Book Club

A discussion of books that the editors have selected to help explore Quaker testimonies, faith, and spirituality.

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Young Adult Friends’ Picks

A selection of the responses from our survey asking young adult Friends (ages 18-35) to share their reading recommendations on… Staff

Interview with Ashley Merryman

Co-author of Nurtureshock Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman have been making a lot of waves in the past two years…

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

This post continues our online book discussion of Anne Lamott’s Help, Thanks, Wow, the Friends Journal selection for February. Chapter…
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Asking for Help: Anne Lamott’s Help, Thanks, Wow

This is the first installment of our February book club discussion of Anne Lamott’s, Help, Thanks, Wow. Even if you…

Reviewed by Jana Llewellyn

A Fundamentalist’s Journey Toward Simplicity

Daniel Suelo, now widely known as “the man who quit money,” had a long, sometimes frustrating spiritual journey toward understanding…

Understanding The Man Who Quit Money

Right around the time I started reading The Man Who Quit Money, I was obsessed with buying shoes. I had…

The Man Who Quit Money: Interview with Book Club Author

Over a decade ago, a man named Daniel Suelo decided to live without money. He had wrestled under its tyranny…

More Money, More Problems

Or so the saying goes. In our next Friends Journal book club installment, we’ll talk about the effect of money…

Interview with Susan Cain

Author of Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking.

Pretending to Be What You’re Not

Are you ever surprised when your perception of people is completely different from the way they see themselves? That there…

What Makes a Leader? (Friends Journal Book Club)

We’re reading Susan Cain’s book, Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking, for the Friends Journal…

Exploring What It Means to Be Quiet

(A Friends Journal Book Club Installment) Do you like quiet? If so, you’re not alone. You may have thought you…
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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

A Fundamentalist’s Journey Toward Simplicity

October 15, 2012