God Still Speaks to the Quakers

A group of activists from many faith traditions work together to protest drone warfare.

John Amidon

Features

An AFSC Defense of the Rights of Conscience

The Case of the United States of America vs. Daniel A. Seeger

Daniel A. Seeger

Features

Why Talk about Conscientious Objection with Youth?

Conscience must be developed and nurtured.

Curt Torell

Poetry

Voyagers

FJ poetry: "On the road south toward home / a chevron of geese crosses…"

Linda Rabben

Poetry

Higher Order Thinking

FJ Poetry: "What if Eve, eyeing the / red lusciousness of the apple…

Katherine Murray

Online Features

The Advantage of History: An Interview with Timothy Snyder

Friends Journal interviews the author of the best-selling book on resisting the rise of American authoritarianism.

Gabriel Ehri

News October 2017

News from Wilmington Yearly Meeting, the Foulkeways community, and Zimbabwe.

Staff

Quaker Works October 2017

A semiannual feature to connect Friends Journal readers to the good works of Quaker organizations* in the following categories: Advocacy…

Staff

Poetry

Trust

FJ Poetry: "He has been instructed to take shelter under his mother's cloak…"

Dudley Warman

Online Features

Charlottesville Quakers and the Ongoing Stand against White Nationalists

Quakers can learn to be braver and more outspoken.

Isaac Barnes May

Full Access

September Full Issue Access

Friends Journal member subscribers can download full PDF or read any article online.

Staff

Among Friends: Quaker Tools, New and Revisited

Our introduction to the September 2017 issue.

Gabriel Ehri

Forum, September 2017

Letters from our readers: Overworked caregivers; Minding our Light?; More listening, less explaining.

Staff

Features

God as a Cow and the Duck Index

Images from dreams provide unexpected life and spiritual guidance.

Tina Tau

Features

Ah, Go Fly a Kite!

Paper, glue, wind, and metaphors at the FGC Gathering.

Charles G. Jones

Features

Quaker Faith, Quaker Practice, and Quaker Boards

The search for courage and integrity in the boardroom is complicated and ongoing.

Jacob D. Stone

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…