The Religious Society of Pirates

Quaker resistance in a not-so-future world where privacy doesn’t exist.

Joy Weimer

Falling for Friendly Fiction

Introduction to our November issue.

Bread of Life

Preserving the smudges of a life in a church cookbook.

The Religious Society of Pirates

Quaker resistance in a not-so-future world where privacy doesn’t exist.

Hel

Two mysterious strangers play the long game on a shattered world.

Edward Hicks and the Falls of the Niagara

The interior crisis of a landscape painter.

Broomstick

A colonial Quaker witch trial.

Deep Enough for a Lifetime of Exploration

Conversations with Quaker creative writers.

Prisoners of War

With dashes and squeals, two baby boars, / tan with white stripes, flank the lean soldier,

If You Said She Wore Her Heart on Her Sleeve

You could say that she was the sleeve, / she was the entire shirt, and she would give it

Hal the Neighbor

Workers come to repair exterior steps, / siding, walkways, or deliver topsoil and mulch

Forum, November 2024

Letters from our readers.

Faith, Redemptive Grace, and Quaker Meeting for Worship

Redemption is more lifelong than the sanctifying grace of a single covered meeting, but the grace we experience in meeting is a glimpse of that redemption.

Would That All the Lord’s People Were Prophets

Introducing “Bible Study”: a new department category that invites Friends to reflect on Bible passages that have inspired or challenged them

QuakerSpeak, November 2024

The transformative practice of being.

Choose Not to Vote at Your Own Peril

A Friend argues that our religious and civic lives should be seamless.

Quakers Organize Support for Survivors of Hurricane Helene

As of October 10, at least 232 people have died due to Hurricane Helene, CNN reports.

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