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Marking the Quaker Path: Seven Key Words Plus One

By Reviewed by Marty Grundy on November 1, 2016

By Robert Griswold. Pendle Hill Pamphlets (number 439), 2016. 34 pages. $7/pamphlet. Robert Griswold offers this brief pamphlet in an [鈥

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

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Queer Virtue: What LGBTQ People Know About Life and Love and How It Can Revitalize Christianity

By Reviewed by Mitchell Santine Gould on November 1, 2016

By Reverend Elizabeth M. Edman. Beacon Press, 2016. 181 pages. $25.95/hardcover; $24.99/eBook. Before we begin, let us pause for a [鈥

Mitchell Santine Gould is a gay and Quaker historian who is writing a book on Walt Whitman. He runs an Airbnb destination in Portland, Ore., called PDX Wheelhouse, and is the curator of Leavesofgrass.org.

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Two Dogs and a Parrot: What Our Animal Friends Can Teach Us About Life

By Reviewed by Phila Hoopes on November 1, 2016

By Joan Chittister. BlueBridge Books, 2015. 185 pages. $18.95/hardcover; $17.99/eBook. In the book of Genesis, God brought the animals to [鈥

Phila Hoopes is a freelance copywriter, poet, and blogger (soulpathsthejourney.org). A student of聽creation spirituality聽and permaculture, she has a passion for tracking deep connections in the mystical experience of the Divine across faith traditions. She is a member of Homewood Meeting in Baltimore, Md.

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Starting Something New: Spiritual Direction for Your God鈥怗iven Dream

By Reviewed by Patricia Morrison on November 1, 2016

By Beth A. Booram. InterVarsity Press, 2015. 181 pages. $16/paperback; $15.99/eBook. Discerning, supporting, and following our leadings while helping each [鈥

Patricia Morrison is currently the clerk of South Mountain Meeting in Ashland, Ore. A folk singer/songwriter helping create a farm sanctuary, she also works with artists, writers, musicians, and creative professionals to help them shine their light into the world with focus, funding, and fulfillment (more at innerfireouterlight.com).

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Learning from Old Masters

By Reviewed by Catherine Wald on November 1, 2016

By Jane Elkington Wohl. Fithian Press, 2016. 76 pages. $14/paperback. This book is aptly titled. The author, a member of [鈥

Catherine Wald is a poet and freelance writer whose first chapbook, Distant, Burned-out Stars, was published by Finishing Line Press. She is a member of Amawalk (N.Y.) Meeting.

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