September 2012 Forum

Letters from Martin Melville, Muriel Strand, Ellen Michaud, Dirk Davenport, and David Borg.

Misc.

Interview with Susan Cain

Author of Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking.

Jana Llewellyn

Pacific Northwest Quaker Women’s Theology Conference 2012

Q&A with Nancy McLauchlan

Nancy McLauchlan

Soie Mountain and the Miltary

Witness

Kathryn Munnell

Pretending to Be What You’re Not

Are you ever surprised when your perception of people is completely different from the way they see themselves? That there is, in fact, more to every person than we may at first assume?

Jana Llewellyn, Associate Editor

Gun Violence, Quakers, and the Presidential Election

As Quakers, how do we respond to the continuous news about gun violence? How do we show that peace is the way while dodging bullets and fretfully anticipating another massacre?

Jana Llewellyn

What Makes a Leader? (Friends Journal Book Club)

We’re reading Susan Cain’s book, Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking, for the Friends Journal…

Jana Llewellyn

Remembering Hiroshima & Nagasaki: from the FJ Archives

2012 marks the 67th anniversary of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan, by United States forces during World War II. We present selections from the Friends Journal archive.

The staff of Friends Journal

Exploring What It Means to Be Quiet

(A Friends Journal Book Club Installment) Do you like quiet? If so, you’re not alone. You may have thought you…

Jana Llewellyn

Introducing the Friends Journal Online Book Club

You’re invited to join the Friends Journal Online Book Club! The Friends Journal editorial team loves to read, and we know…

Jana Llewellyn

Welcome to Friendsjournal.org!

Find out what's new, what's free, and what's coming soon, here at friendsjournal.org, a hub of Quaker thought and life today.

The staff of Friends Journal

Process: the Good, the Poor, & Schisms

It is my experience that good Quaker process helps us unite in finding God’s path forward and in building community,…

Mathilda Navias

Traveling Ministry

The theme of the August 2012 issue is “traveling.” This is an excerpt on traveling in the ministry from the…

Mathilda Navias

Web Exclusive: Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, “Here”

I first heard about Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros when their Youtube video for the song “Home” went viral…

Jana Llewellyn

How Green Are Quakers?

Quaker Earthcare Survey Results Last summer at Friends General Conference Gathering in Iowa, we at Quaker Earthcare Witness had our first…

John Fletcher

Traveling Friend

There's a long and beautiful Friends tradition of seeking fellowship

Alexandra Zinnes

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…