Christmas Reflections

My husband is fond of kidding me about how crammed my dresser drawers always seem to be. In fact, they… Susan Corson-Finnerty

The Wounding and Healing of the Human Spirit

Sometimes when I’m tired—almost too tired—I can’t sleep. I want more food for the world and less suffering. I feel… Daniel Gottlieb

Tree Trust

I’m sitting under the dense canopy of a Mexican elderberry tree. There are two such trees in the front yard… Alicia Adams

Liberal Quaker Journal Publishing to 1955

One of the reasons that historians like Quakers, and why historians have given Quakers attention out of all proportion to… Thomas D. Hamm

Not Another Holiday Letter

2004 was an unusual year. I wrote a Christmas letter on time. After a year’s hiatus from writing a Christmas… Sean Crane

The Father

"How is it that ye sought me? Did you not know that I must be in my Father’s house?" "And… Florence E. Taylor
Features

Christmas Light

Photo by kwasny222 Last year I was not in the mood for the Friends’ holiday party, though it is usually… Eleanor Wright

Christmas – Every Day or Never?

No doubt an old-fashioned Quaker Christmas was a cozy time according to some traditions or records or family memories, but… Henry J. Cadbury

Book Reviews

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The Quaker Faith: Friends of Love and Truth

June 1, 2026

Is Peace Possible?

June 1, 2026

Turning Toward the Victim: The Bible, Sacred Violence, and the End of Scapegoating in Quaker Perspective

June 1, 2026