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June-July 2021

June/July 2021 Books

In Brief: Whisperwood: A Confederate Soldier’s Story of War and Conscience

By Van Temple. Self-published, 2020. 376 pages. $16.99/paperback; $1.99/eBook. Anderson Flowers Temple was a real person and a Confederate soldier…

Reviewed by Karie Firoozmand

June/July 2021 Books

In Brief: A Quaker’s View of Gendlin’s Philosophy

By Harbert Rice. Embudo Valley Press, 2020. 126 pages. $14.99/paperback; $7.99/eBook. Eugene Gendlin was a twentieth-century philosopher whose work and…

Reviewed by Karie Firoozmand

Annette L. Benert

Benert—Annette L. Benert, 78, on June 3, 2020, at Moravian Hall Square in Nazareth, Pa., peacefully with her daughter and… Staff

Michael Benjamin Buonaiuto

Buonaiuto—Michael Benjamin Buonaiuto, 73, on June 29, 2020, peacefully in his sleep in Rogers, Ark. Michael was in a coma… Staff

Lyndell Udell Henderson

Henderson—Lyndell Udell Henderson, 98, on September 24, 2020, at home in Atascadero, Calif., surrounded by family. Lynne was born on… Staff

Bruce E. Knox

Knox—Bruce E. Knox, 89, on November 2, 2020, following an extended illness, at Foxdale Village in State College, Pa. Bruce… Staff

Donald William Mott

Mott—Donald William Mott, 96, on December 18, 2020, of COVID-19, at the Village, a WesleyLife retirement community in Indianola, Iowa.… Staff

Michael Simon

Simon—Michael Simon, 78, on September 15, 2020, peacefully after a short illness, at his home in Santa Fe, N.M. Michael… Staff
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QuakerSpeak, June-July 2021

“Revelation doesn’t have anything to do with predicting the end of the world,” explains C. Wess Daniels. Staff

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