Quaker Life, Gentleness, Summer 2022 Easter The spiritual exercises at the

The spiritual exercises at the end of each chapter draw on Howard Thurman’s work to challenge us—if  we practice these exercises seriously and with commitment—to develop a new view of our opponents

and Christian character

Centuries ago

Ireland's Nobel Peace Laureate John Hume and other great leaders who have battled to end the brutality against the people and causes they cherish

Quaker Life, Gentleness, Summer 2022 Easter The spiritual exercises at thePurchase a single copy of the Summer 2022 issue of Quaker Life: A mosaic of Friendly living on the theme of Gentleness. To make a safe home for small children, to comfort one person in sorrow, to do ones work as efficiently as possible, to listen with understanding, to be gentle with the old and courteous to the youngthese are the humble tasks to which most men and women are called.1 To ask people to write about gentleness is to discover, after the