Teaching as Vessel to Spirit

A teacher facing burnout finds a new openness of heart after she starts worshipping with Friends. Podcast reading available.

Gretchen L. Morse

Features

Quaker Parenting from a Quaker Mother and Daughter

A Quaker type of parenting seen across two generations.

Lynn Fitz-Hugh and Sara Alice Grendon

Poetry

That Winter

FJ Poetry: "That winter after he returned from the hospital—"

Polly Brown

Poetry

Meetings

FJ Poetry: "Sitting silent every Sunday that summer in Maine…"

Barbara Kubodera

Poetry

Weeds

FJ Poetry: "I was introduced to them by my father…"

Ken Gibble

Online Features

60th Anniversary: Worship Sharing Comes to Friends

From the FJ archives.

Martin Kelley

Quakers Doing Lent?

A daily reflection offered by William Penn House.

Brad Ogilvie

Online Features

Reflections on Hold These Truths, a Play about Gordon Hirabayashi

Hirabayashi was a Japanese American Quaker who refused internment during World War II.

Sara Waxman

Among Friends March 2015

The Unexpected Conversation

Gabriel Ehri

Viewpoint: Religion and spirituality

A March 2015 Viewpoint. Includes author reading.

Sam Cypressi

Forum March 2015

Letters, comments, and emails from our readers

Staff

Features

Silent Bodies: My Struggle with an Eating Disorder

Quakers and the spirituality of food and the body. Podcast available.

Madeline Schaefer

Features

Through the Clouds of Unknowing

An inward journey through clouds of uncertainty.

Keith R. Maddock

Features

26 Weekends at Columbia County Jail

A jailed Quaker chronicles the stories behind the bars of mass incarceration. Includes video author interview.

Joseph Olejak

Features

A Powerful Hope

Reflections on the World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates in Rome.

Phil Lord

Features

Human Trafficking: We Cannot Keep Silent

A sober look at the modern day slavery that fuels our consumerism. Includes author video chat.

Jack Ciancio

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…