My Troublesome BFFs

Nineteenth-century Quaker troublemakers tumble out of the library stacks.

Margaret Cotton

Forum, August 2017

Letters from our readers.

Unaccompanied

If the dark conceals all possibilities, then the light wakes us.

A Quaker’s Passing: My Father’s Way

The answers would only come from being present in the light.

Heaven-based Living

A brief glimpse of eternity inspires a search for understanding.

A Simple State of Being That Never Truly Dies

Moving toward death is its own kind of expectant worship.

Children and Death

Bringing Quaker spirituality to the bedside of those dying.

Weeping to Joy

God heals in unexpected ways.

A Quaker Approach to Living with Dying

Does the Quaker way of life have answers to death?

Integrity and the Ultimate

How can we talk about death when we’re so vibrantly alive?

Beauty; Beauty Everywhere

The sound of machines, monitors, and people in the hallway evaporated; it felt like being in meeting for worship when the gathered center down.

Death and Dying: A Personal Adventure

Death Cafés give people a place to share stories, confide their fears, and ask questions.

Measuring Joy

Poetry: "My grandmother put a little sugar in everything she cooked."

Friends Bearing Food

Poetry: "Word goes out, and they start to come"

The Woman Who Refused to Take “No” for an Answer

Testimonies of equality and community in early Christianity.

The Tapestry of Meeting for Worship

Viewpoint: Uncovering a new dimension of meeting.

News, August 2017

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