Douglas V. Steere

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Douglas V. Steere

Douglas Van Steere (August 31, 1901 – February 6, 1995) was an American Quaker ecumenist and professor of philosophy and theology. Steere organized Quaker post-war relief work in Finland, Norway and Poland, was invited to participate as an ecumenical observer in the Second Vatican Council and co-founded the Ecumenical Institute of Spirituality. He authored, edited, translated and wrote introductions for many books on Quakerism, as well as other religions and philosophy.

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The Greatest Service You Can Perform

"To ‘listen’ another's soul into a condition of disclosure and discovery may be almost the greatest service that any human being ever performs for another. But... Read more.

The Holy Pause

"Have you ever sat with a friend when in the course of an easy and pleasant conversation the talk took a new turn and you both listened avidly to the other and to... Read more.

The Seeds of Concern Are Given for Planting

"In prayer, the seeds of concern have a way of appearing. Often enough a concern begins in a feeling of being liable, personally responsible for someone or some... Read more.

Food is an Open Hand of Friendship

"The revival of Christian hospitality in which the members of the meeting partake of food with one another is essential. Visitors to the meeting and new members... Read more.

Brothering the Souls of Others

Quakers enter the service of silent waiting not alone or in a series of separate reveries but in a company of worshipers; they know something of the needs of their... Read more.