When Fire Comes

A Quaker practice of starting over.

Amy Cooke

The Noises of Our Silences

Introduction to our August issue.

How Can I Keep from Singing?

The marvelous mystery of worship-fluid meetings.

Experiments in Silent Worship

Reflections in three movements.

The Quaker Ministry of Silence and the Bible

The biblical roots of silent worship as experienced by a Salvadoran Friend.

What Can We Say?

Six essentials of Quaker faith.

The Gift of Good Boundaries

What I’ve learned from Eleanor Dart.

Child Safeguarding in Quaker Spaces

Truth and transparency in dealing with abuse.

Credo

I believe / there is always hope.

Carried

The log where my dad perched as a bluebird / in the full sun

By the Pond

Turtles bask, / heads up, / in sun.

Forum, August 2026

Letters from our readers.

Money and Ethical Finance? Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell

Peterson Toscano talks about how, in life and work, after much searching he has found a way to harmoniously combine spirituality and money.

Peace, Silence, and the Inner Light

The author's uniquely powerful experience among the Quakers of Monteverde: silence, community diversity, and connection with nature.

Resurrecting a Forgotten Friend

Appoquinimink Meeting honors abolitionist John Alston 152 years after his death.

And After the Fire a Sound of Sheer Silence

The Bible Study column runs four times a year in the February, May, August, and November issues.

QuakerSpeak, August 2026

Everything you need to know about Quakerism.

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