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Dispelling the Mystery ofSilence ~ Qyaker Vtsions of Religious Pluralism ~ Q!Jaker Connections: The Penn School the Penn Center, and Friends

-·--~--~"" 4 .... Editor-Manager Among Friends Vinton Deming Associate Editor Kenneth Sutton Assistant Editor Timothy Drake Challenge to Peacemakers Editorial Aulst.nt ccasionally a news item catches my eye, particularly if it concerns the affairs Claudia Wair of another peace church. If the subject of conscientious objection to military Poetry Editor Judith Brown Oservice is at issue too, then I am sure to take note. Such was the case when an Art Director Urgent Action Alert crossed my desk, released in late January by Mennonite Central Barbara Benton Committee and the National Interreligious Service Board for Conscientious Production Assistant Objectors (NISBCO). Alia Podolsky A Mennonite seminary in Colombia, Hacedores de Paz ("Peacemakers"), is being Marketing and Advertising Manager Nagendran Gulendran threatened with closure by the Colombian government. The apparent reason is Circulation Assistant because the program has served as a sanctuary to a growing number of young men · Nicole Hackel who do not want to serve in the Colombian military. Under Colombian law, it is next Administrative Secretary Marianne De Lange to impossible to avoid conscription; one of the few ways being to take advantage of an article of Colombia's military service law that exempts youth who are enrolled in Bookkeeper Juliet Resos a theological seminary. Currently 70 participants are enrolled in the year-long Development Consultant Hacedores de. Paz program, which exempts them both while they participate and also Henry Freeman permanently upon completion of the course. Development Assistant Pamela Nelson I asked Mennonite Central Committee staff member Ed Stamm Miller to describe Volunteer the Hacedores program. "It grew out of the church's efforts to help young men get Robert Sutton exemptions," Ed told me. 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7 Dispelling the Mystery of Silence 2 Among Friends Adam Corson-Finnerty Friends know there are plenty ofthings happening in the silence 4 Forum ofmeeting for worship. 24 Witness 9 Sandhill Cranes Jill A. Oglesby 24 Reports Nature provides the imagery for this Friend's meeting for 29 AFSC Notes worship. 30 News of Friends 10 The Interconnected Web of Friends' Silence 30 Bulletin Board Judith Brown 32 Calendar Worship is more than an individual activity; we are dependent on those gathered with us. 33 Books 12 Quaker Visions of Religious Pluralism 35 Milestones Richard J. Wood The example ofearly Friends helped lay the foundations for 39 Classified religious pluralism in the U.S. today. 42 Index 15 A Different Agenda: Early Evangelical Quakers in the U.S. John Oliver Poetry Emma and Walter Malone inspired many evangelical Friends to serve society's outcasts. 8 Aborted Thought 16 Quaker Connections: The Penn School, Irene VanWagner the Penn Center, and Friends Sunday Worship Monica Maria Tetzlaff Michael H. Ivey From school to community center, the Penn Center maintains its Quaker ties. Quaker Choir 20 The Augusta Open Door Kindergarten Peter Meister Faith B. Bertsche 10 Heron Individual Friends helped this community unite around hopes of Margi Berger a better future for its children. 11 Silence Weaves 23 Susan B. Anthony: Wise Mentor Jane Johnson Betty-Jean Seeger This visionary sought a future with gender equality.

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Committed relationships many times, that we will stay together could just as well be celebrating Nature itself, let This is in response to Nelson Babb's "until death does us part." In our first year, we made a pact, only half in jest: us all get together to ban letter (FJ Jan.) regarding Rita Goldberger's Nancy told me she wanted to die first. I from supermarkets and article (FJ Oct 1996). Nelson provides an public places the juke box excellent example of unconscious promised she could, but only if she promised to live to be 95. We renew that renditions of"Silent homophobia at work. If Rita did not Night," "0 Little Town of comment on the "fidelity" ofher pact regularly, but as we lose family and Bethlehem," and "0 Holy relationship with Nancy, then the powerful friends, our own human mortality becomes clearer, and the pact becomes Night." These songs are stereotype of promiscuity in homosexual more solemn. We know that some day sacred to Christians the relationships is left to take the field. But world over and are entirely because she did, he says in effect, "see­ one of us will have to go on without the other. We hope we can keep to our inappropriate for they have to make a point of it, whereas we original bargain of time. That gives us entertaining harassed Christians have real relationships, where another 52 years, which I trust is long shoppers ofall faiths. I you wouldn't even think of saying such a would urge Jews to display thing." enough to characterize our love as the menorah wherever one Just for Nelson Babb's edification, it Christian. can be seen. may be "axiomatic" in "Christian" Rita Goldberger San Francisco, Calif. This year our First-day relationships, but I can personally attest to school celebration was more than one or two such relationships titled "The Festival of where fidelity has not been observed. Holiday meaning Lights." It included a little hand-made clay Nevertheless, when Friend Babb is right, menorah, the single candle of the Quakers, he is right. Therefore, the message to take I found Roberta Spivek's article, "Being and the individual candles given to each of from this is that the proper response a same­ Jewish at Christmas" (FJ Dec. 1996), us in meeting to represent the Light Within. gender couple should make to any inquiries troubling. If we believe as Friends that there The children who created the pageant had on the question of fidelity in their is that of God in everyone, shouldn't we relationship should be, "You don't ask that make the effort to try to find value in the the message right. Let us all share these meaningful holidays together. question of heterosexuals; we avoid rituals of others? If what we hold dear feels allowing others to stereotype us." diminished by them, is it not better to openly Audrey Snyder I know Rita and Nancy, and I know they share what we treasure, rather than to ask Whiting, Maine have the kind of relationship and are the them to stop their ritual? kind of people who enrich the life of our Several years ago, my family was living During the Christmas season it occurred meeting measurably. God smiles upon them next door to a retired Jewish couple. We to me-as it probably has occurred to many and many other couples. Any meeting that asked them to eat Christmas dinner with us. Friends-that our Quaker teaching of that of chooses to devalue such people or such They could have been offended. They God in everyone (or Inward Light or Christ relationships is inevitably poorer and more weren't. It was a lovely dinner. The feelings Within) is simply the Christian doctrine of blind than need be. were warm (even if the food I served was the Incarnation, carried to extremes! tepid!). They later invited my family to a Recently, I read in one of the Quaker Phil Oliver Passover dinner with them. It was a magazines that the doctrine of the Foster City, Calif. wonderful sharing. I felt included, not as a Incarnation is the only great Christian member of their religion but as a human doctrine that is exclusively Christian, not I was stunned at the tone of Nelson being who was respected. professed by any of the other great world Babb's response to my article. I realize he Roberta says in the last sentence of her religions. If this is true, our Quaker doctrine had done with my own writing exactly what article that she doesn't "believe the burden of that of God in everyone is proof that my article accused others ofdoing with the of asking not to be rendered invisible should Quakers are Christians, even when some of writings of Paul: He took one phrase out of rest on my shoulders." If she can't find it us deny it. Of course, the same doctrine context and twisted it to imply that it meant within herself to share with others what is makes us Quakers universalists as well! something entirely the opposite of its actual precious to her, how will it be known? Who intent. can make her visible if she is unwilling to Jeremy Mott He explained that the fact I said Nancy come out from the shadows? Ridgewood, N.J. and I had been faithful to each other for 12 Melissa Meyer years proves we do not have a Christian Wilkesboro, N.C. marriage. Why? Because Christians promise Church burnings to be faithful for life and wouldn't even Let's face it, the months of November I read with interest the article about the mention any finite period of time. and December are a commercial season. Washington Quaker Workcamps' efforts in My article was an evaluation of the They are not Christian. They are not Jewish. Boligee, Ala. (FJ Sept. 1996). The concern spiritual fruitage of the "12 years" Nancy It is the portion of the year that small and for the communities victimized by the and I have been together, much as any large merchants count on to pay their taxes burning and vandalism of their houses of couple, in celebrating an anniversary, looks and, they hope, to pad their annual profit. worship truly represents the spirit of the back at the joys and hardships they have But when did the balsam wreath become Parable of the Good Samaritan. Beyond the experienced in the last 10, 25, 50--or even the exclusive symbol of Christianity, as rebuilding of structures is the need to 12 years. Our fidelity to each other was just Roberta Spivek suggests? The wreath is at address the underlying hatred and racism one of a long list of moral and spiritual its finest in cold weather and snow and that created the climate in which individuals qualities that have characterized, and will therefore is seen mostly in cooler climates. It could believe burning spiritual houses is continue to characterize, our love for each is not a cross. It is not a star of David. It has acceptable. other. the blessed, fresh smell of the woodlands. Forty-two churches in South Carolina Nancy and I have promised each other, Instead of removing the wreath, which alone have been burned since 1991. The

4 March 1997 FRIENDS JoURNAL Rural Southern Voice for Peace, American is evil with which they are complicit. No "game" consists essentially of the Friends Service Committee, and Columbia one in the world would mistake the Romans participants, often children and adults, (S.C.) Meeting have joined in partnership to for the "holy people"; the holy people are reenacting the American antebellum work through the Listening Project to help in the Jews. The "they" is only ambiguous if Underground Railroad experience posing as peace building and reconciliation, so you and the Hymnal Oversight Committee slaves, slave catchers, and conductors. On at necessary if the new buildings are to exist need to find this "they" ambiguous. The least one occasion the game has been carried without the fear of new attacks. song is offensive, perpetuates a story that out over the protests of people of African We ask F(f)riends to join us in this focus has contributed to the deaths of millions of descent in attendance. on the causes of evil, not just its results. For innocent people, is probably without The experience of being a passenger on more information about the RSVP Listening historical basis, and will make many, many the Underground Railroad is one that has Project, contact Rebecca Rogers at (803) members and attenders at Friends General deep spiritual meaning for people of color. 252-2221,305 Saluda Ave., Columbia, SC Conference-affiliated meetings feel rejected Too many of our ancestors met their deaths 29205. Donations to the Church Burnings and unwelcome. during these perilous journeys. Presenting as Listening Project can be made to Columbia One person, in an e-mail discussion of a "game" an experience that was a tragedy Friends Meeting, c/o Jerry Rudolph, the song and Letson's letter, suggested that for our people is offensive, and we do not Treasurer, 1038 Corley Mill Rd., Lexington, each of us could request, each time the song understand Friends' need to recreate an sc 29073 was to be sung, that we are uncomfortable experience that was so destructive. We are Harry Rogers Jr. about this particular verse, and might we concerned with this failure in Friends' Columbia, S.C. omit it? This seems to me to be a terrible awareness. solution: to have to beg for what is right, to The passengers of the Underground struggle against what is an obvious wrong in Railroad traveled barefooted at night, in An offensive song such an isolated and individual way. Don't false-bottom wagons, while dogs and men Joseph Letson's eloquent letter (Forum you folks get it? with guns chased them. Babies were Sept. 1996) pointed out that the new Quaker David Rush drugged with opium so they would not make Hymnal includes a vicious anti-Semitic Cambridge, Mass. noise. Food and shelter were scarce and song, "The Lord of the Dance." You there were no guarantees that these helpfully published the verse in question: passengers would reach their destination "I danced on the Sabbath and I cured the Seeking the Way alive and well. Even if these simulations are lame,lbut the holy people said it was a The accompanying minute voices the performed under the most serious shame.ffhey whipped and they stripped me concern ofthe Fellowship of Friends of circumstances, they cannot, and we would and they hung me on high/and they left me African Descent regarding the game about not want them to, recreate the life­ there on a cross to die." the Underground Railroad. We ask Friends threatening conditions of actual travel on the What was truly lame was the FJ editor's to consider this minute, and we hope you Underground Railroad. note, one that has caused me and others will join with us in bringing this game to an We view these simulations as great pain. The song is not "inappropriate"; end. We recognize the sincere desire among demeaning, and in that light we hope you it is a perpetuation of a story that was likely Friends to teach the history of slavery and will reconsider holding these events. We created as part of a polemic among first­ abolition to all of our young people, and to support Friends' desire to understand and century Jewish sects, a story created by make this exercise meaningful and share the path our ancestors walked. This Gospel writers who were struggling to memorable by detailing the strife and does not have to be done through re­ justify their interpretation of Judaism in the dangers our foreparents endured. We hold, enactments. Some experiences are too face of indifference or hostility from however, that a "game" trivializes that painful to reconstruct. In the future, we hope mainstream Judaism. The ground is covered history. that the experience of the Underground brilliantly by John Dominic Crossan in his The Fellowship feels we as Quakers Railroad can be shared in a personal and recent book, Who Killed Jesus? descendent from those who were enslaved historical manner that will foster all Friends' This polemic turned lethal when, in the must do more than just stop the game. understanding of the difficulties people of fourth century CE, Christianity became the Therefore, we have charged a committee to African heritage experience all over this dominant state religion of Rome, and the develop an alternative way of presenting the continent. persistence of Judaism became an affront to historic facts, suitable to the same situations Edward N. Broadfield, Clerk Christian triumphalism: the Jews are wicked and venues in which the game is used. One Fellowship of Friends of African Descent not to recognize the truth of the Messiah. possibility being studied is a reenactment 1515 Cherry St., Philadelphia, PA 19102 They have been fairly regularly whipped, that is accompanied by a preparative stripped, and hung on high by ostensible curriculum to precede the reenactment and Christians since then. then followed by a sensitive dialogue and In the face of this reality, the quotation evaluation. We will present our alternative Suggestions welcomed from the FGC Hymnal Oversight to you when it is completed. For nearly a decade, Midlothian Meeting, Committee, " They refers to the authorities Please remember us as you worship and located in the suburbs of Richmond, Va., responsible for the crucifixion, mainly the offer a prayer for our success in finding the has had a special relationship with the Romans," and your qualification, "A way God opens to us. Southern Baptist church that has served as historical note further clarifies the our host. We have rented an unused chapel ambiguous 'they' and notes the different Minute on the Underground located on their property ever since our parties involved: the Pharisees, the Romans, Railroad Game, October 1996 meeting began. The Baptists provided us the Sanhedrin, and the Sadducees," is not Among the Religious Society of Friends, with a wonderful meeting place in a historic just inappropriate; it is inadequate, even various yearly meetings, Friends schools, 200-year-old chapel located at the comer of cruel. and gatherings have organized as part of two main roads in the heart of the village. Quakers often have problems dealing their recreational programs an They even permitted us to erect signs along with evil, and even greater problems when it "Underground Railroad Game." This both roads to indicate our presence. They

FRIENDS JOURNAL March 1997 5 charged us minimal rent all during this time. whatever financial resources Mead (FJ Jan.). That This relationship has been mutually we can to find a permanent landmark case, which beneficial. For one thing, we have helped for home very quickly. We have secured the right ofjuries many years with providing meals to the established a Meetinghouse to determine guilt or homeless in the Baptists' dining hall. They Fund. But we know that for a innocence without have always commented on how our whole meeting made up mostly of judicial interference, is meeting showed up for these events, and families with children, it will among the most how Friends were so eager to eat with and be difficult to gather enough significant of Quaker socialize with the homeless guests. funding from members and contributions to political Likewise, during the Gulf War, the Baptist attenders by April. We are liberty. pastor asked Friends to come to a peace finding that rental fees are Friends ought not be worship he sponsored. Many of the Baptists extremely high for a short­ too proud of this, have enjoyed our fine meeting library, term location that has the however. In freeing which we have freely encouraged them to amount of space we need jurors from official use. And over the years, we have had people We ask that Friends intimidation, Penn-Mead from the Baptist church attend our worship, please keep our meeting in also produced one of our some even becoming regular attenders. the Light as we proceed with legal system's least During the last two years, our meeting this dilemma. Also, we attractive features: has ~come very active with various social welcome your suggestions obsession with the racial, concerns, even starting a thrift store in the and ideas on what we might do. Is there any gender, and socio-economic makeup of village from which all proceeds benefit other meeting out there that has had a similar juries. various charities and Quaker concerns. Not problem, and how did you overcome it? A presumption underlying the historic wanting to be self-serving, we have written Quaker emphasis on freedom of conscience into the by-laws of the thrift store that none Howard Brod is that people will use that freedom Ad-hoc Committee of the proceeds may be used for the benefit responsibly if allowed to do so. Therefore, of the meeting or in the procurement of a Midlothian Friends Meeting Friends should (I think) be troubled when meetinghouse. Again, the generosity of the P.O. Box 1003 extensive and well-documented research Baptists has permitted us to spend all of our Midlothian, VA 23113 shows that jurors are more or less likely to resources (in time, energy, and money) on convict, depending on whether they are male social concerns. We have provided or female, black or white, affluent or not. In desperately needed funding to a number of Diversity in meeting reality, it seems, many people just vote their charities. We have also been able to provide I was disappointed that the Dec. 1996 prejudices. This, in tum, produces the goods to families in desperate need. Forum carried so many "hair shirt'' letters familiar scramble of prosecutors and defense Through the store we have provided job chiding Friends for not attracting minorities. attorneys to assemble jurors whose biases training for disabled persons and a work In my area, Friends were present as will be beneficial to their respective causes. program as an alternative to imprisonment. missionaries at an earlier time, and many of Surely, jurors were no less prejudiced We have also become publicly active in the small Native American communities still when they were uniformly white and male. supporting equal treatment for gay and have active Friends communities. Did you And, undoubtedly, it is progress that lesbian people, for example sending over count them in? Before you flagellate women, non-whites, and the poor may now 150 Christmas letters to local churches yourself with the wet noodle, consider this: also serve. Our challenge is to encourage encouraging them to examine their stand My late husband had a black friend jurors to move past their biases to join regarding this issue. living between Tulsa and Muskogee in a together in the search for Truth-much as We now find ourselves in a very difficult rural Oklahoma community. We knew he we try to do in Friends meetings. situation. Our Baptist hosts have asked us to was a leader there, and in his church he was How do we do this? First, I think, comes vacate their chapel by April. Although they a lay leader with a title like deacon. the acceptance that Truth does exist, both in have told us they now need the space for We visited him one Sunday. Knowing he court and in the universe. Everything is not their own congregation, I cannot help but would be in church, we went there. It wasn't just a matter of opinion. Among these truths have nagging questions. Being the main a silent Quaker meeting, just the opposite. is the fact-often forgotten by Quakers­ contact for our meeting with our Baptist The participants sang, clapped, stomped that both William Penn and William Mead hosts, I have noticed a definite cooling their feet, responded to the preacher were guilty. during the last year or so in their original whenever he made a point they agreed with Mark E. Dixon care and concern. I find myself asking: "Amen, Brother!" I'd like to submit the idea Wayne, Pa. Could our eviction have anything to do with that the method of worship determined what some of the public social stands we have church they attended. taken recently? Could it have anything to do Wasn't there a song once that went, FRIENDS JouRNAL welcomes Forum con­ with the fundamentalist takeover within this "You go to your church and I'll go to mine, tributions. Please try to be brief so we particular church? Could the forced and we will meet in the middle''? may include as many as possible. Limit departure of the pastor who was favorably letters to 300 words, Viewpoint to I ,000 disposed to Quakers have been a factor? Melba Blanton Grove, Okla. words. Addresses are omitted to main­ Could Friends' casual dress for worship tain the authors' privacy; those wishing have been upsetting to some of their to correspond directly with authors may members? Whatever the real reason, we send letters to FRIENDS JOURNAL to be now find ourselves with a rather large A landmark case forwarded. Authors' names are not to be meeting (by Quaker standards) about to be Thanks to Samuel M. 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6 March 1997 FRIENDS JOURNAL Dispelling the Mystery of Silence by Adam Corson-Finnerty orne time ago I was chatting during a break in a It seems to take her ten minutes to unwrap it. The sound of conference and mentioned that I was a Quaker. the paper cuts through the silence like a giant walking S "You are?" one conferee exclaimed, "I've always through a field of rice crispies.) been curious about Quakers. In fact, once I took my Only sound. Only background. Only data. Not to be reacted to. family to a meeting near my home. We got there late and Not to be attached to. everyone was quiet. We sat for a long rime but nothing happened. So finally we got up an~ left!" It's been a while since I relaxed. I should really meditate "I still don't know what was going on," she continued. every day. What's wrong with my spiritual discipline? I "Why was everyone just sitting there, doing nothing?" should. ... We Friends know, of course, that a lot is "going on" Precious jesus, heal my wounds. during a silent meeting, and further, that some of the most Precious jesus, heal my wounds. uplifting meetings can occur without anything happening outwardly. Yet to an outsider there may be no inkling of Precious jesus. ... what is happening on an interior level as Friends gather in (Suddenly I stop breathing. Completely. And just sit. Wait silent worship. Quaker silence can seem quite mysterious. for my body to breathe me. A tentative breath comes. Then In the interest of dispelling some of that "mystery," I another. I am very still. would like to offer a glimpse ofwhat goes on-for me­ during silent worship. I allow my eyes to cross, eyelids still shut. I know what I'll Please keep in mind that this is the report of only one see. God's eye. God looks at me. I feel frightened. Quaker, and that my process of"settling in" reflects my Vulnerable. Exhilarated. own personal blend of Christianity, yoga, and heaven­ Someone rises to speak. I try not to strain to listen to the knows-what, gathered over the years. speaker. I try not to not listen. If it's for me I'll hear it.) I embrace the world with loving kindness. (I sit with my feet on the floor, back straight, knees apart. I embrace the world with loving kindness. I dose my eyes and rest my hands on my knees, palms up. Generally I can sit this way for an hour or longer, without I embrace the world with . . .. surnng. (Stillness. No thought. A sense of floating. Thoughts and I consciously try to relax my body. I slow my breathing sounds flitter by like transparent goldfish. and allow my face to fall. My knees spread further, my I have a profound sense of rising. The collective settledness, arms and legs relax. Often my head jerks slightly as my collected prayer, collected yearning, and collective good will neck relaxes.) ofmy fellow meeting members has grabbed hold of my The woman behind me is coughing. How annoying. vulnerable spirit and lifted it up. I feel a wonderful sense of Why doesn't she take a cough drop? peace and joy.) Relax, Adam. Let go . ... Hallelujah. There's so much to do when I go back to work on (Sometimes I smile. Sometimes there are tears. Monday. I'd better make a mental list. 0 K: call Selden Another Friend delivers a message. I find myself able to about the proposal to Kresge. Check to see ifthe listen without losing my sense of being held in the light. I drawings of the Anderson Center are ready. Ask allow her voice to be the voice of God. I allow it to not be Rochelle.... the voice of God. Let go, Adam. You doni need to work now. I feel a gentle hand. My wife. Meeting is breaking. I feel (And so on. It usually takes me at least 20 minutes to let peaceful and not ready to move. If only I could carry this go of planning, worrying, fantasizing, day dreaming, and sense of centeredness into my day today, into my week, generally racing my mental motor. into my life, how blessed I would be.)

