October 2024

October 2024

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Faith and Practice

The Courage of a Caterpillar

Each person who has the courage of the caterpillar to take the risk of change brings forth a gift that… John Andrew Gallery
October 2024 Books

Quaker Women, 1800–1920: Studies of a Changing Landscape

Edited by Robynne Rogers Healey and Carole Dale Spencer. The Pennsylvania State University Press, 2023. 310 pages. $124.95/hardcover; $99.99/eBook. I…

Reviewed by Margaret Crompton

October 2024 Books

Wait and Watch: Spiritual Practice, Rehearsal, and Performance

By John Andrew Gallery. Pendle Hill Pamphlets (number 485), 2024. 30 pages. $7.50/pamphlet or eBook. I wish I had understood…

Reviewed by Hope Ascher

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 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

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

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

Youth Service Opportunities Project

Founded in 1983 at a community service conference in New York, Youth Service Opportunities Project (YSOP) is a Quaker nonprofit…

Quaker Voluntary Service

Quaker Voluntary Service (QVS) is an experiment at the intersection of transformational spirituality and activism through fellowship programs for young…
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