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Reconciling the Irreconcilable
I am deeply grateful to the staff of Friends Journal for doing another arts issue—the first since 1979—and for involving…
Vigilance is Necessary
For one of us, it was difficult to accept the Peace Testimony when first a member of the Religious Society…
Art as Soul's Sanctuary: The Making of a Leading
The stuff of the world is there to be made into images that become for us tabernacles of spirituality and…
An Interview with Chuck Fager
Chuck Fager is clerk of the Fellowship of Quakers in the Arts (FQA). He has recently been appointed director of…
Quakers' and Everyones' Need for the Arts
It is quite clear that Quakers need the fine arts. Efforts to make up for the slights that the arts…
Quakers on the Arts, 1658-1995
All ye poets, jesters, rhymers, makers of verses and ballads, who bend your wits to please novelties, light minds, who…
Reflections on the Life and Art of Asa Watkins
Asa Watkins died in June 2001 at age 84. After reflecting for some time on the news of his passing,…
Music and the Spirit of Creativity
My musical saga began at the age of ten. I had heard and was moved by music all my life,…
A Celebration of Life and Death
Nothing heals grief but grieving, a truth that is illustrated in Cathy Weber’s Grief Series, 20 paintings that she began…
Jack's Last Day
The morning before Jack died I drew the death card and knew without question its symbolic as well as literal…
Reflections on My Creative Journey
Contemplating "Friends in the Arts" has drawn me into thinking about Quakers and creativity, and how this vital force has…
Light Made Tangible
Friends often seem to me not only puritanically suspicious of beauty, unless it occurs in nature—trees, landscapes, sunrises—but actually disapproving…
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Exploring Isaac Penington: Seventeenth-Century Quaker Mystic, Teacher and Activist
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Wealth Supremacy: How the Extractive Economy and the Biased Rules of Capitalism Drive Today’s Crises
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Radical Acts of Justice: How Ordinary People Are Dismantling Mass Incarceration
April 1, 2024