What Do We Believe?

December 2025

Online Features

We Cannot Do This on Our Own

What does it mean to listen and learn from Jesus? Christopher Stern
Poetry

Real Estate Blues

Four days past Christmas and the rains have come. / From my cavern of envy, I present to you Rant… Alexander Levering Kern
Poetry

Even the Rocks Will Cry Out

If you should keep silent / in praise of God, / even the rocks will cry out. Cynthia Gallaher
Poetry

Blackout

My singing skirt material I got cheap / like blackout curtains / do they have that now? Margaret Crompton
Forum

Forum, December 2025

Letters from our readers. Staff
Faith and Practice

When You’re Surrounded by Briars, Mountains, and Cold Hearts

Margaret Fell for modern Friends. Shulamith Clearbridge
Reflection

Led by the God of Our Experience

Thoughts from a Quaker solitary. Derek R. Polzer
December 2025 Books: Young Friends Bookshelf

Young Friends Bookshelf

Our column usually includes many books that reflect Quaker values. For example, The Littlest Drop never mentions Quakers or Quakerism;… Eileen Redden
December 2025 Book Reviews

The Lost Book: An Allen House Mystery

By Jean Parvin Bordewich, illustrated by Seren Llunet. Palmetto Publishing, 2024. 38 pages. $19.99/hardcover; $12.99/paperback. Recommended for ages 3–12. Long…

Reviewed by Shelia Bumgarner

December 2025 Book Reviews

The Littlest Drop

By Sascha Alper, illustrated by Jerry and Brian Pinkney. Anne Schwartz Books, 2025. 40 pages. $18.99/hardcover; $10.99/eBook. Recommended for ages…

Reviewed by Melinda Wenner Bradley

December 2025 Book Reviews

Fearless Benjamin: The Quaker Dwarf Who Fought Slavery

By Michelle Markel and Marcus Rediker, illustrated by Sarah Bachman. PM Press, 2025. 32 pages. $19.95/hardcover; $9.95/eBook. Recommended for ages…

Reviewed by Eileen Redden and Gail Whiffen

December 2025 Book Reviews

Chooch Helped

By Andrea L. Rogers, illustrated by Rebecca Lee Kunz. Levine Querido, 2024. 48 pages. $18.99/hardcover; $11.99/eBook. Recommended for ages 4–8.…

Reviewed by Katie Green

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