News, September 2016

News from Friends at the FGC Gathering, British Quakers in business, and the Friends Committee on Scouting.

Staff

Author Lola Georg reads “The Dwelling Place Within”

FJ Podcast: I had the most remarkable experience the first time I stepped over the threshold of a meetinghouse. The room was quiet, and I knew that I was supposed to sit in silence. I sat down and closed my eyes. For a while, I fidgeted and tried to make myself comfortable on the bench.

Lola Georg

Audio

Author Chris Mohr reads “A Quaker Space for Our Time”

FJ Podcast: On October 6, 2015, I got an email from Tony Heriza, the media production director at American Friends Service Committee (AFSC). His wife, Jane Golden, directs the City of Philadelphia Mural Arts Program, and they had a problem.

Chris Mohr

Audio

Interview with Jean Schnell, author of “Framing the Light”

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Jean Schnell

Audio

Author Jean Schnell reads “Framing the Light”

FJ Podcast: When I first became interested in photography in 2005, I took a class in composition. As part of an assignment, I began to photograph the Quaker meeting that I attend. When I shared the pictures with members of my meeting, I had my first direct personal experience of photographs touching a viewer and making them feel something.

Jean Schnell

Among Friends: An Everlasting Space for Truth

An introduction to our issue on Quaker Spaces.

Martin Kelley

Forum, August 2016

Letters from our readers.

Staff

Features

Framing the Light

Quaker meetinghouses as space and Spirit.

Jean Schnell

Features

It’s the Spirit That Makes It Beautiful

A Friends church in Oregon opens itself to its neighbors.

Cherice Bock

Features

Ministry of Tourism

A historic meetinghouse becomes a place where the public can learn about Friends.

Lynne Calamia

Features

Grounding Friends Presence on Capitol Hill

Creating a space where all people are welcome, heard, and respected.

Beth Henricks

Features

A Quaker Space for Our Time

A look inside a central hub of Philadelphia Quaker activity.

Chris Mohr

Features

The Dwelling Place Within

While traveling to unusual worship places, a Friend discovers the sacred dwelling space within.

Lola Georg

Poetry

On Being Empty

FJ Poetry: "I’ve been empty for a while now…"

Karie Firoozmand

Let's Grow Together

Lets Grow Together Interview with Gabby Hammons

Our Lets Grow Together interviews profile newcomers to Friends.

Trevor Johnson

Reflection

A New Conspiracy Theory

Believing that miracles occur.

Marydale Stewart

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…