2016

Patricia Boughton Palmer

Palmer—Patricia Boughton Palmer, 82, on December 24, 2015, in St. Augustine, Fla., surrounded by her family. Patricia was born on…

Lois Virginia Plumb Stanton

Stanton—Lois Virginia Plumb Stanton, 93, on July 26, 2016, in Wallingford, Pa. Lois was born on August 14, 1922, in…

Among Friends: Expanding the Definition of Home

An introduction to our issue on "Crossing Cultures."
Features

We Think We’re Separate

Quaker honesty requires us to acknowledge what we are addressing and what we are ignoring. Robin Mohr
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What Unites Us

If we want a world without war, we must first accept our own Quaker family. Gretchen Castle
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The Quaker Family

Do Friends survive on the world stage because of our wide theological diversity. Elaine Green
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Quaker Indian Boarding Schools

Facing our history and ourselves. Paula Palmer
Features

Reaching Out and Across

The shock of 9/11 inspired a friendship program between a Friends school and Islamic school that endures. Jane Fremon
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A Place of Stillness in Iran

A Friend finds that inward place of quiet communion while traveling through Iran. Karie Firoozmand
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A Ministry of Presence

A crisis of policy leads Baltimore Friends toward reviving intervisitation and a "ministry of presence." Joan Dyer Liversidge
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Why Quakers Stopped Voting

Friends have long wrestled with the moral implications of voting. Paul Buckley
Poetry

Heart Like a Mountain

FJ Poetry: "My grandmother had a heart like a mountain." Carol Wills
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