Quaker Author Chats

Lively interviews about Quaker thought and life today with authors from “Friends Journal,” the monthly Quaker magazine. Join our editors as they talk with authors about their articles and writing process.

You can subscribe to the Friends Journal YouTube channel and watch interviews going back to 2011 on our Quaker Author Chat playlist.

Kat Griffith Quaker Author Chats

Kat Griffith: Building Relationships Across Politics

Kat Griffith's article, “Rhapsody in Purple,” appears in the Feburary 2025 issue of Friends Journal. Martin Kelley
Joe McHugh Quaker Author Chats

Joe McHugh: Spiritual Fluidity

Joe McHugh's article, "A Graced and Authentic Place: Being Catholic among Quakers," appears in the October 2024 issue. Martin Kelley
Quaker Author Chats

Micah MacColl Nicholson: Freedom to Explore

Micah MacColl Nicholson's "What Kind of Quaker Am I?" appears in the October 2024 issue. Martin Kelley
Quaker Author Chats

Donald W. McCormick: Community and Connection among Quakers

Don McCormick's "Relationships in the Quaker Community" appears in the September 2024 issue. Martin Kelley
Quaker Author Chats

Nancy L. Bieber: Developing Loving Relationships

Nancy L. Bieber's "A Love Letter to My Meeting" appears in the September 2024 issue. Martin Kelley
Quaker Author Chats

Michael Levi: Self-reflection and Community Accountability

Michael Levi's "White Supremacy Culture in My Clerking" appears in the August 2024 issue. Martin Kelley
Quaker Author Chats

Michael Huber: Games and Diversions, Dungeons and Dragons

Michael Huber's "Session Zero: Dungeons & Dragons in the Quaker Community" appears in the August 2024 issue. Martin Kelley
Quaker Author Chats

Barbara Birch: An Intimate, Indwelling Spiritual Presence

A Quaker author chat. Barbara Birch’s “The True Last Supper” appears in the June/July 2024 issue of Friends Journal. The… Martin Kelley
Quaker Author Chats

Steven Dale Davison: Proactively Encouraging Quakers’ Callings

Quaker author Steven Dale Davison was interviewed for his May 2024 article, “Speaking to Our Members’ Conditions.” Steven Dale Davidson… Martin Kelley
Quaker Author Chats

Matt Rosen: Convincement and Membership

Quaker author Matt Rosen was interviewed about his May 2024 article, “The Light Will Be Shining at the End of… Martin Kelley
Quaker Author Chats

John Andrew Gallery: Joseph’s Role as a Loving Father to Jesus

Quaker author John Andrew Gallery is interviewed about his April 2023 article, "The Gospel Model of Fatherly Love." Martin Kelley
Quaker Author Chats

Peter Blood-Patterson: Holding in the Light

Quaker author Peter Blood-Patterson was interviewed about his March 2024 article, "We Are All Held in Love: Reflections on the Practice… Martin Kelley
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