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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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Among Friends

Keeping It Real, Quaker Style

Among Friends: our introduction to the September issue. Martin Kelley
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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
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News, September 2018

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