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On the Genesis of Special Issues
Knowing Experimentally
In "Christ-Centeredness and Quaker Identity" (FJ July), R. Scot Miller writes that his "fear is that Quakerism will be swallowed…
A Family Responds to Suspicionless Drug Testing
he whole issue started in the spring of 2006 when I was a freshman in high school. The school district…
Witnessing to Integrity in an Untruthful World
I have to admit, when I think of the traditional Quaker testimonies, Integrity rarely tops the list. It is certainly…
Language and Friends Witness
In our era of mass media, the world is not just "too much with us," as the poet William Wordsworth…
A Sign in My Window
When my neighbor from across the street mentioned to me that members of the youth group from my church were…
Irony in Grade Four
My nine-year-old daughter’s two favorite words this school year have been "sarcastic" and "ironic." Sarcasm was fairly easy to master—after…
Long-Distance Relationships, Or, The Message I Didn't Give in Chapel Hill
Mary introduced us by email. By the time we met in person, Nora and I had pleasantly corresponded by email…
Pilgrim in a Barren Land
After midnight, even on an unseasonably mild November evening, the late-working staffers have gone home and the tourists are back…
Two Quaker Families in Suchitoto
Suchitoto, a small Salvadoran town and municipality (similar to a U.S. county), was virtually emptied during a decade-long internal civil…
Violence on the Playground: An Everyday Struggle
I am standing in the hallway after the students have left, towering over a six-year-old boy who is squeezing showy…
Small Steps toward a More Peaceable Community
Friends have many opportunities each day to witness to our belief that there is that of God in everyone. The…
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Exploring Isaac Penington: Seventeenth-Century Quaker Mystic, Teacher and Activist
April 1, 2024
Wealth Supremacy: How the Extractive Economy and the Biased Rules of Capitalism Drive Today’s Crises
April 1, 2024
Radical Acts of Justice: How Ordinary People Are Dismantling Mass Incarceration
April 1, 2024