Among Friends: Giving Light in the Darkness

Introduction to our issue on Giving and Philanthropy

Gabriel Ehri

Viewpoint

Viewpoint: How to Write a Thank-you Note

How to get through that pile of thank-you notes—and end up liking your Friends!

Mariellen Gilpin

Forum: December 2016

Letters from our readers.

Staff

Features

Quaker Family Values on Giving

Charity begins in the home.

Kathleen Costello Malin

Speaking the Language of Quaker Values

A Friend's perspective on money and philanthropy.

Henry B. Freeman

Features

Giving from a Peaceful Place

Finding a balance in our work.

Lisa Smith

Features

Why I Give

Giving is a response of gratefulness to God for life and its blessings.

Mike Moyer

Features

The Companionship of Philanthropy and Spirituality

Philanthropy can be beneficial to both the giver and the receiver.

Jay W. Marshall

Poetry

Home Communion

FJ Poetry: Somewhere in Amish country—York, perhaps—a chalice and patter of local clay glazed in soft Loden green.

David Black

Poetry

May I See

FJ Poetry: Lord, cure me of my blindness, / My short sightedness.

Andrea Carey

Let's Grow Together

Let’s Grow Together: Interview with Matthias Luckwaldt

Interviews with those new to Friends.

Staff

Lives of Friends

Darkness and Light

Lives of Friends

Mary Jean Port

Online Features

A Quaker Vision for Political Activism

With the election of Donald J Trump as the next president of the United States, we bring you a repeat of the video interview with Friends Marge Abbott and Noah Baker Merrill, "Why Do Quakers Care About Politics?"

QuakerSpeak

Among Friends: Casting the Light

Our introduction to our issue on Quakers and Social Media.

Martin Kelley

Forum November 2016

Letters from our readers.

Staff

Viewpoint: Persuasive Letters to the Editor

Tips for getting your thoughts printed in your local paper.

Don Byrd

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…