As I sat there in my thinking chair, pondering my recent study of Christian doctrine from the fall of Rome to the eve of the Renaissance, I asked myself: where does all this lead? Before I could think too long, my daughter Rosie brought me a live “cave” cricket she
Spiritual Reflections
Lessons from Behind the Walls
The words of Jesus from Matthew 25:36-40: “I was in prison and you came to visit me. … Whatever you did for the least of these, you did for me.” I felt nervous entering Plainfield Correctional Facility in Plainfield, Indiana in October. I believed that prisons were not at all
Hold On Beautiful Dreamer
Hold On Beautiful Dreamer is a complete re-working of the words from the old African-American spiritual Hold On (Keep Your Eyes On The Prize) or Keep Your Hand On The Plow. I was first introduced to this song through the music of Pete Seeger, the folk singer and civil rights/anti-war
Along the Camino
Jeff Arnold and Joan Effertz have spent time the last few years on a spiritual journey walking different sections of the famed El Camino. They have returned home from their 2019 experience, renewed once again by their pilgrimage. In keeping with the ways of so many Quakers and so many