February 2025

The Serviceberry by Robin Wall Kimmerer February 2025 Books

The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World

By Robin Wall Kimmerer. Scribner, 2024. 128 pages. $20/hardcover; $10.99/eBook. This long-awaited third book from Robin Wall Kimmerer is a…

Reviewed by Ruah Swennerfelt

Environmentalism From Blow by Ashley Dawson February 2025 Books

Environmentalism from Below: How Global People’s Movements Are Leading the Fight for Our Planet

By Ashley Dawson. Haymarket Books, 2024. 336 pages. $55/hardcover; $22.95/paperback; $9.99/eBook. With the climate emergency drawing together all the threads…

Reviewed by Pamela Haines

A Journey Through the Refiners - Stephen G. Cary Memorial Lecture February 2025 Books

Forging Beloved Community with Friends: A Journey through the Refiner’s Fire

By Bridget Moix. Pendle Hill Pamphlets (number 488), 2024. 24 pages. $7.50/paperback. Author Bridget Moix is the general secretary of…

Reviewed by Barbara Birch

A Ministry of Rick by Philip Berrigan February 2025 Books

A Ministry of Risk: Writings on Peace and Nonviolence

By Philip Berrigan, edited by Brad Wolf. Fordham University Press, 2024. 272 pages. $95/hardcover; $24.95/paperback; $23.99/eBook. One of the iconic…

Reviewed by Robert Levering

When God Became White by Grace Ji-Sun Kim February 2025 Books

When God Became White: Dismantling Whiteness for a More Just Christianity

By Grace Ji-Sun Kim. IVP, 2024. 200 pages. $18/paperback; $17.99/eBook. Like many Friends, I wrestle with how to most faithfully…

Reviewed by Alicia McBride

February 2025 Books

What an Island Knows: Poems

By Alexander Levering Kern. Shanti Arts Publishing, 2024. 148 pages. $18.95/paperback. Alexander Levering Kern’s collection of poems, What an Island…

Reviewed by James W. Hood

February 2025 Books

In Brief: Bent Toward Justice

By Steven R. Feldman. Rand-Smith Books, 2024. 218 pages. $20/paperback; $9.99/eBook. Characters in this novel are relatable and emotionally authentic.…

Reviewed by Sharlee DiMenichi

Lindley Smith Butler

Butler—Lindley Smith Butler, 82, on April 12, 2022, at Friends Homes in Greensboro, N.C. Lindley was born on June 15,…

Ruth Anne Schoonmaker Hood

Hood—Ruth Anne Schoonmaker Hood, 93, on January 3, 2024, peacefully after a brief illness while surrounded by her family at…

Stephen Kent

Kent—Stephen Kent, 76, on January 13, 2024, at River Landing at Sandy Ridge retirement community in Colfax, N.C. Steve was…

Anne Corpening Welsh

Welsh—Anne Corpening Welsh, 89, on September 17, 2024, surrounded by family and friends in Asheville, N.C. Anne was born on…
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