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October 2026


Poetry

Some Solace

penning new poems / as old age approaches. Daniel Skach-Mills
Forum

Forum, October 2026

Letters from our readers Staff
Quakers and Money

Budgets as a Tool for Liberation

A budget can be an essential tool for liberation—a place where we can put our values into action. Diana Yañez
Witness

“I Was in Prison, and You Visited Me”

Friends' encounters with detained immigrants. Josih Hostetler and Stan Jones
Lives of Friends

Peace at the End

Relearning my role as a hospital chaplain. Carl Magruder
FJ Spotlight

Sandy Spring Friends School Saved from Closure

Students excel after alumni fundraising effort secures reopening. Sharlee DiMenichi
October 2026 Books

The Gospel in the Anthropocene: Letters from a Quaker Naturalist

By Brian Drayton, illustrations by Darcy Drayton. Inner Light Books, 2026. 368 pages. $32/paperback. How then shall we live as…

Reviewed by Patricia Barber

October 2026 Books

Archaeology, Jesus, and the Gospel of John: What Recent Discoveries Show Us

Edited by Paul N. Anderson. Eerdmans, 2026. 650 pages. $99.99/hardcover or eBook. One important element of “the quest for the…

Reviewed by Brian Drayton

October 2026 Books

How Western Christianity Got It Wrong: Replacing the God of Fear with a Spirituality of Healing

By Randy Woodley. Broadleaf Books, 2026. 262 pages. $28.99/hardcover; $18.99/eBook. At the start of his new book, Randy Woodley writes…

Reviewed by John Andrew Gallery

October 2026 Books

Nothing Can Separate Us: Healing for Souls and Nations

By Howard Thurman, edited by Myles Werntz. Plough Publishing House, 2026. 144 pages. $12.95/paperback; $9.99/eBook. Howard Thurman, an African American…

Reviewed by Stephen W. Angell

October 2026 Books

Elizabeth Cady Stanton: A Revolutionary Life

By Ellen Carol DuBois. Basic Books, 2026. 496 pages. $35/hardcover; $19.99/eBook. Forty-five years ago in a Haverford College women’s studies…

Reviewed by Abigail E. Adams

October 2026 Books

We the Women: The Hidden Heroes Who Shaped America

By Norah O’Donnell, with Kate Andersen Brower. Ballantine Books, 2026. 416 pages. $35/hardcover; $14.99/eBook. In this book, journalist and former…

Reviewed by Alicia McBride

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