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To Live Deliberately

By Kirsten Backstrom on July 1, 2004

Henry David Thoreau explained his famous sojourn at Walden Pond with the words, “I went to the woods because I […]

Kirsten Backstrom is a member of Multnomah Meeting in Portland, Oreg. She is the author of a Pendle Hill Pamphlet, In Beauty: A Quaker Approach to End-of-Life Care.

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Our Contributions are Vital, even at the End

By Kirsten Backstrom on April 1, 2002

The Viewpoint letter “Healthcare at the End of Life” (FJ Oct. 2001) addressed several concerns on which many of us […]

Kirsten Backstrom is a member of Multnomah (Oreg.) Meeting.

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Be Thou Perfect

By Kirsten Backstrom on May 1, 2001

Perfection is not a static state of self‐satisfaction. It not only permits growth, it requires growth. Did not Christ grow […]

Kirsten Backstrom, a member of Multnomah Meeting in Portland, Oregon, is a frequent contributor to Friends Journal.

Posted in: Features, May 2001
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What Quality?

By Kirsten Backstrom on February 1, 1999
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Books January 2013

By Staff on December 26, 2012

Ending Cycles of Violence: Kenyan Quaker Peacemaking Response after the 2007 Election By Judy Lumb. Producciones de la Hamaca (Belize) […]

Posted in: January 2013: Privilege, Quaker Book Reviews
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