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An Awkward Pause by Debbie B. Ramsey

Transcending Geography by An interview with Francisco Burgos and Traci Hjelt Sullivan

Spiritual Practices for the Pandemic by Mathilda Navias


Membership and Friends

Growing Roots from a Distance by Nikki Holland

Drawing Circles, Not Lines by Sarah Katreen Hoggatt

Lapsed, Released, Let Go, Discontinued by Carolyn Hilles‐Pilant

With Just the Door Ajar by Caroline Morris

Are You Playing Your Religion‐games by Quaker Rules? by Rhiannon Grant


Online Features

The Paradox of Isolation by Jason Craige Harris

Thank You for the Wrens by Emma Givens

Lotus by Ila Kumar


Poetry
Mixed Flock by Ann McNeal

How to Attend a Quaker Meeting for the First Time by Inez Schaechterle


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The Paradox of Isolation

The blessings and burdens of lives lived apart. Jason Craige Harris
Among Friends

Who’s the Proper Quaker Now?

Our introduction to the June/July 2020 issue. Martin Kelley
Features

An Awkward Pause

A Friend is led to visit the meetinghouse grounds during isolation. Debbie B. Ramsey
Features

Spiritual Practices for the Pandemic

An offering of ways to stay grounded during anxious times. Mathilda Navias
Features

Growing Roots from a Distance

A story of finding connection while living far away from one’s community. Nikki Holland
Features

Drawing Circles, Not Lines

Protecting the limits of an inclusive community. Sarah Katreen Hoggatt
Features

Lapsed, Released, Let Go, Discontinued

The spiritual practice of laying down memberships. Carolyn Hilles-Pilant
Features

With Just the Door Ajar

The freedom to go in and out. Caroline Morris
Features

Are You Playing Your Religion-games by Quaker Rules?

There are many ways to participate in the Quaker tradition. Rhiannon Grant
Online Features

Thank You for the Wrens

The power of another person’s voice coming through Zoom. Emma Givens
Online Features

Lotus

A teen navigates the uncharted territory of her first family death. Ila Kumar
Poetry

Mixed Flock

FJ Poetry: "Beneath the feeder ..." Ann McNeal
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