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2016

Let's Grow Together

Let’s Grow Together: Anicka Meyers

Profiles of those new to Friends. Trevor Johnson
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News, April 2016

News from the world of Friends. Staff
April 2016 Books

Rise Again Songbook: Words & Chords to Nearly 1200 Songs

Edited by Peter Blood and Annie Patterson. Hal-Leonard, 2015. 300 pages. $22.50 (7×10) or $25 (9×12)/spiral bound. Discount for 15…

Reviewed by Reviewed by Patricia Morrison

April 2016 Books

With a Tender Hand: A Resource Book for Eldership and Oversight

By Zélie Gross. Quaker Books, 2015. 432 pages. $20/paperback. This is a thorough and useful resource book for Friends in…

Reviewed by Reviewed by Marty Grundy

April 2016 Books

Intimacy with God: Real Life Stories from What Canst Thou Say?

Edited by Mariellen Gilpin, Earl Smith, and Judy Lumb. Producciones de la Hamaca, 2015. 181 pages. $20/paperback. $9.99/eBook. What Canst…

Reviewed by Reviewed by William Shetter

April 2016 Books

Unlacing the Heart: Connecting with What Really Matters

By Henry B. Freeman. John’s Press, 2015. 130 pages. $14.95/paperback. Unlacing the Heart: Connecting with What Really Matters is Henry…

Reviewed by Reviewed by Ann Venable

April 2016 Books

Confessions of a Prison Chaplain

By Mary Brown. Waterside Press, 2014. 136 pages. $19.99/paperback. $9.99/eBook. When I read about Quakers in the prison environment, I…

Reviewed by Reviewed by William H. Mueller

April 2016 Books

This We Can Do: Quaker Faith in Action through the Alternatives to Violence Project

By Sally Herzfeld and Alternatives to Violence Project members. James Backhouse Lecture, 2015. 63 pages. $5/pamphlet. “Never doubt that a…

Reviewed by Reviewed by Martha Baer

April 2016 Books

A Quietness Within: The Quiet Way as Faith and Spirituality

By Elaine Pryce. Pendle Hill Pamphlets #434, 2015. 33 pages. $7/pamphlet. For Friends who have spent decades practicing quietude, or…

Reviewed by Reviewed by Judith Favor

April 2016 Books

You Are My Witnesses: Witness and Testimony in the Biblical and Quaker Traditions

By Thomas Gates. Pendle Hill Pamphlets #435, 2015. 36 pages. $7/pamphlet. The use of eyeglasses spread rapidly in Europe following…

Reviewed by Reviewed by Paul Buckley

John Howard Huffman

Huffman—John Howard Huffman, 74, on October 29, 2015, in Springfield, Mo., peacefully set free from a long struggle with Alzheimer’s.… Staff

Courtney Parker Siceloff

Siceloff—Courtney Parker Siceloff, 92, on January 28, 2014, in Savannah, Ga. Courtney was born on January 4, 1922, in Bartlett,… Staff
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