Gail Whiffen

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Divisions in North Carolina Yearly Meeting (FUM)

Growing division in the body of NCYM (FUM) will be addressed on Saturday, November 1. Max L. Carter

Friends Journal comments on MLK Jr.’s 1964 Nobel Peace Prize win

Today marks 50 years since Martin Luther King Jr. was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize on October 14, 1964. At 35… gailwhiffen

Viewpoint: Why Quakers should divest from fossil fuels

Our Quaker faith, with its values of peace, stewardship of the Earth, simplicity, and equality points to climate change as… gailwhiffen

Online Features

Pete Seeger and Friends

A musical Friend shares stories of the peace-loving folksinger Pete Seeger, who passed away on January 27, 2014. Peter Blood

From the Archives: Book Reviews of Young Adult Friends’ Picks

Out of the 14 books (and 1 blog) recommended by young adult Friends in the November 2013 issue, 5 titles… gailwhiffen

Student Voices Project: Dear President

We're inviting middle and high school students to add their voices to our community of readers. Deadline: February 13, 2017.… FJ Staff

Just A Number

When it comes to age, we're all in sweet denial gailwhiffen

Washing

They wash us so we will wash others gailwhiffen

On Being 80

Celestial gardens dare to bloom gailwhiffen

October Sunset

Suspended in a sky of sunset washed clouds gailwhiffen

Time Leaves No Shadow

Climbing the stairway to old age gailwhiffen

Guest Viewpoint

A Pacifist Reconsiders Military Action in Syria

A foreign-born Quaker pacifist abstains from the missile strikes debate. Glen Retief

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