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December 2014

December 2014

Choice Poverty
Seres Kyrie
Sustainable Simplification
Chuck Hosking
Sleeping with Margaret Fell
Maggie O’Neill

Among Friends: When Simplicity Isn’t a Sacrifice

Introduction to the issue.

Forum December 2014

Letters from our readers.

The crying need for Quaker saints

December 2014 Viewpoint
Features

Choice Poverty

A family changed by war finds richness in chosen poverty. Seres Kyrie
Features

Sustainable Simplification Shuns “Shoulds” and Sacrifice

Rejecting the trappings of power to take cues from Jesus's life choices. Chuck Hosking
Features

Quaker Oaks

What's with Quakers and their trees? Jack H. Schick
Poetry

A Lonely Tree

FJ Poetry: In the middle of a field of high yield corns... Gerald Bosacker
Poetry

Taking Down the Tree

FJ Poetry: They’re taking down the tree today... Amy Neill Bebergal
Poetry

A Prayer for the Coming of the Light

FJ Poetry: The snow is melting, the air is crisp... Lucy Duncan
Features

Sleeping with Margaret Fell: A Pilgrimage to 1652 Quaker Country

A pilgrimage to the "1652 Country" retraces the footsteps of early Quaker women. Maggie O’Neill
Features

Mark’s Friendly Voice

Finding a human Jesus and strong women in the Gospel of Mark. William H. Mueller
Celebration

Friends House Turns 30

A Quaker retirement community turns 30 Betsy Forman Harrell
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