Illuminating a Quaker Way of Stewardship

Introduction to our December issue.

Gabriel Ehri

Connection and Belonging

A deeper perspective on stewardship.

Pamela Haines

Stewarding Our Time

The Nimble Responders experiment.

Kat Griffith

Dream Protectors

Stewarding the heart visions of our children.

Deborah B. Ramsey

God Loves a Cheerful Giver

A Quaker approach to charity.

Judith Appleby

The Quaker Covenant with Creation

A testimony of earthcare love.

Steven Davison

The Quaker Stewards of Costa Rica’s Monteverde Cloud Forest

Testimony in practice.

Sharlee DiMenichi

Sparrow

Be like a sparrow, that parakeet in drab. / Yes, teeter on Niagara’s brink, / but don’t be greedy. Drink the flood

Richard Schiffman

House of Bread

I once spent an afternoon in Laja. / A small town on the Bolivian altiplano, / Laja is a village of bakers.

Nancy Thomas

Tranquility

Ceasefires rarely last, / But wonders never cease. / And I’ve heard how once on Christmas Eve

David Cameron

Forum, December 2023

Letters from our readers.

Staff

Susie and the Advent Garden

A meeting's annual tradition marks the passage of time and generations.

Rob Levin

December 2023 Book Reviews

December 2023 Book Reviews

Young Friends Bookshelf

Eileen Redden

Charlotte Ingrid Miller

Miller—Charlotte Ingrid Miller, 77, on July 10, 2022, surrounded by her husband and children in home hospice in Denver, Colo.…

Staff

QuakerSpeak, December 2023

Spirituality on the road.

Christopher Cuthrell

We Only Survive If We All Survive

Reflections on Gaza, genocide, and co-liberation.

Lucy Duncan

Load More

Eric Sabelman on Empty Boots

The metaphor of a soldier’s empty boots was inspired by AFSC’s “Eyes Wide Open” exhibit opposing…
Chris Stern on All the Way Back to George Fox

The difference I see in these two movements is that the Charismatic movement sees itself in…
Albert Bellg on Speaking Up for Palestinian Rights Now

Are Quakers really being led by the Light to speak up for the rights and safety…
Irene McHenry on On Repentance and Repair: Making Amends in an Unapologetic World

Thank you for this in-depth review of Danya Ruttenberg’s book On Repentence and Repair. The Jewish…

QuakerSpeak

The Lasting Trauma of Quaker Indigenous Boarding Schools

A Quaker Way to Earth Care

How Quaker Testimonies Can Combat White Supremacy

What is Discernment?

Spirituality on the Road: Five Years of Quaker RV Living

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