Loving and Letting Go

Facing the stages of life with our faith communities.

Mary Ann Downey

Features

Toward Spiritual Optimism

Following the examples of Saint Paul and George Fox.

Mike Higgins

Features

The Devoted Path

Holding fast to the promise of new creation.

Adrian Glamorgan

Features

My Happy Heart Is Full

The clarity of spiritual joy.

Deborah B. Ramsey

Features

Three Aspirations

Presence, humility, and hope.

Glenn Morison

Features

Hope’s Many Answers

Friends organizations offer programs to revitalize meetings.

Sharlee DiMenichi

Poetry

Before the Fireplace: December, 1993

When forty-four summers have touched your face / And sown long furrows beside your eyes

Alexander Levering Kern

Poetry

In the Nick of Time

I was a believer. I grew up / with a firm faith in the Tooth

Nancy Thomas

Poetry

Cleansed

A hen pecks the ground to loosen soil / ruffles a shallow hole

Karen Luke Jackson

Forum

Letters from our readers.

Staff

Reflection

Be Still and Cool

When we go inward and look toward the Eternal, we can find the Light of Truth, Hope, and Love in all persons and all creation.

Jerry McBride

December 2024 Book Reviews

Young Friends Bookshelf

Eileen Redden

Viewpoint

What Can We Do Now?

Even when it seems hopeless, persistence often pays off—sometimes when least expected, and sometimes in surprising ways.

Arden Buck

QuakerSpeak

QuakerSpeak, December 2024

Benjamin Lay, Radical Quaker Abolitionist.

Staff

News

Quaker Initiative to End Torture Laid Down After Nearly 20 Years of Advocacy

Members of the Quaker Initiative to End Torture (QUIT) laid down the group on July 15, after more than 19 years.

Sharlee DiMenichi

Online Features

Olive Branch

Alien enemies provide a lesson in trust.

RM Ambrose

Gene T. on Recovering from the Shame of Combat

This is really an extremely important and profound issue. I’m not sure I have the right…
Gerard Guiton on We Are Having an Effect

While I admire, and learn from, Greg Rolles’ activism, I am moved to comment on his…
Philip Fitz on A Union Unlike Any Other

One milestone in the process of acceptance of same-sex marriage was not in the article. Goshen…
Tom Smith on A Union Unlike Any Other

In 1999, Portland Friends School was established. It was a culmination of a committee made up…