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

Departments

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

Forum

Forum, August 2020

Letters from our readers. Staff
Reflection

Days of Uncertainty

In the midst of these days of uncertainty, I have turned to things that remain constant. Nancy Bieber
News

AFSC joins call to defund the police

“This isn’t a political question. This isn’t a budgetary question. This is a moral question,” said Joyce Ajlouny, general secretary… FJ News Editor
News

University Friends, Wichita to disaffiliate from Evangelical Friends Church

University Friends Church in Wichita, Kans., is ending its affiliation with Evangelical Friends Church–Mid-America Yearly Meeting (EFC-MAYM) as of July… FJ News Editor
News

Eden Grace resigns as FUM’s director of global ministries

On June 23, Friends United Meeting (FUM) announced the resignation of Eden Grace as the director of global ministries, a… FJ News Editor
Viewpoint

How Can We Learn to See That of God in People We Dislike?

If Quakers have anything close to one theology, it is that there is “that of God” in everyone. But what… Karen Tibbals
QuakerSpeak

QuakerSpeak, August 2020

All White people benefit from systems of oppression and exploitation simply by living in a culture created in their favor.… Staff