September 2015: Reproduction and Family Planning

September 2015 /
Reproduction and Family Planning

Holy Just As I Am
Suzanne W. Cole
One Friend’s Experience….
Stan Becker
A Concern for Silence
Bridget Anderson
A Truly Embodied Spirituality
Madeline Schaefer
Quaker Books September 2015

Features

Peace, Climate, and Reproductive Health

Human population growth is at the heart of many of today's conflicts. Richard Grossman
Poetry

A Child Not Born

Friends Journal poetry: "Blip on a radar screen / like a storm building furious..." Donovan McAbee
Features

A Truly Embodied Spirituality

The last in a three-part series on Quakerism, food, and the body. Madeline Schaefer
Reflection

Bonds of Affection

Learning to love others as God loves us all. Rhonda Mawhood Lee
Let's Grow Together

Let’s Grow Together: Interview with Sterling Duns

Interviews with new Friends. Jon Berry
News

News for September 2015

Northwest Yearly Meeting dismissal, North Carolina interfaith festival, conscientious objection anniversary, and an update on the Golden Rule restoration. Staff
Quaker Book Reviews

Breathing Light: Accompanying Loss and Grief with Love and Gratitude

By Julie Hliboki, photography by David Foster. Transilient Publishing, 2014. 86 pages. $24/paperback. As a certified hospice chaplain in Atlanta,… Reviewed by Elizabeth Boardman
Quaker Book Reviews

Rachel Carson and Her Sisters: Extraordinary Women Who Have Shaped America’s Environment

By Robert K. Musil. Rutgers University Press, 2014. 328 pages. $26.95/hardcover; $23.95/paperback; $15.98/eBook. Silent Spring author Rachel Carson is credited… Reviewed by Gwen Gosney Erickson
Quaker Book Reviews

Educating for Insurgency: The Roles of Young People in Schools of Poverty

By Jay Gillen. AK Press, 2014. 178 pages. $15.95/paperback; $10.99/eBook. A forward by civil rights leader Bob Moses gives Educating… Reviewed by Rosalie Dance
Quaker Book Reviews

Sustainable Happiness: Live Simply, Live Well, Make a Difference

Edited by Sarah van Gelder. Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2014. 168 pages. $16.95/paperback; $9.99/eBook. It’s not often that I read a book… Reviewed by Ruah Swennerfelt
Quaker Book Reviews

Small Victories: Spotting Improbable Moments of Grace

By Anne Lamott. Riverhead Books, 2014. 287 pages. $22.95/hardcover; $11.99/eBook. Sitting down to read one of Anne Lamott’s books is… Reviewed by Ellen Michaud
Quaker Book Reviews

Tiger Heron

By Robin Becker. University of Pittsburgh Press, 2014. 65 pages. $15.95/paperback; $10.99/eBook. Like the elegant Costa Rican wading bird of… Reviewed by Catherine Wald
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