2016

December full issue access

FJ Members get full website access to all of the articles in the December issue, along with a PDF to… Staff

Among Friends: Giving Light in the Darkness

Introduction to our issue on Giving and Philanthropy
Viewpoint

Viewpoint: How to Write a Thank-you Note

How to get through that pile of thank-you notes—and end up liking your Friends! Mariellen Gilpin

Forum: December 2016

Letters from our readers.
Features

Quaker Family Values on Giving

Charity begins in the home. Kathleen Costello Malin

Speaking the Language of Quaker Values

A Friend's perspective on money and philanthropy. Henry B. Freeman
Features

Giving from a Peaceful Place

Finding a balance in our work. Lisa Smith
Features

Why I Give

Giving is a response of gratefulness to God for life and its blessings. Mike Moyer
Features

The Companionship of Philanthropy and Spirituality

Philanthropy can be beneficial to both the giver and the receiver. Jay W. Marshall
Poetry

Home Communion

FJ Poetry: Somewhere in Amish country—York, perhaps—a chalice and patter of local clay glazed in soft Loden green. David Black
Poetry

May I See

FJ Poetry: Lord, cure me of my blindness, / My short sightedness. Andrea Carey
Let's Grow Together

Let’s Grow Together: Interview with Matthias Luckwaldt

Interviews with those new to Friends. Staff
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