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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.

January 2018 Books

Lucretia Mott Speaks: The Essential Speeches and Sermons

Edited by Christopher Densmore, Carol Faulkner, Nancy Hewitt, and Beverly Wilson Palmer. University of Illinois Press, 2017. 304 pages. $75/hardcover;… Reviewed by Marty Grundy
January 2018 Books

Race & Place: How Urban Geography Shapes the Journey to Reconciliation

By David P. Leong, IVP Books, 2017. 208 pages. $16/paperback; $15.99/eBook. I couldn’t put down David Leong’s guide because it… Reviewed by Carl Blumenthal
January 2018 Books

Rhythms of Grace / An Unhurried Leader

Rhythms of Grace: Life-Saving Disciplines for Spiritual Leaders. By David O. Williams. Barclay Press, 2017. 138 pages. $14/paperback. An Unhurried… Reviewed by Chris Mohr
January 2018 Books

Solutionary Rail: A people-powered campaign to electrify America’s railroads and open corridors to a clean energy future

By Bill Moyer, Patrick Mazza and the Solutionary Rail Team. Backbone Campaign, 2016. 107 pages. $19.95/paperback. Many years ago, as… Reviewed by Ruah Swennerfelt
January 2018 Books

The Spirit of Dialogue: Lessons from Faith Traditions in Transforming Conflict

By Aaron T. Wolf. Island Press, 2017. 205 pages. $30/paperback; $29.99/eBook. Island Press publishes books on environmental issues, often involving… Reviewed by Sandy and Tom Farley
January 2018 Books

Trouble I’ve Seen: Changing the Way the Church Views Racism

By Drew G. I. Hart. Herald Press, 2016. 157 pages. $29.99/hardcover; $16.99/paperback; $12.99/eBook. A few months ago, I walked to… Reviewed by Steve Chase

Sue Powel Carnell

Carnell—Sue Powel Carnell, 80, on August 19, 2017, at home at Broadmead Retirement Community in Cockeysville, Md. Sue was born…

Catherine Balderston Jones Gaskill

Gaskill—Catherine Balderston Jones Gaskill, 90, of John Knox Village, Orange City, Fla., on July 27, 2017. Cathy was born on…

Maria Barbara Lenz Ladd

Ladd—Maria Barbara Lenz Ladd, 91, of Friends House in Sandy Spring, Md., on June 28, 2017. Maria was born on…

Lee Margaret Steelman

Steelman–Lee Margaret Steelman, 91, on June 10, 2017, at home in San Clemente, Calif. Lee was born on November 10,…

Mary Hodgson Albertson Thom

Thom—Mary Hodgson Albertson Thom, 92, on June 24, 2017, in State College, Pa. Mary was born on October 5, 1924,…

Martha Louise Fosnacht Vidrine

Vidrine—Martha Louise Fosnacht Vidrine, 78, on June 11, 2017, at Panorama Care Center in Lacey, Wash., of cancer. Marty was…

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