The woman behind me has decided to get a cough drop. BEHOW I MAKE ALL THINGS NEW. Adam Corson-Finnerty is a member of Germantown (Pa.) Meeting. Yes, Lord. D

FRIENDS JOURNAL March 1997 7 Sunday Worship Head bowed, I cleared my mind. Then ... in front of me, beneath the meeting bench, Aborted Thought a big, black, shiny ant appeared. I did not speak, but placed aside Six thin legs pumping up and the thought I thought in Quaker down, meeting. he scooted among and around It was unclear, too ego wrapped, all those shoes that loomed over too fully 61led with pride-capped him. words. Was he lost? I put it on my rushioned bench This place was not safe for ants. to rest and season in the Light. One wrong move, one shoe's shuflle, Perhaps I'll find it sometime and he would be . .. history. when I sit there in silent thought, Squished. Squashed. Smeared. reformed and in a healthy mode, the Spirit printed on its heart, Oblivious to all these prospects, Q!Jaker Choir its shape now changed, fresh-rut, the daredevil swerved left, Great Spirit, keep us seated except when contoured by some great artist poked around, then veered right We are in tune, and sometimes even then. now to match the opening of my and then swung back again. mouth. What was he looking for? -Peter Meister I doubt that even he knew. - Irene Van Wagner Next ... he chanced a brown shoe then the black one next to it, neither to his taste or was it smell? Finally he scampered off out ofview, gone for good it seemed. I wished him luck among all those shoes. Again, I cleared my mind and sought to settle down. But ... much to my dismay, that ant came back. Still looking, still poking, still not finding what he wanted. It was a bad Sunday A member of Bulls Head-Oswego for both of us. (N.Y.) Meeting, Irene VanWagner is -Michael H lvey a sojourning member ofMount Holly (NJ.) Meeting. She and her husband currently reside at Woolman Commons in Medford Leas, N.J. A retired professor ofmi crobiology, Michael H. lvey is an active attender of Durham (N.C.) Meeting. Peter Meister lives with his wife, Sarah Loach, in New Hope, Ala. He teaches German, and she teaches French.

8 March 1997 FRIENDS JouRNAL Sandhill Cranes by ]iDA Oglesby

iving near the Rio Grande River in Los Lunas, about early Friends at the time, through the story of New Mexico, I am dose to the migratory flight Margaret Fell. A contemporary, unprogrammed L corridor for many groups ofwater birds. Some of meetinghouse contains a diverse group of Friends. As a the most beautiful to me, in their awkward way, are the Quaker people, we now come from a wide variety of root sandhill cranes. faiths and ethnicities. Each morning last winter, I awoke to the sound of As I contemplated the sandhill cranes in committee sandhill cranes. When I went for a walk, I would see them formation, another image began to form in my mind: that flying overhead in committee formation. The way the of the meetinghouse as a marsh or wetland (like the cranes would sense one another's movements and turn and wetlands at Isleta Pueblo near Los Lunas). Wetlands are a change together brought to mind the sensitivity Quakers place ofsanctuary, of refreshment, of serenity, of beauty, show one another in a truly gathered meeting. I began to and oflively discussion. A marsh or wetland is a delicate meditate on the cranes. ecological system requiring careful balance. Each creature At the time, Native American friends were challenging has a distinct ministry. me to learn about my own traditions. In my family, we I felt 6lled with hope and refreshed by this image. were islanders once. We have long, skinny necks and long, Throughout February and March, others came and sat skinny legs and light skin. I look, move, and sometimes down in folding chairs to worship. I landed, gathered my minister very much like a crane. A convinced Friend (I long, skinny legs under me, folded back my gray wings, grew up a Methodist in Albuquerque), I also was reading and bent to be nurtured by the Creator in the Quaker marsh. 0 Jill Oglesby is a member ofAlbuquerque (N.Mex.) Meeting.

FRIENDS JouRNAL March 1997 9 The Interconnected Web of Friends' Silence by judith Brown have come to cherish a sense of interconnectedness in I usually begin worship aware of the word "centering." I meeting for worship. Worship is not an individual try to listen for what the Light may have in store for me. I I process. The Light can and does reach all of us usually do that with my eyes closed, but I don't like to collectively. I know this by contrast. Twice in Buddhist keep them shut too long at the beginning. This is because meditation training sessions I have been helped to make with my eyes closed, I cannot "gather" into my worship my own meditation richer, but I have missed a communal the others who have come into meeting. I may know the sense of shared worship. person across has had a rough time of late. I may know As Friends we worship more regularly than we do someone else has had a triumph. I hope somehow ·that I almost any other of our Quakerly activities. However, can help facilitate the Spirit's gathering of such persons, only rarely do we speak about or help each other with and those I don't know as well, into a worshiping listening for the Inward Light, the "how to" of sinking community. Another Friend has described to me his sense down to the Seed. We attend workshops on many other that he is gathered into the arms of others at this opening aspects of being Friends; perhaps we need to work harder time in meeting. at enriching our practice in meeting for worship. The next step is to wait for some phrase our of my I cannot pretend to be a "weighty" Friend in meeting hymn-singing, bible-reading past, "Alleluia" or "Yea for worship, but I have considered meeting for worship though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death." the heart of my Quaker practice for enough years to have Sometimes what comes to me is an image out ofpoetry, developed certain rituals for my own worship. I do not "elected silence sing to me," or a current event like the believe they are definitive, but I hope my description will troubles in Bosnia. These leadings come more or less willy­ stimulate others to think about their own practice and nilly. I deem whatever comes is what the Light wants me how to make it more transformative for their lives. to reflect on, at least for the time being. I usually accept what comes until a spoken message suggests to me that I should try to incorporate what is said into my thinking A member of University (Wash.) Meeting, Judith Brown serves as and see how it alters. In that incorporation process, some poetry editor for FRIENDS JouRNAL. amazing things can happen. Sometimes in the silence a "holy nudge" will come to me, and I know I must consider a certain course of action. slow motion Long- or short-range actions and urges to. great blue heron walks season them (not necessarily instant out of her silhouette. clarity) come ifl am open to such Suddenly, she stabs promptings. at douds on the water's surface. While I'm sinking down to the Seed, I hope that my fellow-worshipers will be A fish flashes for a moment sinking into their own worship so that I in the burning, unacrustomed air have a good chance to listen inwardly. But then finds the long, dade throat sometimes someone else is so full initially and begins to take shape as heron, that they can't keep their message in, and .,:..:,.. ~uicldy to learn how it is the spoken messages begin early on. If that ---. tosw.i!p. ~ugh air on great gray wings, happens, I figure the Light wants me to to find from this new height see how what is said fits with what had =-·'"-· •· marshes and mountains of the world. begun to happen in me, and I work on that. That kind ofsynthesis can bring about a remarkable inner excitement.

10 March 1997 FRIENDS JoURNAL Silence Weaver a basket waiting for words no one expects not even the speakers themselves: ministry that happens Maybe someone's message to the minister, goes on too long or too ~m that happens pedantically, and I have to curb upott~t -;;,;.,., ...... ~;;;:;:;s::=~~~ a sense of irritation. When that a passion that happens happens, I am led to ask myself in stillness just what is there about me or where one and more are what is going on in me that joined together­ makes this message so difficult listener, lover, holder for me right now. What is the of the Light­ Light seeking to tell me? Some waiting to ~~twill come of my most useful insights &om odler lips about myself and my own folly have come to me in meeting for out ofthat endless knot worship when I examine the of the heart roots of my irritations and where strings twist t~~~er judgments. words get caught,/ For me, it is in gathered the unheard, the~ u£said, meetings-those meetings in build up which a common theme a net of~ and tosseqr,t~c:bns: emerges and a sense of the ape~ hatching Spirit comes through each -.um~e]ohnson message-that we have an edge on the Buddhists. At almost every meeting for worship, I become aware of a certain readiness to take another Friend's spoken message as interconnected web of silence. I become aware that not important to knowing what the Light may want to have just my own individual seeking is happening, but that me learn. those gathered are Spirit-led and the theme is Spirit-given. I need to stay open. I also need faith that the Spirit will Particularly if the spoken messages build on each other, I be and is alive and active in any worship in which I stay feel at the rise of meeting that I must come up out of a present. The best meetings I've experienced occur when I deep well of spiritual awareness that has been experienced rise from meeting feeling that the Spirit has wrenched me communally, not just individually. As an individual, I and my fellow-worshipers out of ourselves, shown us what have gained from the collective insights of the gathered we can do for others, and worked a radical transformation meeting, and I know why we need each other. in us. The "service" begins at the rise of meeting. 0 I sometimes have felt I should develop my own ritual for use in the silence, and as this writing shows, I have, afrer a fashion. I'm not sure that using my own pattern always helps, however. If there are spoken messages that break into my ritual, I need to be open to them. It's best if I prepare and come to meeting for worship with a sense of expectation. By preparation I mean some reading that will give me my jump-off phrases or images in worship. I also Margi Berger lives on Bainbridge Island, can be aware that when I am distracted and cannot center, Wash., where she writes poetry and edits the Light may bear a message for me through my very a local art and literary journal. distraction. My own rituals must not interfere with my Jane Johnson lives in Stonington, Conn.

FRIENDS JoURNAL March 1997 11 Quaker Visions ol Religious Pluralism

by Richard J. Wood individual (or the culture), though relativ­ y interest in this brief essay is ism is sometimes invoked to defend plu­ what specifically religious, and ralism. In fact, there is no logical require­ Mmore particularly Christian and ment that a relativist be a pluralist­ Quaker, grounds there might be for a Penn and his colleagues Thrasymachus in Plato's Republic repre­ policy ofsupporting religious and cultural understood that bue sents a non-pluralistic relativist in hold­ pluralism. My hope is that elucidating ing that justice is whatever the stronger these grounds will be seen as relevant by conversion can onlY be thinks to be in his interest. Jewish and Muslim friends, but I will stay Religious pluralism is the usual out­ with my own Quaker Christian tradition based in respect lor the come of religious freedom. I say ''usual" as one window on this issue. Even more stranger, and thus includes because there is no requirement that re­ particularly, I want to examine the contri­ ligious freedom is incompatible with ev­ butions that Quaker religious thought a willingness to learn lrom eryone in some society sharing a com­ might make to Christian thinking about mon faith and practice. The opposite of pluralism. Again, my interest is more sys­ the stranger. religious pluralism is enforced confor­ tematic than historical, though the influ­ mity to a given faith and practice. ence of William Penn and the experience It is clear that pluralism admits of de­ of the Pennsylvania colonists was one t is important at the outset of any dis­ grees, and that some limits are necessary important influence on the development cussion of religious pluralism to be for there to be social order. Pluralistic of religious pluralism in the United States. I clear what pluralism is: Pluralism is societies set limits in different ways, some The Religious Society of Friends be­ the open and allowed coexistence of dif­ by reference to what a dominant religious gan as a radical protest against anything fering faiths and practices. It is not rela­ tradition can allow in good conscience, external to the work of the Holy Spirit. As tivism, the view that truth is relative to the some by invoking an ethical vision of the Howard Brinton puts it in The Quaker conditions for good order. It is not easy to Doctrine ofth e Holy Spirit: Richard J. Wood, formerly president of define appropriate limits and probably The Society of Friends arose from an immedi­ Earlham College, is currently dean of Yale not possible to do so without being some­ ate, living experience of the Holy Spirit. This Divinity School. what culturally specific- how much so is was not a new discovery. It was a rediscovery a key issue in social ethics. For example, was the banning ofMormon polygamy in the United States a defensible limit on religious pluralism? On what grounds? A commitment to religious and cul­ tural pluralism can rest on a number of grounds- religious skepticism of various sorts (including various forms of relativ­ ism); a political judgment that tolerance is better than intolerance for achieving other political ends, such as social peace (without necessarily abandoning a claim to know the truth); compassion for those not able (for whatever reasons) to see the truth of one's position; as a tactic to pre­ pare people for conversion to one's posi­ tion; a desire to keep religion out of the political arena; etc. This list could be expanded signifi­ cantly. Some of these grounds have been important historically, e.g., a gentle skep­ ~ ticism combined with a political judg­ ment in favor of tolerance, and hence of ~ NT PET.ER:S CHURCH § gfriends'Mee1ingHouse religious pluralism, was clearly impor­ bird ana Pine Slrtet$. Philllaclpbia -t Fourtfi l!Ila Arch Sired$ :Balli 1?&1· AI

12 March 1997 FRIENDS JoURNAL of a truth shared in some degree by all Chris­ talked about "responding to that of God the Delaware Valley happened mainly in the tians and specially emphasized by many of in every person," they understood that the years from 1675 to 1689. This was part of an the reformers in 17th-century England. Among first form of that response was likely to be historical epoch which began with the Resto­ these reformers the Society of Friends was ration and continued through the reigns of prophetic confrontation with sin. But they Charles II ( 1660-85) and his Catholic brother unique in making its experience of the Spirit were optimistic about the power of Christ primary and all else secondary. James II ( 1685-88). In this period of English through the Holy Spirit to transform and history, the great questions were about how Thus though the early Quakers were perfect persons-all persons-so their people of different beliefs could live in peace as militant as any of their contemporaries vision was not limited to one sex, race, together. That question was central to the in claiming to know the Truth-they ethnic group, or social class. In the early cultural history of the Delaware colonies and sometimes called themselves "Publishers years Quakers journeyed to carry the Gos­ remained so for many years. of Truth"-their focus on the centrality pel to the Sultan and the Pope, as well as The founders of Pennsylvania had very ofthe transforming experience ofthe Holy others outside England. different ideas about immigration [from the Spirit combined with another key idea, As John Punshon describes in Portrait Puritans in New England or the Cavaliers in that of the Inner Christ or Inner Light, to Virginia]. William Penn and the Quaker elite in Grey, by the 18th century Quakers had of the colony made a special effort to attract lead to a Christian universalism. Friends become a well-defined Christian sect, very European Protestants whose values were were not interested in nominal Christian­ distinctive but less radical than in the compatible with their own. English Quakers, ity, in outward professions of faith or use early years: German Pietists, and Swiss Anabaptists all of the "right" words. They believed, as Friends now clearly stood for a distinct em­ believed deeply in the doctrine of the inner George Fox put it, that "Christ has come phasis within Christianity which asserted that light, religious freedom, the ethic of work, to teach his people himself," and that this all people were possessed ofthe light ofChrist and the evil of violence. The immigration transforming presence could restore God's within, which was sufficient to save them policy of Quakers expanded the community original image in creation, hence perfect­ if they obeyed it and drew upon its power; of Christian values beyond the boundaries of ing persons in love. that God's saving grace is universal and not their own sect and deliberately encouraged a confined to nominal or outward Christians; diversity of national stocks in the Delaware Fox's Christian universalism is not based on a that human beings are under an obligation to Valley. conception of the spiritual nature of man but seek perfection; and that God's revelation of on Jesus Christ, the universal covenant of himself is not limited to nature or the printed light, the universal redeemer. His universal­ ot unity but harmony" is the ideal word but continues directly down the centu­ ism has its roots in the prophetism of the of Christian pluralism as Penn and ries, informing both individuals and the Judaic-Christian tradition .... In Christian other Friends understood it But Church. N experience repentance precedes faith, and re­ why, since christians claim to know the pentance includes the breaking up of our con­ Truth ofGod's revelation, should we seek fidence in false gods and the shattering of the hese ideas, and not just fleeing from to live in harmony with non-Christians bonds of misdirected faith. persecution in England, lay behind (or Christians with a different version of the founding ofPennsylvania, which This quote is from The Quaker Vision, T that revelation in Jesus)? was a crucial event in the development of in which Lewis Benson emphasizes that Part of the answer lies in the nature of Quaker ideas about religious pluralism. the early Quakers were not optimists about that revelation itself- that God is love The following paragraphs, paraphrased unredeemed human nature. When they and that God's way as manifest in Jesus is from David Hackett Fisher's important book on American cultural history, Albion's Seed, summarize nicely the way in which Pennsylvania was intended to be a model Quaker society: Pennsylvania and its neighboring provinces were intended to be in Penn's words, a "colony of heaven" for the "children of Light." He thought ofhis province as a model for general emulation. Like the Puritans of Massachu­ setts and the Cavaliers of Virginia, Penn in­ tended his American settlement to be an ex­ ample of all Christians. The cornerstone of this "holy experiment" was liberty of conscience, but not for every­ one. He excluded atheists and nonbelievers from his colony. Even so, Pennsylvania came closer to his goal of non-coercive society than any state in Christendom during the 17th century. His dream was not unity but harmony­ and not equality but "love and brotherly kind­ ness." He expected "obedience to superiors, love to equals, and help and countenance to inferior." There was to be no freedom for the wicked; Penn's laws against sin were more Qld Swedes' (.JmrCh 929Sout!tWatersnut, Plll~phla rigorous in some respects than those of Puri­ • - ~llt 1700 - tans or Anglicans. The Friends' migration to

FRIENDs JoURNAL March 1997 13 the way of suffering love. The Messiah is The stranger is also a central figure in biblical the Suffering Servant, a radical reinter­ stories of faith, and for good reason. The One pathway to peace pretation of the prophetic message. religious quest, the spiritual pilgrimage, is leads right through the Love of other persons requires love always taking us into new lands where we are halls of Congress both of what they are and of what they strange to others and they are strange to us. Faith is a venture into the unknown, into the might be. Because humans are created in realms of mystery, away from the safe and the image of God but are also free, love comfortable and secure. When we remain in Call 202 547-6000 that is only accepting of current reality the security of familiar surroundings, we have At;k how you can help ultimately demeans the beloved and stifles no need of faith. The very idea of faith sug­ bring Friendt;' concern for growth ofthe personality. Eugene O'Neill gests a movement away from our earthly se­ peace and jut;tice to Capitol Hill dramatized this kind of love in The Ice­ curities into the distant, the unsettling, the strange. FRIENDS COMMITTEE ON NATIONAL LEGISLATION man Cometh. Love that only loves the 245 Second Street N.E. Washington, D.C. 20002-5795 idealized person that the beloved might become also is destructive, for it does not t was in this spirit that the early Quaker value what is good in the person as he or colonists approached the strangers who INTERNATIONAL SERVICE she is now. What is popularly called Iwere the Delaware Indians. 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Such plu­ people have rejected God because of their ralism need not, any more than it did in A Quaker Conference Center observation of the unloving behavior of Penn's time, accommodate itself to evil. 340 HIGH STREET God's professed followers. Love must still be built on a foundation of P.O.BOX246 To accept a confessional role is to justice. BURLINGTON, NEWJERSEY08016 accept the truth of Plato's dictum that the It is possible to be fully and deeply rightness or wrongness of actions and committed to religious liberty and still Available for day and overnight use rules is something that must be, in prin­ believe, with William Penn, that religious 609-387-3875 ciple, accessible to any person who will liberty, and hence religious pluralism, is apply reason to the problem. That is, there an instrument of salvation, not an end in must always be a good answer to the itself. Such a belief goes beyond mere 1997 question, "Why does God command that tolerance of error to love. It envisions a College-age action?" society in which people of different be­ Quaker The third basis, emphasized in the idea liefs can dwell together in peace, ·so that Guilford Gathering of the "inner Light," is that both because the Holy Spirit will have an opportunity •College of that inner Light and because of the to reconcile people to God and to each March 21-23 Admission Office human frailty of all persons, including other. I believe that this is a deeper and 5800 West Friendly Avenue Bruce Bishop Christians, we have something to learn superior basis for a pluralistic society than Greensboro, NC 27410 Speaker from the unbeliever, the stranger. Parker the secular alternatives so popular in our 910-3 16-2100 J. Palmer, in his book on the spirituality of time. I:J FAX 910-3 16-2954 Quaker Educadoo public life, The Company of Strangers, http://www.guilford.edu Since 1137 captures this point nicely: The key figure in public life is the stranger.

