August 2026

History

Resurrecting a Forgotten Friend

Appoquinimink Meeting honors abolitionist John Alston 152 years after his death. Kate O’Donnell
Bible Study

And After the Fire a Sound of Sheer Silence

The Bible Study column runs four times a year in the February, May, August, and November issues. Florence Capaldo Kimball
August 2026 Books

Margaret Fell’s Women’s Speaking Justified in Modern English

Translated and annotated by Paul N. Anderson. Barclay Press, 2026. 76 pages. $31/hardcover; $19/paperback. In 1968, I took a job…

Reviewed by Barbara Birch

August 2026 Books

The Seed Is in All: A Journey through the Quaker World

By Tim Gee. James Backhouse Lectures, 2025. 64 pages. $13/pamphlet; $7/eBook. The role of Australia Yearly Meeting’s annual Backhouse Lecture…

Reviewed by Harvey Gillman

August 2026 Books

Divine Ecosystem: A Quaker Theology

By Christy Randazzo. Fortress Press, 2025. 320 pages. $47/paperback; $43.99/eBook. Divine Ecosystem alerts us right from the start to the…

Reviewed by Pamela Haines

A.M. Fink

Fink—A.M. Fink, 93, on April 6, 2026, at home in Ames, Iowa. A.M. was born on December 15, 1932, in… Staff

Jennifer “Jenny” Polge Hollingshead

Hollingshead—Jennifer “Jenny” Polge Hollingshead, 96, on November 9, 2025, at Pennswood Village retirement community in Newtown, Pa. Jenny was born… Staff

Catharine Maner Lucas

Lucas—Catharine Maner Lucas, 86, on October 10, 2025, peacefully, after a stroke and a subsequent fall, at Friends House retirement… Staff

William Strong

Strong—William Strong, 95, on December 28, 2025, with his family by his side, at Pennswood Village retirement community in Newtown,… Staff

Donald Ray Tickle

Tickle—Donald Ray Tickle, 89, on September 18, 2025, in Greensboro, N.C. Don was born on May 5, 1936, to Posie… Staff

Patricia “Ann” Cockerham Tickle

Tickle—Patricia “Ann” Cockerham Tickle, 83, on December 17, 2025, in Greensboro, N.C. Ann was born on April 4, 1942, to… Staff

D. Richard “Dick” Wenner

Wenner—D. Richard “Dick” Wenner, 98, on December 18, 2025, peacefully, at the Wenner family farm in Stillwater, Pa. Born on… Staff
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