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September 2018

September 2018

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Contempt is a Bitter-Tasting Word by J.E. McNeil
Life in a Box by Andrew Huff
Gota De Leche by Camilla Meek
Making Sense of the Starbucks Incident by Ankita Achanta
A Quaker Perspective on Hope by Kate Davies
Prophetic, Persistent, Powerful by Bridget Moix

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Mistress Dyer and the Wilderness by Anne Miles

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Mistress Dyer and the Wilderness

FJ Poetry: Sometimes the wind comes from the bay / and it carries me to the Thames. But rarely. /… Anne Myles
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September 2018 Full Issue Access

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Among Friends

Keeping It Real, Quaker Style

Among Friends: our introduction to the September issue. Martin Kelley
Features

Contempt Is a Bitter-Tasting Word

Rebuilding community among people who do not agree. J.E. McNeil
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Life in a Box

The homelessness crisis requires us to think outside storage bins. Andrew Huff
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Gota de Leche

The yellowing pages of 80-year-old AFSC relief pamphlets inspire a new sense of agency. Camilla Meek
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Making Sense of the Starbucks Incident

Quaker values do not need to be mere theoretical ideas. Ankita Achanta
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A Quaker Perspective on Hope

Hopelessness and burnout lead a Friend to rediscover an archaic form of hope. Kate Davies
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Prophetic, Persistent, Powerful

Friends Committee on National Legislation at 75 Bridget Moix
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Forum, September 2018

Letters from our readers. Staff

Top Ten Quaker Bestsellers 2018

Popular books at the 2018 FGC Gathering Staff
News

News, September 2018

Alan Price resigns as Earlham College President; Baltimore Yearly Meeting approves minute on transgender rights Staff
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