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First Words - LOOKING FOR THE FOREST IN THE TREES by Jessamyn Schnackenberg, July 4, 2010

Meditation by Karen Oberst: The God of Darkness, March 14, 2010

Meditation: Equality, by Karen Little, February 14, 2010

What Thrift Stores, Ecclesiastes, and the First Law of Thermodynamics Have to Say about Community
First Words, January 24, 2010 by Jessamyn Schnackenberg

Push Out Into Deep Water - Karen Oberst shared this poem with us this morning (Aug 2, 2009)

What it Means to be a Quaker - Listen to audio clips of interviews of Karen Oberst and Jeanette Rutherford.
Created by Shari and Bill Burke in December 2008.

Declaration of Principles for a Presidential Executive Order on Prisoner Treatment, Torture and Cruelty
endorsed by our meeting August 10, 2008

KF Friends Weblog, created by the KF Friends Writer's group. Great first article "My Own Prison"
by Shari Burke - check it out and add your comments. April 19, 2008

Meditation - Bennacht (Blessing) by Karen Oberst, March 16, 2008

First Words - Peat Soil Fires & Forgiving by Karen Little, March 9, 2008

Letter to the editor of Klamath Falls Herald and News, "U.S. should reject use of inhumane treatment" - February 9, 2008

Letter from Friends Church in Kenya: "To the Leaders of Kenya" - Jan 8, 2008

Building Project - Friends University, Kaimosi, Kenya. - by Doug Bakke
- August, 2007

Our own Karen Oberst has written a book! .... But I tell you was published by Barclay Press in July 2007. Follow the above links to read all about it.

Letter from Uganda 1 - by Ken Magee - March 25, 2007

Letter from Uganda 2 - by Ken Magee - March 31, 2007

Letter from Uganda 3 - by Ken Magee - April 1, 2007

Letter from Uganda 4 - by Ken Magee - April 9, 2007

Forgiveness - More Words from Uganda - by Ken Magee - April 15, 2007

More Words from Uganda - by Ken Magee - April 22, 2007

Ugandan Child - by Ken Magee - April 25, 2007

Final Thoughts on Uganda - by Ken Magee - May 12, 2007

Meditation on Joy - by Karen Little, March 3, 2007

Who Am I? Who Are You? - by Karen L. Oberst - January 28, 2007

Minute on Torture - Our Statement concerning torture - this minute or statement of belief was adopted by our Meeting on May 7, 2006. It was first written by the members of the West Hills Friends Church in Portland, Oregon. It will be shared with Northwest Yearly Meeting, our Representatives in Congress and the President of the United States.

Farewell to a Friend - by Matthew Chandler, a letter in tribute to Tom Fox, slain Christian Peacemaker Team member dated March 12, 2006

Home from Sri Lanka - by Ken Magee - December 3, 2005

Letter from Sri Lanka - by Ken Magee - November 17, 2005

Letter from Sri Lanka - by Jenna Barnett - November 13, 2005

Meditation on Silence - by Karen Little

Letters from Sumatra - by Ken Magee - March 24, 28, and April 2, 2005

Letters from Liberia - by Ken Magee - July 8, 11, 14, 24, 26, 29 and 31, 2004

Captured, a Story from Liberia - by Ken Magee

Reflections on the Beatitudes, by Karen Oberst, A paraphrase of the Beatitudes (Matt 5:3-12) inspired by the original Greek text presented to our meeting as "First Words" on March 14, 2004

Military Draft: A Sleeping Giant Stirs - from the Center on Conscience & War - Washington, DC - February 10, 2004

The Gift of Proverty - By Lynda Baker, sharing her insights on her recent trip to India with "Journey to Freedom."

A "Simplify Your Life" Yard Sale - by Beth Murphy

Letters from Iraq - by Ken Magee

September 19 - 26.
September 27 - October 3
October 5

Journey to Afghanistan, Preface - by Ken Magee

Chapter 1: Day One
Chapter 2: Night and Day
Chapter 3: Kamer Bandi Balq - On the Road to Balq
Chapter 4: Hyroton
Chapter 5: A Day of Rest
Chapter 6: An Ancient Occupation
Chapter 7: The Civilian Hospital
Chapter 8: Downtown Mazar-I-Sharif
Chapter 9: Khorasan
Chapter 10: Coud-e-Barq
Chapter 11: Buzkashi
Chapter 12: Chosen

Minute on Iraq - Our Statement concerning Iraq - this minute or statement of belief was adopted by our Meeting on July 11, 2004. It was presented to the NorthWest Yearly Meeting which took place July 12 through 15th, 2004.

Friendly Actions for Peace - from the Pacific Northwest Region, American Friends Service Committee

Thoughts on War from Times Past - What some great leaders have said about war, a collection of quotes compiled by Mothers4Peace

Memorable Quotes - Concerning Peace
quotes by Henri Nouwen, Mohandas Gandhi, Blaise Pascal and Jacques Ellul.

My Early Life - by Bess King -
          recollections of life in the early 1900s

The Moment - An original poem by Jena Pike

Thoughts on Peace - by Jan McClellan, September 5, 2007