A Message in Clay

A time of personal brokenness inspires a clay artist.

Jiae Paik

Features

The Spiritual Awakening of a Late-to-Bloom Artist

Way opens for an unexpected passion.

David Foster

Meeting for Worship with Attention to Stories

Sharing stories can heal communities.

Lucy Duncan

Features

The Power of Playback

Playback Theatre lends Quaker spirituality a voice.

Sara Waxman

Features

Bum-Rush the Internet

An Interview with Jon Watts

Jon Watts

Changes in Worldwide Friends Since 2007

An interview with FWCC's Robin Mohr

Staff

Epistle: Friends for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Concerns

From their Midwinter Gathering 2013

FLGBTQC

Online Features

Friendly Judgment in Philadelphia

Quakers have had a complicated relationship with the legal system. Regardless of whether the year is 1762 or 2013, or…

Stephen Willis Dotson

Online Features

Friends Journal Honored in Best of the Christian Press Contest

Friends Journal received three honors in the Best of the Christian Press awards. To celebrate, we'd like to share with you all of our winning entries.

FJ Staff

Forum April 2013

Letters to FJ.

Staff

Features

Meeting Stressors

Nine dynamics that challenge our worship communities.

Heather M. Cook

Features

When Conflicts Arise

Crisis or Invitation?

Peter Phillips and the New York Yearly Meeting Committee on Conflict Resolution

Features

Changing the “Me” to “We”

Managing conflicts in the absence of shared beliefs.

Benjamin Lloyd

Features

The Need for Eldering

I have a concern about the lack of spirit-led eldering among contemporary Friends. Historically, Quaker elders encouraged the gifts of…

Greg Woods

Being Quaker Is Not the Point

As modern Quakers, we take great pride in our distinctive traditions, procedures, and culture. This is one of the main…

Micah Bales

Features

Eldering in the Pages of Friends Journal

Introduction It’s no secret that Friends have issues with authority. From the beginning, Friends have turned to the “Inward Guide”…

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…