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Outside the Meetinghouse

Cover photo “church light” © TCDavis

March 2019

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Never Having Set Foot in the Meetinghouse by Yohannes “Knowledge” Johnson
What Does the Outside Say? by Brad Stocker
Faces of Addiction by Eric K. Hatch
Faithful Action on Climate Change by Lynn Fitz-Hugh
Experiments with Worship by Elizabeth Claggett-Borne
Holding Unite the Right to the Light by Debby Churchman


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After a Quote by William Penn by Maggie Hess
Most Evenings by Nathan Lipps


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After a Quote by William Penn

FJ Poetry: "Have you ever / met somebody / who carries silence / with them..." Maggie Hess
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Among Friends

Among Friends: Opening up the Doors

Our introduction to the March issue, "Outside the Meetinghouse." Martin Kelley
Features

Never Having Set Foot in the Meetinghouse

When the meetinghouse is on the other side of state prison walls. Yohannes "Knowledge" Johnson
Features

What Does the Outside Say?

The literal surroundings of our meetinghouses can be a public statement of our values and beliefs. Brad Stocker
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Faces of Addiction

A project to make compassion possible. Eric K. Hatch
Features

Faithful Action on Climate Change

Turning Quaker concerns into mass movements. Lynn Fitz-Hugh
Features

Experiments with Worship

Quaker worship takes to the streets. Elizabeth Claggett-Borne
Features

Holding Unite the Right to the Light

Holding a public meeting for worship in a maelstrom of political anger. Debby Churchman
Poetry

Most Evenings

FJ Poetry: "The road continues up the hill / paved, winding through hot trees..." Nathan Lipps
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Forum, March 2019

Letters from our readers Staff
Viewpoint

Occasions for Plain Dress

Are there times we might let our clothes speak? Gracia Fay Ellwood
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