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AFSC fires Director of Friends Relations following public criticism of restructuring plan

On Saturday, December 18, 2021, Western Friend published an open letter written by AFSC Director of Friends Relations Lucy Duncan… FJ News Editors

ESR launches Congregational Leadership Center

Earlham School of Religion (ESR), with a million-dollar grant from the Lilly Endowment, is establishing the Quaker Center for Transformational… FJ News Editors

Guilford College reaches fundraising goal

On December 16, 2021, Guilford College in Greensboro, N.C., announced that it had reached its goal to raise $6 million.… FJ News Editors

Heroes and Role Models

Introduction to our January issue. Martin Kelley

Monument

"Your eyes are cells of shadow. / Your hands are empty...." Anne Myles

Lifeline

"It was the little old ladies in tennis shoes / who saved my life when I was young.…" Pamela Haines

These Times

"These times have left us nothing to defend, / And Rigel arcs its way into the night. . . ." Charles Thomas

Forum, January 2022

Letters from our readers. Staff

Why Self-esteem Is Overrated and What We Should Nurture Instead

What if instead of nurturing self-esteem, we nurtured a capacity for awe? Kat Griffith

David Rich Bruner

Bruner—David Rich Bruner, 87, on June 3, 2021, at Mt. San Antonio Gardens, a retirement community in Pomona, Calif. David…

Helen Meredith Ellis Little

Little—Helen Meredith Ellis Little, 86, on May 15, 2020, peacefully, in Tucson, Ariz. Meredith was born on March 10, 1934,…

Harry Stephen Massey

Massey—Harry Stephen Massey, 65, on April 2, 2021, at Friends Homes, a Quaker-affiliated continuing care retirement community in Greensboro, N.C.…

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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