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Friendly Competition?

May 2019


Student Voices
6th Annual Student Voices Project


Features
How I Found God in Competitive Sport by Jon Watts
The Hope for Collaboration over Competition by Mark Pratt-Russum
The Invisible Damage of Competition by Mary Jo Klingel


Poetry
Always the Challenge to Be Patient by Charles Bunner


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Among Friends, Forum, News, Books: A Young Friends Bookshelf, Milestones, Classifieds, Meeting Listings


Student Voices Project

Student Voices Project 2019 Participants

Thank you to all of the 237 participants of the 6th annual Student Voices Project! Staff
Features

How I Found God in Competitive Sports

How can we explore the edge of our abilities? Jon Watts
Features

The Hope for Collaboration over Competition

Quakers can be co-conspirators, participants, creators, shapers, imaginers, and dreamers. Mark Pratt-Russum
Features

The Invisible Damage of Competition

Welcoming a new narrative in which we all are gifted. Mary Jo Klingel
Poetry

Always the Challenge to Be Patient

FJ Poetry: "Parking in the lot at work / early in the morning sun" Charles Bunner
Forum

Forum May 2019

Letters from our readers. Staff
News

News May 2019

Friends dual-language immersion school; Matthew Hisrich named ESR dean. Staff
May 2019: A Young Friends Bookshelf

Quiet AND Shhh…God Is in the Silence

Quiet By Tomie dePaola. Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2018. 32 pages. $17.99/hardcover; $10.99/eBook. Recommended for ages 4–8.…

Reviewed by Reviewed by Paul Buckley

May 2019: A Young Friends Bookshelf

How to Be a Lion

By Ed Vere. Doubleday Books for Young Readers, 2018. 32 pages. $17.99/hardcover; $9.99/eBook. Recommended for ages 3 and up. Now…

Reviewed by Reviewed by James Foritano

May 2019: A Young Friends Bookshelf

Loretta’s Gift

By Pat Zietlow Miller, illustrated by Alea Marley. Little Bee Books, 2018. 40 pages. $17.99/hardcover. Recommended for ages 4 and…

Reviewed by Reviewed by Anne Nydam

May 2019: A Young Friends Bookshelf

Mela and the Elephant

By Dow Phumiruk, illustrated by Ziyue Chen. Sleeping Bear Press, 2018. 32 pages. $16.99/hardcover or eBook. Recommended for ages 5–8.…

Reviewed by Reviewed by Lisa Rand

May 2019: A Young Friends Bookshelf

Salamander Sky

By Katy Farber, illustrated by Meg Sodano. Green Writers Press, 2018. 32 pages. $17.95/hardcover. Recommended for ages 4–12. This unusual…

Reviewed by Reviewed by Alison James

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