Quakers in Translation

November 2020

November 2020 Books

Surrendering into Silence: Quaker Prayer Cycles

By David Johnson. Inner Light Books, 2020. 73 pages. $21/hardcover; $15/paperback; $10/eBook. In traditional societies, time is experienced as a… Alla Podolsky
November 2020 Books

Spiritual Conversations with Children: Listening to God Together

By Lacy Finn Borgo. IVP, 2020. 192 pages. $17/paperback; $16.99/eBook. As a parent, grandparent, and educator for many years, I… Alla Podolsky
November 2020 Books

Sweet Home Monteverde and A Long Walk, a Gradual Ascent: The Story of the Bolivian Friends Church in Its Context of Conflict

Directed by Robin Truesdale, produced by Bill Adler. Self-released, 2020. 56 minutes. For purchase and streaming options: sweethomemonteverde.com. By Nancy J.… Alla Podolsky
November 2020 Books

Syria’s Secret Library: Reading and Redemption in a Town Under Siege

By Mike Thomson. PublicAffairs, 2019. 320 pages. $28/hardcover; $3.99/eBook. Some time ago I reviewed Joshua Hammer’s book, The Bad-Ass Librarians… Alla Podolsky
November 2020 Books

The More Extravagant Feast: Poems

By Leah Naomi Green. Graywolf Press, 2020. 80 pages. $16/paperback; $9.99/eBook. I once heard the poet Li-Young Lee say something… Alla Podolsky
November 2020 Books

Circadian

By Letitia VanSant. Self-released (letitiavansant.com), 2020. 9 tracks. $15/CD; $10/digital download. When chronobiologist Franz Halberg was asked how he invented… Alla Podolsky

Larry Scott Butler

Butler—Larry Scott Butler, 75, on December 15, 2018, in Fort Myers, Fla. Larry was born July 29, 1943, in Clearfield,…

Joy Newby Cronk

Cronk—Joy Newby Cronk, 94, on August 13, 2020, at Medford Leas Retirement Community in Medford, N.J. Joy and her twin…

Owen J. Newlin

Newlin—Owen J. Newlin, 92, on July 12, 2020, in Des Moines, Iowa. A birthright Friend, Owen was born on February…

Nancy Gene Wallace

Wallace—Nancy Gene Wallace, 69, on March 31, 2020, at home in Chicago, Ill., from lung cancer. Nancy was born to…

Meredith Walton

Walton—Meredith Walton, 83, on June 11, 2020, peacefully at home in Springvale, Maine, surrounded by family and her life partner.…
QuakerSpeak

QuakerSpeak, November 2020

Have you seen the one featuring Avis Wanda McClinton and the garden she created? She started it during the COVID-19… Staff
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