News December 2014

Historical marker, books website, Quaker divisions, a new space, and an appointment.

Staff

Among Friends

We are not all the same

Gabriel Ehri

Forum November 2014

Letters from our readers.

Staff

Viewpoint: Walter Wink and the challenge of good business

November 2014 Viewpoint

Katherine Simmons

Features

Blowing on Coals

Writing words that speak to another's condition.

Pamela Haines

Poetry

Cat Words

Poetry: "The cat looks up and sees me on my walk…"

Donald Mace Williams

Features

The Chicken and the Egg

Where do writers get ideas?

Su Penn

Poetry

Take a Leaf

Poetry: "Take a leaf or a page…"

Elizabeth Schultz

Features

Making History: Writing the Story of a Meeting

Writing the story of a meeting.

Sabrina Darnowsky

Poetry

Surrender

Poetry: "At eight spring knocked me out"

Margaret Stetler

Features

My Life as a Friend

A woodcarver leaves the Marines for a more peaceful life.

Philip C. Scott

Features

Book Clubs of Friends Meetings

Friends share what their meetings are reading.

Staff

Friends in Business

The Quaker Points Game

How do we unconsciously judge one another?

Richard House

News

News November 2014

325 years of Quakereducation, Australian Quaker biographies, Palestine recognition, and appointments.

Staff

News

Divisions in North Carolina Yearly Meeting (FUM)

Growing division in the body of NCYM (FUM) will be addressed on Saturday, November 1.

Max L. Carter

Uncategorized

The Presiding Clerk of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Responds

As the presiding clerk of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, I am writing to clarify the yearly meeting’s role and actions related…

Jada S. Jackson

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…