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Forum April 2013
Letters to FJ.
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Meeting Stressors
Nine dynamics that challenge our worship communities.
Heather M. Cook
Features
When Conflicts Arise
Crisis or Invitation?
Peter Phillips and the New York Yearly Meeting Committee on Conflict Resolution
Features
Changing the “Me” to “We”
Managing conflicts in the absence of shared beliefs.
Benjamin Lloyd
Features
The Need for Eldering
I have a concern about the lack of spirit-led eldering among contemporary Friends. Historically, Quaker elders encouraged the gifts of…
Greg Woods
Being Quaker Is Not the Point
As modern Quakers, we take great pride in our distinctive traditions, procedures, and culture. This is one of the main…
Features
Eldering in the Pages of Friends Journal
Introduction It’s no secret that Friends have issues with authority. From the beginning, Friends have turned to the “Inward Guide”…
Staff
Features
Becoming One Flesh
In the Christian tradition there is a persistent notion that sex is shameful, or at best a necessary evil. This…
William H. Mueller
New Paths in Later Life
When I retired from being an attorney, I wanted to start a new life of service. I first became interested…
Witness
Drone Warfare
I was part of a delegation to Pakistan in October 2012 to address the issue of United States drone warfare.…
Joan Nicholson
Reimagining a Yearly Meeting
Indiana Yearly Meeting has recently split, and we’re in the early stages of setting up a new association of Friends.…
Q&A
Q&A: Rabbi Michael Lerner
Rabbi Michael Lerner is editor of Tikkun magazine, rabbi of Beyt Tikkun synagogue in San Francisco and Berkeley, Calif., and…
Jana Llewellyn and Jane Heil
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