News, March 2018

News of Friends: Yearly Meetings newsletter project; Quaker podcasts; Peacemaking panel; Appointment.

Staff

Poetry

Rahab

Poetry: "I lived in the wall, between the wilderness / and stony Jericho."

Kristin Camitta Zimet

Rahab

Poesía: "Vivía en la muralla, entre el desierto / y la pedregosa Jericó."

Martin Kelley

Full Access

February Full Issue Access

FJ Members can download the full PDF of the February issue or read any article online.

Staff

Features

Prophetic Witness, Pragmatic Action

What does it mean to be prophetic in a time of political division?

Diane Randall

Features

A Perilous Neglect

Waiting for the Watchman and holding things in God.

Alastair McIntosh

Features

The Trouble With “Strangers”

Freedom isn't anyone's politically correct opinion.

Gerri Williams

Features

Can Quakerism Survive?

Why is there no vision of the future of Quakerism?

Donald W. McCormick

Features

Quilting as Ministry

Quilting as healing at a Quaker Voluntary Service house.

Kayla Schneider-Smith

Features

Breath of the Ancestors

The Fellowship of Friends of African Descent travels to Ghana's Hill House Meeting.

Paul Ricketts

Poetry

Winter

Poetry: "Starving herself by choice / my mother wanted to know…"

Linda Lee

A Matter of Trust

Among Friends: Our introduction to the February 2018 issue.

Gabriel Ehri

Forum, February 2018

Forum: Letters from our readers.

Staff

Viewpoint: Influencing People Who Shape Public Policy

Tips to make sure one's advocacy actually influences policymakers.

Barbara Hildt

An interview with David Harrington Watt

Friends Journal catches up with Haverford College's new professor of Quaker studies.

Aliyah Shanti

News

News February 2018

News of Friends: Statement from AFSC on being banned from work in Israel; Remembering Muted Voices symposium; Quakers in Britain denounce recognition of Jerusalem; Friends celebrate World Quaker Day.

Staff

Tom Louderback on Quakers and Capitalism

Capitalism is supposed to be an economic system with checks and balances, like democracy, and we…
Steven Davison on Speaking with Spiritual Authority

Thank you, Peter, for this ministry. I share your concern. In fact, Pendle Hill just published…
Ron Braithwaite on Hoopes Sentenced to More Than Two Years in Prison for Assaulting an ICE Agent

At the actual sentencing, Jacob was sentenced to 30 months at the Sheridan, Oregon Federal Minimum…
Kevin Johnson on Hoopes Sentenced to More Than Two Years in Prison for Assaulting an ICE Agent

I would have hoped that Friends would refrain from violent protests in these difficult days. Friends…