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Gretchen Castle Becomes ESR Dean

Gretchen Castle becomes the first female dean of the Earlham School of Religion (ESR) with the beginning of her term… FJ News Editors

Quaker Organizations Launch Racial Justice Initiative

On June 16, 2021, a coalition of four Quaker organizations announced a new initiative, Quakers Uprooting Racism, designed ”to accelerate… FJ News Editors

Diane Randall to Leave Friends Committee on National Legislation

Diane Randall will leave her post as general secretary of Friends Committee on National Legislation (FCNL) at the end of… FJ News Editors

Prophetic Quaker Communities

Introduction to our June-July issue. Martin Kelley

The Roses

"Beyond the wall the distant roses shone, / the roses not their roses, not their own..." Paul Willis

Right Plant, Right Place

Since we chose our seeds / to cast upon rocky soil, / let's not blame the ground. Margaret Fisher

If You Can’t Love an Ordinary Bird

"If you can’t love an ordinary bird, / a cardinal, for example, on a branch..." Neil Kennedy

Forum, June-July 2021

Letters from our readers. Staff

Transformative Return for Quaker Communities

What if there is no going back? Keira Wilson

Annette L. Benert

Benert—Annette L. Benert, 78, on June 3, 2020, at Moravian Hall Square in Nazareth, Pa., peacefully with her daughter and…

Michael Benjamin Buonaiuto

Buonaiuto—Michael Benjamin Buonaiuto, 73, on June 29, 2020, peacefully in his sleep in Rogers, Ark. Michael was in a coma…

Lyndell Udell Henderson

Henderson—Lyndell Udell Henderson, 98, on September 24, 2020, at home in Atascadero, Calif., surrounded by family. Lynne was born on…

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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