David Chandler, Collected Writings

The collection of writings that follows may be of interest to

a) those who know me,
b) those who once knew me and wonder how I "went bad",
c) those who thought they knew me but didn't know I was interested in anything except physics, math, and astronomy, and
d) possibly others.

The individual writings, which span a 30 year period, are in a variety of formats: essays, articles, chapel talks, letters to the editor, Op Ed pieces, a "blog" and several web sites. Each piece stands on its own, written for a specific occasion with no thought of building toward a larger work. Their loose coherence as a body of work emerges only in retrospect.

I have changed along the way. I grew up in a loving, apolitical, nominally Republican, religiously conservative, Protestant home. I am now politically progressive, religiously a liberal Quaker, and an activist for peace and social justice. The changes came about incrementally, not through rebellion. The writings are not about this changing worldview, but they echo it.

I welcome dialogue to the extent that time and energy allow. E-mail Link

From My College and Seminary Days

Webb School Chapel Talks

Working with Refugees

Politics and Conscience

The Quaker Perspective


Other Collections of Writings


Some of the Web Sites I Author or Maintain