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August 2026

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Forum, August 2026

Letters from our readers. Staff
Quakers and Money

Money and Ethical Finance? Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell

Peterson Toscano talks about how, in life and work, after much searching he has found a way to harmoniously combine… Peterson Toscano
Reflection

Peace, Silence, and the Inner Light

The author's uniquely powerful experience among the Quakers of Monteverde: silence, community diversity, and connection with nature. Hazel Guindon Badilla
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

August 2026 Books

Light for the Way: Seeking Simplicity, Connection, and Repair in a Broken World

By Sojourners magazine, edited by Rose Marie Berger. Broadleaf Books, 2026. 336 pages. $28.99/hardcover; $18.99/eBook. “Light for the Way” could…

Reviewed by Diane Randall

August 2026 Books

Minds in Transit

By Joan Slonczewski. Caezik SF & Fantasy, 2025. 300 pages. $24.99/paperback; $9.99/eBook. Microbes are on Joan Slonczewski’s mind. That’s not…

Reviewed by Rob Pierson

August 2026 Books

Sky Responds to Our Holler

By Zenaida Peterson. Game Over Books, 2025. 64 pages. $18/paperback. I don’t want to be beautiful / I want to…

Reviewed by Catherine Wald

August 2026 Books

In Brief: Quakerism: The Basics (Second Edition)

By Margery Post Abbott and Carl Abbott. Routledge, 2025. 240 pages. $28.99/paperback or eBook. This book is about more than…

Reviewed by Patricia McBee

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