Supporting Ministries

June-July 2026

Interview

What Would Spirit Have Me Do?

How Friends Incubator for Public Ministry is lifting up spiritual gifts. Sharlee DiMenichi
Reflection

When Fire Comes

A Quaker practice of starting over. Amy Cooke
June/July 2026 Books

The Quaker Faith: Friends of Love and Truth

By Stuart K. Masters. T&T Clark, 2025. 208 pages. $75/hardcover; $22.95/paperback; $20.65/eBook. Have you ever wondered, “How can ‘those’ people…

Reviewed by Paul Buckley

June/July 2026 Books

Is Peace Possible?

By Kathleen Lonsdale. Marginalian Editions, 2025. 144 pages. $24/hardcover; $11.99/eBook. Kathleen Lonsdale (1903–1971) was a leading scientist in the UK…

Reviewed by Cameron McWhirter

June/July 2026 Books

Turning Toward the Victim: The Bible, Sacred Violence, and the End of Scapegoating in Quaker Perspective

By Thomas Jay Gates. Wipf and Stock, 2025. 326 pages. $53/hardcover; $38/paperback or eBook. The French scholar René Girard developed…

Reviewed by Ron Hogan

June/July 2026 Books

Wildest Dream: An Imagined History of the Green Man

By David Gee. Ember Press, 2025. 96 pages. £8.99 (about $12)/paperback. David Gee was introduced to the Green Man when…

Reviewed by John Andrew Gallery

June/July 2026 Books

The Last Sweet Bite: Stories and Recipes of Culinary Heritage Lost and Found

By Michael Shaikh. Crown, 2025. 320 pages. $30/hardcover; $14.99/eBook. I love culinary history and the way that food and recipes…

Reviewed by Hope Ascher

June/July 2026 Books

The Radiance of Grace

By Margaret Cotton. Self-published, 2025. 344 pages. $31.99/hardcover; $19.99/paperback; $8.99/eBook. The Radiance of Grace is a compelling and deeply researched…

Reviewed by Diana Sacerio

June/July 2026 Books

Seasons with Friends

By Linda Rabben. Self-published, 2025. 75 pages. $15/paperback (available via theivybookshop.com). Haiku, a traditional Japanese poetic form, follows a strict formula: three lines of five,…

Reviewed by Neal Burdick

June/July 2026 Books

IN BRIEF: The 18th Century Enslaving Industry: Lancaster Quakers Involvement

By Ann Morgan. Self-published, 2025. 144 pages. $33.99/hardcover; $18.99/paperback; $10.99/eBook. Ann Morgan, a Friend from Lancaster Meeting in England, had…

Reviewed by Addi Schwieterman

June/July 2026 Books

IN BRIEF: I Refuse to Kill: My Path to Nonviolent Action in the Sixties

By Francesco Da Vinci. Self-published, 2026. 277 pages. $24.99/paperback. Originally published in 2021, this historical memoir of a conscientious objector…

Reviewed by Gail Whiffen

Brigitte Gertrud Alexander

Alexander—Brigitte Gertrud Alexander, 96, on November 6, 2025, at Kendal-Crosslands Communities, a Quaker retirement community in Kennett Square, Pa. Brigitte,… Staff
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