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Indiana Yearly Meeting Withdraws from Friends United Meeting

In July, Indiana Yearly Meeting (IYM) decided to withdraw from Friends United Meeting (FUM). Sharlee DiMenichi

Quakerism and Ubuntu: I Am Because We Are

One of the joys of being part of FWCC is to be immersed in the ways that Quakerism is expressed… Tim Gee

Welcoming a New Generation of Visitors

Introduction to our September issue Martin Kelley

Name Change

For nearly twenty years I’ve been a member / of the “Men’s Spiritual Nurture Group” Howard Nelson

Tuning Up

A staccato jackhammer, / rattle of a loose windowpane, / a frisking wail of wind. Richard Schiffman

Wednesday Evenings

A gaggle of barefoot pilgrims / hungry to hush minds’ chatter / tiptoe upstairs, settle Karen Luke Jackson

Forum, September 2023

Letters from our readers. Staff

Life in the Meeting

Messages from Central Philadelphia Meeting’s Experiment in Sharing about Quaker Worship

The following messages were written by members of the Worship and Ministry Committee at Central Philadelphia (Pa.) Meeting. Staff

Life in the Meeting

An Experiment in Sharing about Quaker Worship

This is a story about how the members of the Worship and Ministry Committee of Central Philadelphia Meeting experimented with… Bruce Birchard

Alicia (Licia) Kuenning

Kuenning—Alicia (Licia) Kuenning, 81, on August 10, 2022, at Woodlawn Nursing Home in Skowhegan, Maine, where she had been treated…

Joan B. Rawles

Rawles—Joan B. Rawles, 86, on March 31, 2022, in the care of her son, Jody, in a memory care facility…

Jeanne Kallmeyer Snyder

Snyder—Jeanne Kallmeyer Snyder, 97, on April 6, 2023, in Louisville, Colo. Jeanne was born on March 31, 1926, in Cincinnati,…

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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