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Quaker Meeting

Our family flew across the countryto visit Quaker grandparents,have them meet and actually seehow our young children had grown:She was… Ruth Naylor
Among Friends

A Stony Path

Introduction to our April issue. Gabriel Ehri
Poetry

In a Maine Quaker Meetinghouse

God is One breath of silenceBefore a loon’s cry— We wait. Dorothy Anna Moore
Poetry

Elemental

Messages can arrive as breath—mostly unnoticed,or as a breeze to cool the sweat of effort.These I accept with gratitude,But not… Veronica Burrows
Forum

Forum, April 2021

Letters from our readers. Staff
Witness

Demining for Peace

Woodstown (N.J.) Meeting and Birmingham Meeting in West Chester, Pa. mount efforts to aid the detection and neutralization of landmines. Carleton Crispin and Jack Mahon
Viewpoint

Finding the Way to Walk

Maybe it’s not as important which path you walk, as the way in which you walk it. John Andrew Gallery

William Maxfield Alexander

Alexander—William Maxfield Alexander, 94, on June 27, 2020, peacefully at the home of his daughter, Loree Monroe, in Chico, Calif.…

David Lewis Hewitt

Hewitt—David Lewis Hewitt, 97, on August 25, 2020, peacefully in his sleep at Kendal at Longwood, a continuing care retirement…

Carol Klingbeil Lamm

Lamm—Carol Klingbeil Lamm, 70, on October 27, 2020, of cancer, at home in Berea, Ky. Her husband of 49 years,…

Barbara Ann Bennett Mays

Mays—Barbara Ann Bennett Mays, 76, on September 13, 2020 (Grandparents’ Day), at Golden LivingCenter in Richmond, Ind. Barbara was an…

Elizabeth Wold Mertic

Mertic—Elizabeth Wold Mertic, 85, on April 7, 2020, of complications from COVID-19, in Schererville, Ind. Elizabeth was born on May…
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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