April 2026

Reflection

The Journey Back to God

A hard look at suicide and addiction. Nate Crew
April 2026 Books

Respect and Justice for Indigenous Peoples: Becoming Allies

By Patricia R. Powers. Self-published, 2025. 414 pages. $19.95/paperback. Friends have had a long engagement with the Native peoples of…

Reviewed by Brian Drayton

April 2026 Books

By the Fire We Carry: The Generations-Long Fight for Justice on Native Land

By Rebecca Nagle. Harper, 2024. 352 pages. $32/hardcover; $19.99/paperback; $9.99/eBook. Civil rights activist Ella Baker observed, “In order to see…

Reviewed by Alicia McBride

April 2026 Books

The Land Knows the Way: Eco-Social Insights for Liberation

By Ricardo Levins Morales. RLM Art Studio, 2025. 372 pages. $24/paperback; $12/eBook. I first learned about The Land Knows the…

Reviewed by Lauren Brownlee

April 2026 Books

The Back Forty: Reflections from Forty Years of Tending the Land in Quaker Community

By Lloyd Guindon. Pendle Hill Pamphlets (number 496), 2025. 37 pages. $8.50/paperback or eBook. In one of the reflections in…

Reviewed by John Andrew Gallery

April 2026 Books

Strands: An Apprenticeship with Grief and Loss AND Ecology of Grief: A Mother’s Witness

By Patricia Wild. Barclay Press, 2025. 238 pages. $24/paperback. By Carol Woolman. Maine Authors Publishing, 2025. 263 pages. $24.95/paperback. Last…

Reviewed by Barbara Birch

April 2026 Books

Lone Dog Road: A Novel

By Kent Nerburn. New World Library, 2025. 504 pages. $21.95/paperback; $14.99/eBook. In South Dakota in July 1950, Levi (11) and…

Reviewed by Margaret Crompton

April 2026 Books

IN BRIEF: Quick Facts About Indigenous Americans

Compiled by Alexis Contreras. Indigenous Affairs Committee of Baltimore Yearly Meeting, 2025. 64 pages. Free PDF download at bym-rsf.org. This…

Reviewed by Addi Schwieterman

Anna Walton Myers

Myers—Anna Walton Myers, 86, on April 5, 2025, surrounded by family, at Kendal-Crosslands retirement community in Kennett Square, Pa. Born Anna… Staff

Flora Jane Coltrane Norwood

Norwood—Flora Jane Coltrane Norwood, 85, on January 14, 2025, peacefully, at Friends Home at Guilford retirement community in Greensboro, N.C.… Staff

James “Jim” Chandler Paton

Paton—James “Jim” Chandler Paton, 88, on January 18, 2025, peacefully in his sleep, in Hayward, Calif. Jim was born on… Staff

Eva Joan “Jo” Newlin Poole

Poole—Eva Joan “Jo” Newlin Poole, 90, on July 31, 2025, at Friends Homes at Guilford retirement community in Greensboro, N.C.,… Staff
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