July 2007
Articles
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A Sacred Walk: Parenting as a Way to God
In her son, the Spirit is
8
Quaker Education: Thoughts On Our Words, Our Silence, and a Very Cool Milk Jug Raft
Quakers stand accused of being quiet on important issues and ambiguous when speaking of the Divine.
11
Circle Time
This is an eight-year-old
12
Together-Together: That
She describes techniques used at Powell House in New York with youth and intergenerational groups.
14
How Monthly Meetings Can Support Their Youth
A key is giving them real responsibilities.
16
Building Multigenerational Community within Monthly Meetings
She sees a multigenerational community as more than just an intergenerational one.
20
Children, War Play, Violence (and Barbies)
A mother of boys writes about sex role training.
22
Follow the Child
A Friends boarding school can offer its students self-confidence as well as Quaker values.
24
Why Young Friends Need Elders
26
Being a Friendly Adult Presence in the Lives of Young Friends: What Would Tom Fox Do?
The word
28
Young Friends Need More Substance
Some children prefer to be integrated with adults.
29
Kickapoo Valley Young Friends Choir
What does it mean to be a Quaker process choir?
30
It Takes a Meeting to Raise a Quaker
She thinks a vital community is more important for Young Friends than formal teaching.
32
Friendly Partners Program
This program pairs teenagers and adults in her meeting.
33
Why High School Sucked and How Young Friends Saved My Life
Being respected and being treated as a responsible person make all the difference.
36
Finding Our Place as Young Adult Friends
He offers a perspective on the recent YAF Conference in Burlington, N.J.
38
Forging the Ties that Bind: Supporting Quaker Youth
An adult recalls what helped her in her earlier years to maintain her ties with Friends.
Poems
12
Finding My Quiet Voice Within
Departments
- Among Friends; Forum; Witness: A Young Friend at the UN, A letter from Bolivia, Interning at FCNL, Interning at Friends Journal; Books; News; Bulletin Board; Milestones; Classified.
