September 2017

September 2017

God as a Cow and the Duck Index by Tina Tau
Ah, Go Fly a Kite! by Charles G. Jones
Quaker Bestsellers from the FGC Gathering
A Mysticism for Our Time by L. Roger Owens

Quaker Book Reviews
On Friendsjournal.org: Web-only articles

February 2018 Books

Being Quaker…Where you are: A Journey Among Isolated Friends in the Northwest

By Sakre Kennington Edson. Western Friend, 2017. 244 pages. $20/paperback; $9/eBook. In the middle of an overly full week, I…

Reviewed by Reviewed by Brian Drayton

Poetry

Trust

FJ Poetry: "He has been instructed to take shelter under his mother's cloak…" Dudley Warman
Online Features

Charlottesville Quakers and the Ongoing Stand against White Nationalists

Quakers can learn to be braver and more outspoken. Isaac Barnes May
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September Full Issue Access

Friends Journal member subscribers can download full PDF or read any article online. Staff

Among Friends: Quaker Tools, New and Revisited

Our introduction to the September 2017 issue.

Forum, September 2017

Letters from our readers: Overworked caregivers; Minding our Light?; More listening, less explaining.
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God as a Cow and the Duck Index

Images from dreams provide unexpected life and spiritual guidance. Tina Tau
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Ah, Go Fly a Kite!

Paper, glue, wind, and metaphors at the FGC Gathering. Charles G. Jones
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Quaker Bestsellers 2017

The top ten best-selling books from the 2017 FGC Gathering.

Reviewed by Staff

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Quaker Faith, Quaker Practice, and Quaker Boards

The search for courage and integrity in the boardroom is complicated and ongoing. Jacob D. Stone
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A Community Formed for Faithfulness

We need to help each other grow in recognizing, discerning, and responding when the Spirit leads. Marcelle Martin
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A Mysticism for Our Time

Rediscovering the spiritual writings of Thomas R. Kelly. L. Roger Owens
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