2023

Poetry

Waiting

Beyond the east windows / three birches reflect and refract the sunlight. . . . James Hannon
Poetry

The Book of Hours

Waking early, I catch the trail / of night. Its silky ink / dissipates by inches while I sip. .… Magda Andrews-Hoke
Poetry

A Text That Changes Everything

He called us Friends. This means that we may get / a text that changes everything. For now, . .… Welling Hall
Forum

Forum, October 2023

Letters from our readers. Staff
Faith and Practice

Looking for the Light to Lead

Thoughts on Quaker process. J. E. McNeil
October 2023 Books

Practicing Peace: Theology, Contemplation, and Action

By Michael John Wood. Wipf and Stock, 2022. 270 pages. $50/hardcover; $35/paperback or eBook. Michael Wood’s book, Practicing Peace, offers…

Reviewed by Rob Pierson

October 2023 Books

What Makes You Come Alive: A Spiritual Walk with Howard Thurman

By Lerita Coleman Brown. Broadleaf Books, 2023. 213 pages. $26.99/hardcover; $24.99/eBook. Lerita Coleman Brown identifies deeply with the Black American…

Reviewed by Ron Hogan

October 2023 Books

Plain Talk about Dying: The Spiritual Effects of Taking My Father off Life Support

By Shulamith Clearbridge. Pendle Hill Pamphlets (number 479), 2023. 31 pages. $7.50/paperback or eBook. Imagine this: Your father is in…

Reviewed by Brad Sheeks

October 2023 Books

A Questionable Death and Other Historical Quaker Midwife Mysteries

By Edith Maxwell. Crippen and Landru Publishers, 2023. 172 pages. $20/paperback; $8.99/eBook. Historical fiction combined with a cozy mystery style…

Reviewed by Kathleen Jenkins

October 2023 Books

Near Truth Only

By Ed Higgins. Fernwood Press, 2023. 112 pages. $17/paperback. I love a poet who welcomes the reader into his world…

Reviewed by Catherine Wald

Robin Daniel Hofvendahl

Hofvendahl—Robin Daniel Hofvendahl, on July 19, 2023, at Ben Lomond Quaker Center in Ben Lomond, Calif. Robin joins parents Ben…

Ellen Elizabeth Baker, a.k.a. Lenel de Emma

Baker—Ellen Elizabeth Baker, a.k.a. Lenel de Emma, 62, on December 22, 2022, in Richmond, Calif. She died as she lived:…
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