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	Quaker Life May/June2006 Creating a Generous Heart
Valiant for Truth	Contents
By Patricia Edwards-Konic It’s Spring! The seed catalogs arrived and are on the table, on the couch and in the magazine basket. Gardening ideas are floating in the air, but now it’s time to begin planning how and what I will cultivate in my garden. The routine is the same every year: prepare the ground, plant, water, fertilize and then enjoyment! The fragrance of the flowers; the flavor of the vegetables! Just makes my nose itch and my mouth water to think of such summer joys. But do we spend as much time and energy cultivating our souls? Creating generous hearts? Becoming the sweet fragrance of Christ? “For we are the sweet fragrance of Christ among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing,” writes Paul. (2 Corinthians 2:15) Just as the scent of the honeysuckle floats throughout the neighborhood, I long to have the same far-reaching fragrance to reach others. And I am inspired by the aroma of others—stories shared in this issue: Dustin King, a teenager who is raising big bucks for Friends in Turkana; Tom Fox, who laid down his life to serve God; Louise Milbourn and the Wood family who integrated her into their family for five years; The stories of Friends now in Chechnyan schools; The work team that ministered in Belize; and…much more. The fragrance of Friends is floating throughout the world. May we cultivate it to create more generous hearts. ______________________________________ On the Cover Remembering Tom Fox Tom Fox joined Christian Peacemaker Teams (CPT) in 2004 and worked with Iraq and Palestine projects. He was known for his deep commitment to nonviolence and his belief in the power of love to overcome violence. Tom went to Iraq to work for justice and dignity for Iraqis. He was abducted in Baghdad on November 26, 2005, with three other CPTers, and his body was found March 10, 2006. Tom was a member of Langley Hill Friends Meeting, Virginia. Photo courtesy of www.cpt.org	10 No Greater Love By Trish Edwards-Konic Tom Fox was a committed Christian who paid the ultimate sacrifice and continues to make a difference in our world. Read what an ordinary man who listens to God can do. 12 A Generous Quakerism Using Brian McLaren’s book, A Generous Orthodoxy, the author applies those principles to Quakerism. What do you think it would take to bring forward a generous Quakerism? 14 50 Years Later: The Kickapoo Friends Center Work Camp By Charles Wayne Stout, Assisted by Jane Jackson Drury Fifty years ago, 18 young Friends meet at Kickapoo Friends Center to construct a multipurpose building. Still standing, two participants reflect on their experience. 16 Quaker Book Sent to Chechnyan Schools By Valery Nicolsky Almost 3000 copies of The Power of Goodness; Stories of Nonviolence and Reconcilation were donated to Chechnyan schools. With text in three languages, it will be used by teachers and students of English. _______________________________ Features 4 News from Friends United Meeting 7 FUM Staff/Contact Information 9 Soul Food First Fruits Kelly Kellum 17 Soul Food The Importance of Emptiness Sara Beth Terrell 18 Family Life 21 News 23 Reviews 24 Passages 28 Classifieds 30 Meeting Directory 33 Friends United Meeting Member Yearly Meetings 34 Viewpoints