2024

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

American Friends Service Committee

As of September, American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) has delivered life-saving aid to over one million people in Gaza. To…
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

Quaker House at Chautauqua

Quaker House is located on the grounds of Chautauqua Institution in western New York. The most recent nine-week season ended…

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…

Pendle Hill

Pendle Hill, a Quaker study and retreat center located outside Philadelphia, Pa., welcomed 261 sojourners, 97 groups, 1,743 online and…

Friends Wilderness Center

Preserved by Quakers for “perpetual spiritual use,” Friends Wilderness Center (FWC) offers restorative peace and tranquility. Since 1974, FWC has…

Judy Wright Matchett

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

Friends Center

Friends Center’s newest office tenant is Joyful Readers, a nonprofit that trains reading tutors for Philadelphia public school students. The…
QuakerSpeak

QuakerSpeak, October 2024

7 Quaker approaches to payer. Staff

Ben Lomond Quaker Center

Ben Lomond Quaker Center, located on over 80 acres in Ben Lomond, Calif., offers programs and retreats in line with…
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