14 March 1997 F RIENDS JOURNAL ADIFFERENT AGENDA Early Evangelical Quakers in the u.s. by John Oliver

t will mildly surprise some readers of 1892 when the Malones FRIENDS JoURNAL to discover that many founded a Christian Work­ IFriends in the United States, and a ers Training School in large majority in the world, are evangeli­ Cleveland. By 1907 at least cal Christians, or that most North Ameri­ 35 students, 19 of whom can Quaker colleges were founded by were women, were serving evangelicals. Others, ifnot surprised, may in rescue missions, provid­ regard evangelical Friends as a regret­ ing food, clothing, hous­ table reality; after all, evangelical Quak­ ing,job training and place­ ers are and always have been crypto­ ments, and supports for fundarnentalists and card-carrying mem­ women in crisis pregnan­ bers of the religious right-haven't they? cies. Cleveland's Friends This article suggests these notions are, at welcomed ethnics as mem­ Quaker Evangelists Emma and Walter Malone best, oversimplifications, or, at worst, bers in their meeting; the prejudicial myths. American Friend (published from 1894 an Eastern Quaker college and at a time Early evangelical Quakers were a re­ to 1960 by Orthodox Friends and first when the American Friend argued that flection ofone couple-Walter and Emma edited by Rufus Jones) complained that "the education of the Negro must be in­ Malone. Walter's early views were influ­ our cities are "overpopulated" by people dustrial." A Cleveland missionary to South enced by his boyhood in New Vienna, ''with foreign and unpronounceable names Africa, charged with being a "nigger Ohio, home of John Henry Douglas and [who] cannot be assimilated into our free preacher," making the black "think he is Daniel Hill (first leaders of the Peace institutions." as good as the white man," and "breaking Association of Friends and publishers of Nonviolence? Publications by the down the natural separation" between the Herald ofPeace and Olive Leaf). In Malones asked missionaries in China (in­ races, noted that in identifying "with a his years in Cincinnati, Ohio, he wor­ clu9ing former students) to refuse indem­ hated race [he] must share not only the shiped with Levi Coffin. Emma Brown nities and "take joyfully" the destruction contempt but also the censure which the Malone, a former Hicksite, was converted of mission properties by Boxers. In con­ native receives in such measure." The to evangelicalism by D. L. Moody and trast, theAmerican Friend supported mili­ Malones charged England with crimes influenced by Quaker evangelist Esther tary force against Boxers and against the against "those poot natives [in South Af­ Frame, professor Dougan Clark, experi­ American Railway Union in the United rica] that excel any horrors we ever heard ences with rescue and foreign missions, States. The Malones, who called upon of the Americans doing to the native Indi­ and her work as a leader with Friends in "army and navy men ... [to] Get out. Get ans," urged Quakers to petition Congress Cleveland, Ohio. out," labeled war, capital punishment, and to treat mob violence against blacks as a Walter drew critical attention in 1892 abortion-the preferred sin of the "cul­ violation of the Constitution, criticized a when he challenged the second major tured and refined classes" of the United Belgian "reign of terror" in the Congo, conference ofU.S. Friends to "come down States-as murder. If this view was un­ and praised W.E.B. DuBois for an article and take in the poor people and go after fashionable, it was shared by Susan B. entitled "What Intellectual Education is the outcasts ... with the expectation that Anthony, who called abortion the "most Doing for the Negroes." Cleveland's we will be a poor, despised people." Most monstrous crime" and abortion-inducing Friends took Quakerism to Kenya, which speakers recommended focusing on the drugs "broths of Beelzebub." has more Quakers today than any other "cultivated," "educated," "rich," etc. Only Gender? Emma Malone was co-presi­ country in the world. one supported Malone by noting, ''There dent of the Cleveland school from its Finally, early evangelical Friends dif­ is a great deal more in what Walter Malone inception until her retirement-75 years fered from some liberal or progressive has said than perhaps many of us are before a major U.S. coeducational col­ Quakers in the U.S. because they were ready to assent to." lege.or university was headed by a woman. not interested in eugenics, perhaps be­ Work with the poor accelerated after At least 71 women ministers trained in cause they were only minimally inter­ Cleveland from 1892 to 1907. More ested in "improving" society, at least in John Oliver teaches history at Malone Col­ women ministers were trained in Cleve­ the U.S. Their distinctive mission was to lege in Canton, Ohio. The editor ofJ. Walter "save souls," which led them to identify Malone, the Autobiography of an Evangeli­ land in the late 19th and early 20th centu­ cal Quaker, he is working on a biography of ries than anywhere else in the United with the powerless and "go after the out­ Walter and Emma Malone. He is convener States. casts" rather than to seek out the rich. for the 12th biennial conference of Quaker Race? African Americans enrolled in Their expectation, at least in the mind of Historians and Archivists, June 19-21, 1998, the Malones' school at least as early as Walter Malone, was to become "a poor at Baltimore, Stony Run (Md.) Meeting. 1901-25 years before being admitted to despised people" themselves. D

FRIENDS JOURNAL March 1997 15 QUAKER CONNECTIONS The Penn School, the Penn Center, and Friends by Monica Maria Tetzlaff

hen I first saw the Penn Center on St. Helena Island, South Caro­ Wina, its beauty took my breath away. The buildings were simple, white clapboard structures. The surrounding massive oaks, dripping with Spanish moss, ftltered sunlight on the path in a way that hushed my soul. As I walked, I could almost feel the spirits of the thousands of students and their teachers who crossed this dusty ground so many years ago. The Penn Center has long been associ­ ated with Quakers, but it is also an impor­ tant African American cultural and com­ munity center with ties to the black Bap­ tist church. As a historian and a Quaker meeting attender, I would like to share what I have learned about the Penn Cen­ ter and Quakers, so that the complexity and richness of their connection is better known. Penn School workers, 1913 The Penn School Charlotte Forten, a young black woman, timidation, fraud, and legal obstacles. to teach at the Penn School in 1863. Towne and the graduates of her school One of the first southern schools for After the Civil War, when South were an important voice of protest newly free African Americans, the Penn Carolina's reconstruction government In 1894 E. M. Wistar, a Friend who School was founded in 1862 by Laura started public primary schools, Penn had completed a tour of the South, re­ Towne and Ellen Murray. These white School began to specialize in more ad­ ported that although the Penn School was women were sent by the Pennsylvania vanced education. In addition to teacher providing a superior education for some Freedmen's Aid Association (PFAA) to training, its founders sought to prepare blacks on the island, conditions for Afri­ St. Helena Island, S.C., which the Union African Americans for citizenship. St. can Americans in general had not im­ Army had captured. At the Penn School, Helena residents responded enthusiasti­ proved greatly since the Civil War. Many black children were first taught to read cally to their new rights by organizing blacks had managed to buy small farms, and write, a privilege that had been de­ Republican political clubs for discussion and the thousands of African Americans nied them during slavery. and debate and by electing Robert Smalls, who lived on St. Helena Island outnum­ Although Towne was Unitarian, she a black Civil War hero, to Congress. bered whites by over ten to one. Still, they and Murray named their school after In the North, Francis Cope, a Friend, were barred from most professions, and William Penn because of his belief in raised funds for the Penn School through their political power was in danger of "the brotherhood of all humanity." They the Benezet Society of Germantown, Pa., being lost were also grateful to the many Friends after the PFAA ceased to exist in 1871. In fact, most citizenship rights were who were leaders in the PFAA. Philadel­ After 1877, however, northern interest taken away from South Carolina blacks phia Friends James McKim and his daugh­ began to wane. Financial support for the in the state's 1895 Constitutional Con­ ter Lucy visited Towne and Murray in Penn School decreased and it was mainly vention. The mood of the nation was in­ 1862 and collected African American the finances of founder Laura Towne's creasingly racist, Towne and Murray were songs and spirituals. The PFAA also sent family that kept the school afloat. quite elderly, and the fate of the Penn An attender of South Bend (Ind.) Meeting, Congress also abandoned the Recon­ School was uncertain. At this point, Monica Maria Tetzlaff teaches history at struction experiment. In white-majority Francis Cope's son stepped in and led Indiana University, South Bend. areas of the South, black voting rights Quakers and others to organize a board of ©1996 Monica Maria Tetzlaff were taken away through violence, in- trustees and put the Penn School on a

16 March 1997 FRIENDS JoURNAL more secure financial footing. Around 1900 this board remade the historic insti­ tution into a quieter and more conserva­ tive school. With an emphasis on voca­ tional education, politics were no longer mentioned. Under the direction of two more white northern women, Rossa Cooley and Grace House, the Penn School's main mission during the first half of the 20th century was to sustain black farmers who were trying to make a living on the land. Crop prices kept going down, and farmers be­ came poorer and poorer. Despite the school's efforts to improve local agricul­ tural techniques, many St. Helena Island African Americans joined the hundreds of thousands of others of their race who moved north during WW I and WW II. The skills that Penn alumni had learned helped them succeed, and many became long-distance supporters of their old school. The first Penn School building The Penn Center landmark and hosts over 20,000 visitors portions of land to resort developers and In 1948 the school was in financial annually. The National Endowment for increased taxes. The center works to pro­ trouble again, and the board began to the Humanities and the State of South vide legal assistance and advice on cre­ evaluate whether the institution could con­ Carolina, along with various nonprofit or­ ative and environmentally friendly land tinue. They decided to tum Penn into a ganizations such as the Penn Community management to island residents. Each No­ community center, and two vember, a celebration white Friends, Courtney called Heritage Days and Elizabeth Siceloff, draws visitors from all were accepted as the new over the country to share directors. Along with the in oyster roasts, commu­ black community, the nity sings, and the as­ Siceloffs revived the pects of the rich African struggle for black political American culture of the rights and campaigned ac­ region. tively against segregation In 1992 Palmetto for 19 years. Gathering, a group of Since 1969, when the South Carolina and Siceloffs left, the Penn Georgia Friends, started Center has been led by Af­ a tradition of annual rican Americans. The cen­ workcamps at the Penn ter serves as an African Center each October. American historic and cul­ This contact is an im­ tural center, a community portant spiritual revival center that provides a vari­ of an old Quaker con­ ety of children's and adult nection. educational services, and a Student cobblers, carpenters, blacksmiths, and For information on conference center for vis­ basketmakers, 1913 the 1997 Quaker work­ iting groups. Since the camp, contact Doris 1970s, the Peace Corps has used parts of Club and the Michigan Support group, Wilson at (864) 439-8788. Those inter­ the old Penn School farm at the center to have provided much-needed funds for the ested in visiting or aiding the Penn Center train its volunteers in agricultural skills. renovation of the historic buildings and an may call or write to Penn Community The volunteers also learn the value and upgrade of the York Baily Museum. State Services, Inc., P.O. Box 126, Lands End function of a community center. A legal universities and historically black colleges Road, St. Helena Island, SC 29920, tele­ services office currently operates from a also cooperate with the Penn Center. Just phone (803) 838-2432. cottage on the Penn Center grounds. as importantly, the center works to pre­ Since 1980, Executive Director Emory serve black autonomy on the island The Siceloffs and the Civil Campbell has led Penn into national through youth community leadership and Rights Movement prominence. The center received the des­ land retention programs- African Ameri­ As the strongest of the Friends con­ ignation of being a national historical cans on the island have lost significant nections, Courtney and Elizabeth Siceloff

FRIENDS JOURNAL March 1997 17 graciously agreed to share with me some directors, and black assistants had few Friends Service Committee began orga­ recollections of their years at the Penn resources at their disposal." The Siceloffs nizing workcamps to tum the school build­ Center. looked at the qualifications of the people ings into integrated conference facilities. At the urging of Ira Reed, an African and how long they had served. It was A conference center was needed because American professor at Courtney's alma clear that some of the blacks had more there were very few places in the South mater, Haverford College, the Siceloffs training and experience than the whites. where blacks and whites could attend agreed to head the Penn Center and moved However, when there was a turnover in meetings and stay overnight. there shortly after their marriage in 1949. staff, the office would always bring in a The participation of black and white As they made the transition from school new white supervisor. After the study staff, college students, and local people in to community center, they met with local there were some changes. A Farmer's the workcamps created a great deal of people to learn about the needs of the Home Administration office was set up opposition in the official and unofficial island. The daycare center that grew out on St. Helena Island with the first black white community. "It changed the con­ of these meetings has continued in one director in the state. cept of Penn in Beaufort, S.C., from a form or another to the present day. During the Siceloffs' tenure in the 'benign' school for blacks that had ex­ The state maternal and child health 1950s, there were no integrated facilities isted for almost a century, into something authorities also made use of the facilities in the state ofSouth Carolina. The beaches that was challenging the system," at the Penn Center to run a midwife pro­ and all the schools were segregated. Even Courtney said. gram. Elizabeth helped with the adminis­ though the Supreme Court decision out­ Having previously led a workcamp in tration of the program and recalled: lawing segregation came down in 1954, it Mexico, Courtney and Elizabeth natu­ There had always been a large number of was not implemented until the end of the rally would think of organizing a work­ births handled by midwives in the Lowcountry 1960s. Signs for "Whites" and "Blacks" camp at the Penn Center. The AFSC spon­ ofSouth Carolina. The most experienced ones dotted the landmarks of towns. In order to sored weekend and summer workcamps, and the most in demand were the "Granny hasten integration after the 1954 deci­ starting with a high-school-age workcamp. Midwives." Through the years the state set up sion, the Siceloffs and the American There were also workcamps sponsored and strengthened a program for certifying mid­ by the Jewish Service Commit­ wives. This included training in how to fill out tee, by Lutherans, and by dif­ birth certificates, since some of these women ferent colleges around the state. had little knowledge of reading or writing­ The weekend workcamps but they knew all about delivering babies. usually started on Friday after­ They had sessions on nutrition and how im­ portant it was for the mothers to eat a lot of noon and went through Sun­ greens and seafood in their diet. day. On Friday the center hosted an oyster roast, Saturday was a Other activities of the center included work day, and then there was a establishing a county library branch and closing session on Sunday. bookmobile service, a tomato coopera­ There was a plan for the whole tive to market local farmers' produce di­ weekend to draw together rectly to the public, and a conference to groups as disparate as South address other needs of the island's small Carolina State College, a black farmers. In order to make government agencies more responsible to the island' s farmers, the Siceloffs conducted a study to look for racial discrimination in the county offices of South Carolina's Farmer's Home Demonstration Service. As Courtney remembered, "At that time the directors were always white and the assistants were always black. Black farmers re­ ceived little help from white

Above: The Penn Center trained Peace Corps groups during the mid· 1960s. A teacher from Botswana instructs Penn staff in the Setswana language. Right: The Penn Center hosted a training course for midwives, 1959.

18 March 1997 FRIENDS JoURNAL Courtney and Elizabeth Siceloff and their son John with Martin Luther King Jr., at a Southem Christian Leadership Conference retreat held at the Penn 851 Buck Lane HAVDUORD Early Birds Haverford, PA Extended Day Center in 1967 (610)642-2334

A COEDUCATIONAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL through Beaufort, but the mayor PRESO-IOOL THROUGH SIXTH GRADE and city council would not allow it. The Klan parade was turned Fri4nds School welcomu studellls ofQli'J race down, but the KKK went ahead religio11 and natumal or etJutic origi11 with their rally. Klansmen came from several states. There were very institution, and the Citadel, which then few members in the area, and they needed VERMONT consisted exclusively ofyoung white men. all the reserves they could get. When Conscientious Objectors also served Elizabeth drove to Beaufort that after­ Adventure the center during the Vietnam War. noon to pick up the couple's children The Fann & Wilderness swruner camps Courtney and Elizabeth recalled seven from school, she saw cars arriving with offer challenging adventures for children who qualified for alternative service and Klan robes hanging in the back like extra ages 9-17 in a nurturing atmosphere. received subsistence wages and a room. clothes on a hanger. Farming, canoeing, hiking, swimming, These men helped the Siceloffs prepare Courtney called the sheriffbecause he work projects & crafts are offered on un· the conference center for groups, ran er­ had heard that after the rally the Klan spoiled lakes deep in the Green Moun­ rands, and did clerical work. "It was es­ would come to the center. The sheriff told tains, 57 years under Quaker leadership. pecially busy during the Peace Corps train­ the Siceloffs to write down the license Write or call Linda M. Berry, ing sessions," Courtney recalled. "Their numbers of the Klan cars when they saw Fann& service was invaluable and enabled us to them. The sheriff and a representative Wilderness, offer conference facilities at rates the civil from the Commission on Civil Rights also HCR 70, rights and other nonprofit agencies could assured Courtney that their deputies would Box 27, Plymouth, afford." be patrolling in unmarked cars. To their vr oso56 Despite some local white opposition, relief and amusement, the Siceloffs dis­ (802) the center made its facilities available to covered that there were almost more depu­ 422-3761 Martin Luther King Jr. and the Southern ties than Klansmen. Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC). Aside from support from local African The group had staff scattered throughout Americans, the Siceloffs received encour­ the South and needed a safe place to plan agement from Quakers on the board of THE HICKMAN their strategy in the civil rights move­ the Penn Center. "Quakers were the ones ment. Martin Luther King's decision to who raised the money and, wisely and go to Chicago was made at the center, and providently, in the manner of Friends, there was a great deal ofdiscussion within invested the money and provided support the SCLC about whether to take the for the center. They had done so before struggle north. us, as well as while we were there," Independent Living and Personal Care The Siceloffs would try to keep these Elizabeth explained. Ira Reed, Harold Convenient to shops, businesses, and cultural opportunities meetings of the SCLC quiet, but news Evans, William Cadbury, Hollingsworth Reasonable • Not{or..Profit would leak out. Their phones were tapped, Wood, and Paul Brown were a few of the Founded and operated by Quakers probably by the FBI. Sometimes it seemed Friends they recalled who were involved people in Beaufort knew the SCLC was in this work. 9 400 North Walnut Street coming before the Siceloffs did. Once The couple also remembered the en­ West Chester, PA 19380 (61 0) 696-1536 they heard a rumor that a civic group was couragement of Bernard Walton, a trav­ proposing to form a human chain across eling representative from Friends Gen­ the bridge to St. Helena Island to keep eral Conference. "His mission was to visit Martin Luther King from coming, but isolated Friends, and we always looked The next generation and those 1:1 come nothing like that ever happened. forward to Bernard's visits," Elizabeth need to know your life story. We will Along with discouraging rumors, there said. Courtney spoke ofother Quaker visi­ travel to you. record you as you share the were a lot ofencouraging actions, and the tors: Douglas and Dorothy Steere, Arthur experiences that have sha]2ed your life. and gather the richness of your memories Siceloffs kept their sense of humor de­ Morgan, and Dora and Bob Wilson from into a beautiful book- a cherished legacy spite the seriousness of southern whites' Pendle Hill. "These were all ways in which for those you love. "massive resistance" to integration. Once, we were nurtured." the Ku Klux Klan organized a rally in Although the Siceloffs now live in At­ Unda Lyman & Marty Walton which they claimed they would expose lanta, Ga., they continue to maintain ties 505 Willow Road. Bellingham. W A 98225 Courtney as a Communist. In connection to the Penn Center and visit whenever 1-360-738-8599 or 1-800-738-8599 with the rally they planned a parade they can. D

FRIENDS JoURNAL March 1997 19 lhe Augusta Open Door Kindergarten by Faith B. Bertsche

n 1964 a speaker sponsored by Au­ one at ease, but also she had their com­ women included Freddie Jackson, Pat gusta (Ga.) Meeting had a significant plete attention. Knox, and Charlotte Watkins. Rachel Iinfluence on the Augusta community. At the conclusion of the evening, many had suggested that we start by getting to ·The speaker was Rachel Davis DuBois, a people asked Rachel to stay overnight know each other by bringing a sandwich Quaker from New York Yearly Meeting. and have another session with them the and a book of poetry. I greeted each one She was in the South speaking to inter­ next day. Fortunately, she was able to as they arrived. We had a pleasant "get­ ested groups of people about her fresh, change her itinerary. ting to know you" hour, reading our fa­ new techniques for improving communi­ The next morning a group of young, vorite poems. cation among diverse groups. Her meth­ active women who were leaders in both "Wasn't that a clever idea ofRachel's?' ' ods proved to be remarkably successful black and white communities met at my we all said and were so amazed at each of in Augusta and other southern cities. house for a training session. They wanted our responses. All the women, except The meeting had agreed to provide to know how they could handle the way myself, were from the deep South and hospitality, a place to speak, and travel their children were being subjected to teased me about my poetry selection con­ expenses to the next city on her schedule. violence and to the prejudices of anti­ taining a lot about snow! Miriam Bowles, another member of the integration forces. I listened as the southern women, with meeting, and I had had great difficulty in It was not an easy morning. Tears their delightful soft accents, read about fmding a place where black and white threatened several times, but those women lazy days in the summer in the South. One people could meet together to hear her and Rachel remained fum in finding a of the black women got up and acted out message. Thanks to mutual friends we way to meet this challenge. We all faced her poem; this brought shrieks oflaughter were able persuade the Unitarian Church an ugly world and agonized over what to from the others. I had no idea what they to open their assembly room to us for one do. The fire against integration had been were talking about, and then they all evening. Miriam used her wide commu­ laid, and all that remained was a match to started dancing around their chairs! Rachel nity contacts to invite interested friends to light it, which was something that must was right; we all had a lot to learn from come and hear Rachel, as did the rest of not happen. each other. our small meeting. We began by seeing that our children I met Rachel DuBois at the Augusta hen I returned from seeing also learned to know one another. These bus terminal and brought her to our home, Rachel get on the bus, I found children and the others that joined them where she stayed during her visit. We Wseveral ofth e women still talking were to become a daily part of our lives began· talking and soon found we had seriously about meeting again soon. The for the next year. From the moment we many friends in common. five young women, black and white, were began searching for a place to meet until When we started out for the Unitarian all college graduates with small children. we opened the Open Door Kindergarten Church that evening, I hoped we would Their first problem was a baby sitter. in the Unitarian Church, not a day or night have enough people there to make the Where could we meet to be together with passed that we weren't in touch with one evening worth all the effort the entire the baby sitter and children? Fortunately another. Our lives, our families, and any meeting had put into it. The technique of we all had a sense of humor, and as we semblance ofa social life took a back seat getting varied individuals together was a looked at each other we burst into laugh­ to the school that we were determined to daunting thought then, as it still is all ter. As one of them said: "We can't even have. To list the rebuffs, the snubs, the these years later. As we arrived, I was eat a sandwich together anywhere except churches that turned us away, the friend­ pleased to see that the large room was in our own homes." I suggested my house. ships lost would be to put the emphasis filled with both men and women, black There were a few minutes of quiet time where it did not belong. The thought of and white, from a wide variety of relig­ before we stood up silently and looked at nothing except the solid business of start­ ions. Before turning the meeting over to each other with grim expressions on our ing an interracial kindergarten in the heart Rachel, I made a brief introduction. To faces. I can still recall the stillness in our of Augusta, or any southern city where my amazement, she started out by lead­ living room as they picked up their books segregation was the practice, filled our ing us in a song or two and playing musi­ and purses to leave. "God Bless," said days and nights seven days a week. cal chairs! Then she began her lecture. one, "Amen" from us all to each other. From the very first, we were deter­ Not only did she immediately put every- Monday morning had been selected mined to be independent; but this was for our first meeting, and it was at this costly. It meant no sponsorship from a Faith B. Bertsche is a member of Augusta time that the idea for the kindergarten church or anyone else and no charging a (Ga.) Meeting. was born. The small, determined group of fee that might eliminate the poor. The

20 March 1997 FRIENDS JOURNAL The original Open Door Kindergarten was held in the Unitarian Universalist Church of Augusta (left). The school continues to thrive at its current location (below).

feel as a sanctuary within my­ self. I moved slowly, as though an unknown hand was guid­ ing me. "Not to worry," I told myself. Others called just to be reassured that all was well.

last a Sunday was set for our open house and Apreregistration. The Au­ gusta Chronicle, the local dent at the Medical Col­ newspaper, not without objection, had lege of Georgia. She along printed our interracial picture above the with Ella Stenhouse, whose story of the kindergarten. Sunday, how­ husband was a professor at ever, turned out to be the day ofthe March Paine College, became on Selma. teachers for the school. The I could have cried. Months and months rest of us formed ourselves of work down the drain, I thought. Our into what we called the chances of enrolling children other than board. VVe next added those of board members seemed remote. Sammie Rice, a registered Four o'clock, the appointed time came. nurse and teacher at Paine The board members arrived, each smiling College; Rose Hinton came to reassure the others. Then the people as a board member; and came, and came, and came! Both classes Dr. Martha McCranie were full. VVe could not believe it. VVe ran agreed to serve as a medi­ out of punch, cookies, and application cal advisor. Our zeal and blanks. " Did we have a waiting list?" A enthusiasm for our project waiting what. . . ? The total enrollment mounted and the bonds of was 22 children, evenly split racially, more friendship were solidly boys than girls. formed and tightened as Our conclusions of what we wanted to the days and their trials accomplish in the kindergarten gradually went by. evolved over the months; it would be nonsectarian, racially integrated, and un­ school would have to be self-supporting. oney: where would we be able to guarded. There was concern expressed Then the weary search began for a place get money for materials, toys, from many quarters regarding our safety. that would meet state standards for kin­ Mrent? Besides the Unitarian Fel­ Personally, by this time we were all so dergartens and that we could afford. lowship and the Religious Society of committed to each other and the school Through the efforts of Kay Sutherland, Friends, many well-to-do families, both that we became oblivious to the very real who with her husband had been promi­ white and black, gave substantial amounts fact that we might be killed. But with the nent in the organization of the Unitarian ofmoney. Also, money and gifts appeared school opening almost a reality, facts were Fellowship, we were able to rent their from "no names, please." I found that facts: we might be attacked. Should we new building for a nominal fee. Our two even walking down Broad Street strang­ ask for police protection or carry guns in classes for the two age groups were lim­ ers would stop, ask ifl was Faith Bertsche, our cars when driving the children around ited in size so that each class could be then give me five, ten, or even more dol­ town? Should we have a parent patrol? handled by one teacher plus one board lars cash but "no name, please," just "Good We had a long, prayerful afternoon member (who worked one day a week as luck." one hot August day, not about our own a volunteer helper). As the time for our open house got safety but about the children's safety and Our original group was augmented by nearer and nearer, I, as an individual, our concern for their parents. After all, Jane Lester, the wife of a graduate stu- found myself entering what I could only these parents were entrusting their chil-

