FJ Poetry: âSpent the day preparing the wayâŚâ
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A Quaker Schoolâs Response to Allegations of Sexual Abuse
Transparency and integrity are put to the test when a decadesâold scandal is revealed.
Spiritual Simplicity
Thereâs more to simplicity than tidying up our physical spaces.
Andrew Huff served with Quaker Voluntary Service in Boston, Mass. in 2015â16. He attends Central Philadelphia (Pa.) Meeting.
Posted in: Features, September 2019
My Year of Living Eschatologically
Awareness of end times comes to a Friend diagnosed with a terminal illness.
Muriel (Mickey) Edgerton is a lifelong Friend, having grown up in the Midwest in Friends United Meeting pastoral worship. She is a graduate of Earlham School of Religion and has been a hospice chaplain for the past 25 years. A 60-year member of Gwynedd (Pa.) Meeting, she is a 15-year resident of Foulkeways at Gwynedd.
Posted in: Features, September 2019
Selling Out to Niceness
The Religious Society of Friendsâ witness is hidden when we elevate niceness over kindness.
Ann Jerome is a member of Orlando (Fla.) Meeting in Southeastern Yearly Meeting. She has twice helped to found worship groups where she lives in Deland, Fla. Recently she served for two years as a Friend in residence at Pendle Hill study center in Wallingford, Pa.
Posted in: Features, September 2019
A Quaker Schoolâs Response to Allegations of Sexual Abuse
Transparency and integrity are put to the test when a decadesâold scandal is revealed.
Erik Hanson is one of the news editors for Friends Journal, along with his wife, Windy Cooler. Erik has served as a friendly adult presence in Baltimore Yearly Meetingâs Youth Program since 2005. He taught English and math at Friends Community School in College Park, Md., from 2006 to 2008.
Posted in: Features, September 2019
Slavery in the Quaker World
Christian slavery and White supremacy.
Katharine Gerbner is associate professor of history at the University of Minnesota. She grew up in Philadelphia, Pa., and graduated from Germantown Friends School. She currently attends Twin Cities Meeting in Saint Paul, Minn.
Posted in: Features, September 2019
Ancestry
FJ Poetry: âThree sisters sitting outsideâŚâ
Anna Murphey lives in Philadelphia, Pa.
Posted in: Poetry, September 2019
Features
Spiritual Simplicity by Andrew Huff
My Year of Living Eschatologically by Muriel Edgerton
Selling Out to Niceness by Ann Jerome
A Quaker Schoolâs Response to Allegations of Sexual Abuse by Erik Hanson
Slavery in the Quaker World by Katharine Gerbner
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Sabbath by Jessie Brown
Ancestry by Anna Murphey
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