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Confessions of an Ex-Elder

"In the early days / before the great divorce / we used the dreadful language / of compliance..." Nancy Thomas
Among Friends

On Righting the Quaker Community

Introducing our October issue. Gabriel Ehri
Poetry

Receive Me

. . . and a woman named Martha received him into her house. Luke 10:38 Paul Willis
Poetry

Perennials

"When I biked up the hills / to your house, I saw you / planting bulbs in your yard..." Mary Timberlake
Forum

Forum, October 2021

Letters from our readers. Staff
Humor

A Quakerly Method for Mouse Removal

A Quaker mouse-catcher story. Jan Hutton
Witness

Taking on Mass Incarceration in Philadelphia

Central Philadelphia (Pa.) Meeting breathes new life into the meeting’s corporate commitment to respond to the great evil of mass… Pamela Haines

Holly Sue Anderson

Anderson—Holly Sue Anderson, 68, on January 14, 2021, after a brief hospitalization for cardiopulmonary complications, in Santa Monica, Calif. Holly…

Gretchen (Gay) Smart Berger

Berger—Gretchen (Gay) Smart Berger, 91, on January 6, 2021, with her children by her side, at Kendal on Hudson, a…

Alice Grace Chalip

Chalip—Alice Grace Chalip, 90, on October 15, 2020, in Alameda, Calif. Alice was born on June 30, 1930, to Morris…

John Kevin Gaffney

Gaffney—John Kevin Gaffney, 70, on April 12, 2020, at home in Providence, R.I. John was born on May 15, 1949,…

Lydia Anne Crosman Hiltner

Hiltner—Lydia Anne Crosman Hiltner, 90, on January 14, 2021, peacefully in her sleep with family singing songs to her and…
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Valerie Bertinelli and James Claypoole’s Letter Book

September 10, 2014

Thanks and Wow: Two Prayers from Anne Lamott’s Latest

February 11, 2013

Asking for Help: Anne Lamott’s Help, Thanks, Wow

January 30, 2013