FRIENDS JouRNAL March 1997 21 dren to our care. Our decision was to tainers of water. Before we got in the car purchase a first aid kit and several pails of to go home, I took one of the children into sand just in case we were the recipients of the motel next to where the car was parked. a fire bomb. Then it was decided that Inside, when I inquired for a drink of Susan B. there would always be three women water for the child from the drinking foun­ present during school hours. Next, we tain near the door, the motel manager would take the matter up with all the minced no words in telling me to leave parents at the first parent-teacher meet­ and take the black child with me. Interest­ by Betty-Jean Seeger ing. At that first meeting, the parents ingly, some people who were registering agreed with our action, and the matter for rooms at the motel overheard the As a result ofa somewhat accidental and spontaneous pairing never carne up again. manager's degrading remarks. They im­ When the Open Door Kindergarten ofsubject to person for the mediately canceled their request for tercentenary events at New York group became incorporated, I became rooms, picked up their luggage, and fol­ chair of the board of directors. During the Yearly Meeting, I found myself lowed me out of the motel. When we got called upon to impersonate Susan B. years I presided, both board meetings and outside, one of the motel workers, who Anthony. Knowing nothing about parent-teacher meetings were conducted also had overheard the remarks, met me her save her involvement with in the manner of Friends, i.e., taking the with a drink for the child. women eventually getting the right sense of the group--no votes and no op­ The last memory is of a train ride from to vote and having a coin named portunity to raise black hand against white, Augusta to nearby Harlem. The conduc­ after her, I gradually immersed Jew against Christian. It worked well! I tor came around to collect the tickets, but myselfin her life. resigned as chair in 1966, and there has he refused to take the tickets from any of Since there was only one been no further Quaker representation on our black kindergarten children because biography ofh er, written by the board since then. Although the school they were not in the "right" car. "Blacks Kathleen Barry and published in had the support of the meeting, no other to the black car." However, the conductor 1988, I was extremely fortunate to Quaker actively participated in the work apparently felt bad about how he had except when my husband became trea­ learn ofL ynn Sherr's compilation of treated the children and came back to us. Anthony's letters and speeches in surer for one year. By the end of the ride, he turned out to her book, Failure Is Impossible, be a great friend of all the children, hen does thinking become real­ punched everyone's tickets, and talked to published in 1995, a real gem ofa resource. ity? Our constant, daily together­ them all. Actually, the train ride ended up ness became a part of ourselves. with one of the boys trying on the W usan Brownell Anthony was We came to know each other to a depth conductor's hat. born February 15, 1820. Many one rarely finds. Prayer, tears, trials, un­ That first year of 1964 turned out of her views on the role of derstanding, and love bound us together to be a major learning experience for S women in our culture, though well forever. all of us, black and white, children and ahead of her time, seem particularly Going over my notes from more than adults, teachers, parents, and board mem­ cogent today, as we stand on the 30 years ago, several incidents stand out. bers of the newly created Open Door threshold of the 21st century. In her One of the things that remain in my mind Kindergarten. day, women were largely restricted was the reaction of the fire department The Augusta Open Door Kindergar­ from participating in any meaningful when we took our kindergarten children ten is still flourishing. Its success can also endeavors of public life outside their to tour their facilities. I remember that my be judged by the fact that all the original heart stood still as we arrived. The fue­ students have gone on to complete their domestic confines and child-bearing men were standing in a row to keep us out studies in local schools, and many have and child-rearing roles. In marriage, as we drove up with our precious cargo of gone on to college. they were virtually legally dead, hav­ small children. But not for long. Their This is one of the many success stories ing no legal rights in any aspect ofthe faces broke into smiles as the children ran of Rachel Davis DuBois and her pro­ relationship. Those able to afford any sort ofeducation were usually limited from the cars towards the firemen. We gram. She died in 1993 at the age of 10 l. to acquiring the decorative and social took a deep breath and smiled at the men Although some of our original group graces that would enhance their quali­ as they lifted child after child onto the red have died or moved away from Augusta, ties in the eyes of future spouses. fue trucks. Miriam Bowles, at age 93, remains alert There were always a few strong, in­ Another incident occurred when we and active. She lives in a retirement vil­ dependent-minded women who tried went to see the animals on a local farm. lage nearby. to forge their own way and succeeded The farmer was not very receptive. He As for myself and my husband, we in being recognized for their minds was almost disagreeable. We had to look live in the same neighborhood. The dif­ and abilities. However, if this is still a at all of the cows and horses from a dis­ ference now is that our neighborhood is struggle for women in 1997, it was an tance in the cars. racially integrated. School busses pick up extraordinary feat to accomplish in Then there was the very hot summer all children (ours had to walk to the neigh­ the 19th century. day when we took the children to Bush borhood whites-only school). Field (the Augusta airport). We were wel­ Despite all the changes worldwide, my Betty-Jean Seeger is a member of comed by the airport staff, who showed husband of 57 years and I continue to be Montclair (N.J.) Meeting. us all around. The children enjoyed climb­ active in our small Friends meeting, which ©1996 Betty-Jean Seeger ing in and out of a real plane. Unfortu­ keeps fmding new social concerns to pro­ nately, we had forgotten to bring our con- mote in Augusta. I:J

22 March 1997 FRJENDS JOURNAL Anthon : Wtse Mentor

Raised in a large and loving family, other long since exploded phi­ Anthony was undergirded by the Quaker losophies of the ignorant past. principles ofegalitarianism, self-reliance, She will proclaim the "glad and integrity instilled in her by her par­ tidings of good news" to all ents, especially her Quaker father Daniel. women, that woman equally She was fortunate in receiving an educa­ with man was made for her own individual happiness, tion that prepared her for teaching, the to develop every power of only recognized profession open to her three-fold nature, to use, women. She readily noted the disparity in worthily, every talent given wages paid female and male teachers (with her by God, in the great male teachers getting four times more) work of life, to the best for the same amount of work, as earlier advantage of herself and on she became aware of such disparities the race. in male and female mill workers at her (Speech, 1859) father's mill. It is disturbing to think these are still recurring problems in our "mod­ The woman ofthe future will ern" times. far surpass her of the present, Anthony's first reformist activities even as the man of the future will were centered in the temperance move­ surpass him of today. The ages are ment, spurred largely by the physical and progressive, and I look for a higher man­ mental abuse women suffered from hood and womanhood than we have now. I think this is to be obtained somewhat by drunken and violent men. Coming from making the sexes equal. When women an ardently abolitionist Quaker house­ associate with men in serious matters, hold, Anthony continued her protest ac­ as they do now in frivolous society, tivities in the anti-slavery movement and, both will grow better and the world's ofcourse, noted the double burden placed work will be better done than it on black women. is now. I look for the day when The realization that only by getting the the woman who has a political right to vote would women have a chance or judicial brain will have as to redress grievances and make their in­ much right to sit on the Su­ fluence felt in the political life of the preme Bench or in the Senate as your men have now; when country propelled her to become a prime women all over this country leader in the suffragette movement and a will have equal property rights, champion of equal rights for women. equal business rights, and equal political The 19th Amendment granting women rights with men; when the only criterion of the right to vote was fmally ratified in excellence or position will be the ability, August 1920-100 years after Susan B. honor, and character of the individual without Anthony's birth in 1820, and this passed regard to whether he or she be male or female. by only one crucial vote-that ofTennes­ And this time will come.... The woman of see. It has taken us until the present time the future will be a better mother, a better even to begin to realize her confident and wife, and a better citizen than the woman of today. far-reaching vision ofwhat she called the New or True Woman: (Interview, 1883) The true woman will not be exponent of an­ These words echo my thoughts most other, or allow another to be such for her. She agreeably. Let us instill in our children will be her own individual self, do her own this sense of equality and respect for indi­ individual work, stand or fall by her own vidual personhood, freed from mindless individual wisdom and strength .. .. The old idea that man was made for himself, and prejudice, misguided attitudes, and out­ woman for him, that he the oak, she worn shibboleths. We will be a wiser and the vine, he the head, she the heart, he the more humane people for it, abler to build great conservator of wisdom principle, she healthier relationships and work together of love, will be reverently laid aside with for a better world. 0

FRIENDS JouRNAL March 1997 23 Witness Reports FWCC: Mission and A Plain Pine Box Service Conference on by Gladys H. Swift Friends Work in Africa I want is simply to be buried in a The funeral home is focused on fancy caskets Fifty-seven Quakers met in Kampala, plain pine box." How many times I and how to wring your sympathies until you Uganda, August 26-3I, 1996, for Friends have heard this comment. Do you succumb. World Committee for Consultation's sixth think being buried in a plain pine box is A local cabinetmaker agreed to make a Mission and Service Conference--and the simple? No, it is not. Is it easy? No. plain box in accordance with Ernest Morgan's first in Afiica. One purpose of the conference In the first place, where do you get a plain design laid out in Dealing Creatively With was expressed by the clerk of FWCC Africa pine box? A funeral home will show you Death, A Manual of Death Education and Section, Duduzile Mtshazo: "Africa is bleed­ everything else but that. They will start with a Simple Burial. I ordered it. ing, Friends; what are we, as Friends, going satin-lined, brass-hinged, curved-side, $6,000 What would I do with a "plain box" coffin to do?" casket. If you are buying one for someone until I needed it? The conference brought together repre­ else, you will succumb by the time you get to I asked Bob, the local cabinetmaker, to sentatives of 19 African yearly meetings a $3,000 casket. help me load it into my car, a small Honda and representatives of II mission and service Then there's the metal liner required by Civic, where it protruded from the hatchback agencies working in Africa, including some the cemetery to keep the soil from caving in. tied with a rope. Bob also helped me carry it Mennonites as well as Quakers. The confer­ In addition is the cost of"preparing the body," into the house. Sixty pounds in this unwieldy ence was held immediately after my visit and so on. Just go to a funeral home and try to shape was more than I could handle alone. to Uganda to monitor Quaker Service see a "plain pine box." We placed it on a couple of sawhorses in the Australia's HIV/ AIDS projects, so I was able to In fact, there are regulations to keep a plain utility room, but it was too lovely to stay there. attend and represent QSA, which is currently pine box from being buried just anyplace. To My plain box is oak veneer, beautifully supporting work in Uganda, Zimbabwe, and put one in your back yard, you better look up smooth with natural hemp handles. No nails South Afiica. the city ordinances. And what will the neigh­ or screws show. It looks like solid oak with The gathering welcomed Quakers from bors say? the oak grain the only decoration. My box has French-speaking Africa, including Rwanda, As a member of the Memorial Planning now become a piece offurniture in the family Burundi, and Zaire, countries undergoing such Society of the Piedmont, I decided to plan the room. We can sit on it, play cards or serve tea turmoil. Communication was not easy as many simplest disposal of a body, my body since on it. It is a reminder of the continuity oflife. participants from East Afiica, Europe, and the that was the one available. Just as ohe plans for a crib for a baby U.S. did not speak French. One memory for I decided that cremation was the simplest before the baby is born, so can one plan for me will be the mellow deep voice of Boniface way. No problem with city ordinances! the housing and disposal ofa body as the next Sentura, a Rwandan in exile in Kenya, trans­ First problem: How to get the body to the step oflife. lating everything that was said into French. crematorium. A funeral home has a hearse. I have bought my coffin. I will be glad to He started learning English less than three We found a taxi that would drive the body show it to you if you come over. We can have years ago. to the crematorium 60 miles away for about tea on the lace scarf on the box. Many East African meetings believe that $75. So far so good. When I die I hope my son will collect the Friends should be Christ-centered, and it was Second problem: If I die at home or in the box from my family room, carry the box to the suggested that perhaps some Friends were hospital, how is the body carried to the taxi hospital, put my body lovingly into it, and too George Fox-centered, or service- rather and into the crematorium? Would my son just transport it 60 miles to the crematorium. Or he than mission-oriented. Evangelism was seen sling a dead body over his shoulder and walk could call the taxi. When the ashes are ready as the major aim of many of the Friends out to the taxi? In my night clothes? he can put them in the earth. No regulations meetings from East Afiica: to convert people I decided that a "plain box" would satisfy will prevent this or scattering ashes above the and to establish more churches. Nairobi Yearly my family. Others in the MPSP also wanted a garden. Meeting, for example, is working to convert "plain box" to put in the cemetery. I feel comfortable that land is not wasted Moslems on the Kenyan coast. So where would we get a "plain box''? for a metal liner to hold a fancy casket. Money The character of the various yearly meet­ will not be wasted on my dead body, which ings depends very much on their diverse ori­ Gladys H. Swift is a member ofCharlottesville will need nothing. I hope that money will gins. Many Kenyan meetings were established (Va.) Meeting. go to feed starving children or fund peace by U.S. missionary Quakers, and programmed initiatives in a war­ meetings that include hymns and music are tom country. There the norm. As a result, many Friends at the are many Quaker conference had never before had more than a causes I have long minute's silence in their worship. Friends from supported that my Central and Southern Africa Yearly Meeting son can choose were, like me, familiar with silence in their from. meetings for worship, but, unlike my experi­ Yes, I have ence in Australia and Britain, periods of wor­ solved my problem. ship often began or ended with a hymn. The Have you solved origins of Zaire meetings w~re different again. yours? Or are you One became established in Kinshasa after a leaving it for your term of service by a U.S. Peace Corp volun­ son or daughter teer who was a Quaker. This meeting was to deal with at a subsequently influenced by correspondence funeral home? with French Quakers, and it now has elements 0 of both silent and programmed worship.

24 March 1997 FRIENDS JoURNAL Roger Sturge, of Friends World Committee for Consultation, and Make friends, African Friends Duduzile Make music Mtshazo and Wilson at Khaoya at FWCC's Mission and Service Conference in Uganda. Friends Music

lished by Zaire Friends in Camp Kinshasa to promote peace in sev­ tl era) ways, including a community ages 10-18 ~ mediation service. He emphasized July 6-August 3, 1997 that Quaker beliefs and testimo­ ~ at Barnesville, Ohio ~nies have helped many approach ~ daunting tasks with commitment For brochure: FMC, P.O. Box 427 joy. Thus we came to learn ~and Yellow Springs, Ohio 45387 ~that "service" is not necessarily, or even primarily, from sources Ph: 937-767-1311 or 937-767-1818 A significant time each day was spent external to Africa. Even so, expatriates have in small worship-sharing groups, which al­ an important role in service in Africa. lowed us to get to know each other on a Stan Burkey, from Quaker Service Nor­ deeper level and opened the way for more way, has spent several years in Uganda with a Coming to D.C.? discussion of both differences among us commitment to empowering local communi­ Stay with Friends on Capitol Hill and what makes us all Quakers. At times, ties in participatory development, and has silent worship was practiced at the gathering, created a "Change Agents Program" to en­ WILLIAM PENN HOUSE with some guidance through the period by courage this. It was valuable for the confer­ 515 East Capitol St. SE Kara Newell ofthe American Friends Service ence to devote an entire day to learning about Washington, DC 20003 Committee. the philosophy ofChange Agents and to spend Almost all of the Kenyan "leaders and a little time practicing its methods of discus­ Individuals, Families and Groups pastors" present were male. Duduzile sion-based training. Mtshazo, the clerk of FWCC Africa Section, An Irish Quaker doctor, Doreen Dowd, is $25 to $40 a South African woman, observed that no being supported by Irish Friends to work at Seminars on Current Issues East African yearly meeting has ever had a the Salvation Army hospital in Zambia, at for Schools, Colleges, and Meetings woman as its presiding clerk or as superinten­ Chikankata. Many innovative strategies for (202)543-5560 dent. The message from the conference in­ rural healthcare and initiatives in HIV and [email protected] cludes the passage, "We looked at the ques­ AIDS prevention and care have been devel­ tion ofbuilding trust between men and women, oped there. not hiding behind traditional roles, which have The conference was very much a sharing little regard for the Quaker testimonies to of worship and experiences, hopes, and ex­ equality and respect for the divine in each pectations. The concluding words from the person. Yes, that means our partners, too!" gathering's message bring these themes to­ Friends' It was interesting to meet with Georgina gether: Mbambo, a Friend from Bulawayo, Zimba­ C E N T R A L So, dear friends: bwe, who has had a long involvement on the For over 150 years ... board of Hlekweni Friends Rural Training Together let us learn of our reality; Centre, which QSA has often supported. join our spirit of mission through service • Excellence in academics Georgina now works for the Quaker Peace and service through mission; • Respect for the individual Centre in Cape Town, South Africa. The work women and men empowering each other for • Community service survival with more dignity, and eventually of peacemaking in the squatter settlements • A diverse student body around Cape Town is some of the most chal­ real change towards a sustainable society, challenged by each Quaker testimony: • Outstanding college lenging anyone could undertake. placement I was particularly touched by the testi­ equality, simplicity, peace, truthfulness, mony of Sizeli Marcelin, clerk of Rwanda and faith in that of God within us. Friends' Central School Yearly Meeting, who still lives in Rwanda. -Barbara Wilde (From the Australian (610) 649-7440 ext. 208 He spoke simply ofthe suffering ofRwan dans, Friend, Nov. 1996) and ofhis own suffering since he lost his wife and two of his children in the troubles. His family now provides a home for six orphans CREMATION FCUN Annual Meeting Friends are reminded thai the from other families. Of 2,000 Friends in Anna T. Jeanes Fund Rwanda, 900 are estimated to have died and The steering committee and staffofFriends will reimburse cremation costs. many others are refugees. He spoke of the Committee on Unity with Nature, yearly meet­ (Applicable to members of strength gained from his faith and trust in God ing representatives, and other dedicated folks Philadelphia Yearly Meeting only.) that has enabled him to continue living through came together for our annual meeting in For Information, write or telephone all that had happened. Algonquin, Ill., Oct. I 0-I 3, 1996. Ranging in SANDY BATES 5350 Knox Street Tshisuaka Sady-Samy impressed us all age from 8 months to 80 years, participants PhUadelphia, PA 19144 when speaking of the Muinda Project, estab- came from Canada, Costa Rica, and a11 quar-

FRIENDS JOURNAL March 1997 25 Newtown, PA 18940

ters of the United States. We were all search­ ing for ways to be in right relationship with Creation. It was good to hear of all the exciting work ofFCUN committees. A new book about teach­ ing sustainability in colleges and universities, worked on jointly by the sustainability and publications committees, will be out soon. Ready for sale at the Friends General Confer­ ence Gathering this summer will be a new Found~ in 1893 ~y the Society of Friends, George School is a co­ First-day school curriculum containing many educational boardmg and day school for students in grades 9-12. nature activities with a spiritual foundation. The college preparatory curriculum emphasizes Friends values and includes: We heard ofcontinuing travels among monthly and yearly meetings by population and • Courses on 4levels of challenge • International Baccalaureate (IB) sustainability committee members. The popu­ • Advanced Placement (AP) • International workcamps • Engl_ish as a Second Language (ESL) • Required community service lation committee is soliciting articles for a new • Fore1gn study • Required full-year courses in the arts collection of essays by Friends about popula­ • 13 interscholastic sports for boys and girls tion concerns. We also talked at length about For more information, please contact the Admissions Office: 215/579-6547. how FCUN can encourage a more active role for its general membership, to support them as they witness for earthcare in their meetings and home communities. The gathering got a wonderful boost of enthusiasm from the presence of Eugenio Vargas and Gilberth Lobo, who are affiliated with the Ann Kriebel/San Luis sustainable ag­ riculture project in Costa Rica's San Luis Val­ ley. They came with warm smiles, slides, and Spirituality and theJifrts stories, and challenged our knowledge ofSpan­ A VACATION OPPORTUNITY AT PENDLE HILL ish. FCUN has forwarded $66,500 to the project thus far, but we were told that much more is * Painting as Meditation still needed. This was an enjoyable reunion for -HELEN DAVID BRANCATO jULY IS-21 folks who had gone on the Costa Rica study tour in 1995, and we hope for continued * Shaping Thoughts & Dreams in Metal intervisitation. -GREGORY ZEORLIN JuLY zs-zs We are delighted that there are now two * Moving Toward Wholeness: steering committee members from Canada. Healing & the Arts This challenges us to think about what com­ -CHRISTINE LINNEHAN ]uLY·zs-zS mon issues we address and how we can work effectively as a true North American organiza­ * Soul in Slow Motion: journal-Making tion. The program committee has many cre­ & Poetry by Hand & Heart ative ideas for the FCUN center at the FGC -PAuLus BERENSOHN AuGusT 1-5 gathering in 1997. With the help of the Balti­ The Art ofDrama: Another Way ofKnowing more Yearly Meeting Indian Affairs Commit­ * tee, they will search for a local Native person -Junv NICHOLSON AssELIN AuGusT 1-5 to speak at one ofthe afternoon sessions. Since * The Ministry oJWritingfor Publication 1997 is FCUN's tenth anniversary, there will -ToM MuLLEN AuGusT 8-Iz be special emphasis on celebration at FGC and at the annual meeting in October, which will See Classified Ads for full * Hearing with Our Hands: The Psalms & Mixed Media be held at Powell House in Old Chatham, N.Y. listing of spring and Although we were about 40 people for most summer programs. -NANCY CHINN AuGusT B-IZ of the weekend, we increased to more than 50 for Elizabeth Watson's keynote address. She ~ PENDLE HILL · A CENTER FOR STUDY AND CoNTEMPLATION moved us with frank and personal sharing of her spiritual journey in relationship to Cre­ x-8oo-742-J15o, EXT. 137 · Box F · 338 PLusH MILL RoAD· WALLINGFORD, PA 19086 V ation. On Saturday morning we carpooled to a nearby nature center for spiritual nurturance.

