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Archive | March, 2012

Serving Community Peacekeepers

By Eleanor Jo (Joey) Rodger on March 16, 2012

A Friend finds a path to peacemaking by becoming a police chaplain.

A partially-retired public librarian, Joey Rodger is a member of Evanston (Ill.) Friends Meeting where she serves on Ministry and Counsel. As noted above, she also serves as Acting Executive Director for PeaceAble Cities: Evanston. <a href='http://www.peaceablecitiesevanston.org'>www.peaceablecitiesevanston.org</a>.

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Bayard Rustin at Swarthmore College

By Newton Garver on March 16, 2012

Bayard Rustin’s spiritual depth has been widely overlooked and deserves to be brought back to our attention.

Newton Garver is a 1951 graduate of Swarthmore College, a member of Buffalo (N.Y.) Meeting, and President of the Bolivian Quaker Education Fund. He lives with his wife Anneliese in East Concord N.Y., where Bayard visited them a couple of times.

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Martha Ellicott Tyson

By Virginia Schurman on March 1, 2012

A profile of the Baltimore Quaker elder and minister (1795–1873)

Virginia Schurman is a long-time member of Gunpowder (Sparks, Md.) Meeting of Baltimore Yearly Meeting and has led many retreats and workshops and has taught classes on spiritual subjects among Friends. She currently is researching and writing a biography of Martha Ellicott Tyson, exploring the intertwining of African American and Quaker history and culture. She is a member of the Farmstead Committee and of the Board of the Benjamin Banneker Historical Park and Museum in Oella, Md.

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Modern Germany and the Lessons of WWII

By Debbie Zlotowitz on March 1, 2012

I recently spent a fascinating two weeks as part of the Transatlantic Outreach Program’s (TOP) study tour of Germany. Traveling […]

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April Forum 2012

By on March 1, 2012

Fetishization of biblical passages I was glad to see David Zarembka’s letter about African Friends in your February issue. I […]

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Book Reviews: April 2012

By Staff on March 1, 2012

Bob Dockhorn on Carol Faulkner’s Lucretia Mott’s Heresy, Tom Hamm on Elizabeth Taylor Stirredge’s Strength in Weakness Manifest, and more […]

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May Forum 2012

By No author on March 1, 2012

Lucretia, I wish I had known you! For twenty years I’ve helped tend the grave of Quaker abolitionist and women’s […]

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Walking From Shadows Into Light

By Peter Lang on March 1, 2012

“… for we walk by faith not by sight.” (2 Corinthians 5:7) As a retired person, walking has become a way […]

Peter Lang lives in Morris Plains, NJ, and is a member of Chatham-Summit Meeting. As a Traveling Friend, Peter has visited numerous meetings in Philadelphia Yearly Meeting and New York Yearly Meeting sharing his program, "My Journey with Thomas Kelly; Seeking the Light Within."

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April News 2012

By No author on March 1, 2012

FWCC General Secretary nomination Gretchen Castle of Philadelphia nominated to serve as FWCC General Secretary. The Central Executive Committee of Friends […]

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Book Reviews: May 2012

By Lisa Rand, Michelle McAtee, Jim Foritano, Vickie LeCroy, Alison James, Tom Farley, Sandy Farley, Dee Cameron, Lucinda Hathaway, David Austin, Gwen Gosney Erickson, Emmy Gay, Meagan Healy, Rosalie Dance on March 1, 2012

Peace on Earth: Poems and Prayers for Peace By Sophie Piper. Illustrated by Giuliano Ferri. Lion UK, 2011. 48 pages. $9.99/Hardcover. […]

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