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Book Reviews: May 2012

Peace on Earth: Poems and Prayers for Peace By Sophie Piper. Illustrated by Giuliano Ferri. Lion UK, 2011. 48 pages. $9.99/Hardcover.…

Reviewed by Lisa Rand, Michelle McAtee, Jim Foritano, Vickie LeCroy, Alison James, Tom Farley, Sandy Farley, Dee Cameron, Lucinda Hathaway, David Austin, Gwen Gosney Erickson, Emmy Gay, Meagan Healy, Rosalie Dance

War, Compassion, and Devonshire Pasty

  My boyhood was spent in Plymouth, on the southwestern coast of England near the little harbor from which the… Ken Southwood

No Religion. Always Practicing Quakerism.

Quakerism was not my first choice.  When I was 17 and decided to visit some churches, I originally thought the Unitarian… Julia Wise

The Elective Franchise and Prisoners

In all but three states in this country, people in prison are disenfranchised from the elective process. That translates into… Edward King

May Milestones 2012

Ackerman—Dorothy Hopkirk Ackerman, 90, on March 10, 2011, at home in Minneapolis, Minn. Dorothy was born on October 23, 1920,… No author

Last Date at Friends Fellowship

(in memory of Mary Elizabeth Long) On my last visit, we had the white-tablecloth lunch in the Friends Fellowship dining… Peter Anderson

Arugula

The first time I ever had arugula was in the Willoughby’s kitchen. Somehow or other there is always food in… Edith Roberts

The Solace of History: Reflections on Quakers and the Environment

Sometimes I feel painfully out-of-step with the world around me. Perhaps I’d have fit in better in some other era,… Ellen M. Ross

The Silence Within the Silence

Deep within us all is an amazing inner sanctuary of the soul, a holy place, a Divine Center, a Speaking… Peter Lang

The Passion of the Christ: Thoughts Prompted by a Discussion about the Film

At a local cinema, in a small town in New Zealand, The Passion of the Christ was showing. While I… Tanya Garland

The Passion

By the time I saw Mel Gibson’s The Passion of the Christ, much had been written about the film’s violence.… Diane Reynolds

We Need to Nurture a Vital Quaker Ministry

After reading Arden Buck’s article, "What Do We Do Now?" (FJ April) I felt prompted to offer my own answer… Steven Davison
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