2024

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…

Friends Peace Teams

Friends Peace Teams (FPT) is a Spirit-led organization that creates spaces for truth-telling, dialogue, healing, and nonviolent action for justice…
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

Canadian Friends Service Committee

In 2019 after Canadian Friends Service Committee’s book Are We Done Fighting? Building Understanding in a World of Hate and…
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