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Revelation in the Woods

Live in unity with the Creation—the embodiment of the Creator. Carol Shearon

Susie and the Advent Garden

A meeting's annual tradition marks the passage of time and generations. Rob Levin

We Only Survive If We All Survive

Reflections on Gaza, genocide, and co-liberation. Lucy Duncan

Lessons in Giving and Receiving

How do we create a community where we all give the gifts we have, as we are able, and know… Mary Ann Downey

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

The Gathering That Is Becoming

Over 540 Friends came to Monmouth, Ore., for the first all-ages, in-person Friends General Conference Gathering in four years. Liz Dykes

A Visit to the Hector Meetinghouse

This is what it’s like to be part of a building that has a history behind it. Chester Freeman

We Can Grieve and We Can Build

After the fire comes the hard work of rebuilding lives, and this work requires accompaniment. Windy Cooler

Unbundled

I fly from the frigid city of Minneapolis, Minn., to Presque Isle, Maine. Kaylee Berg

Divine Creative Guidance and the Body

To truly know Spirit I need to admit the physicality of divine guidance. Jesse White

Online Features

Our Friends Are Not Just Humans

We share the same brain as the iguana with the same gifts and liabilities. Jakob Doors

Why Self-esteem Is Overrated and What We Should Nurture Instead

What if instead of nurturing self-esteem, we nurtured a capacity for awe? Kat Griffith

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