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October 2015: Faithful Living

October 2015 / Faithful Living Realizing Wholeness   Sa’ed Atshan Convergence   Bristol, Teran, Haynes Waking Up in the White Garden   Scott Holmes Quaker Works   Quaker Org Profiles Quaker Books October 2015

Audio

Author Deborah First reads “Israel-Palestine and the Call to Faithful Action”

Excerpt from Israel-Palestine and the Call to Faithful Action: A journey that began 20 years ago with the decision to spend time… Deborah First

Among Friends: The Virtue of Cooperation

Introduction to the issue. Gabriel Ehri
Let's Grow Together

Let’s Grow Together: Interview with EunSung Kim

We are all Quakers: Let's grow together. Jon Berry

Viewpoint: As We Sit Here Together

"I slipped off my shoes beside the door and walked gently into worship." Shannon Palmer

Forum October 2015

Letters from our readers. Staff
Features

Waking up in the White Garden

We are not going to grow a more inclusive garden by sitting around in silence. Scott Holmes
Art

Scenes from the 2015 FGC Gathering of Friends

Photos by Joanne Clapp Fullagar

Quaker Bestsellers 2015

From the 2015 FGC Gathering in Cullowhee, North Carolina 1. A Sustainable Life: Quaker Faith and Practice in the Renewal…

Reviewed by Source: QuakerBooks of FGC

Features

Realizing Wholeness: Reflections from a Gay Palestinian Quaker

Our souls are able to hold all the various parts of who we are. Sa’ed Atshan
Poetry

This Little Light of Mine

FJ Poetry: "When I was five I ran smack into a gravestone..." Kathryn Ailes
Features

Practicing Deep Empathy

Mentoring Those Unlike Ourselves Leslie Madsen-Brooks
Features

Israel-Palestine and the Call to Faithful Action

Worship and reconciliation in Ramallah. Deborah First
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