exist," Robert Kunkel, Samuel, 11 : 28- 31 Rosemary K. Coffey, 5:23-24 9:5 114. "Bringing Quaker Education 57. "Mightier than a Megazord," Vinton 88. "A Brush with Angels," Susie Fetter, Home," Celia Carroll, 11: 34 Deming, 6:2 9:7-8 115. "Traditions, Old and New," Vinton 58. "Like the God Jesus Experienced," 89. "One Little Sparrow," Leslie Ann Deming, 12: 2 Ray E. Stewart, 6: 5 Carroll, 9: 8 116. "Marriage and Same-Sex Unions in 59. "Learning from Young People," 90. "Losing the World, Finding My Historical Perspective," Bruce Ames Helene Pollock, 6: 7-9 Freedom," John Pope, 9: 9 Folsom, I2: 5 60. "Nurturing Children and Families in 91. "A Prisoner's Need," Steve I17. "Meetings for Healing in the Meeting," Marty Smith and Carolyn Groninger, 9: 10-11 Manner of Friends," Merry Stanford Terrell, 6: I0-13 92. "What I Learned in Prison," Stanley and Richard Lee, 12: 7-9 61. "A Concern about Nuclear Power," Zarowin, 9: 12 11 8. "On the Inward Seasons of the A. Stanley Thompson, 6: 14-16 93. "Giving Witness to the Light," Carol Church Year," Esther Greenleaf 62. "Friendly Divorce," Judith Baker, Roth, 9: 13- 14 Miirer, 12: 10-11 6: 17 94. "A Long Path to Becoming a 119. "The Illumination," Dorothy 63. "Listening to Our Hearts," James U. Quaker," Kerttu Kay Barnett, 9: 15- Norvell Andersen, 12: 11 Gleaton, 6: 18-20 17 120. "The Challenge of Evangelical 64. "The Message and the Myth," 95. "The Spiritual Odyssey of James Friends," MarkS. Cary, 12: 12-15 Blanche P. Zimmerman, 6: 21-22 Nayler," Rebecca M. Osborn, 9: 18- 121. "Dramatic Changes in World 65. "View from a Coach," Gina Lee, 20 Quaker Membership," Wallace 6:23-24 96. "Waiting in Parenthood," Elisabeth Cayard, 12: 14-15 66. "A Meeting in Oklahoma," Bob Lusia Baer, 9: 21 122. "Out of Hitler's Reach: The Stauffer, 6: 25 97. "Hard Lessons," Vinton Deming, Scattergood Hostel for European 67. "Holding Our Children in the I0:2 Refugees, 1939-43," Aliza Michael Light," Harriet Heath, 6: 26 98. "The Curious Task of Religious Luick-Thrams, 12: 16-17 68. "Proper Credit and Bedbugs," Leadership," Thomas Jeavons, IO: 7- 123. "Friends and The Niceness Vinton Deming, 7:2 9 Syndrome," H. Otto Dahlke, 12: 18- 69. "Waving the Flag," Roberta Spivek, 99."Friends General Conference: 20 7:7 Gathering the Light," Vinton 124. "Listening to King Jesus North 70. "A Visit to Burundi," Carol Reilley Deming, 10: I0-12 Pole," Deborah Niedermeyer, 12: Umer, 7: 8-10 100. "Lanterns," Tom Farley, 10: 12 21-24 71. "Learning to Forgive," David I 0 I. "Sharing My Light with Other 125. "Learning to Meditate," Anne Niyonzima, 7: IO People of Color," Vanessa Julye, Hosking, 12: 25 72. "Smuggling Medical Supplies to 10: I3- 15 126. "Peace Is Where You Take It," Jo Cuba," Katherine Baker, 7: II- I2 102. "A Quaker Approach to Dietary Vellacott, 12: 26-27 73. "The Heart of It," Edward Hoare, Concerns," Barry L. Zalph, 10: 16- 7: 13- 14 17 74. "Called to Public Ministry," 103. "Meeting for Worship: Women Books Landrum Bolling, 7: 16-17 Divided/Women United," Avis Andersen, Dorothy N., ed., Downwardly 75. "The Forgiveness Party," Grace Crowe, 10: 18-19 Mobile for Conscience Sake: Ten LeClair Sannino and Bess Lyn 104. "Nonpatriarchal, Nonoppressive Autobiographical Sketches, 4: 34-35 Sannino, 7: 18 Language: How Important Is It?" Peg (Avis Crowe Vermilye) 76. "Heroes," Vinton Deming, 8: 2 Morton, 10: 22 Anderton, Donna Kyle and Barbara 77. "What I Have Learned from 105. "What Love Can Do," Vinton Baker Bird, Emerging Currents in the Hibakusha," Lynne Shivers, 8: 6-8 Deming, II : 2 Asia-Pacific, 11 : 20 (Frances 78. "Looking for Meaning," Susumu 106. "The Wild Apple Tree," Denise • Parsons) Ishitani, 8: 8-9 Ginzler, 11 : 6-8 Bacon, Margaret Hope, ed., Wilt Thou 79. "The Thing Which Should Never Be 107. "Is There a Price of Admission?" 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Bernard Haviland) Catherine Marshall, 1: 24-26 (Betty the New York Yearly Meetings, Kolko, Gabriel, Century of War: Polster) 11 : 24-25 (Betty-Jean Seeger) Politics, Conflicts, and Society Since Wallis, Jim, The Soul ofPolitics , 11: 21- Bird, Barbara Baker (see Anderton, 1914, 10: 29-30 (Marjie C. 22 (Judith VanWyck Maurer) Donna Kyle) Swomley) Welty, Joel Carl, The Hunger Year in Cleaver, Richard and Patricia Myers, Kurihara, Sadako, Minear, Richard H., the French Zone ofDivided Germany eds., A Certain Terror: trans. and intro., Black Eggs: Poems 1946-1947, 12: 33- 34 (Lewis M. Heterosexism, Militarism, Violence by Kurihara Sadako, 8: 27 (W. D. Hoskins) and Change, 7: 26-27 (Pablo Ehrhart) Wigharn, Maurice J., The Irish Stanfield) Lacey, Margaret, Silent Friends: A Quakers: A Short History ofthe Densmore, Christopher (see