26 March 1997 FRIENDS JOURNAL Michael Dunn, recording clerk, Ruah Swennerfelt, general Pox World is o no-load, The Fund does not invest secretary, and Louis Cox, editor diversified, open-end, in weapons production, of Befriending Creation, at the balanced mutual fund nuclear power, or FCUN annual meeting designed for those who the tobacco, alcohol, wish to receive income or gambling industries. and to invest in life­ Various types of On Sunday morning before worship we supportive products and accounts ore available: played the Population Resources game (in­ services. Pox invests in Regular Accounts, IRAs, structions available from FCUN for $1.50), a such industries os pollu­ Educational Accounts, first-time experience for some of us. We con­ tion control, health core, Custodial Accounts for For a free p rospectus and sider ourselves a well-informed group, but food, clothing, housing, other materials call toll-free: Minors, SEP-IRAs, Auto­ most of us were stunned to see the lack ofper­ education, energy, and 1·800·767·1729 matic Investment Pions, capita resources available in the continents of leisure activities. and 403(b) Pension Pions. 224 State Street Asia and Afiica, compared to the United Portsmouth, NH 03601 M inimum investment is $250. Therefore, with Pox there States, Europe, and Japan. We struggled to­ http://www.gr eenmoney.com/pax Send no money. Post perfor­ gether as game players to try to overcome ore social os well os Pox World Fund shores ore mance is no guorontee of some of the inequities, modeling our continu­ economic dividends. available for sole in all 50 stoles. fu ture results. ing struggle, as individuals and as an organi­ zation, to find how to live rightly in this com­ A SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY FUND plex world. We are sometimes overwhelmed Avcr.~~e Annu.tl R.ttc of Return Ten-Year Total Return at the task, but thanks to times like this week­ for Pcrrod f.luluHJ 6/30/96 $24601 end together, we know we are not alone in the 1 Veer: 19.96% struggle and gain comfort from each other. 5 Veers: 8.63% - Ruah Swennerfelt, FCUN General 10 Veers: 9.51% Secretary (From the Nov./Dec., 1996, issue 15 Veers: 12.25o/o of BeFriending Creation)

Epistle of Canadian Yearly Meeting 1996 Greetings to Friends everywhere, from the 163rd yearly meeting ofthe Religious Society of Friends in Canada, our 41st as a united meeting. We met at the Sorrento Centre, Sorrento, British Columbia, August 17-24, 1996; 251 Friends of all ages, including 68 under the age of 19. The Sorrento site is SANDY SPRING beloved to western Friends, who have been meeting here for 25 years. Bright banners from meetings across Canada and other FRIENDS Quaker gatherings transformed the Sorrento community hall into a familiar place for our meetings for worship for business. The SCHOOL crowded conditions ofour site had unexpected gifts as children, teens, and adults delighted in intergenerational encounters. Our annual sharing of the experience of the Spirit in our lives is always a joyous occasion, but this year it included the excite­ • Boarding Option Grades 9 to 12 • Day: Pre-K through 12 ment of history unfolding as we heard the Five or seven day programs stories ofFriends' meetings in the West. Fami­ lies and individuals were named, and links Outstanding college preparatory curriculum explored, explained, and celebrated. based on traditional Quaker values The theme and process of healing were shared in workshops led by Allen Oliver and Susan Carnahan during our First Day retreat. e Upper School AP courses e Strong arts and athletics programs Healing wove like a thread through the Quaker e Required community service e Travel abroad opportunities study led by Marty Walton and the Sunderland P. Gardner lecture, "The Kaleidoscope Vi­ Situated on 140 acres in historic Quaker country, an hour's drive sion," by Linda Lyman. We were challenged from Washington, D.C., Baltimore, or Annapolis. to examine our practice of gospel order and to question our responses to the grief and anger that may emerge inappropriately into the lives For further information: SANDY SPRING FRIENDS SCHOOL, BOX 3, of our meetings. 16923 NORWOOD ROAD, SANDY SPRING, MD 20860 In the eighth year of the Decade of Soli­ Phone: (301) 774-7455 Fax: (301) 924-1115 darity ofthe Churches with Women, we heard

FRIENDS JoURNAL March 1997 27 of the work of several ecumenical commit­ tees concerned about this issue. In our own deliberations we moved forward on putting in Camp Dark Waters place a protocol to deal with incidents of sexual harassment, and· we continued to labor over the issue of changes to our Discipline in regard to marriage. Special interest groups Coed, resident camp built on Quaker addressed concerns about aboriginal rights Philosophy. Continuous operation since and the environment. Our yearly meeting continues to seek the 1928. Caring atmosphere with camper to right balance between our need to meet each counselor ratio of 4:1. Registered Nurse in other and the time, money, and energy re­ quired to maintain our yearly meeting over residence. Wooded Cabins on wooded site such great distances. We decided to meet less near New jersey Pine Barrens. Healthful food. often in central Canada and more often in western Canada and the Atlantic provinces. Activities include: Arts and Crafts, Canoeing, We have undertaken to look at different mod­ Campfires, Drama, Fishing, Music, Nature Program, els of how we may most effectively function as a yearly meeting. Overnights, Riding, Ropes Course, Sports and Through play and drama, the youth ex­ Swimming. plored the theme, "Our Journeys." Bible study for the 9-12 year olds, led by Anne Thomas, For more information and free brochure write: provided the opportunity for growth and learn­ ing about spiritual journeys. The journey of our yearly meeting may include pain and require healing, but we feel ACCREDITED the presence of the Spirit as we listen and Camp Dark Waters Boys and Girls 7 to 14 attempt to respond in faithfulness and love. P.O. Box 263 One and Two weeks periods The acrobatic balancing that was part of our Amfrlqn~~ traditional Family Night provided us with a Medford, l'U 08055 Campine june 28th to August 23rd or Call 6o9-654-8846 Associatio" ACA Accredited Camp metaphor for the trust and courage needed to live in community. -Betty Polster, Chris Springer, co-clerks

Canadian Yearly Meeting's teen program looked at Jesus' message in Bible study ofthe resurrection story, providing the main high­ light of the teen program for me during the week. It may have been a highlight for all Friends General Conference E~T~~~~.9,g those who participated because it was an intergenerational activity that some weighty Friends took part in-by playing the parts of the key characters in the resurrection story BOOKSTORE and allowing themselves to be interviewed by the teens at a mock press conference. It was Quakers on the Move: A Story Book of fascinating listening to the characters being Quaker History from 1652 to today interviewed, seeing the Virgin Mary (Vivien FGC RELIGIOUS ED. COMM., ILLUS. BY LUCY SIKES Abbott) being asked about Jesus (Marty Follow generations of 10 year old Quaker children on adventures in Walton) as a child; God (Muriel Summers) history and service. Sixteen illustrated stories with full parent and teacher having to explain why she allowed bad things follow-up ideas, make this a perfect gift as well as a flexible teaching to happen; Pontius Pilate (Tim Bartoo) hav­ volume. • FGC, 1996, 150 pp., paperback $9.00 ing to answer for letting Jesus die on the Worship in Song: A Friends Hymnal cross; Mary Magdalene (Elaine Bishop) talk­ Worship ing about what a difficult time the disciples '------' FRIENDS GENERAL CONFERENCE in Song Music for all ages, reflecting Friend's diversity and testimonies. Over 300 had had, how unexpectedly hard the whole songs, historical notes, indecies. Comes in a durable hardcover or soficover experience had been. There were some great spiral copy at the same price • FGC, 1996, 404 pp. storytellers among the characters: Anna Baker, $20.00 or case of 18 for $18.00 each a visitor from FWCC, as Peter; Ed Abbott as Barabbas (and a very good rabble rouser he made!); Jon Karsemeyer as Joseph of Callt-800-966-4556 for a Arimathea; Gail Harwood as Mary, sister of Lazarus; and a surprise visitor to the resurrec­ free catalog or to place an order I tion- Helen Stevenson as Eve, mother of us all. The resurrection press conference was the 1216 Arch Street, Suite 2B, Philadelphia, PA 19107 highlight but there were loads of other activi­ ties that were fun and thought-provoking. (800) 966-4556 e-mail: -Anne-Marie Zilliacus (From The Canadian Friend, Sept.-Oct. 1996)

28 March 1997 FRIENDS JoURNAL AFSC Notes 0 Assuring Civil Benefits for All • m~ac;e ce}'ClFtcaces In June 1996 the American Friends Ser­ not mistake the two as being the same. Meet­ • aw~s ·lt2SCJ'lpctons • vice Committee Board agreed tofile an amicus ings and churches typically incorporate under • 61J'C12 announcemencs • brief in the same-gender marriage case of state laws; in return they become eligible for • Ci1200C1n

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•The Cuban Quaker Project in Miami, Fla., is seeking assistance. Sponsored through a part­ nership between Miami (Fla.) Meeting, an unprogrammed meeting, and Iglesia de Los Amigos, a programmed Friends church, the project works to facilitate spiritual and mate­ rial aid to Cuban Friends and intervisitation with Cuba Yearly Meeting. Friends are en­ couraged to organize local Cuban Quaker Project groups, offer hospitality and transpor­ tation to Cuban Quaker visitors, and help raise funds. Responding to leadings inspired by Quaker visitors to Cuba Yearly Meeting churches and worship groups, the Cuban Quaker Project is raising money to provide assistance in repair of Cuban meetinghouses; purchase a truck to transport people and goods inside Cuba; provide desperately needed medi­ cines, eye glasses, and health supplies; send CPS volunteers were honored in Philadelphia on Oct. 26, 1996. religious books and materials for spiritual de­ velopment; support Alternatives to Violence A Pennsylvania historical marker recog­ after its creation, the sculpture will be the first Workshops in Cuba; and cover travel ex­ nizing the conscientious objectors to war to depict women among the previously all­ penses of Cuban Quaker visitors to meetings who served in Civilian Public Service dur­ male statuary of the U.S. Capitol Rotunda. in the United States. The Cuban Quaker Project ing World War II was unveiled on Oct. 26, According to the National Parks Service, only is coordinated by Eduardo Diaz, a recorded 1996, in a dedication service sponsored by five percent of U.S. historic landmarks are minister and member ofMiami Meeting. Over­ the American Friends Service Committee in dedicated to women. (From Sojourners, Nov./ sight is provided by a steering committee Philadelphia, Pa. More than 35 participants Dec. 1996) consisting of three members from Iglesia de and their spouses, representing Quakers, Men­ Los Amigos and three from Miami Meeting. Douglas C. Bennett was named the next CQP seeks "improved relations based on the nonites, Brethren, Methodists, and Catholics, president of Earlham College by the school's attended the event. The historical marker, Quaker Peace Testimony and not any imposi­ board of trustees in a special session on Dec. tion of practice or belief." For more informa­ which was placed in front of Friends Center 15, 1996. Bennett is currently vice president in Philadelphia, reads: CIVILIAN PUBLIC tion, contact Eduardo I. Diaz, Cuban Quaker of the American Council of Learned Societ­ Project, 13625 S.W. 82nd Ct., Miami, FL SERVICE. During World War II, some 12,000 ies, a confederation of 58 professional and men who were classified as conscientious 33158, telephone/fax (305) 255-5817, e-mail scholarly organizations for educators in the [email protected]. objectors to war-about fifteen percent of humanities and social sciences. He will as­ them from Pennsylvania-served in non­ sume the Earlham post in July, succeeding •The Quaker Council for European Affairs military occupations across the United States. interim president Eugene Mills. A I 968 gradu­ will host its annual study tour April 5-12 in Under the leadership of Mennonite, Quaker, ate of Haverford College, Douglas Bennett Brussels, Belgium. The program will include and Church of the Brethren agencies, they earned a master's degree and a PhD in phi­ visits to various European institutions includ­ were engaged in mental health care and losophy from Yale University. He has held ing the European Parliament, the Council of medical experiments, in forestry and on dairy teaching and administrative positions at Ministers, and several nongovernmental or­ farms, and in other important civic projects. Temple University in Pennsylvania and Reed ganizations working on European issues. Par­ Friends House in Rosehill is now open and College in Oregon. As president, Bennett will ticipants will learn about and discuss issues has begun housing 50 of New York City's preside over Earlham College and Earlham relating to human rights, development, and formerly homeless people with AIDS. Each School of Religion in Richmond, Ind., and young people. Time will also be available for residerrt will have a studio apartment with a Conner Prairie Museum, located north of relaxing and visiting sites in Brussels. Indi­ kitchenette and full bathroom in the beautiful, Indianapolis, Ind. viduals aged 16 to 18 with an interest in Quaker and/or European issues are invited to high-ceilinged building. Friends House in The D. Elton Trueblood Yokefellow Acad­ apply. For more information, contact Lydia Rosehill is an outgrowth of New York Quar­ emy Board of Directors approved a plan to Harris, The Mount School, Dalton Terrace, terly Meeting's concern about the dual epi­ relocate the organization at its Dec. 7, 1996, York Y02 4DD, Great Britain, telephone 44- demics of AIDS and homelessness. Individual meeting in Washington, D.C. The move from 1904-667500, fax 667524. (From Around Friends and meetings are invited to support its current location at Earlham School of Re­ Europe, Nov. 1996) the project, and a 13-minute video tour of this ligion in Richmond, Ind., to Plymouth Con­ work-in-progress is available. For more infor­ gregational Church (United Church ofChrist) •A national Quaker conference on volunteer mation, contact Sally Campbell, Volunteer in Des Moines, Iowa, is scheduled to take service, training, and witness will take place Coordinator, Friends House in Rosehill, I 18 place in June. Founded over 40 years ago by April 18-20 at the Burlington (N.J.) Meeting­ East 25th St., 10 A, New York, NY 10010, Quaker D. Elton Trueblood, the academy is house conference center. The gathering will telephone (212) 995-5383. (From the Jan. an international and interdenominational or­ offer an opportunity for Friends engaged in issue ofSpark) ganization committed to church and individual service projects to learn about each other and A statue honoring Quakers Lucretia Mott renewal, with a focus on lay Christian educa­ from each other. Friends from diverse yearly and Susan B. Anthony, and fellow suffragist tion, campus ministry, and ministry to those in meetings will look at setting up an ongoing Elizabeth Cady Stanton, will be relocated prisons and jails. James R. Newby will con­ network on service and witness, develop que­ thanks to a September 1996 vote in the U.S. tinue as the academy's director, in addition to ries concerning how beliefs connect with ser­ House of Representatives. Seventy-five years his new position as minister ofspiritual growth. vice and work, and exchange resource ideas

30 March 1997 FRIENDS JoURNAL for training and development. The conference is sponsored by 111inois Yearly Meeting's Quaker Volunteer Service and Training Com­ mittee. Inspired by AFSC workcamps of an 1951 Delta Avenue West Branch, Iowa 52358-8507 earlier era, their goal is to revive and encour­ age Friends' volunteer service, especially in workcamps. For more information, contact Judy Jager, clerk, Quaker Volunteer Service and Training Committee, I 002 Florence Ave., Evanston, IL 60202, telephone (847) 864- 8173, e-mail [email protected]. •"Peaceable Crucible: Quaker Revival in a Time ofTurmoil" is the theme for a May 30- June 1 gathering sponsored by the Northeast Region of Friends World Committee for Con­ sultation, Section of the Americas. Partici­ pants will meet in Browns Mills, N.J., to explore the crucible of our inward spiritual Education research informs us that in order to be effective, struggles and the crucible of world challenges learning must be comprehensive. Learning must take place within many as we approach the 21st century. The inter­ settings - the classroom, the home, the community, the workplace and at generational weekend will include worship, one's place of worship. Scattergood Friends School encompasses all of these speakers, workshops, music, recreation, and elements. Our challenging college preparatory curriculum is enhanced socializing. Camping will be available. For by dormitory Jiving, a learning community comprised of students and those more information, contact Neil Hartman, 110 W. Church St., Moorestown, NJ 08057, tele­ who teach, a work-crew and farm program, and Friends Worship. phone (609) 235-4507. Value based education has been the foundation for academic excellence at Scattergood since its founding in 1890. •Friends choosing to resist paying war taxes on April 15 may want to consider the Con­ For more information, call 319-643-7628, or; 319-643-7600. science and Military Tax Campaign Escrow World Wide Web: http://www.scattergood.org Account. Established in 1980 by the Nonvio­ E-mail address: SFS/[email protected] lent Action Community of Cascadia, the ac­ Fax number: 319-643-7485 count allows war tax resisters to set aside refused military taxes in a secure fund. De­ posits may be retrieved at any time (to replace assets seized by the IRS, for example), and interest from the account is used to promote war tax resistance and support peace and so­ Friends Journal is designed to nourish the mind as well as the soul with cial justice activism. Depositors' funds are articles on social and political concerns, spiritual journeys, and Quaker news. reinvested in socially responsible institutions assisting low-income communities and mi­ Our readers enjoy the stimulating articles, sensitive poetry and illustrations, norities. The CMTC Escrow Account is the thoughtful book reviews, timely news features, and lively readers' forum. We largest and most geographically diverse war. invite your participation in the dialogue. tax redirection fund in the United States. Three free issues - or - 16 issues for the price of 12 War tax resistance is an act ofcivil disobe­ If you enjoy your free issues, Only $25. dience, and resisters potentially face fines, consider a subscription. (Overseas subscribers add $6 for postage.) levies, and seizure of assets. However, the escrow account itself is a trust fund, and as I am a new subscriber. Please sign me up for: such is confidential and entirely legal. De­ 0 3 free issues. positor records are not available to the IRS, 0 16 issues for the price of 12: and individual deposits are considered to be OCheck enclosed OBill me Charge my: OMasterCard OVISA anonymous portions of a larger fund invested Name: ______in fully insured institutions. Participants re­ ceive records oftheir transactions, annual state­ Address: ______ments, and a free subscription to NACC's City/State/Zip.______quarterly war tax resistance magazine. For more information, contact Nonviolent Action Phone: ______Community of Cascadia, 4554 12th Ave. NE, Seattle, WA 98105, telephone (206) 547-0952, Credit card no.------e-mail [email protected]. Authorizing signature Exp. date______

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MARCH 6--9--The annual conference of Quakers in Pasto­ ral Care and Counseling, at Quaker Hill Confer­ WIUJAM PENN CHARTER SCHOOL Est. 1689 ence Center in Richmond, Ind. The theme for this 307 Years of Quaker Education year's gathering is "Telling Our Sacred Stories: Creating Community in the Light." Contact Debra The William Penn Charter School is a Quaker college-preparatory school Sector, Earlham School of Religion, 228 College stressing high standards in acoclemics, the arts, and athletics. Penn Charter Ave., Richmond, fN 47374, telephone (800) 432- is committed to nurturing girls and boys of diverse backgrounds in an 1377. atmosphere designed to stimulate each student to work to his or her 12- Aiaska Yearly Meeting, at Selawik Friends fullest potential. Kindergarten through twelfth grade. Church, Selawik, Alaska. Contact Roland T. Booth Sr., P.O. Box 687, Kotzebue, AK 99752, telephone Earl J. Ball Ill, Head of School (907) 442-3906, fax 422-2006. 3000 W. School House Lane, Philadelphia, PA 19144 13-16-"Bearing Fruit That Lasts," the Annual (215) 844-3460 Meeting of Friends World Committee for Consul­ tation, Section of the Americas, in Morristown, N.J. The gathering will include a Program Fair of FWCC projects in the Americas, and featured speak­ ers are Julieta Perez, a Friends pastor from Banes, Cuba, and Ann Davidson, president of the United Society of Friends Women International and direc­ FRIENDs HoME AT WooDSTOWN tor of Powell House in Old Chatham, N.Y. Contact FWCC, Section of the Americas, 1506 Race St., A {)Jiaker-Sponsored Retirement Facility Philadelphia, PA 19102, telephone (215) 241-7250. • One-bedroom Woods Court • 60-bed Medicare & Medicaid 14-16-"Then and Now: Drawing from our Quaker Apartments for People over 60 Certified Nursing Home Past to Meet the Future," a Pendle Hill on the Road • Residential facility with • Pastoral Setting gathering sponsored by University (Wash.) Meet­ ing. The program, led by Margaret Hope Bacon, community dining • Caring, supportive staff will be held at the University Meetinghouse in WCODSTONN • Delicious, nutritious meals Seattle, Wash. Cost is $65. Contact Sylvie McGee, 12525 17th Ave. N .E., Seattle, W A 98125, tele­ P.O. Box457, Friends Drive • Woodstown, NJ 08098 • (609) 769-1500 phone (206) 361-8031, e-mail [email protected]. 14-16-"Training for Social Action Trainers," led by George Lakey in Philadelphia, Pa. Participants will develop skills in faci litation and workshop design, learn new techniques, and network with other trainers. Cost ranges from $175 to $300. Contact Matt Guynn, Training for Change, 4719 WESTTOWN SCHOOL Springfield Ave., Philadelphia, PA 19143-3514, telephone (2 15) 729-7458, e-mail peaceleam@ igc.org. 21-23--Mexico Reunion General, in Monterrey, Mexico. Contact Claudia Soto Marquez, 10 y II Matamoros No. 737 Ote., C.P. 87000, Ciudad · Victoria, Tam., Mexico, telephone (52-131) 240- 59, fax 229-73. 23- Apri1 4-"Healing Global Wounds and Action for Nuclear Abolition," a 13-day series of events at the Nevada Test Site. Programs will include work­ shops, training, and nonviolent direct action to shut down the Nevada Test Site. April I will fea­ We invite you to discover the value ofa Westtown education... ture a "National Call-in Day to the White House" under the care ofthe Philadelphia Yearly Meeting since 1799. for people unable to participate in actions in Ne­ vada. Contact Healing Global Wounds, P.O. Box 13, Boulder Creek, CA 95006, telephone (408) *Challenging programs in academics, the arts, and athletics 338-0147, e-mail [email protected], or Action for Nuclear Abolition, (702) 796-3835. *Strong Quaker presence in student body and faculty 26--3(}...-Southeastem Yearly Meeting at the United *310 day students in grades pre-K through 10 Methodist Camp, in Leesburg, Fla. Contact Nadine *290 boarding students in grades 9-12 (boarding required, 11-12) Mandolang, 1822 Medart Dr., Tallahassee, FL *Diversity of racial, geographic, economic and religious 32303, telephone (904) 422-1446, fax 385-0303. backgrounds among students and teachers 27-3(}...-South Central Yearly Meeting, at Greene Family Camp in Bruceville, Tex. Contact Marianne *Weekly meeting for worship and strong sense of community Lockard, SCYM, 602 N. Greening St., Hope, AR are central to school life. 71801, telephone (501) 777-5382.

