February 2017 Archives - Friends Journal

February full issue access

Members can download the full PDF or read any article online. Staff

Among Friends: Venturing Outside Our Comfort Zones

An introduction to the February 2017 issue.

Silence in the Noise

The world is so noisy, especially now. We are surrounded by so much racket that it’s hard to discern how… Mary Braden

Forum, February 2017

Letters and commentary from our readers.

Seven Tasks to Heal the World

Simple actions each of us can take to heal our hearts and the hearts of others. Michael Soika

Online Features

Respect Is the Heartbeat of Standing Rock

Quaker Earthcare Witness visits the Dakota Access Pipeline protest camps. Shelley Tanenbaum

Mystical Experience, the Bedrock of Quaker Faith

We are not passive, empty vessels hoping to be filled; we have to move toward God. Robert Atchley

I Am Not a Religious Person

The literalness of religion vs. the litheness of spirituality. Sarah Pennock Neuville

Ohio Yearly Meeting Gathering and Quaker Spring

A Philadelphia Friend finds spiritual renewal in fellowship with Conservative Quakers. John Andrew Gallery, with comments by Susan Smith

Wallops Island Celestial Meeting

FJ Poetry: "Wallops Island morning launch..." George Eastburn

Online Features

New Year’s top five: The most popular articles of 2016

Our annual list of the top-five most read articles of the past year. Staff

Where is Your Brother?

FJ Poetry: "She watched him die again and again, again and again all night on the all-night news..." Dudley Warman

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