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Quaker Lifestyles

January 2018

How do Friends promote love, health, and justice in the ways we consciously live together? January’s features look at farming, vegetarianism, simplicity as a political strategy, and communal living for faithfulness.

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Farm and Community by Craig Jensen
Simple Living Beyond the Thirft Store by Philip Harnden
We Are Pilgrims on a Journey by Jay O’Hara

Quaker Book Reviews

Authors: Michael Bischoff, Carl Blumenthal, Steve Chase, David Brietzmann, Sandy and Tom Farley, Philip Harnden, Lynn Fitz-Hugh, Marty Grundy, E.K. Gordon,  Craig Jensen, Martin Kelley, Marcelle Martin, Chris Mohr, Jay O’Hara, Ruah Swennerfelt.

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Among Friends

The Roots of Our Lifestyles

Among Friends: Our introduction to the January issue on Quaker lifestyles. Martin Kelley
The author with his wife and child in a tent. Features

Farm and Community

Life on a small vegetable farm. Craig Jensen
Bulbs being planted in a garden.

Being Vegetarian is a Climate Issue

A Friend's bumpy path toward a lifestyle that's lighter on the Earth. Lynn Fitz-Hugh
Features

Simple Living Beyond the Thrift Store

Finding a balance between personal and political strategies for simple living. Philip Harnden

Releasing One Another for Faithfulness

Exploring a vision for faithful communities. Marcelle Martin
Poetry

So Far So Safe

FJ Poetry: "I thought I had a can of pineapple / but it’s only apricots / in the cabinet, apricots… E. K. Gordon
Viewpoint

Life Saving Quaker Practice

It took a diagnosis of cancer for a Friend to take on daily worship. Michael Bischoff

Forum, January 2018

Letters from our readers.
Faith and Practice

We Are Pilgrims on a Journey

A faithful response to climate change. Jay O'Hara
News

News

News of Friends: School to Peace Pipeline conference; Sierra Cascades Yearly Meeting takes form; Appointment; Retirement. Staff
January 2018 Books

The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America

By Richard Rothstein. Liveright, 2017. 368 pages. $27.95/hardcover; $17.95/paperback (May 2018); $26.23/eBook. The title of this fascinating analysis of racialized…

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