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Palestine." This level ofcurrency with recent ates that as gifts are given by the Spirit to an discoveries enhances greatly the reader's sense individual for the benefit and growth of the of closeness to the events that occurred so faith community, so we "must depeHd.. on long ago. others' interpretations of the text and their Some of Meier's use of historical tech­ insights into our lives and weaknesses and nique can be seen in the following: strengths, because God speaks more clearly in anothers' voice and spirit than in our own." Not only does the criterion of multiple attestation argue strongly for Jesus' use ofthe vocabulary and The book tends to bog down in wordy the imagery of the "kingdom of God," the criterion repetition toward the end of many chapters. of discontinuity also highlights Jesus' usage as Perhaps this stems from the oral tradition distinct from all Jewish literature that can be safely evoked when the author explored the stories dated before him-as well as, surprisingly, from and their implications with people in the de­ most of New Testament literature (outside of the veloping world. Gospels) that follows him. -Marty Grundy Meier's writing brings all the suspense of Marty Grundy is a member of Cleveland solving a "who-done-it" to his careful intel­ (Ohio) Meeting who has served on the FRJENDS lectual game ofsorting the historical evidence. JouRNAL Board ofManagers. -Paul Furnas A Marginal Jew: Paul Furnas is a retired data processing con­ Lest Innocent Blood Be sultant and a member ofMinneapolis (Minn.) Rethinking the Historical Meeting. Shed Jesus, Volume Two: By Philip Hallie. Harper Perennial Paper, Not Counting Women and New York, N.Y., 1994. 320 pages. $13/ Mentor, Message, and paperback. Children: Neglected In his postscript, the author says, "On mat­ Miracles ters of ethics we must see, understand, and By John P. Meier. Doubleday, New York, Stories from the Bible chose our standards, or our lives are dark, N.Y., 1994. 1,ll8 pages. $35/hardback. By Megan McKenna. Orbis Books, though we may be awaiting the light." Present-day Quakers should feel at home Maryknoll, N.Y., 1994. 225 pages. $10.951 Andre Trochme was a French Protestant with the scholarship of John Meier into the paperback. of French-German descent who grew up near person and message of the historical Jesus. It This is an excellent, provocative book that the German border in a wealthy family. could be said that George Fox's spiritual jour­ will appeal to Friends for its unorthodox ap­ Though he was not Quaker, Trochme's val­ ney was an attempt to return to the original proach to the Bible through liberation theol­ ues were remarkably similar. He believed that practice of Christianity as closely as he could. ogy. As storyteller and theologian, the author "every person--Jew and non-Jew, German John Meier has carefully defined a similar has explored these nine stories with people and non-German-had a spiritual diamond at goal, which is appropriately modest and which from a variety ofbackgrounds including many the center of his vitality, a hard, clear, immeasurably enhances his credibility: to re­ poor people, especially women, from Latin pricelessly valuable source that God cher­ construct, using the techniques of the histo­ America. The result is a different interpreta­ ishes." It was his unfeigned respect for "that rian, what the followers in the generation after tion of feeding the "five thousand, not count­ of God in everyone," says Hallie, that al­ Jesus believed his message and life to be. ing women and children" (Matt. 14:21) that lowed the citizens ofLe Chambon, France, to George Fox decried the use of hierarchical sets the stage for examining the stories of operate, openly, almost unscathed, a rescue arbiters in the place of direct personal experi­ those the dominant culture doesn't usually mission under the noses of the Vichy govern­ ence with the spirit of Jesus. Quakers don't count. Here is an inviting, empowering, but ment and German forces. want to substitute the historian for the paid challenging look at many of the women in the Trochme was the pastor of this small clergy in our searches for the true Christ. Bible, from Hagar and the midwives Puah mountain village before the war began. It However, John Meier as an intermediary is a and Shiphrah to Abigail and the widow of would be easy to attribute the remarkable gentle, non-dogmatic adjudicator of the spirit Nairn, to women with whom Jesus interacted. things that happened there to his charismatic of Christ that comes down to us through the Perhaps the best part of the book is the last leadership. The truth is, church authorities ages of oral tradition, rewrites, hand copies, seven pages in which the author offers some asked him to resign when the village began and the politics of the translator between lan­ of her wisdom. She stresses the importance of defying the civil government's orders to iden­ guages. In fact, John Meier uses the analogy communal interpretation over individual per­ tify and surrender all Jews. When he offered of the courtroom to scale his relative insights ception, reminding us that two special groups his resignation, his parishioners refused to into the conflicting evidence. must be taken into consideration whenever accept it. John Meier uses all the recently unearthed there is doubt or question about the meaning The truly remarkable thing about the Le materials and the fruits of the systematic ar­ of a story: the poor and those martyred for Chambon resistance, says Hallie, was ''how cheology of that part of the earth's surface we their witness. Friends would be well advised easy it was for them [the villagers] to refuse to call the Holy Land. An example of Meier's to pay attention to her wise advice for the give up their consciences, to refuse to partici­ use of recent archeological discoveries in his situation in which an individual disagrees with pate in hatred, betrayal, and murder, and to careful scholarship: "The anchoring of the his or her community's understanding. help the desperate adults and the terrified story in the obscure Galilean town of Nain Finally, the author warns that these stories children who knocked on their doors.... " (now shown by archaeology to have a gate) as "are not to be used on anybody else, but We fail to understand what happened in Le well as the presence of some possible ourselves and our own group." They are not Chambon if we think that for them their actions Semitisms in the text, argues for the origin of to be used as weapons against others but as were complex and difficult. . . . This wordless the story from among Jewish Christians in tools to cut open our own hearts. She reiter- simplicity was important to the moving spirit ofLe

FRIENDS JoURNAL March 1997 33 Chambon, Andre Trochme. In an Susan B. Anthony unpublished essay written in receives the 193~IIed "The Opposite of ''Chautauqua salute," Evil," he expressed his belief that London,1899 in times of crisis, theories and predictions are a refuge for cow­ ards.... He chose to do without intellectual systems and without 2 fear-fllled predictions. He decided ~ proach until the beginning of simply to "simply help the un- 8. the 19th century. It was then, justly persecuted innocents E also, that the still current ques­ around me." He decided to obey :-;;; tions ofauthorship and there­ God's imperious commandments ~ lationship to the Synoptic against killing and betraying. :; Gospels were first raised. The book's direct Quaker ~~------~ But harmonization dimin­ connection is that the American Friends Serv­ As she points out, the seemingly grim ishes "the richness and [the] distinctive pre­ ice Committee gave financial support to the visage of Susan B. Anthony was a result of sentation of Christ" found in the book. For pacifist French Protestant community that poor dentistry of the day and the slow photo­ example: (a) "The Word was with God and saved thousands of Jewish and other lives graphic film ofthe period. It belied the humor the Word was God" ( 1: I). (aa) Yet, "The Son during the Nazi occupation of France. Bums and wit of this fei sty Quaker woman whose can do nothing on his own authority" (5:30). Chalmers, a Quaker staffperson in Marseilles, single-mindedness in confronting the injus­ This disjunction would seem to imply both France, quite possibly gave Andre Trochme tices of the time inspired some of the women "elevated" and "subordinationist" the idea to protect refugees when pastor of her day and infuriated others who felt se­ christologies. (b) The "signs" are seen as a Trochme sought his advice about resisting the cure in their roles as men's helpmeets. miraculous contribution to belief (20:3 1); or Nazis nonviolently. The book, as the author suggests, can be (bb) their existential significance is empha­ This book remains a challenge to Quakers, opened at any point to savor the pithy rejoin­ sized, along with a faith that is " independent urging us to go beyond our "negative ethics­ ders to the stuffed shirts of her day. In be­ of the need to see miraculous signs" (20:29). don't kill" to "positive ethics-prevent kill­ tween the collection of Anthony's speeches (c) There is a "contrast between present and ing." Professor of ethics Hallie suggests "the and writings are the cogent remarks of the futuristic eschatology"- that is, the believer plague of mankind is man's desire to kill, or author, which tie them to the present. She is saved now (5:24) or not until "the last day" more usually, man's willingness to allow kill­ blows off the dust of time to bring to life the (6:54). ing to happen without resisting it." Author struggles of Susan B. Anthony and her gallant Are these difficulties attributable to a mod­ Hallie shares Andre Trochme's belief that associates as they confronted the bigotry and em mindset that insists on things "being con­ '"decent' people who stay inactive out of indifference of the times. We learn or relearn sistent?" Or, do the inconsistencies suggest cowardice or indifference when around them how woven together were the struggles for "senility," or at worst the "confused musings human beings are being humiliated and de­ women's rights, human rights, and freedom of a schizophrenic?" stroyed are the most dangerous people in the as Susan B. interacted with the famous or This brief sampling can only suggest the world." infamous figures of her time. range of this study. Paul Anderson, of the This third edition of a book first published As we sing "Thank thee kindly Friend faculty of George Fox University, uses a two­ in 1979 contains a new introduction by the Lucretia," we could also sing "Thank thee" to tiered approach in this University of Glasgow author, bibliographic references, and an in­ Lynn Sherr for bringing Susan B. Anthony doctoral thesis. The result is a very readable, dex. It will improve any meetinghouse library. out of the dust of time as a challenge for · but far from superficial, treatment of the ma­ today. jor questions this Gospel raises. At a second -Errol Hess level (confined largely to footnotes and ap­ (Reprintedfrom the April1996 issue of - Lester J. Clarke pendices), these questions are dealt with in the Southern Appalachian Friend) (Reprintedfrom South Berkshire Friends the depth required for academic credibility. Meeting Newsletter, April 1995) Errol Hess attends Tri-City {tenn.) Meeting On either count, this is a remarkable ac­ and is a member of West Knoxville (Tenn.) Lester Clarke is a member ofSouth Berkshire complishment that places the author squarely Meeting. He edits the Southern Appalachian (Conn.) Meeting, where he serves as assis­ in the class of several late Quaker biblical Yearly Meeting and Association newsletter, tant clerk. scholars: Henry J. Cadbury in the United States and has been published in diverse media, and George H. Boobyer and H. G. Wood in including film, National Public Radio, and Great Britain. Poets and Writers magazine. Metaphorically speaking, Paul Anderson The Christo logy of the has accepted the invitation to 'jump into the Fourth Gospel ring" and wrestle with the theories/ideas of such widely known "classical" scholars as Failure is Impossible: By Paul N. Anderson. Trinity Press Rudolf Bultmann, Ernst Klisemann, and C. Susan B. Anthony in Her International, Valley Forge, Pa., 1997. 352 H. Dodd. He also draws constructively from pages. $25/paperback. such reputable Johannine research as that of Own Words Even the preface to this remarkable work Raymond E. Brown. raises such questions as: "What is the origin The book is a must for any respectable By Lynn Sherr. Times Books-Random of John's distinctive christology?" and how library on New Testament studies, be it colle­ House, New York, N.Y. , 1995. 416 pages. does one deal with "John's distinctive giate or private. $15/paperback.. christological unity and disunity?" One op­ -Dean Freiday Lynn Sherr's book is a delight to anyone tion for relating the "tensions" in what this who reveres those who struggled in the cause Gospel says about Christ is to attempt to Dean Freiday is a member of Manasquan ofjustice . harmonize them. This was the primary ap- (N.J.) Meeting.

34 March 1997 FRIENDS JoURNAL Milestones Births/Adoptions Beer-Carolyn Nicholson Beer, on Oct. 30, 1996, to Sandra Beer, of Atlanta (Ga.) Meeting. LEARNING FROM YESTERDAY. Cheydleur-Ethan Wyatt Cheydleur, on Aug. 23, 1996, adopted on August 26, 1996, by Diane Preston and Jim Cheydleur, ofChena Ridge (Alaska) Meeting. · DeBlois-Paige Elizabeth DeBlois, on Aug. 23, 1996, to Heather and Kevin Scott DeBlois. Kevin is a member of Adirondack (N.Y.) Meeting. LIVING WITH RESPECT FOR Howells-Noah Howells, on Aug. 7, 1996, to Christine and Bruce Howells, members of Manasquan (N.J.) Meeting. JonesWaddeli-KateJonesWaddell, on Sept. 12, 1996, to Karen and Dale Jones Waddell. Dale is a member of Live Oak (Tex.) Meeting. -TODAY AND TOMORROW. Ludlam---Abadie Pilcher Ludlam, on Oct. II, 1996, to Carolyn Ann Miller and John Marshall Ludlam Jr., of Third Haven (Md.) Meeting. Foulkewa11S Oberst Satterthwaite-Lincoln Paul Oberst ATGWY NEDD:/ . Satterthwaite, on Nov. 8, 1996, to Wendy Satterthwaite and George Oberst, of Berea (Ky.) Meeting. Shafer-Samuel Stewart Shafer, on Nov. I, 1996, to Jill and Richard Shafer, of Fargo 11 20 Meetinghouse Road . Gwynedd PA 19436 ~ (N.Dak.) Worship Group. 2 15/ 643-2200 . Nancy B. Cold, Dir. of Admissions 11"'/J~d-J"i U!1 Thomdyke-Allegra Jane Thorndyke, on Aug. 21, 1996, to Mary and Jack Thorndyke, of Accredited by the Continuing Care Accreditation Commission ·~ Missoula (Mont.) Meeting. Marriages/Unions Allen-Herrin--Ken Herrin and Aimee Allen, on Oct. II, 1996, under the care of Eugene (Oreg.) Meeting. Conneii-Nadis-Fred Nadis and Kate Connell, on May 25, 1996, under the care of fifteenth Street (N.Y.) Meeting, of which Kate is a member. The ESR Equation: Farley-Mueller- William Mueller and Patricia Farley, on Oct. 19, 1996, under the care of Live 1. A supportive, Christ-centered, learning conununity-plus Oak (Tex.) Meeting, of which William is a member. 2. Rigorous academics-plus Miller-Coffin--Jerry D. Coffin and Sarah 3. Diversity of age, race, gender and faith traditions-plus Miller, on Sept. 29, 1996, under the care of Peconic Bay (N.Y.) Meeting, of which Jerry is a 4. A focus on personal spirituality-plus member. Sarah is a member of Albany (N.Y.) 5. Many small, engaging classes-plus Meeting. 6. Opportunities to work closely, one-on-one, with caring faculty-plus Perry-French-Mark French and Karinna Perry, on Aug. 24, 1996, under the care of 7. Aplace where family members are included. Multnomah (Oreg.) Meeting. Raybum-Raichelle-Allen Raichelle and Kathy Rayburn, on June I, 1996, under the care of It all adds up Santa Barbara (Calif.) Meeting. Rix-Anderson---Eric Anderson and Rebecca Rix, to tranSformation. on Aug. 18, 1996, under the care of Multnomah (Oreg.) Meeting. Earlham School of Religion- (A QUAKER SEMINARY OFFERING MAs!ER OF DMNnY, Deaths MAs!ER OF MINISIRY AND MAs!ER OF ARTs DEGREES) Ambler-Chester W. Ambler Jr., 74, on Oct. 6, the right answer for a solid education 1996, in Doylestown, Pa. An active member of and personal preparation for ministry. Doylestown (Pa.) Meeting, he was a valued mem­ ber of the Brown Baggers group, a retired men's discussion group of the meeting, which he at­ Call Nancy Nelson at 1-80().432.1377 tended in spite of severe health problems in his last 228 College Avenue, Riclunond, Indiana 47374 year. In Woodstown, N.J., he was an active civic I

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Grades 7-12 leader, serving on three different school boards for many friends. Roderic was preceded in death by 14 years. He also volunteered at Doylestown Hos­ his wife, Louise, in 1991. He is survived by two DELAWARE VALLEY pital. Chester is survived by his wife, Carolyn sons, R. John Davison and Richard H. Davison; & Summer School Klein Ambler; a son, Chester m; two daughters, three grandchildren; and two brothers, W. Phillips fRIENDS SCHOOL Christine Riley and Carol Masaracchia; and three Davison and John H. Davison. for Students with Learning Differences grandchildren, Stephanie, David, and Emily. Fessenden--Catherine "Kitty" Buck Fessenden, Conrow-D. Thornton Conrow, 78, on Aug. 9, 82, on July 23, 1996, in Gwynedd, Pa., as the result DELAWARE VALLEY FRIENDS 50-IOOL 1996, in Kamloops, British Columbia. Born in of an automobile accident. Born in Buffalo, N.Y., 730 Montgomery Avenue, Bryn Mawr, PA Lancaster, Pa., Thornton attended Mickleton and she graduated from Buffalo Seminary and later Rancocas Meetings in New Jersey and Baltimore studied music at Vassar College. Catherine was a Call (610) 526-9595 for info & a video (Md.) Meeting in his youth. He attended Memphis member of Germantown (Pa.) Meeting and was State University, specializing in mechanical engi­ active on several committees. A long-time mem­ neering and industrial design. A conscientious ob­ ber ofthe school committee ofGermantown Friends jector, Thornton was imprisoned during World School, she served as that committee's clerk from War II. After the war he assisted relief efforts by 1969 to 1978. She was involved in music through­ taking horses to Poland to replenish farm stocks. out her life, playing the violin in informal chamber His travels eventually led him to California, where groups and accompanying the Germantown Friends he became a member of Palo Alto (Calif.) Meeting. School Choir in concerts. For IS years she led He was on the committee for the formation of Young Audiences of Philadelphia, a program that Woolman Friends School, served on the peace and exposed schoolchildren to live music performances. social action committee, and lived and participated A talented photographer, she exhibited her work in the interacial community project of the meeting at local institutions in the Philadelphia area. during the 1950s. In 1964 Thornton and his family Catherine's enthusiastic interest in nature and the moved to Argenta, B.C., where he became a mem­ environment manifested itself in educational ac­ ber of Argenta (B.C.) Meeting. In 1991 he moved tivities for young and old. She was instrumental in to Lee Creek, North Shuswap, B.C., where he was establishing the nature education program at Pocono an active member of Vernon (B.C.) Meeting. He Lake Preserve and frequently led nature walks and was active in the communities in which he lived, conducted lectures. From 1978 to 1984 she was a DISCOVER QUAKER PHILADELPHIA serving as a volunteer for literacy and hospice trustee of the Academy of Natural Sciences in Two-hour walking tours of William Penn's programs, and on the boards of several organiza­ Philadelphia, where she chaired the education com­ original city of brotherly love, in honor of tions. Sailing was the expression of Thornton's mittee. Catherine was renowned for her deep and Penn's 350th birthday. enjoyment of life. He was committed to spiritual abiding interest in people and the natural world. She traveled widely, establishing friendships and Send a SASE for schedule to: QUAKER studies and was a loving person with an extraordi­ providing a spark oflight to people from Alaska to · TOURS, Box 1632, Media, PA 19063. nary capacity to forgive instantly. Thornton is sur­ vived by his wife, Connie Weber; a son; two daugh­ East Africa. Catherine is survived by her husband ters; three stepsons; and five grandchildren. of 60 years, Samuel Fessenden; a daughter, Abbe Fessenden; two sons, Nicholas and Christopher Davison--Roderic Hollett Davison, 79, on March Fessenden; six grandchildren, Helen, Rachel, 23, 1996, in Washington, D.C. Born in Buffalo, Rebekah, Jon, Timothy, and Leah; and a brother, N.Y., Roderic grew up in Auburn, N.Y., and in Roswell Buck. Istanbul, Turkey. He graduated from Princeton Lawhorne--Lucy H. Lawhorne, 70, on Oct. 25, ~ University in 1937, receiving his MAin 1938 and 1996, in Edgemont, Pa. Born in Tampa, Fla., Lucy nI ~&1!~~~ PhD in 1942 from Harvard. His major interest grew up in Swarthmore, Pa. She graduated from throughout his career as a history professor was • Quality care in the Quaker tradition. George School in Newtown, Pa., and earned a Turkish history, in particular the Ottoman Empire, degree from Swarthmore College in 1948. Lucy on which he was intemationaly renowned as an • 42 apartments for independent living, was employed for nearly 20 years as a probation authority. During World War II, Roderic served 60 private personal care rooms, 120 officer for the Delaware County (Pa.) Juvenile with the American Friends Service Committee as a nursing home beds. Court. A member of Media (Pa.) Meeting, she was conscientious objector assisting refugees in Vichy active in many community groups. Lucy is survived France. Interned by the Germans in 1942, Roderic • Peace of mind. Supportive medical by her husband, Edward S. Lawhorne; a son, Scott was released in 1944 and completed his alternative Lawhorne; two daughters, Sarah Lawhorne and and social services throughout your service in the U.S. After the war he taught history Katherine Kelley; two brothers, Rutherford Hayes stay. at Princeton and in 1947 joined the faculty of and William T. Hayes; and four grandchildren. George Washington University in Washington, • An active lifestyle in a beautiful, D.C., where he taught for over 40 years. In 1949 he Moon-Edwin 0. Moon, 81, on September 29, graceful serting. married Louise Atherton Dickey. He served on the 1996, at Friends Care Center in Yellow Springs, boards of several international organizations as Ohio. Born in Baltimore, Md., Edwin grew up in • Meals, housekeeping, transportation, well as the AFSC, the editorial board of World Salida, Colo., where he developed a lifelong inter­ cultural and social activities. Affairs, and the National Council on Religion in est in geology. The family moved to Detroit, Mich., Higher Education. He was a leader in the Experi­ where Edwin completed high school and two years • A history of caring since 1904. ment in International Living summer abroad pro­ at Wayne University before his father died and he grams for three years during his student days and had to work to help support his mother. Edwin Stapeley In Germantown spoke French, German, Turkish, and Arabic. In married Agnes Lawall in 1941, under the care of 1969 Roderic joined Friends Meeting of Washing­ Whitewater(lnd.) Meeting in West Richmond (Ind.) 6300 Greene Street ton (D.C.) and served that community in many Meetinghouse. Edwin and Agnes were active in Philadelphia, PA 19144 roles including assistant clerk and recording clerk. the formation of Clear Creek (Ind.) Meeting. He served in Civilian Public Service for three years Call Carol Nemeroff He also served on Baltimore Yearly Meeting's executive committee. He was active in the meet­ during World War II and was involved in refores­ Admissions Director ing-sponsored Friends Club, a social program for tation, participated in a medical experiment, and (215) 844-0700 men with Alzheimer's Disease, where he played served as an attendant in a Philadelphia, Pa., men­ his accordian and led the singing every week. His tal hospital. After the war, the young Moon family 'G:r keen intellect, strong convictions, love of people, moved to Cincinnati, Ohio, where Edwin worked and quiet humor will be long remembered by his for Toledo Scales. He and Agnes were active in the

