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Walk Humbly, Serve Boldly: Modern Quakers as Everyday Prophets

By Reviewed by Marty Grundy on February 1, 2019

By Margery Post Abbott. Inner Light Books, 2018. 478 pages. $45/hardcover; $30/paperback; $12.50/eBook. Margery Post Abbott’s latest book presents Friends […]

Marty Grundy is now a member of Wellesley (Mass.) Meeting, New England Yearly Meeting.

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Modern Psalms in Search of Peace and Justice

By Reviewed by William Shetter on February 1, 2019

By Dwight L. Wilson, illustrated by Nancy Marstaller. Friends United Press, 2017. 226 pages. $16/paperback. The psalms of the Bible […]

William Shetter is a member of Bloomington (Ind.) Meeting. His thoughts on "The Psalms as Spiritual Directors" are scheduled to appear in the March 2019 issue of Presence.

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An Encounter between Quaker Mysticism and Taoism in Everyday Life

By Reviewed by Bob Dixon-Kolar on February 1, 2019

By Cho‐Nyon Kim. James Backhouse Lectures, 2018. 38 pages. $14/pamphlet; $8/eBook. The slender, intriguing pamphlet An Encounter between Quaker Mysticism […]

Bob Dixon-Kolar is an assistant professor of English at College of DuPage in Glen Ellyn, Ill. He and his family are members of Evanston (Ill.) Meeting.

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Art as Soul’s Sanctuary: Meditations On Arts and Spirituality among Quakers and Beyond

By Reviewed by Patricia Morrison on February 1, 2019

By Jennifer Elam. Pendle Hill Pamphlets (number 452), 2018. 34 pages. $7/pamphlet. Jennifer Elam is a psychologist, Quaker, and artist/writer/dancer […]

Patricia Morrison attends South Mountain Meeting (NPYM) in Ashland, Ore. She works with artists, writers, musicians, and creative professionals to help them make a living, make a life, and make a difference (innerfireouterlight.com). She is working on a book about how to make work that is at the intersection of creativity and social good financially and otherwise sustainable.

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Creation and the Cross: The Mercy of God for a Planet in Peril

By Reviewed by Brian Drayton on February 1, 2019

By Elizabeth A. Johnson. Orbis Books, 2018. 256 pages. $28/hardcover; $26/paperback; $22.50/eBook. “The creation waits eagerly for the children of […]

Brian Drayton worships with the new Souhegan Meeting in Wilton, N.H., allowed by Weare (N.H.) Meeting.

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The Green Burial Guidebook: Everything You Need to Plan an Affordable, Environmentally Friendly Burial

By Reviewed by Ruah Swennerfelt on February 1, 2019

By Elizabeth Fournier. New World Library, 2018. 208 pages. $15.95/paperback; $12.76/eBook. I’ve been interested in the idea of a green […]

Ruah Swennerfelt is a member of Burlington (Vt.) Meeting. She has worked for Earth for many decades and currently is involved in the international Transition Town Movement.

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Poems from the Myst

By Books In Brief: Review by Karie Firoozmand on February 1, 2019

By Michael Resman. Zumbro River Press, 2018. 176 pages. $7.40/paperback; $0.99/eBook. Deep sharing is a gift, and Michael Resman is […]

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The Beauty Queen of Bonthe and Other Stories of West Africa

By Books In Brief: Review by Karie Firoozmand on February 1, 2019

By Gregory A. Barnes. FriendsPress, 2018. 194 pages. $12/paperback. It was a pleasure to read some of this collection and […]

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Quakers: The Quiet Revolutionaries

By Books In Brief: Review by Karie Firoozmand on February 1, 2019

Directed by Janet P. Gardner. Gardner Documentary Group, 2018. 108 minutes. See Quakersthefilm​.com for more information. Friend Janet Gardner and […]

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We Face the Dawn: Oliver Hill, Spottswood Robinson, and the Legal Team That Dismantled Jim Crow

By Books In Brief: Review by Karie Firoozmand on February 1, 2019

By Margaret Edds. University of Virginia Press, 2018. 424 pages. $29.95/hardcover or eBook; $24.95/paperback. Friend Margaret Edds, a journalist by […]

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