John Andrew Gallery in Friends Journal

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Holy Saturday Meditation

By John Andrew Gallery on April 1, 2015

The day on which nothing happens. Author podcast available.

John Andrew Gallery lives in Philadelphia, Pa., and is a member of the city’s Chestnut Hill Meeting. In addition to Friends Journal articles and a Pendle Hill pamphlet (#358), John is the author of Living in the Kingdom of God. Information about John and his writings can be found at Johnandrewgallery.com.

Posted in: April 2015: Mentorship: Teaching Our Values, Features

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The Freedom to Build

By John Andrew Gallery on January 31, 2014

A brief history of meetinghouse design and the story of Chestnut Hill Meeting’s new building. 🔒 Friends Journal Member? Sign […]

John Andrew Gallery is a member of Chestnut Hill Meeting in Philadelphia, Pa., and a member of the Arch Street Meeting House Preservation Trust. He is the author of Sacred Sites of Center City, a guide to all the places of worship in Center City Philadelphia, and of Living in the Kingdom of God and other spiritual essays.

Posted in: Features, February 2014

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Books November 2013

By Staff on November 1, 2013

Books reviewed: Gathered: Contemporary Quaker Poets (ed. by Nick McRae); Powerful Beyond Measure: The Legacy of Quaker Leadership in the […]

Posted in: December 2012: Hospitality, November 2013: Books and Writing, Quaker Book Reviews

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A Perspective on the Peace Testimony

By John Andrew Gallery on November 1, 2002

When I applied for membership in the Religious Society of Friends ten years ago, it was easy to tell my […]

John Andrew Gallery is a member of Chestnut Hill Meeting in Philadelphia, Pa., and clerk of Philadelphia Quarterly Meeting. He is the author of a Pendle Hill Pamphlet, Reflections from a Prayer Vigil for Peace. © 2002 John Andrew Gallery

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Traversing a State of Truth

By John Andrew Gallery, with comments by Susan Smith on May 1, 2017

Part two of “Ohio Yearly Meeting Gathering and Quaker Spring.”

John Andrew Gallery is a member of Chestnut Hill Meeting in Philadelphia, Pa., part of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting. He is the author of Living in the Kingdom of God. For more information go to johnandrewgallery.com. Susan Smith is a member of Rockingham Meeting near Harrisonburg, Va., part of Ohio Yearly Meeting.

Posted in: Features, Quaker Summers

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Ohio Yearly Meeting Gathering and Quaker Spring

By John Andrew Gallery, with comments by Susan Smith on February 1, 2017

A Philadelphia Friend finds spiritual renewal in fellowship with Conservative Quakers.

Posted in: Features, February 2017

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Among Friends: Venturing Outside Our Comfort Zones

By Gabriel Ehri on February 1, 2017

An introduction to the February 2017 issue.

Gabriel Ehri is executive director of Friends Journal.

Posted in: Among Friends, February 2017

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On Love

By John Andrew Gallery on December 1, 2011

The Greek language has three words for the one English word “love.” I do not read Greek, and although I […]

John Andrew Gallery is a member of Chestnut Hill Meeting in Philadelphia, Pa. He is the author of the Pendle Hill Pamphlet Reflections from a Prayer Vigil for Peace, and of The Planning of Center City Philadelphia: From William Penn to the Present (2007).

Posted in: Features

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