36 March 1997 FRIENDS JoURNAL fonnation ofEast Cincinnati (Ohio) Meeting, where April 1996. He is survived by two sons, Elbert W. ment, animal behavior, and ecology, and received Edwin served on several committees and as clerk. Russell and Walter H. Russell; four grandchildren, the Haverford A ward and an honorary doctor of Edwin was interested in local and national politics Gwendolyn Harvey and Franklin, Kirsten, and science from that college. Other honors included and was a member of the Democratic Party's Sec­ Jonathan Russell; and three great-grandchildren, professor ofthe year, a distinguished service award, ond Ward Club in Cincinnati. He also was a sup­ Rebecca and Laurie Harvey, and Don Russell. and several fellowships. Allen was active in many porter of the AFL-CIO. He had a concern for facets of his community. He sought to gain under­ young people and was a Boy Scout troop leader for Stoke5--AI/en Woodruff Stokes, 81, on July 28, standing and acceptance for gays and lesbians at many years. His Quaker activities were a central 1996, in Logan, Utah. Born in Philadelphia, Pa., he monthly, regional, and yearly meeting gatherings. part ofhis life. Although he was a birthright Friend, attended Germantown Friends School in Philadel­ He helped establish a group for the parents of gays. Edwin called himself "convinced" to emphasize phia and Haverford College. In 1936 he returned to He also supported Planned Parenthood as he sought that his life in the Religious Society of friends was Germantown Friends School and Haverford as a a balance between the world's population and the a result of personal commitment, not simply an teacher for seven years. He later received an MS in finite resources of the planet. He served on the inherited family tradition. Over the yc;ars Edwin chemistry from Harvard University and a PhD boards of several local and national organizations served as an Ohio Valley Yearly Meeting repre­ from the University of Wisconsin in wildlife­ including the Logan, Utah, Library, the National sentative to the American Friends Service Com­ zoology. In 1945 Allen married Alice Harper, with Audubon Society, and the Wildlife Society. Allen mittee and as a board member-trustee of Quaker whom he founded Logan (Utah) Meeting. A fac­ was committed to Logan (Utah) Meeting, which Heights Nursing Home in Waynesville, Ohio. ulty member of the fisheries 'and wildlife depart­ began in the Stokes' living room, and to the nurtur­ Edwin was preceded in death by a son, Roy Moon. ment at Utah State University from 1952 to 1976, ing of monthly meetings in Logan and Salt Lake, He is survived by his wife of 55 years, Agnes; he later taught at the Teton Science School and led Utah, and worship groups in Moab, Utah, and three sons, Lewis, Tom, and Sam Moon; a daugh­ field trips for the Bridgerland Audubon Society. Jackson Hole, Wyo. Allen is survived by his wife, ter, Susan Moon Hyde; and eight grandchildren. Allen was honored in his field of wildlife manage- Alice; a son, Allen Stokes Jr.; a daughter, Susan Mose5--Ruth Walker Moses, 76, on November 16, 1996, in Gwynedd, Pa. Ruth was born and grew up on the campus of Westtown School in Pennsylva­ Reservations are required for display ads in FRIENDS jOURNAL. nia, where her dedication to small children and May issue: Reserve space by March 3. Ads must be received by March 10. their growth began as she cared for campus chil­ Display dren as a teenager. She graduated from Westtown Ad June issue: Reserve space by April?. Ads must be received by April14. in 1938. After graduating from Wheaton College • Ad rare is $28 per column inch in Norton, Mass., she began her lifework with Deadlines Call (215) 241-7279 now with your reservation FRIENDS kindergarten children at Germantown Friends or questions. JOURNAL School in Philadelphia. After teaching at William Penn Charter School in Philadelphia and at Moorestown Friends School in N.J., Ruth returned to Germantown Friends School, where she taught from 1953 to 1972. At the Gesell Institute in New Haven, Conn., Ruth specialized in early childhood Teaching and Learning development. In 1969 she married Richard Moses and moved to Philadelphia, where she was active ... in the Quaker tradition since 1784 in Central Philadelphia (Pa.) Meeting. In addition to her service with Friends, Ruth was active in the work ofChildren's International Summer Villages, • Nursery Through Grade 12 a program bringing children together in camps • Coed Student Body of 770 each summer, stressing peace and international • Inquiries from students and teachers encouraged. cooperation. Ruth is survived by her husband Richard Moses; and her sister, Peg Lippincott. Russell-Josiah Cox Russell, 96, on November II, 1996, in St. Augustine, Fla. Josiah attended Earlham College from 1918 to 1922, where his father, Elbert Russell, was dean of religion. There MOSES BROWN SCHOOL he met Ruth Russell, and they were married in 250 Lloyd Avenue • Providence, R.I. 02906 • 401-831-7350 1924. He received his PhD in medieval history from Harvard University in 1926. After a year recovering from tuberculosis, he began teaching at Colorado College and then at what is now New Mexico Highlands University in Las Vegas, N.Mex. In 1930 he became a professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and in 1946 he went to the University of New Mexico to head the de­ partment of history. After retiring from the Univer­ sity of New Mexico in 1965, he worked at Texas Newtown,PA A&I until 1971. He then retired to St. Augustine, Fla., where he and his wife were members of Busll1ess~anager/Treasurer Jacksonville (Fla.) Meeting for 25 years. Josiah George School is a Quaker secondary school; 530 students. coeducational, diverse, became well known for his work in medieval his­ tory and demography. During his life he published boarding/ day, on a 225-acre campus in Bucks County, PA. International Baccalau­ five books and more than I 00 articles in major reate, AP, international workcamps, ESL. Operating budget of $13M; $38M endow­ journals, including fRIENDS JoURNAL. He is best ment, $52M plant. The Business Manager needs administrative, financial planning, known for his work on the population ofthe Middle plant maintenance, leadership and interpersonal skills. Seeking to fill position by Ages. By introducing statistical demographic meth­ July 1997. Resume and letter of interest may be sent to: Business Manager Search ods to this area of study, he established the popula­ tion trends of the Middle Ages on a firm basis. Committee, George School, Box 4000, Newtown, PA 18940 Josiah was preceded in death by his wife, Ruth, in

FRIENDS JOURNAL March 1997 37 Stokes; six grandchildren; one great-grandchild; two brothers, Henry and David Stokes; and a sister,. Alison MacLean. Broadmead Tjossem-EIIen Moffitt Tjossem, 95, on October 22, 1996, in Newton, Iowa. Ellen was born near Ackworth, Iowa, attended Olney Friends School and Simpson College, and later taught in rural schools in Iowa. In 1921 Ellen married Merle Tjossem and began a life offarming. For 71 years the couple lived on the same farm near Paullina, Iowa. Both lifelong members of the Religious So­ ciety of Friends (Conservative), Ellen and Merle joined Paullina (Iowa) Meeting after their mar­ riage. In her early years as a farm wife, Ellen was active with women's groups in the Farm Bureau, Farmer's Union, and County Extension. She par­ ticipated in founding the Friends Committee on National Legislation in 1943 and served on com­ A Friends Continuing Care Retirement Community mittees of the American Friends Service Commit­ tee in Iowa during the 1950s. Ellen was devoted to An Accredited Non-Profit Facility formal education and supported Olney and Scattergood Friends Schools. All four of her chil­ dren attended Olney. Ellen devoted her life to home, family, community, and Friends. In their later years, she and Merle traveled throughout the U.S., Latin America, and Norway. Ellen was pre­ ceded in death by her husband in 1995. She is e survived by four children, Wilmer Tjossem, Mary 13801 York Road Cockeysville. MD 21030 Ellen Barnett, Lawrence Tjossem, and Ardith Tjossem-Harris; 14 grandchildren; 32 great-grand­ 410-527-1900 Est. in 1979 G:tIOWMMOISIK children; two great-great-grandchildren; and a sis­ OrNilUIIITY ter, Florence Bedell. Zahn-Franldin Zahn, 88, on June 3, 1996, in Los Angeles, Calif. Franklin, a peace activist and worldly ascetic, was born in Los Angeles to a family of Christian Scientists. Franklin joined the ROTC for practical reasons but became convinced that militarism is obsolete. He graduated college with a degree in engineering, followed by research in diesel fuels, jobs in the automotive industry, and activity in the Fellowship of Reconciliation. Throughout the rest of his life he used disciplines of religious asceticism-regular meditation, veg­ etarianism, celibacy, and voluntary poverty-as both the sustenance for his personal spiritual life and public witness to the power of love and truth in the world. As a draft resister, he at first accepted Civilian Public Service, then became part of a noncooperator group protesting their unpaid labor, finally "deserted," got a job in a hospital, was arrested, and continued his testimony in jail and Abington Friends School while serving probation doing work in hospitals. After the war, his commitment to live simply led him to act against racial and ethnic discrimination by building a small home in a multiethnic neigh­ A Quaker co-educational college preparatory day school borhood. He began practice as a religious healer for students in Preschool through Grade 12 and kept his personal income below the taxable level. Franklin joined the Religious Society of Friends when Claremont (Calif.) Meeting was started in 1956. In 1962 Franklin joined the crew of Everyman II, sailing into nuclear test areas of the South Pacific. He later went to India to admin­ ister the FOR "Shelters for the Shelterless" pro­ For more information, please call gram, building housing for low income-families. Ba.ck in the United States, he continued to write 215-886-4350 and work for nonviolent national defense and inte­ grated living. In his last years he became the resi­ dent at Los Angeles {Calif.) Meeting, supporting and working with community groups to improve the quality oflife for minorities. His book, Alterna­ tive to the Pentagon, on nonviolent national de­ fense, will be soon published by FOR.

38 March 1997 FRIENDS JOURNAL Classified New Video Release! Of Lime, Stones The Mary Jeanes Loan Fund and the Anne Townsend and Wood: Historic Quaker Meeting Grant Fund for members of Philadelphia Yearly Mealing are now taking applications for financial aid for post- For Information call (215) 241-7279. Houses oflhe New York Yearly Meet· by Claire Simon. secondary school education for the 1997-1998 school 55¢ per word. Minimum charge is $11. lng Region, year. Add 10% if boxed. 10% discount for three Three historic Friends meetinghouses With interest income and repayments of earlier loans consecutive insertions, 25% for six. come alive with exciting stories of their being our only funding sources, and increasing need Appearance of any advertisement does not past, including the Colonial period and Abomion: Flush­ being expressed by applicants, we have been able to imply endorsement by Friends Journal. ing, Nine Partners, and Shrewsbury, N.J. Narrated by Friends who have intimate knowledge of these meeting­ help with loans and/or grants averaging about $600. houses. Appr. 50 min. V.H.S. $35. May 15, 1997, Is the deadline for the submission of Classified Ad Deadlines: Also available in V.H.S. Video: Wllo Are Quakers? De­ applications. May issue: March 10 scribes Friends worship, ministry, and decision-making. For more information, please contact: Philadelphia Yearly June issue: April 14 27 min. $29.50, and Crones: Interviews with Elder Meeting of the Rel~ious Society of Friends, Committee Quaker Women. Quaker women speak unselfconsciously on Education, 1515 harry Street, Philadelphia, PA 19102. Submit your ad to: about being Quaker women and their feelings about aging. Telephone: (215) 241-7223. Advertising Manager, Friends Journal 20 min. $18. Excellent tools for outreach and education. 1501 Cherry Street All prices include postage. Allow three weeks for deliv­ Upcoming Conferences At Pendle Hill Philadelphia, PA 19102·1497 ery. Quaker Video, P .0. Box 292, Maplewood, NJ 07040. Partners In Change (for chief executives and clerks of Fax: (215) 568-13n Quaker organizations), Tom Holland, Lee Neff, and Warren Witte, March 21-23. Books and Publications What You Always Wanted to K now about First-day Accommodations School, cosponsored with Friends General Conference Without Apology, a new book by Chuck Fager. Asser­ Religious Education Committee, April 4-6. Beacon Hill Friends House: Quaker-sponsored residence tive, upbeat liberal Quaker theology for the 21st century. The Poetry of Constantine Cavafy, Eugenia Friedman, of 19 interested in community living, spiritual growth, 190 pages, $11.70 postpaid. Orders: (800) 742-3150; or May2-4. peace, and social concerns. All faiths welcome. Open­ from Kimo Press, P.O. Box 1771, Media, PA 19063. Healing L ife's Wounds, John Calvi, May 23-26. ings in June, September. For information, application: Tamar, Rehab, Ruth, and Bathsheba, Elizabeth Watson, BHFH, 6 Chestnut Street, Boston, MA 02108-3624. (617) Worship In Song: A Friends Hymnal, 335 songs, his· May 30-June 1. Knowing One Another In That Which Is Eternal: 227·9118. Overnight accommodations also available. torical notes, indexes, durable hardcover, available early The Practice of Spiritual Friendship, Margery Larrabee, Big Island Friends invite you into their homes for mutual September. $20/copy (U.S. funds) plus shipping/han­ dling. Softcover spiral copies at same price. Call for June 13-15. Quaker sharing. Donations. HC1, Box 12-0, Captain Sources of Spiritual Renewal for Educators, Paul and Cook, Hl96704. (808) 328-8711,325-7323, or322·3116. quantity rates. Order FGC Bookstore, 1216 Arch Street, 2B Philadelphia PA 19107 or call (800) 966-4556 Margaret Lacey, June 23-27. Coming to London? Friendly B&B just a block from the Jesus, Rebecca Mays, June 27-29. British Museum and very close to London University. A Transforming Ourselves: Finding Creative Responses Bookstore. Serving Friends and seekers IW to Conflict, cosponsored with A~ernatives to Violence central location for all tourist activities. Ideal for persons worldwide with Quaker-related books and traveling alone. Direct subway and bus links with Heathrow curricula for all ages. Materials to meet needs Project, June 27-29. Airport. The Penn Club, 21 Bedford Place, London WC1 B and interests of individuals, religious educators, and High School Workcamp, Alex Kern et. al., July 8-13. SJJ. Telephone: {0171) 636-4718. Fax: (0171) 636-5516. spiritual communities. Free catalog of over 500 titles. Basic Quakerism, Jonathan Vogel-Borne and Mickey Edgerton, July 11- 13. NYC-Greenwich VIllage Accommodation. Walk to 15th Religious education consu~ation. Call, write, or visit: Friends World Committee for Consu ltat ion Pre- Street Meeting. One-four people; children welcome. (Two Friends General Conference Bookstore, 1216Arch Streel, Triennial Gathering, July 17-20. cats in house.) Reservations: (212) 924-6520. 2B, Philadelphia, PA 19107, M-F 9 a.m.-4:30p.m. EST, (800) 966-4556. Special program: Pittsburgh-Affordable, comfortable third-floor (walk up) Spirituality and the Arts Programming, see display ad bedrooms with shared bath for visiting Friends. Single or page 26 for details. double occupancy. Short- to medium-term. Kitchen avail­ Quaker Books. Rare and out-of-print, journals, memori- Contact: Registrar, Pendle Hill, Box F, 338 Plush Mill able. Co nvenient to universities, shops, hosp itals, and als, histories, inspirational. Send for free catalog or specific Road, Wallingford, PA 19086-6099. (610) 566-4507 or cultural attractions. Send inquiries with introductory let­ wants. Vintage Books, 181 Hayden Rowe St., Hopkinton, (800) 742-3150. ter from Clerk to: House Manager, Friends Meetinghouse, MA01748. 4836 Ellsworth Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213. (412) Summer Youth Programs At Pendle Hill 683-2669. Books-Quaker spiritual classics, history, biography, Community Service/Leadership Development Intern- and current Q uaker experience, published by Friends Chicago-Affordable guest accommodations in historic ship Program: Come join a group of ten college-age United Press, 101-A QuakerHill Dr., Richmond, IN 47374. Friends meetinghouse. Short- or long-term. Contact: students as we explore service, community, spirituality, Write for free catalog. Assistant Director, Quaker House, 5615 S. Woodlawn and leadership in Quaker context. Interns will seek to Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637. (773) 288-3066, e-mail: balance action and contemplation as we volunteer in [email protected]. For Sale Philadelphia-area service agencies, work and live in Hawaii-Island of Kaual. Cozy housekeeping cottages. Quaker community at Pendle Hill, witness for peace and Peace, palms, privacy. $80/nightly. 147 Royal Drive, Marketplace available to you! Special Quaker justice, and participate in discussion groups, worship, Kapaa, HI 96746. (808) 822-2321. items, commemorative plates, coffee mugs, T· and skill-training sessions. Expect to work hard, have fun, grow spiritually, and discern your own gifts for lead- Quaker House, Managua, Nicaragua. Simple hospitality; shirts, wood products, Quaker dolls, and more. Write for New Free Brochure. Quaker Heritage ing and serving. June 11-July 26 (tentative dates). Room, shared kitchen. Reservations: 011-505-2-663216 {Span­ board, and stipend provided. Designed for ages 18-24; ish) or 011·505-2-660984 (English). Showcase, 10711 N. Kittatinny Ave., Tucson, AZ85737. some knowledge of Quakerism required. An oasis o f calm In the heart of London? Yes, at the i Youthcamp: If you are age 13-18 and are looking for a Quaker International Centre, where short-, medium-, and meaningful summer experience, this program may be longer-term accommodation is available as well as con­ pertect. Come meet young people from around the ooun- ference facilities. Excellent homemade food. For further Opportunities try and join in an inner~ity workcamp, field trips and informatio n contact telephone: (0171) 387-5648, fax: service projects, community building, arts and crafts, (0171) 383-3722, or write to: 1 Byng Place, London Friends Association fo r Higher Education and much more. July &-13 (tentative dates). Rides may WC1 E7JH. The voice that speaks for a Friends vision of higher be available from Friends General Conference Gathering. education. Looking fo r a creative living alternative in New York For more information on either program, or to apply, • Encouraging Quaker colleges and study centers. contact Alex Kern, Pendle Hill, 338 Plush Mill Road, City? Penington Friends House may be the place for you! • Supporting Friends educators in oolleges and univer­ Wallingford, PA 19086-6099. (610) 566-4507 x 129 or We are looking for people of all ages who want to make a sities worldwide. serious commitment to a community lifestyle based on (800) 742· 3150 X 129. • Offering orientation services to faculty, administrators, Quaker principles. For information call (212) 673-1730. and trustees. We also have overnight accommodations. • Uniting through a quarterly newsletter, annual confer- Choose life for oursel ves, our animals, our planet. No- ences. risk opportunity to experience and share from home, a Assistance Sought Your membership makes a difference. whole food through a holistic oomparry of people. Ask Mary Web site: http://www.georgefox.edu/nonfoxlfahe McCurry, [email protected] or (800) 927-2527 ext. 5216. FAHE, Guilford College, P.O. Box 18741, Greensboro, Ramallah Friends Meeting needs financial help with NC 27419. (910) 852-2028. Mexico City Volunteer Opportun ities: one-week, ser­ their Play Center Program for 50 five-year-old West vice-learning seminars; six-month internships; positions Bank refugee children. Dear Friends, we depend on you managing Quaker center. Casa de los Amigos, Ignacio to help us plant the seeds of brotherhood, understand­ American Friends Service Committee welcomes appli­ cations for the summer community service workcamps in Mariscal 132, Mexico, OF 06030; (52·5) 705..()521; ing, and love in the hearts of these children. Contact [email protected]. Violet Zarou, P.O. Box 1180, Ramallah, West Bank, via Mexico. Work on worthwhile projects in a rural commu­ Israel. nity in Mexico. Program is designed for persons age Consider Investing In affonlable retirement property in the 18-26. Fluency in Spanish is essential. Program fee of Southern Arizona high desert. Write or telephone Roy Joe $900 plus transportation; limited financial aid. Application and Ruth Stuckey, care of Elaine De Manicor, Rt.1 Box Audio-Visual deadline April 1. Contact Helene Pollock, AFSC, 1501 170 #11 , McNeal, AZ 85617. Telephone: (520) 642·9319. Cherry St., Philadelphia, PA 19102, at (215) 241 -7295. Quaker House Intentional community seeks residents. Film titled John Woolman Quaker. Biography about his E-mail: [email protected]. Share living and meal arrangements in historic Friends philosophy a nd struggle against slavery. Send check for Working Horse Farm is looking for interested person(s) meetinghouse. Common interests in spirituality, peace, $35 plus $3.95 postage and handling to: New England for co-ownership, northern Chester County, Pottstown, and social concerns. One- or two-year terms. Directors, Historical Video, P.O. Box 581, Old Mystic, CT 06372- Pa. For more information, please call Lorraine Clark, Quaker House, 5615 S. Woodlawn Avenue, Chicago, IL 0581. Sorry, credit cards not accepted. (610) 970-1373. 60637. 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F RIENDS JoURNAL March 1997 39 Right Livelihood Opportunity. Part-time. Home-based. Internships at William Penn Hou se, a Quaker hospital­ ity and seminar center on Capitol Hill. Two, one-year House and Land For Sele. May be of interest to Friends. Organic food. Nurture health, be prosperous with ethical, appointments available beginning September 1. Both in­ Retreat-like setting in the Blue Ridge, near Floyd, Va. visionary company. Requires commitment. Training pro- 52.85 acres of rolling fields and woods, bordered by vided. (800) 927-2527, ext. 1442. ternships provide opportunities for Quaker service, leadership training, and exposure to nonprofit manage­ stream. Farmhouse with spacious rooms, built 1991. ment, including fundraising, marketing, and program Greenhouse, woodworking shop/guest house, walled back garden with bearing apple trees. Meetinghouse nearby. Travel to Tuscany development, especially in peace issues and conflict resolution. Room, board, stipend provided. Initiative, flex­ Housekeeping and mowing services in place. Roanoke The Taste of Tuscany trip program, an Italian seminar ibility, excellent people skills, and willingness to work Airport 1 hour. Greensboro, N.C. 2 hours. Ann Martyn offered each April and October. Learn about Tuscan art, hard required. Cooking skills, community living experi­ and Frank O'Brien, Rt. 2, Box 152, Floyd, VA 24091. culture, and cuisine. Small groups of 8-12 people, excel- ence helpful. Interested individuals are invited to apply Telephone: (540) 745-4340. Fax: (540) 745-4649. lent accommodations and food, and expert guidance. for a position that divides the work between hospitality [email protected]. $260,000. Guests stay at Villa Marzalla in the hills between Flo- and administration. Send cover letter and resume to renee and Lucca. For information contact: Mark Haskell, Director, William Penn House, 515 East Capitol Street Friends and Food International, Inc., 1802 Lawrence SE, Washington, DC20003. Telephone: (202) 543-5560. Street, NE, Washington, DC 20018, USA. Telephone/ Fax: (202) 543-3814. Apply by April 1. Rentals & Retreats Fax (202) 52S-321o. Friend In Residence position for Twin Cities Friends Bald Head Island, N.C. Panoramic view of ocean, dunes, Meeting, St. Paul, Minnesota. For information, call Carol lagoon, and golf course from four-bedroom, two-bath­ National Conference Bartoo at (612) 690-2852. Applications accepted through room, beautifully furnished house with wrap-around deck, Friends from varied traditions March 30. two electric golf carts. Fourteen miles of beach, champi­ to meet April 18-20, 1997, onship golf, tennis, croquet, swimming, and fishing. 13,000 Full-time House Manager/Part-time Assistant Manager Burlington (N.J.) Meetinghouse acres of maritime wilderness. Many birds and wildflow­ for Pittsburgh Friends Meeting. Opening soon. Respon­ otfer Conference Center. Acquaint ers. No cars on island. Peaceful, friendly. Rental by day sible for managing rental and physical maintenance of ourselves with existing pro- or week. (215) 699-9186. house and grounds. Near universities. Compensation: lunteer grams and those Friends housing, health insurance, and/or salary. Contact Ruth carrying them forward. Share Maine Coast. Spacious house sleeps eight. Deck over­ Dymond, 5209 Dearborn, Pittsburgh, PA 15224. Tele­ Smli«, Tntitrint

