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

Poetry

Morning Thoughts

FJ Poetry: "A songbird awakens /the morning just outside…" Betty Jamerson Reed
Poetry

Seeing Truth

FJ Poetry: "It’s true, things stick…" Heather Heath Reed
Online Features

100 Years of Quiet Tenacity

Friends of Fairhope, Alabama. Laura Melvin
Online Features

Wild Birds, Fantasy, and the Possible

A memoir through books. James W. Hood
Online Features

How Far Can We Take Thou Shalt Not Judge?

Can we examine our judgements and find reasons to understand? Rebecca Payne
Earthcare

Earthcare: Finding God in the Garden

Working in the earth keeps a Friend grounded. Katie Green
News

News, September 2017

New U.S. yearly meeting formed; Baltimore Friends witness for bail reform; Columbia Meeting observes Sabbath of Remembrance; Flushing Meeting participates… Staff
Quaker Book Reviews

The Fearless Benjamin Lay: The Quaker Dwarf Who Became the First Revolutionary Abolitionist

By Marcus Rediker. Beacon Press, 2017. 194 pages. $26.95/hardcover; $25.99/eBook. Should readers choose to read this compelling biography—and those who…

Reviewed by Reviewed by Larry Ingle

Quaker Book Reviews

Tears We Cannot Stop: A Sermon to White America

By Michael Eric Dyson. St. Martin’s Press, 2017. 228 pages. $24.99/hardcover; $11.99/eBook. Michael Eric Dyson earned his PhD in 1993,…

Reviewed by Reviewed by David Etheridge

September 2017 Books

What Have We Done: The Moral Injury of Our Longest Wars

By David Wood. Little, Brown and Company, 2016. 291 pages. $28/hardcover; $14.99/eBook. “War is Hell.” —General William Tecumseh Sherman, 1879…

Reviewed by Reviewed by J.E. McNeil

Quaker Book Reviews

The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate—Discoveries from a Secret World

By Peter Wohlleben. Greystone Books, 2016. 251 pages. $24.95/hardcover; $24.99/eBook. “After you’ve read Wohlleben’s book, a walk in the woods…

Reviewed by Reviewed by Ruah Swennerfelt

Quaker Book Reviews

Discovering Humor in the Bible: An Explorer’s Guide

By Howard R. Macy. Cascade Books, 2016. 140 pages. $19/paperback or eBook. Quakers have a tradition dating back at least…

Reviewed by Reviewed by Diane Reynolds

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