What Do We Believe?

December 2025

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The Sweet Benefits of Pruning

When my wife and I purchased our home in Elkins Park, Pa., she was pleased to discover a mature pear… Ralph Lelii

Darita Rose Alden

Alden—Darita Rose Alden, 75, on May 12, 2024, after a long struggle with cancer in Eugene, Ore. She was born…

Grace Chawner Bowles

Bowles—Grace Chawner Bowles, 89, on May 4, 2025, peacefully, in Greensboro, N.C. Grace, who went by the name Gay for…

Martha Allen Murdock

Murdock—Martha Allen Murdock, 97, on December 17, 2024, at a retirement community in Branford, Conn. Born on February 17, 1927,…

Barton A. Parks Jr.

Parks—Barton A. Parks Jr., 86, on October 12, 2024, peacefully in his sleep, at Friends Homes at Guilford in Greensboro,…

Bruce Blakely Stewart

Stewart—Bruce Blakely Stewart, 85, on January 26, 2025, at home in Chattanooga, Tenn. Bruce was born on January 22, 1940,…

Betty Jane “B.J.” Watkins Weatherby

Weatherby—Betty Jane “B.J.” Watkins Weatherby, 91, on October 10, 2023, at Friends Homes in Greensboro, N.C. B.J. was born on…
QuakerSpeak

QuakerSpeak, December 2025

How to bridge the political divide through faith. Staff