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Nixon’s First Cover-Up: The Religious Life of a Quaker President

By H. Larry Ingle. University of Missouri Press, 2015. 288 pages. $50/hardcover or eBook. In the wake of the Watergate…

Reviewed by Reviewed by Robert Dockhorn

Coming Home: Ministry That Matters with Veterans and Military Families

By Zachary Moon. Chalice Press, 2015. 79 pages. $14.99/paperback; $7.50 eBook. [button link=”https://www.amazon.com/Coming-Home-Ministry-Veterans-Military/dp/0827205384″]Buy on FJ Amazon Store[/button] If you want to gain insight into what…

Reviewed by Reviewed by Tracey Waite

A Measure of Light: A Novel

Most readers know Mary Dyer as a martyr for religious freedom, specifically Quaker faith. But few of us know her…

Reviewed by Reviewed by Beth Taylor

Go Stand Upon the Rock

By Samuel Michael Lemon. Buckhorn Press, 2012. 297 pages. $16.95/paperback. [button link=”https://www.amazon.com/Stand-Samuel-Michael-Lemon-Ed-D/dp/1494211564″]Buy on FJ Amazon Store[/button] In Go Stand Upon the Rock, Samuel Michael Lemon,…

Reviewed by Reviewed by Rosalie Dance

The Invention of Wings

By Sue Monk Kidd. Viking, 2014. 369 pages. $27.95/hardback; $17/paperback; $12.99/eBook. [button link=”https://www.amazon.com/The-Invention-Wings-Monk-Kidd/dp/0143121707″]Buy on FJ Amazon Store[/button] The novel The Invention of Wings by Sue…

Reviewed by Reviewed by Wesley Mason

The Mindful School Leader: Practices to Transform Your Leadership and School

By Valerie Brown and Kristen Olson. Corwin, 2015. 208 pages. $24.95/paperback or eBook. [button link=”https://www.amazon.com/The-Mindful-School-Leader-Leadership/dp/148330308X”]Buy on FJ Amazon Store[/button] If education is the key to…

Reviewed by Reviewed by Claire Salkowski

Parts & Labor

By Letitia VanSant & the Bonafides. Self-released, 2015. $7/digital. Download available at letitiavansant.bandcamp.com. [button link=”https://www.amazon.com/Parts-Labor/dp/B00TB5LKP4″]Buy on FJ Amazon Store[/button] Letitia VanSant, the second (true) name…

Reviewed by Reviewed by Patricia Morrison

Scenes from the 2015 FGC Gathering of Friends

Photos by Joanne Clapp Fullagar

FGC Gathering 2015 Plenary: Daryl Atkinson & Scott Holmes

Video recording from the 2015 FGC Gathering. Courtesy Friends General Conference

Poet Alexander Levering Kern reads “Target Practice at the Beach”

Excerpt from Target Practice at the Beach: Sometimes there’s no symbol, only comic relief. Consider how, for a four year old… Alexander Levering Kern

Author T. Hamboyan Harrison reads “Finding Fellowship After the Charleston Church Massacre”

Excerpt from Finding Fellowship After the Charleston Church Massacre: I remember watching in horror as the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina unfolded. As… T. Hamboyan Harrison

Author Stan Becker reads “One Friend’s Experience of Clearness Regarding Childbearing”

Excerpt from One Friend’s Experience of Clearness Regarding Childbearing: Contemplating words to share about a decision not to have biological children… Stan Becker

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