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The Art of Dying

August 2017

Poetry

Friends Bearing Food

Poetry: "Word goes out, and they start to come" David Black
Reflection

The Woman Who Refused to Take “No” for an Answer

Testimonies of equality and community in early Christianity. William H. Mueller

The Tapestry of Meeting for Worship

Viewpoint: Uncovering a new dimension of meeting. Thomas Sander
News

News, August 2017

Great Plains Yearly Meeting, Merion Friends, Minneapolis retirement. Staff
Online Features

Death and Dying: A Personal Adventure

Death Cafés give people a place to share stories, confide their fears, and ask questions. Alison Moore
August 2017 Books

Face to Face: Early Quaker Encounters with the Bible

By T. Vail Palmer Jr. Barclay Press, 2016. 288 pages. $20/paperback. In Face to Face, T. Vail Palmer Jr. creates…

Reviewed by Reviewed by Tom Paxson

August 2017 Books

Moral Commerce: Quakers and the Transatlantic Boycott of the Slave Labor Economy

By Julie L. Holcomb. Cornell University Press, 2016. 252 pages. $39.95/hardcover or eBook. Those who know much about Quaker history…

Reviewed by Reviewed by Larry Ingle

August 2017 Books

13th

Written by Ava DuVernay and Spencer Averick, directed by Ava DuVernay. Netflix Documentary, 2016. 100 minutes. Public screenings are free…

Reviewed by Reviewed by David Etheridge

August 2017 Books

Condition Critical: Life and Death in Israel/Palestine

By Alice Rothchild. Just World Books, 2017. 283 pages. $19.99/paperback; $9.99/eBook. In Steve Feldman’s book Compartments, the well-known dermatologist chronicles…

Reviewed by Reviewed by Max Carter

August 2017 Books

Born on Third Base: A One Percenter Makes the Case for Tackling Inequality, Bringing Wealth Home, and Committing to the Common Good

By Chuck Collins. Chelsea Green Publishing, 2016. 267 pages. $17.95/paperback or eBook. Once, when two Friends from Kenya were visiting,…

Reviewed by Reviewed by Mary Gilbert

August 2017 Books

How Enlightenment Changes Your Brain: The New Science of Transformation

By Andrew Newberg and Mark Robert Waldman. Avery, 2016. 288 pages. $26/hardcover; $17.99/paperback; $12.99/eBook. “Based on our scientific evidence, I…

Reviewed by Reviewed by Phila Hoopes

August 2017 Books

Meeting at the Center: Living Love and Reconciling One with Another

By Bruce Birchard. Pendle Hill Pamphlets (number 442), 2016. 32 pages. $7/pamphlet. In this pamphlet, based on a 2011 plenary…

Reviewed by Reviewed by Marty Grundy

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