October 2024

October 2024

October 2024 Books

Rufus Jones and the Presence of God

By Helen Holt. Christian Alternative Books (Quaker Quicks), 2023. 96 pages. $10.95/paperback; $5.99/eBook. Rufus M. Jones (1863–1948) was a Haverford…

Reviewed by Tom Cameron

October 2024 Books

Elijah the Bodhisattva: An Interspiritual Exploration

By Malcolm David Brown. O-Books, 2024. 192 pages. $17.95/paperback; $8.99/eBook. The provocative incongruity of Malcolm David Brown’s title that joins…

Reviewed by George Schaefer

October 2024 Books

The Story Is in Our Bones: How Worldviews and Climate Justice Can Remake a World in Crisis

By Osprey Orielle Lake. New Society Publishers, 2024. 400 pages. $29.99/paperback or eBook. In The Story Is in Our Bones:…

Reviewed by Lauren Brownlee

October 2024 Books

The Book of Nature: The Astonishing Beauty of God’s First Sacred Text

By Barbara Mahany. Broadleaf Books, 2023. 191 pages. $27.99/hardcover; $25.99/eBook. The Book of Nature spoke directly and deeply to my…

Reviewed by Mark Jolly-Van Bodegraven

October 2024 Books

Rethinking the Police: An Officer’s Confession and the Pathway to Reform

By Daniel Reinhardt. InterVarsity Press, 2023. 224 pages. $18.99/paperback or eBook. Daniel Reinhardt, a White person of faith like myself,…

Reviewed by Abigail E. Adams

October 2024 Books

In Brief: A Brief History of Quakers in Lancaster County, 1658–1959

By Ernest Schreiber. Self-published, 2023. 91 pages. $20/paperback. This concise volume offers an overview of Friends’ influence in Lancaster County,…

Reviewed by Sharlee DiMenichi

October 2024 Books

In Brief: Logos for the Journey

By Sheldon H. Clark. Rock’s Mills Press, 2024. 50 pages. $16/paperback. This slender book, presented as an “all-purpose carryall,” has…

Reviewed by Sharlee DiMenichi

October 2024 Books

In Brief: On the Level: Poems on Living with Multiple Sclerosis

By Bryan R. Monte. Circling Rivers, 2022. 120 pages. $24.99/hardcover; $16.99/paperback. This first collection from Bryan R. Monte, a Quaker…

Reviewed by Michael S. Glaser

Viewpoint

George Fox and Slavery

We can evaluate George Fox as all historical figures: take inspiration from his genuine accomplishments—while learning from his mistakes. Thomas Gates

Stephen Dale Brisson

Brisson—Stephen Dale Brisson, 68, on July 13, 2023, peacefully with his children at his side at the Carrington Place Rehabilitation…

Robert Pollard Fetter

Fetter—Robert Pollard Fetter, 92, on January 22, 2024, of cancer at Broadmead, a Quaker retirement community in Cockeysville, Md. Bob…

Judy Wright Matchett

Matchett—Judy Wright Matchett, 97, peacefully on April 4, 2023, in Olympia, Wash. Judy was born on July 10, 1925, in…
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