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FRIENDS JOURNAL March 1997 41 Mitchell, Cheryl, 11 Morris, Laura Nell, 80 Friends Journal Miirer, Esther Greenleaf, 34 Nash, Jeanne, 91 Nugent, Patrick J., 39 Palmeri, Fran, 41 Authors Pfeil, Clifford, 24, 33, 46, 56, 64, 72, 79, Abrams, Irwin, 38, I 09 89 AFSC, 35 Pruess, Judith, 59 Albert, David H., 87 Raven, Siva, 29 1996 Rhoades, Dusty, 36 Aron, Lucy, 101 Arriens, Jan, I 04 Robbins, Jhan, 63 Bell, Tina, 73 Roberts, Kim, 75 Bieber, Nancy L., I 05 Ross, Michael B., 51 Bliss, Isabel Needham, 65 Ryan, Tom, 52 Index Blocher, Heidi, 77 Scheltema, Rudolf S., 68 Boardman, Elizabeth, 7 Schneider, Jo Anne, 103 How to Use This Index Bolton, Gillie, 97 Schodt, Carolyn M., 10 Buckley, Paul, 5 Schone, Vrrginialvy,67 The numbers following the author and Bush, Bruce, 88 Smith, David E., 84 subject entries refer to the numbered Clark, Petronella, Ill Spivek, Roberta, I 06 articles beginning on page 43. Articles Corry, John Pitts, 44 Stieren, Carl, 45 are listed chronologically according to Cullimore III, Clarence, 32 Stoner, John K, 47 the date they appeared and include the Cyclers, Elizabeth A., 110 Taber, Bill, 71 title, author, issue, and page number. Dale, Jonathan, 78 Thomas, Charles E., 4 All book reviews and poetry are listed Deming, Vinton, I , 8, 16, 26, 37, 49, 66, True, Michael, I 08 by author. Reports are listed by 74,81,83,90,102 Tully, Molly, 14 organization. Edgerton, William, 19 Van Dellen, Rich, 40 Elwood, Gracia Fay, 91 Vogel, RobertS., 22 Fager, Chuck, 3 Warr, Claudia, 112 Fink, Deborah, 18 Warren, Roland L., 69 ~· ... Flory, Jim, 30 Whitt, Nancy, 54 FRIENDS Flower, Ruth, 25 Wick, Nancy, 98 Folsom, Bruce Ames, 28 Winchester, Angus J.L., 6 JOURNAL Frye, Willie R., 21 Wink, Walter, 12 Fuller, Georgia E., 43 Zimmerman, Julie Biddle, 50 Gafthey,ArnyRunge,82,95 Gilman, Rhoda R., 20 Gilpin, Mariellen 0 ., 53, 100 Glines, Melinda, 60 Subjects Goldberger, Rita A., 86 Activities 83 Goodridge, Tom, 70 Aging20, 54 Graves, Jeannie, 57 AIDS 10 Hart, Sonat, I 07 Arts 2, 16, 50, 80, 97, 101 Hillman, Gene, 76 Bible 5, 43, 92 Hodgett, Gerald A.J., 42 Biblical Analysis 3, 69 Hole, Francis D., 93 Capital Punishment 49, 50, 51, 104 Scrtngthtntng Our Meclings lhrough Feedback Horn, Helen Weaver, 9 Children 24, 33, 46, 56, 64, 72, 79, 84, Thank Thtt, Wagluy Friend Hudes, Quiara Alegria, 27 89 Hydon, Oliver, 15 Christmas I 06 Jones, T. Canby, 23 Christocentrism 44 Julye, Vanessa, 85 Commentary 12, 27, 51, 76, 78, 85, 88, Kryston, Vic, 96 103, 106 Kunkel, Robert, 99 Community 32, 61, 74, 105 Lakey, George, 62 Conflict Resolution 21, 52 Lape, Herbert N., 13 Conscientious Objection 1 Liveoak, Val, 48 Current Events 32, 37, 70, 71, 75, 103 Luder, Hope, 55 Death 19, 20, 26, 61 Manousos,llnthony, 92 Drugs 12,27 March, Kathleen Davidson, 61 Education 97 Martin, Marcelle, 31, 94 Family 9, 20, 36, 61, 74 McCollum, Lyn, 2 Fiction 5, 24, 33, 46, 56, 64, 72, 79, 89, Mciver, Lucy, 17 93, 110

42 March 1997 FRIENDS JoURNAL Friends Institutions 6, 25, 35, 55, 62, 65, 73,83,84,85 Articles ...... FRIENDS Friends Journal Activities 8, 26, 49, 58, l. "Confronting Militarism," Vinton 81, 90, 102, 104 Deming, 1: l ~F JOURNAL Friends Meetings 11, 38, 44, 63 2. "Blending Art, Activism, and Joy: An Friends Testimonies 23, 78 Interview with Peg Phillips," Lyn Future 45 McCollum, l : 6 Gay Rights 48 3. "Hannah Barnard-A Liberal Quaker Good Order ofFriends 13, 21, 25 Hero," Chuck Fager, l: ll Healing 82, 101 4. "Bobbie Lee: How Does a Concern History 3, 22, 28, 35, 42 Arise?" Charles E. Thomas, 1: 13 Homosexuality 13, 21, 48, 86 5. "Dear Augusta," Paul Buckley, 1: 14 Human Rights 1 6. "Swarthmoor Hall: A Powerhouse for Humor5, 24,33,46, 56, 64, 66, 72, 79, Friends," Angus J.L. Winchester, 89 1: 16 A QUAKER INTERPRETATION OF lliE LORD'S SUPPE.R International I, 6, 22, 42, 55, 60, 73, 80, 7. ''Nurturing a New South Africa," THE UST£NINC PROJECT

90, 91, 108, 109, 111, 112 Elizabeth Boardman, l: 18 STRANCE INTERLUDE: A QUAKER REfLECTION ON NONVtOL.f.NC£ Leadership 14, 62 8. "Doing What We Can," Vinton Leadings 59, 70, 71, 77, 98 Deming, 2:2 Lifestyle 98 9. "Ice Fisher," Helen Weaver Hom, Marriage 28, 29 2:7 27. "Everything You Do Affects Ministry 10, 31 , 39, 40, 41 , 57, 59, 77, 10. "We Come to the Bedside: A Four­ Everyone Else," Quiara Alegria 100 Step Program for Visiting Persons Hudes, 4:5 Mystical Quakerism 19, 30, 31 , 38, 77, Very ill with AIDS," Carolyn M. 28. "The Development of Quaker 82, 94 Schodt, 2:8 Marriage 1653-1677," Bruce Ames Nature 67, 68 11. "Wash Dishes, Pick up Clutter: How Folsom, 4:8 Nonviolence 15 Our Meeting Helped a Working 29. "Marriage: A Divine Covenant," Outreach 42, 65, 76, 87, 88 Mother Think About Meditation," Siva Raven, 4: 10 Parenting 11, 36 Cheryl Mitchell, 2: ll 30. "Contemplative Practice in a Quaker Peace 90, 108 12. "Getting OffDrugs: The Context," Jim Flory, 4: ll Peace Activities 7, 15, 109, 112 Legalization Option," Walter Wink, 31. "The Inward Teacher Among Us Personal Presence 4, 9, 48, 52, 53, 57 2: 13 Today," Marcelle Martin, 4: l3 Personalities 2, 3, 14, 26, 54, 58, 63, 67, 13. "A Straight, White, Male Christian 32. "Terror in the Heartland: A Friends 81, 102, 109, 112 Returns to an FLGC Midwinter Perspective," Clarence Cullimore III, Political Action 12, 14, 15, 25, 111 Gathering," Herbert N. Lape, 2: 16 4: 16 Prayer 60, 100, 105 14. "Dorothy Shoemaker McDiannid," 33. "Benjamin, the Meetinghouse Prisons 52, 53, 57 Molly Tully, 2: 18 Mouse-'Emily,"' Clifford Pfeil, Quakerism Today 22, 43, 44, 45, 76, 87 15. "Taking the Message Inside," Oliver 4:20 Race 4, 37, 51, 75, 85, 87, 88, 103 Hydon, 2:20 34. "Quaker Quiz," Esther Greenleaf Relationships 4, 29, 53, 60, 62, 86 16. "Quaker Scintillation," Vinton Miirer, 4: 24 Religion and the World 106 Deming,3:2 35. "An Opportunity to Remember," Religious Education 30, 39 17. "The Bus Ride," Lucy Mciver, 3: 7 AFSC,4: 24 Sacrament 23, 105 18. "Strange Interlude: A Quaker 36. "Role Models," Dusty Rhoades, Science and Technology 45 Reflection on Nonviolence," 4:26 Seasons 68, 107, 110 Deborah Fink, 3: 8 37. "Alabama 96," Vinton Deming, 5: 2 Self-realization 16, 29, 59, 94, 95, 96, 19. "What if There is No Immortality?" 38. "The Mystical Challenge," Irwin 97,98,99,101 William Edgerton, 3: l 0 Abrams, 5:5 Service 32, 35, 37, 55, 75, 91 20. "The Choice of Life," Rhoda R. 39. "On Speaking in Meeting For Sexual Expression 13, 86 Gilman, 3: 12 Worship," Patrick J. Nugent, 5: 7 Simplicity 70, 71 21. "The Listening Project," Willie R. 40. "Love and Meeting Noise," Rich Social Action 2, 7, 10, 104 Frye, 3: 13 Van Dellen, 5: 9 Social Concerns 12, 78 22. "Friends Around the World," Robert 41. "Messages: A Personal Odyssey," South Africa 7, 111 S. Vogel, 3: 16 Fran Palmeri, 5: 10 Spiritual Growth 9, 11 , 16, 30, 31, 43, 23. "A Quaker Interpretation of The 42. "The First Meeting for Worship in 50, 68, 82, 92, 93, 94, 96, 108, 110 Lord's Supper," T. Canby Jones, Hawaii," Gerald A.J. Hodgett, 5: ll Theological Reflection 19, 23, 38, 69, 3: 19 43. "What Scripture Can Mean to 86,99 24. "Benjamin, the Meetinghouse Friends Today," Georgia E. Fuller, United Nations 73 Mouse-' I Speak in Meeting,'" 5: 13 Women 2, 3, 14, 54 Clifford Pfiel, 3: 22 44. "Jesus Among Friends," John Pitts Worship 39, 40, 41, 100 25. "Choosing Priorities," Ruth Flower, Corry, 5: 16 Youth 27, 36, 40, 74, 91, 107 3: 23 45. "Quakers on the Web," Carl Stieren, 26. "One to Remember," Vinton 5: 18 Deming, 4:2 46. "Benjamin, the Meetinghouse

FRIENDS JOURNAL March 1997 43 Mouse-' A Letter from Katherine,'" 8:20 Underground Railroad Game," Clifford Pfeil, 5: 20 74. "Reflections," Vinton Deming, 9: 2 JoAnne Schneider, 12: 4 47. "The Shadow of the Centurion," 75. "Rebuilding Churches in Rural 104. "Light on Death Row," Jan John K. Stoner, 5: 22 Alabama: One Volunteer's Arriens, 12: 7 48. "Putting on the Pink Triangle," Val Experience," Kim Roberts, 9: 7 105. "A Gift of Presence," Nancy L. Liveoak, 5: 23 76. "What Quakers Believe," Gene Bieber, 12: 12 49. "Cutting Through the Rhetoric," Hillman, 9: 12 106. "Being Jewish at Christmas," Vinton Deming, 6: 2 77. "On Quaker Contemplative Life," Roberta Spivek, 12: 14 50. "Voices From Death Row," Julie Heidi Blocher, 9: 14 107. "A Sweet New Year," Sonat Hart, Biddle Zimmerman, 6: 7 78. "Rediscovering Our Social 12: 15 51. "The Death Penalty in Black and Testimony," Jonathan Dale, 9: 15 108. "Peace 'Within' and 'Without,'" White," Michael B. Ross, 6: 10 79. "Benjamin, the Meetinghouse Michael True, 12: 16 52. "A Letter from Prison," Tom Ryan, Mouse-'A Serious Talk,"' Clifford 109. "The First Quaker Nobel Peace 6: 12 Pfeil, 9: 22 Prize Winner," Irwin Abrams, 12: 18 53. "A Letter-Writing Ministry," 80. "Easter Music School and the 110. "The Jewel Box," Elizabeth A. Mariellen 0. Gilpin, 6: 14 Tiger," Laura Nell Morris, 9: 24 Cyders, 12: 20 54. "Allie Walton: Quaker Crone," 81. "Glimpses of Family," Vinton 111. "Life in the New South Africa," Nancy Whitt, 6: 17 Deming, 10:2 Petronella Clark, 12: 22 55. "In Service to Spirit: An Interview 82. "Amazing Grace," Amy Runge 112. "Paving the Road to Peace in with Tobin Marsh," Hope Luder, Gaffney, 10: 6 Burundi," Claudia Wair, 12: 29 6:20 83. "Journeys in Truth: The 1996 FGC 56. "Benjamin, the Meetinghouse Gathering," Vinton Deming, 10: 7 Mouse-' Laura, a Dream, and a 84. "Journeys in Love," David E. Smith, Fire,"' Clifford Pfeil, 6: 23 10:9 57. "Prisoner Visitation," Jeannie 85. "The Underground Railroad Game," Graves, 6: 25 Vanessa Julye, 10: 10 58. "In Loving Memory," Vinton 86. "By Love Serve One Another," Rita Deming, 7:2 A. Goldberger, 10: 13 59. "Leadings in Life's Work, "Judith 87. "Some Notions on Why Friends Pruess, 7:7 Meetings Do Not Attract Minorities 60. ''Not Going Anywhere," Melinda (Or Much of Anyone Else for That Glines, 7: 10 . Matter)," David H. Albert, 10: 15 61. "Eli's Place," Kathleen Davidson 88. "The Fine Line of Diversity" Bruce March, 7: 12 Bush, 10: 16 62. "Strengthening Our Meetings 89. "Benjamin, the Meetinghouse Through Feedback," George Lakey, Mouse-' A Fork in the Road,"' 7: 14 Clifford Pfeil, 10: 20 63. "Thank Thee, Weighty Friend," 90. "A Continuing Path," Vinton Jhan Robbins, 7: 16 Deming, 11 : 2 64. "Benjamin, the Meetinghouse 91. "Books for Nicaragua," Gracia Fay Mouse-'Now What?'" Clifford Elwood and Jeanne Nash, 11: 6 Pfeil, 7: 18 92. "Thanking Our Enemies," Anthony 65. "Building on Faith," Isabel Manousos, 11 : 12 Needham Bliss, 7: 22 93. "The Friends Shop (A Parable)," Books 66. "Potentially Dangerous," Vinton Francis D. Hole, 11: 14 Arnold, J. Heinrich, Discipleship, 2: 26 Deming, 8:2 94. "New Scriptures," Marcelle Martin, (H. Otto Dahlke) 67. "Talking About, and To, the Trees," 11 : 15 Berliner, David C., and Biddle, Bruce, Virginia Ivy Schone, 8: 8 95. "On Paying Attention," Amy Runge This Manufactured Crisis: Myth, 68. "On Sunflowers (From the Journal Gaffney, 11 : 16 Fraud and the Attack on America's of a Curious Man)," Rudolph S. 96. "In the Silence," Vic Kryston, 11: 17 Public Schools, 4: 33 (Ed Dodson) Scheltema, 8: 10 97. "Buttoned," Gillie Bolton, 11: 18 Biddle, Bruce (see Berliner, David C.) 69. "On Revisiting the Apostle Paul," 98. "A Through Line," Nancy Wick, Blamires, Dav.id; Brown, Louraine; Roland L. Warren, 8: 13 11: 19 Ellis, June; Hunter, Colin; Knott, 70. "Sruggling with Simplicity: The 99. "My Most Appreciative Audience," Christine; Pickering, Neil; Sailsbury, Second Luddite Congress," Tom Robert Kunkel, 11: 20 Elisabeth; Skidmore, Chris; and Goodridge,8: 16 100. "A Journal about Meeting for White, Zoe, This We Can Say: 71. "Revolutionary Voices," Bill Taber, Worship," Mariellen 0. Gilpin, Talking Honestly About Sex, 9: 30 8: 17 11:22 (Jane Serraillier Grossfeld) 72. "Benjamin, the Meetinghouse 101. "Art, Life, and Light," Lucy Aron, Brandt, Barbara, Whole Life Economics: Mouse--'One Little Mousekin,'" 11: 23 Revaluing Daily Life; 12: 33 (Peri Clifford Pfeil, 8: 19 102. "Special Gifts," Vinton Deming, Phillips McQuay) 73. "Seeing the United Nations at a 12:2 Britain Yearly Meeting, Quaker Faith Financial Crisis Point," Tina Bell, 103. "Racism, Quakers, and the and Practice: The Book ofChristian

44 March 1997 FRIENDS JouRNAL Discipline ofthe Yearly Meeting of 11: 32 (Reva Griffith) Friends (Quakers) in Britain, 5: 31 Mack, Phyllis, Visionary Women: Reports (Jan Hoffinan) Estatic Prophesy in Seventeenth­ Australia Yearly Meeting, Elise Btyant, Jennifer Fisher, Lucretia Mott: Century England, 7: 29 (Rhoda Boulding, 4: 27 A Guiding Light, 11: 32 (Margaret Gilman) Baltimore Yearly Meeting, 1: 21 Hope Bacon) Martin, Vincent, A House Divided: The Baltimore Yearly Meeting, 12: 26 Calhoun, Donald, Spirituality and Parting ofth e Ways Between Border Meeting in Germany, Ann Community: An Autobiographical Synagogue and Church, 7: 28 Anthon, 3: 24 Memoir, 11: 29 (Yvonne Boeger) (Robert S. Vogel) Britain Yearly Meeting, S. Jocelyn Cope-Robinson, Lyn, The Little Quaker Mooney, Philip, Images ofPersonal Burnell, 11: 36 Sociology Book, 6: 35 (Marty Value, 3: 31 (Stanley M. Harrison) Canadian Yearly Meeting, Carl Stieren, Walton) Mullett, Michael, ed., New Light on 2:22 Cuny, Constance, Silver Rights, 1: 26 George Fox, (John E. Nicholson) Central and Southern Africa Yearly (Margaret Hope Bacon) Pagels, Elaine, The Origin ofSatan, · Meeting, Petronella Clark, 6: 27 Daly, Patricia Ellen Martin, Envisioning 3: 31 (George T. Peck) Christians Search for Balkans Peace, the New Adam: Empathetic Portraits Pickering, Neil (see Blamires, David) Theodore Herman, 3: 26 ofMen by American Women Writers, Polner, Murray, and Goodman, Naomi, Discerning God's Will on Same Gender 5: 30 (Margaret Hope Bacon) eds., The Challenge ofShalom, 3: 33 Issues, Herb Lape, 7: 24 Dear, John, The God ofPeace: Toward (Chel Avety) Epistle from Friends in Nigeria, Shima a Tho logy ofNonviolence, 1: 27 Ruether, Rosemary R., and Keller, K. Gyoh, 10: 22 (Dean Freiday) Rosemary S., In Our Own Voices: Friends World Committee for Edwards, W. Sterling (see Gordon, Four Centuries ofAmerican Consultation, Judith Inskeep, 8: 21 Thomas) Women 's Religious Writing, 12: 35 Friends United Meeting, Kenneth Elliott, William, Tying Rocks to Clouds: (Nancy Culleton) Sutton, 11:34 Conversations with Wise and Sailsbucy, Elisabeth (see Blamires, German Yearly Meeting, Lore Hom, 4:27 Spiritual People, 6: 36 (Constance David) Illinois Yearly Meeting, 1: 20 Faye Mudore) Selleck, Linda B., Gentle Invaders: Illinois Yearly Meeting, Becky Ellis, June (see Blamires, David) Quaker Women Educators and Westling, Peggy Sphor, and Marti Fraker, Anne T., and Spears, Larty C., Racial Issues During the Civil War Matthews, 12: 24 eds., Seeker and Servant, 11: 24 (Lee and Reconstruction, 12: 32 (Jeremy Intermountain Yearly Meeting, Shirl Neff) Mott) Olmstead, 11 :38 Frick, Don M., and Spears, Larcy C., Skidmore, Chris (see Blamires, David) Iowa Yearly Meeting (Conservative), eds., On Becoming a Servant-Leader, Spears, Larty C. (see also Fraker, Anne Sherty Hutchinson, 1: 20 11: 24 (Lee Neff) T.; Frick, Don M.), ed., Reflections Iowa Yearly Meeting (Conservative), Goodman, Naomi (see Polner, Murray) on Leadership, 11 : 24 (Lee Neff) Sherty Hutchinson and Reva Griffith, Gordon, Thomas and Edwards, W. Washington, Paul M., Other Sheep I 12:25 Sterling, Making the Patient Your Have: The Autobiography ofFather Ireland Yearly Meeting, Philip R. Jacob, Partner: Communication Skills for Paul M. Washington , 5: 29 (Mike 2:22 Doctors and Other Caregivers, 10: Yarrow) Lake Erie Yearly Meeting, Damon 28 (Teddy Milne) White, Zoe (see Blamires, David) Hickey, 10: 22 Gwyn, Douglas, The Covenant Zimmerman, Julie, ed., Trapped Under Monteverde (Costa Rica) Monthly Crucified, 11 : 27 (Marty Grundy) Ice: A Death Row Anthology, 4: 32 Meeting, Wilford Guindon and Heathfield, Margaret, Being There: Our (Natalie Kent Kempner) Corporate life in the Religious Society ofFriends, 2: 26 (Elizabeth ....Wyt996 Qual

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