News September 2014

News of Friends

Staff

Among Friends

Among Friends August 2014

In Praise of “I Don’t Know”

Gabriel Ehri

Forum August 2014

Fighting Quakers As the wife of a fight master and convinced Quaker, I thank you for attempting to wade in…

Staff

Features

Beyond the Oatmeal Box

Refuting the too-common myth that Quakers are Amish-like in our use of technology. Includes audio reading by author.

A.J. Mendoza

Features

Exploring the Unwritten Rules of Meeting for Worship

How does an internalized sense of rules influence the quality of meeting for worship?

Debbie Humphries

Features

A Quaker Argument against Gun Control

When good intentions have unintended consequences. PODCAST AVAILABLE.

Matthew Van Meter

Features

A Meetinghouse in Maine

A Quaker history in microcosm.

Betsy Maxfield Crofts

Features

On the Right Side of Harpers Ferry

Finding skeletons in our Quaker closets. PODCAST AVAILABLE.

Esther Coppock Shaw

Features

Alternatives to Violence among Guatemalan Friends

What does nonviolence mean in a society nearly paralyzed by violence?

Martha McManamy

Features

Quaker Problems

Explanation of the popular Quaker Problems Internet meme.

Taylor Mary Satterthwaite

Poetry

The Gift

Friends Journal poetry.

Madeline Lasser

Poetry

Silent Waiting

Friends Journal poetry.

Lydia Caros

Interviews

Author Chat: Chuck Fager on Progressive Friends

Chuck Fager is the author of two new books on Progressive Friends.

Gabriel Ehri

Among Friends

Among Friends: The Vulnerability of Description

The bold title on the cover of this issue is the result not of unity, but of compromise. Let us explain.

Gabriel Ehri

Viewpoint: Teaching our values, not our disapprovals

A response to a recent article on gun play.

Kevin Inouye

Forum June/July 2014

Beyond death Beyond the threshold of death is life (“Suicide and the Things We Carry” by C. Wess Daniels, FJ…

Staff

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…