Among Friends February 2016

On Community, Safety, and Ways Opening and Closing

Gabriel Ehri

Viewpoint: Spiritual Kinship in the Family of God

"The greatest tragedies of our time…"

Eric Palmieri

Forum, February 2016

Working one-on-one for change As a public librarian in the Nicetown section of Philadelphia, I see how much one-on-one contact…

Staff

Features

Jake’s Chickens

Motherhood and science fairs.

Jane Purcell

Features

Guns and Pepper Spray

Teetering on the threshold of peace and self-defense.

Seres Kyrie

Features

How Quaker War Tax Resistance Came and Went, Twice

A history of a sometimes-forgotten Quaker witness.

David M. Gross

My Spiritual Trinity

Quaker meeting, jazz blue groove, and the sweat lodge.

George Morris Middleton Price

Features

Peace Is Possible

Truth, healing, and reconciliation in Maine.

Denise Altvater, Maria Girouard, Arla Patch, and Elizabeth Koopman

Poetry

A Couplet

FJ Poetry: "My grandfather is at the tea-table picking a sugar cube for his tea…"

Saima Afreen

Poetry

The Parable of the Yeast

FJ Poetry: "I keep the Kingdom of God in a small mason jar on a shelf…"

Rachel Miller

Service

A Decade of Tsunami Relief

Friends in service.

Nadine Hoover

Reflection

The S Word

"You could tell he was pissed off."

Whit Young

Let's Grow Together

Let’s Grow Together Interview with Maire Moriarty

Interviews with those relatively new to Friends.

Trevor Johnson

Faith and Practice

The Zen of Quakerism

Faith and Practice.

Peter Taylor

News

News, February 2016

News of Friends

Staff

Among Friends: Progress in the Direction of Love

An introduction to the issue by our associate editor.

Gail Whiffen Coyle

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…