August 2026

Among Friends

The Noises of Our Silences

Introduction to our August issue. Martin Kelley
Features

How Can I Keep from Singing?

The marvelous mystery of worship-fluid meetings. John Helding
Features

Experiments in Silent Worship

Reflections in three movements. Joe McHugh
Features

The Quaker Ministry of Silence and the Bible

The biblical roots of silent worship as experienced by a Salvadoran Friend. Jasson Arevalo
Features

What Can We Say?

Six essentials of Quaker faith. Steven Dale Davison
Features

The Gift of Good Boundaries

What I’ve learned from Eleanor Dart. Susan Calhoun
Features

Child Safeguarding in Quaker Spaces

Truth and transparency in dealing with abuse. Sharlee DiMenichi
Online Features

Chords and Discord

On sympathetic resonance and the value of disunity. Anna Melville
Joan Slonczewski. Photo by subject. Online Features

A Door Into Ocean Turns 40

Revisiting Joan Slonczewski’s Quaker Science Fiction Novel Jonathan Doering
Poetry

Credo

I believe / there is always hope. Tammy Iralu
Poetry

Carried

The log where my dad perched as a bluebird / in the full sun Kim Parko
Poetry

By the Pond

Turtles bask, / heads up, / in sun. Magda Andrews-Hoke
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