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Is Imagination Simple?

By Kat Griffith on August 1, 2019

Outward simplicity can inspire an untrammeled flowering of imagination.

Kat Griffith is clerk of the Winnebago Worship Group in east central Wisconsin, co-clerk of Northern Yearly Meeting, a former high school teacher and homeschooler, and an occasional writer. Her last Friends Journal article was “Surprised by Joy” (Feb. 2019) about the gift of obedience following her sister’s death.

Posted in: QuakerSpeak at Five, Reflection

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God Sightings on the Hiking Trail

By Bernadette Kero on August 1, 2018

Reflection: Life is dark and life is full of light.

Bernadette Kero is a retired nurse and has been a regular attendee at Klamath Falls Friends Church in Oregon for three years. She’s a member of the Peace and Social Concerns Committee and enjoys volunteering at Friends Food Pantry and hiking.

Posted in: Going Viral with Quakerism, Reflection

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The Woman Who Refused to Take “No” for an Answer

By William H. Mueller on August 1, 2017

Testimonies of equality and community in early Christianity.

Bill and his wife, Pat, are members of St. Lawrence Valley Meeting in Potsdam, N.Y. (under the care of Ottawa Meeting in Ontario, Canada). He taught biological and behavioral sciences at the University of Texas School of Public Health, Houston from 1975 to 2004, including courses in violence prevention and spiritual aspects of health.

Posted in: Reflection, The Art of Dying

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Of Heartbeats and Woodblocks

By Janet Youngdahl on November 1, 2016

Reflection: Richard Reed Parry and the art of stillness.

Janet Youngdahl is a Canadian American singer and writer employed as a professor of music at the University of Lethbridge in Alberta, Canada. She has recently published essays in the Malahat Review and in Writer's Digest. Active in the Baha’i faith for 20 years, she also carries deep respect and closeness to Quakerism.

Posted in: Quakers and Social Media, Reflection

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A New Conspiracy Theory

By Marydale Stewart on August 1, 2016

Believing that miracles occur.

Marydale Stewart is a retired college English teacher and librarian. She has a chapbook, Inheritance (Puddin’head Press, 2008); a poetry collection, Let the Thunder In (Boxing Day Books, 2014); and poems in a number of literary magazines. She is a member of Clear Creek (Ill.) Meeting.

Posted in: August 2016: Quaker Spaces, Reflection

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Reflection: Where Were You Born?

By Sonali Kumar on June 1, 2016

We have more in common than we might first imagine.

Sonali Kumar was raised in San Diego, Calif. After attending a few Quaker meetings, she did a year of Quaker Voluntary Service, working at Friends General Conference. Now she works with domestic violence victims in Las Cruces, N.M., as part of Border Servant Corps, and attends Las Cruces Meeting.

Posted in: June/July 2016: Almost Quaker, Reflection

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The S Word

By Whit Young on February 1, 2016

“You could tell he was pissed off.”

Whit Young is a failed Quaker and a former sergeant in the Marine Corps. A newbie writer, Whit tries to explore the expanding pace and confusion of modern events as they impact our personal experiences. He writes about questions, not answers. This story was inspired by true events.

Posted in: February 2016, Reflection

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The author at her home in North Carolina.

Bonds of Affection

By Rhonda Mawhood Lee on September 1, 2015

Learning to love others as God loves us all.

Rhonda Mawhood Lee is an Episcopal priest in North Carolina. She is a frequent reader of Friends Journal and has worked with a Friend as her spiritual nurturer for almost a decade. Her most recent book is Love and Happiness: Eros According to Dante, Shakespeare, Jane Austen, and the Rev. Al Green, with coauthor Craig Werner.

Posted in: Reflection, September 2015: Reproduction and Family Planning

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