Q&A with Judith Brown

A look at the poetry in Friends Journal

Judith Brown

Quakerism in a Classic American Novel

Nathaniel Hawthorne's Hester Prynne unexpectedly shares many Quaker values.

Kerri D. Schuster

A Talk with Jeffrey Eugenides

How did Friends become a plot device in the Pulitzer Prize-winning author's latest novel?

Signe Wilkinson

Interview with Brent Bill, Quaker Author

How do you see as your role as a Quaker writer? Or do you consider yourself a writer who is…

FJ Editors

The Safety of Silence

A reader sinks into the familiarity and safety of silence.

Lindsey Mead Russell

November Short Fiction: “Holy Day”

A short story about resolving conflict.

Nathan Alling Long

Staff Picks

A look at the formative books for staff members.

FJ Staff

Reader Poll: Paper Books or eBooks?

We asked our Friends Journal readers on Facebook to weigh in on one of the biggest questions of our digital…

FJ Editors

Interview with Nathan Alling Long, Author of “Holy Day”

This month, we feature a short fiction piece about a couple resolving a disagreement about the meaning of Christmas. Nathan…

Nathan Alling Long

When Quaker Process Fails: An Interview with John M. Coleman

John M. Coleman’s October 2012 feature, When Quaker Process Fails, looks at ways that Quaker institutions have avoided accountability and…

John M. Coleman

Viewpoint: Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Responds

A response to John Coleman's "When Quaker Process Fails"

Arthur M. Larrabee

Thoughts on Wanting Less

Every year Americans throw out or recycle more than 250 tons of garbage. Only about 14 percent of this waste…

Elizabeth Helen Spencer

Help Friends Journal Receive a $5,000 Matching Grant

In celebration of the launch of this new website, our friends at the Center for Non-Harming Ministries have made a generous offer: gifts to Friends Journal through November 2012 will be matched, dollar-for-dollar, by the Center, up to $5,000.

Gabriel Ehri

Update on Indiana Yearly Meeting Breakup

Indiana Yearly Meeting is continuing to head toward schism. Friends Journal last covered this in our June/July issue with a…

Editors

Web Extras

<a href="https://www.friendsjournal.org/why-do-we-tip/">Why Do We Tip?</a> By FJ's Jana Llewellyn: "Why do we tip people who hand us our coffee and muffins, but ignore those who are hungry?" <a href="https://www.friendsjournal.org/2006/07/">FJ's July 2007 special issue: Friends and Money </a> Favorites include Elizabeth Cazden's <a href="https://www.friendsjournal.org/2006072/">Quaker Money, Old Money, and White Privilege</a>, Carolyn Hilles's <a href="https://www.friendsjournal.org/our-money-and-our-lives/">Our Money & Our Lives</a>, Steven Dale Davison's <a href="https://www.friendsjournal.org/2006079/">Quakers and Capitalism</a>, and <a href="https://www.friendsjournal.org/2006078/">Money as a Proxy for the Gifts of the Spirit</a> by Nadine Hoover.

Misc.

Among Friends: Our Money and our Testimonies

I believe strongly in the value of telling people what they’ve meant to me. I recently wrote a thank-you note…

Gabriel Ehri

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…