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Friends Face a Pandemic/Thin Spaces


Features
A Quaker Retirement Community Faces the Pandemic by Nancy Thomas

Worshiping Online with Friends by Katie Breslin

Communing Together Virtually by Greg Woods


Student Voices

Seventh Annual Student Voices Project


Thin Spaces Features

God in the ATM by Kat Griffith

Two Meditations on the Intrusion of the Divine into My Daily Life by John Andrew Gallery

A Parallel Universe by Jennifer Kavanagh

Channeling Agape for Those on Their Final Journey by Diane D’Angelo

Grounded in God by Michael Wajda


Poetry
(Two Poems for Saint Thérèse of Lisieux) by Sarah Law

So It Goes by Mary Timberlake


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Student Voices Project 2020

Food Insecurity in Philadelphia

Every Sunday from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m., I make 50 bagged lunches for homeless people in Kensington, a neighborhood in… Noa Phillips
Student Voices Project 2020

Learning to Help the Homeless

Walking down the streets in downtown D.C., I saw homeless people everywhere: on the sides of the street, outside churches,… Charlie Kerry
Student Voices Project 2020

Made for Killing

About 14 out of every 100,000 people in North Carolina were killed by a gun in 2016, according to the… Olive Shull
Student Voices Project 2020

Standing Against Gun Violence

I was watching TV when my mom got up to get a phone call. I saw the look on her… Nia Daniel
Student Voices Project 2020

Communities and Protest Songs

Music brings people together. If people like the same song, then they’ll dance together and have a good time and… Ralph Richardson III
Student Voices Project 2020

Teaching about Africa

I was seated directly in front of the TV in my living room. My concentration was unbreakable as I watched… Graciana Kabwe
Student Voices Project 2020

Black History Matters

When I think of creating change, everything suddenly seems so big. The world seems so unchangeable, so hard to amend.… Tara Prakash
Student Voices Project 2020

Too Much Time Waiting

People waste hours of their life just by waiting. Humans in dire need of medical attention wait while their lives… Sarah Sheets
Student Voices Project 2020

Food Waste in North Carolina

My brother is a picky eater, so at times whole meals go to waste. I also see people throwing away… Whitney Williams
Student Voices Project 2020

Energy Use in the Classroom

When I was in sixth grade, I helped make a significant change at my school. It started with a class-wide… Louise Pappa
Student Voices Project 2020

Saving the Park

I woke up and immediately knew what I wanted to do. It was a warm sunny day in May, a… Gobind Gosal
Student Voices Project 2020

Both Student and Steward

I used to dismiss the idea of being “a good steward” or being “the responsible one.” No one else was… Camille MacKenzie
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