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An Insufficient and Impromptu View

Is there such a thing as a “good” police force or prison? William Kimbro

Transformative Return for Quaker Communities

What if there is no going back? Keira Wilson

Being Honest about the Bible in Religious Education

How to be honest about the truth of a story and still convey the lessons it teaches. Donald W. McCormick

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

Debt and the Pandemic

There is a need to reconsider the system of money creation in the light of history and current needs. John N. Howell

Why I Left … And Why I Came Back

Online worship brings a Friend back to meeting. Aud Supplee

Anger in the Time of a Total Freaking Mess

In the past few months, I’ve seen the phrase “love in the time of coronavirus” a few times, and I… Karie Firoozmand

How Can We Learn to See That of God in People We Dislike?

If Quakers have anything close to one theology, it is that there is “that of God” in everyone. But what… Karen Tibbals

Opening Doors

There is space for all. Adele Smith-Penniman

Online Features

Quaker Language in a Pandemic

Why use terms of war to describe our response to COVID-19? Philip Harnden

Why I Identify as Quaker

The question is not if God exists, but what is the nature of God. Kurt H. Parkum

A Call to Work Outside Our Circles

A Friend responds to the New York Times opinion column on Quakers and pronouns. C. Wess Daniels

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