Barbour, Quaker Quilt, 5: 32-33 (Richard Religious Society ofFriends in Hugh et al) Eldridge) Ireland, 6: 34-35 (Marty Grundy) Dorsett, Thomas, Dance Fire Dance, Linner, Rachelle, City ofSilence : Williams, Steve (see Williams, Sue) 11: 20-21 (Nancy Culleton) Listening to Hiroshima, 8: 26-27 Williams, Sue and Steve, Being in the Dunlea, William, Anne Hutchinson and (Jack Mongar) Middle by Being at the Edge: Quaker the Puritans: An Early American Moger, Elizabeth H. (see Barbour, Hugh Experience of Non-offical Political Tragedy, 5: 30-32 (Marty Grundy) eta!) Mediation, 6: 32-33 (Chel Avery) Gerson, Joseph, With Hiroshima Myers, Patricia (see Cleaver, Richard) Wilson, A.N., Jesus, A Life, 1: 24 (Paul Eyes: Atomic War, Nuclear Extortion Nhat Hanh, Thich, Touching Peace; Furnas) and Moral Imagination, 8: 25- 26 Love in Action; For a Future to be Wittner, Lawrence S., One World or (Mary Ellen Singsen) Possible; Call Me by My True None: A History ofthe World Green, Tova and Peter Woodrow with Names, 9: 26 (Lynne Shivers) Nuclear Disarmament Movement Fran Peavey, Insight and Action: Peavey, Fran (see Green, Tova et al) Through 1953, 2: 29-30 (Jonas How to Discover and Support a Life Perera, Eve Lewis (see Salitan, Lucille) Mather) ofIntegrity and Commitment to Piazza, Thomas (see Sniderman, Paul J.) Woodrow, Peter (see Green, Tova et al) Change, 2: 28-29 (Ellen Hodge) Powelson, John P., Centuries of Worrall, Arthur T. (see Barbour, Hugh Grubb, Mollie, Quakers Observed in Economic Endeavor, 6: 33- 34 (John eta!) Prose and Verse: An Anthology R. Ewbank) Worrall, Jay W. Jr., The Friendly 1656-1986, 9: 27 (Marty Grundy) Prejean, Helen, Dead Man Walking: An Virginians, 10: 29 (Chic Moran) Harbury, Jennifer, Bridge ofCourage, Eyewitness Account ofthe Death Young, Andrew, A Way Out ofNo 3: 33-34 (Malcolm Bell) Penalty in the United States, 1: 26-27 Way: The Spiritul Memoirs of Hatton, Helen E., The Largest Amount (Mary M. Peel) Andrew Young, 10: 29 (Carol of Good: Quaker Relief in Ireland, Salitan, Lucille and Eve Lewis Perera, Passmore) 1654- 1921, 5: 29 (Ralph H. Pickett) eds., Virtuous Lives: Four Quaker Heath, Douglas, Schools ofHope: Sisters Remember Family Life, Books in Brief Developing Mind and Character Abolitionism, and Woman's Suffrage, in Today 's Youth; Lives ofHope: 7: 24 (Margaret Hope Bacon) Borton, Lady, Fat Chance, 11: 20 Women's and Men 's Paths to Sareyan, Alex, The Turning Point, 3: 34 (Mamie Clark) Success and Fulfillment, 7: 25 (David (W. 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46 March 1996 FRIENDS JoURNAL A CALL FoR CITIZEN-DELEGATES TO The Second Luddite Congress A "First Congress" was held 184 years later, we are entering 184 years ago in the place where the the computerized, genetically altered Machine Age was just beginning.. . world of the global economy... The folk of central England had risen to fight against Many of us are awakening to the ecological, cultural, the Industrial Revolution. and spiritual destruction the continuing Industrial Automation had stolen their livelihoods. The newly Revolution has brought to the world. invented 'factory system' took their dignity. T he We reject its promise of unlimited consumption. We simpler, pastoral way of life they loved was swept away know its exploitation of people, places and things is by government and business Just for global markets. leading to worldwide ecological and societal coll apse. Those who resisted the destruction of their communi­ Bur, unlike those early Luddites, we survivors of this, ties were dubbed 'Luddites' after the mythical leader of the bloodiest century in human history, also know their leaderless movement, General Ned Ludd. violence is not the solution. They broke the hated machines and burned the facto­ There must, instead, be a worldwide change of heart, a ries to the ground. For a brief moment, it seemed they leaderless movement of passive resistance to consumer­ might stop the Machine Age in its tracks. ism and the technologies of the ' new' Industrial Revo­ On April 15, 1812, as British tro ~ p s descended on the lution of the Computer Age. Heartland of the ir own country, the Luddites met to A revolution of hearts, in which the means justify the discuss tactics and organize a "Second Congress." ends, instead of the other way around. They chose violent resistance- and in six months' What a tall order! time the soldiers and factory owners had wiped the We couldn't pretend to be able to accomplish it alone. Luddite movement from the face of the earth. Please come and help us find the answers to the ques­ The Second Congress was never held. tion of what is to be done:

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