Thomas—Lee B. Thomas, 90, on August 23, 2016, in Louisville, Ky. Lee was born on May 27, 1926, in Washington […]
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Benjamin Harrison Thomas
Thomas—Benjamin Harrison Thomas, 76, on November 14, 2017, at home in Ukiah, Calif. Benj was born on March 15, 1941, […]
Posted in: Milestones, What Are Quaker Values Anyway?
Powerful Quakers
The nuts and bolts of decision making among Baltimore young Friends.
Lukas "Sunshine" Austin is a young Friend attending Stony Run Meeting in Baltimore, Md. They enjoy reading, writing, and long walks in the woods. This is their first publication.
Posted in: Features, What Are Quaker Values Anyway?
Milestones May 2014
Births, deaths, and marriages. 🔒 Friends Journal Member? Sign in here! Not an FJ member? To read this piece, please […]
Posted in: May 2014: Mental Health and Wellness, Milestones
Thomas Kelly
Thomas Kelly is the first of four activist Friends that I intend to write about in this column over the […]
Sharing Our Faith with the Nones
Marketing ourselves to the “spiritual but not religious.”
Thomas H. Jeavons is a scholar-in-residence at the Earlham School of Religion. He was general secretary of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting from 1996 to 2006 and executive secretary of Baltimore Yearly Meeting from 1978 to 1988. He remains a member of Swarthmore (Pa.) Meeting though he currently lives in Indiana. The original speech on which this article is based can be found at Esr.earlham.edu.
Posted in: December 2013: Outside the Quaker Bubble, Features
A Mysticism for Our Time
Rediscovering the spiritual writings of Thomas R. Kelly.
L. Roger Owens teaches spirituality and ministry at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary and is the author of What We Need Is Here: Practicing the Heart of Christian Spirituality.
Posted in: Features, September 2017
Friends Journal Reviewer Survey
Our volunteer reviewers share some of their all‐time favorite books for Quakers.
Medical Problems of the Ghetto (1969)
From the FJ archives. A doctor provides healthcare for the poor. This first appeared November 15, 1969.
This article first appeared November 15, 1969, with the following contributor biography: Joan E. Thomas joined the Society of Friends more than 20 years ago. She acquired her medical degree in 1966, despite heavy family responsibilities, and has been practicing in a poor section of Louisville for a year and a half.
Posted in: January 2013: Privilege
Strained, Breathless, and Hurried: Learning from the Life of Thomas R. Kelly
The breakneck pace of our over‐scheduled lives often serves as an obstacle to the cultivation of spiritual wisdom. For some, […]
Chad Thralls is currently a visiting professor of Christian Spirituality at Fordham University's Graduate School of Religion and Religious Education. A Presbyterian with a soft spot for Quaker authors Rufus Jones, Thomas Kelly, and Douglas Steere, he was awarded a Gest Fellowship from Haverford Library Special Collections to conduct research on Thomas Kelly. He can be reached at [email protected] yahoo.com.
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