The development of a sensitive conscience concerning the existing maladjustments, unfair practices, and positive evils of our economic system should be a vital concern to all Friends. ~ Faith and Practice of Wilmington Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends Brian Page, a member of Cincinnati Friends Meeting
A Quaker Response to Crisis
During the current coronavirus outbreak, when Quakers around the world are seeking to minister to those in need, it is inspiring to recall the extraordinary work done by Friends in Ireland, Britain, and the United States to relieve the suffering of the Irish poor during the Great Famine of the
A Migrant with Hope: A Memoir of Peril and Promise
My husband Jim and I were having dinner with Quaker author and friend, Brent Bill, and we were discussing our current writing projects. I asked Brent, “Do you think there is a new audience for my book, A Migrant with Hope?” Brent responded in the affirmative, and encouraged me to
Love in the Time of Coronavirus
This week the hospital where I work started re-deploying many of its staff to help address changing needs during the current coronavirus outbreak. Instead of ministering to people in my usual physical therapy job, my new task is administering a thermometer, taking the temperature of each person who walks through
Managing Coronavirus Anxiety
If you have some anxiety about the coronavirus, here is a skill you might find useful. My psychotherapist taught me that anxiety starts with the emotion of fear in the body. For me, the fear usually showed up in my tense face and gut. Then my brain kicked in, producing