Quakers Must Take a Position on Abortion

Friends’ posture of silence in the matter of abortion must change.

Erick Williams

Poetry

Birthing Still

"Having not given birth to a child, / I have not held the echo of my husband’s smile…"

Sandra K. Olson

Among Friends

Wrestling with the Peace Testimony

Introduction to our August issue.

Martin Kelley

Features

Do Friends Still Need the Peace Testimony?

Reclaiming the gospel power of the 1660 Declaration.

Adria Gulizia

Features

Rejecting the False Reality

A Recommitment to the Peace Testimony.

Patience A. Schenck

Features

Loyalty and War

A Vet Confronts a Peace Activist.

George Lakey

Poetry

Breathing

"God and I play a game. / She blows air into me. / I blow it back at her…"

Christine Hall Stinson

Poetry

Labyrinth

"Take these rocks you’ve carried from forever / The ones that make your shoulders ache and tense…"

Melissa Foster

Forum

Forum, August 2022

Letters from our readers.

Staff

Viewpoint

No Time but This Present

Where do we stand with our peace testimony?

Stephen Collett

Remembrance

Summers at Journey’s End Farm Camp

The author remembers formative summers growing up.

Naomi Bindman

QuakerSpeak

QuakerSpeak, August 2022

Scattergood Hostel: A Quaker response to the Holocaust.

Staff

News

Friends Academy students fold 2,977 peace cranes to honor 9/11 victims

In June, after ten months of folding origami paper cranes, students at Friends Academy in Locust Valley, N.Y., completed 2,977…

FJ News Editors

Images from three of the most widely read Friends Journal articles in the first six months of 2022.

Uncategorized

Our Top Five Articles for 2022 (So Far)

What's captured readers' attention in recent months?

FJ Editorial Staff

Features

Meeting for Business as Spiritual Rehearsal

How can we apply lessons from our worship in our decision making?

John Andrew Gallery

News

Inner Light Books joins Barclay Press

The operations of Quaker publishing house Inner Light Books will be carried on by Barclay Press following the retirement of…

FJ News Editors

James F Zemboy on Quakerism in a Classic American Novel

That was very interesting; thank you. I stumbled on it today because I’ve been reading Hawthorne’s…
Richard Grossman on Quakers Must Take a Position on Abortion

I am a retired OB-GYN and performed abortions for 43 years–40 years in practice (mainly at…
Paul Landskroener on Quakers Must Take a Position on Abortion

From my perspective, the “pro choice” movement has long undermined its credibility by refusing to acknowledge…
Deb Fink on Quakers Must Take a Position on Abortion

It is true that, without a sense of unity on abortion, FCNL does not currently lobby…