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February full issue access
Members can download the full PDF or read any article online.
Staff
Among Friends: Venturing Outside Our Comfort Zones
An introduction to the February 2017 issue.
Viewpoint
Silence in the Noise
The world is so noisy, especially now. We are surrounded by so much racket that it’s hard to discern how…
Mary Braden
Forum, February 2017
Letters and commentary from our readers.
Features
Seven Tasks to Heal the World
Simple actions each of us can take to heal our hearts and the hearts of others.
Michael Soika
Online Features
Respect Is the Heartbeat of Standing Rock
Quaker Earthcare Witness visits the Dakota Access Pipeline protest camps.
Shelley Tanenbaum
Features
Mystical Experience, the Bedrock of Quaker Faith
We are not passive, empty vessels hoping to be filled; we have to move toward God.
Robert Atchley
Features
I Am Not a Religious Person
The literalness of religion vs. the litheness of spirituality.
Sarah Pennock Neuville
Features
Ohio Yearly Meeting Gathering and Quaker Spring
A Philadelphia Friend finds spiritual renewal in fellowship with Conservative Quakers.
John Andrew Gallery, with comments by Susan Smith
Poetry
Wallops Island Celestial Meeting
FJ Poetry: "Wallops Island morning launch..."
George Eastburn
Online Features
New Year’s top five: The most popular articles of 2016
Our annual list of the top-five most read articles of the past year.
Staff
Poetry
Where is Your Brother?
FJ Poetry: "She watched him die again and again, again and again all night on the all-night news..."
Dudley Warman
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