November 2011
Articles
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Meeting at the Center
The retiring head of Friends General Conference looks at the divisions among Friends.
8
At the Gathering
This year’s Friends General Conference Gathering took place this past July in Grinnell, Iowa.
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An Obligation of Peace within a Play of Power
From the magazine
A neighborhood police confrontation finds a Friend pushing past expected limits of compassion.
13
The Machine in the Garden
Friends follow up a yearly meeting minute on gas drilling debates by touring “fracking” country.
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Inspiration from Quaker Women of the Past
Unexpected mystical experiences compel a Friend to seek out half-forgotten stories of early Quaker women.
Poems
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Your Language
Departments
- Among Friends, Forum, Viewpoint, Special Books Section, Milestones, Classified, Meetings
