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Pastoral Friends

August 2020

Features
Our Balcony by Glenn Boylan

The End of the Quaker Handshake by Stephen W. Angell

An Online Lifeline for Friends of Color by Vanessa Julye


Pastoral Friends

Pastoring without a Pastor by Kathleen Costello Malin

New-Handles Cause Blisters by Jean-Hubert Hirwa

Learning from Programmed Friends by Marian Baker

Training and Educating Future Quaker Pastors by Derek Brown


Poetry
Ordinary Life by Bear Jack Gebhardt

Old Liza Tells of Love by James Littwin


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Among Friends, Forum, Resources, Reflection, News, Books, Viewpoint, Milestones, Classifieds, Meeting Listings, QuakerSpeak

Online Features

Where Two or Three Are Gathered Online

Reflections on Worship and Decision Making in the Age of COVID-19 and Climate Change Barry Crossno
Online Features

A Pentecostal Quaker’s Spiritual Journey

Reaching across race and faith to find fellowship. Barbara Luetke
Among Friends

A Quaker’s Wanderlust

Our introduction to the August 2020 issue. Gabriel Ehri
Features

Our Balcony

Becoming aware of the commonplace miracles all around us. Glenn Boylan
Features

The End of the Quaker Handshake?

The history and future of one of Friends’ most ingrained practices. Stephen W. Angell
Features

An Online Lifeline for Friends of Color

Zoom during the COVID-19 Pandemic and the Murder of George Floyd. Vanessa Julye
Features

Pastoring without a Pastor

A New England meeting adapts to worship and care without a pastor. Kathleen Costello Malin
Features

New Handles Cause Blisters

My name is Jean-Hubert Hirwa. I live in Canada with my family, but I was born and grew up in… Jean-Hubert Hirwa
Features

Learning from Programmed Friends

Different Quaker traditions have lessons for our worship. Marian Baker
Features

Training and Educating Future Quaker Pastors

Three principles to model a Friends pastoral ministry. Derek Brown
Poetry

Ordinary Life

It’s a long hike from the center of space. I hike, nevertheless, towards Des Moines. . . . It’s a… Bear Jack Gebhardt
Poetry

Old Liza Tells of Love

When you love, it’s true, you don’t see bad teeth, or turnip toes peeking from the cutaway shoe, or if… James Littwin
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