One reason is that Quakers consider silence a sacred place, a special and set apart meeting place — that is where people can encounter the living God.

The real and imagined differences between liberal and conservative Quakers stem from complex historical, social, and theological forces.

He liked the name, thank you very much, because he thought everyone should quake before the love of God. So here we are.

As I walked through the icy streets—thinking of how much harder it was for King to march given the violences that threatened and ultimate stole life—I imagined Soleimani. I held Soleimani in my thoughts and in my heart and said to myself, through my ignorance and the unconscionable evil he committed, “I love you, Qasem. God teach me to love you.”

Standing before the overwhelming problem of homelessness, I often feel helpless.