2024

June/July 2024 Books

The New Big Book of Christian Mysticism: An Essential Guide to Contemplative Spirituality

By Carl McColman. Broadleaf Books, 2023. 402 pages. $25.99/paperback; $23.99/eBook. Although there is no succinct explication of mysticism, Carl McColman…

Reviewed by Marty Grundy

June/July 2024 Books

Fresh Banana Leaves: Healing Indigenous Landscapes through Indigenous Science

By Jessica Hernandez. North Atlantic Books, 2022. 256 pages. $17.95/paperback; $12.99/eBook.By We often hear the anti-Indigenous statement that the “United…

Reviewed by Ruah Swennerfelt

June/July 2024 Books

Transcendence: Queer Restoryation

By Cai Quirk. Skylark Editions, 2023. 94 pages. $55/paperback; $125/special edition. As a queer Quaker interested in stories that speak…

Reviewed by Cassie J. Hardee

June/July 2024 Books

Amity: Stories from the Heartland

By J. Brent Bill. Roundfire Books, 2023. 112 Pages. $11.95/paperback; $9.99/eBook. Amity: Stories from the Heartland by J. Brent Bill…

Reviewed by Nichole Nettleton

June/July 2024 Books

Leave Nothing Behind

By Martin Willitts Jr. Fernwood Press, 2023. 106 pages. $18/paperback. The reading of poetry is essentially an act of communion.…

Reviewed by Harvey Gillman

June/July 2024 Books

In Brief: Holy Adventure: A Spiritual Memoir

By Lynn Johnson. Meetinghouse, 2023. 58 pages. $17/paperback. This is a lovely little book of some of the author’s life-changing…

Reviewed by Ruah Swennerfelt

Judith Wright Favor

Favor—Judith Wright Favor, 83, on December 8, 2023, of congestive heart failure, peacefully, at home in the company of her… Staff

Marian Darnell Fuson

Fuson—Marian Darnell Fuson, 103, on February 7, 2024, at Kendal at Longwood, a life plan community founded by Quakers in… Staff

Frank Henderson Wood

Wood—Frank Henderson Wood, 94, on December 11, 2023, in Minneapolis, Minn. Frank was born on November 29, 1929, to Willis… Staff
QuakerSpeak

QuakerSpeak, June/July 2024

Spirituality through writing. Christopher Cuthrell

Otto Theodor (Ted) Benfey

Benfey—Otto Theodor (Ted) Benfey, 98, peacefully, on January 24, 2024, at Friends Homes at Guilford, a Quaker-affiliated life plan community… Staff
Among Friends

A Membership That Is Ever Flowing

Introduction to our May issue. Martin Kelley
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