The Power of God at Work

The contextual theological dynamics of Quakers in Bolivia.

Jasson Arevalo

What Can We Do Now?

Even when it seems hopeless, persistence often pays off—sometimes when least expected, and sometimes in surprising ways.

QuakerSpeak, December 2024

Benjamin Lay, Radical Quaker Abolitionist.

Quaker Initiative to End Torture Laid Down After Nearly 20 Years of Advocacy

Members of the Quaker Initiative to End Torture (QUIT) laid down the group on July 15, after more than 19 years.

Olive Branch

Alien enemies provide a lesson in trust.

Monkey Mind

Life distractions intrude on the silent worship.

Good

A creator delights in creation.

Penn’s Spring

A mysterious damp patch on a wall in the meetinghouse portends great changes.

Falling for Friendly Fiction

Introduction to our November issue.

Bread of Life

Preserving the smudges of a life in a church cookbook.

The Religious Society of Pirates

Quaker resistance in a not-so-future world where privacy doesn’t exist.

Hel

Two mysterious strangers play the long game on a shattered world.

Edward Hicks and the Falls of the Niagara

The interior crisis of a landscape painter.

Broomstick

A colonial Quaker witch trial.

Deep Enough for a Lifetime of Exploration

Conversations with Quaker creative writers.

Prisoners of War

With dashes and squeals, two baby boars, / tan with white stripes, flank the lean soldier,

If You Said She Wore Her Heart on Her Sleeve

You could say that she was the sleeve, / she was the entire shirt, and she would give it

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