The Comfort of Horror

An interview with American author Chuck Wendig

Sharlee DiMenichi

Melody

I swallow my sorrow, but cannot / digest it, so I tranquilize it into

Elbow Grease

He tosses his life’s work in Tuesday’s trash / and corkscrews down a hole of despair,

Hiding and Seeking

Fingering the small, smooth stones / in my bag, we ride the subway to Queens,

Forum, March 2024

Letter from our readers.

Do Quakers Believe in Heaven?

Quakers’ varying spiritual approaches to death and beliefs about the afterlife.

Sowing the Seeds for Corporate Climate Witness

Fifteen members of a meeting community gathered to consider the ways to respond to environmental injustice and climate chaos.

QuakerSpeak, March 2024

Do Quakers believe in heaven?

Escaping Oppenheimer’s Shadow

The power of the peace movement.

Do Not Look Away

Introduction to our February issue.

Quaker Dreams

An examination of how dreams can unlock pathways to inner wisdom.

Move Toward the Suffering

Confronting economic injustice head-on.

Gathered Together

A beekeeper shares his thoughts on Friends, bees, and virtual meetings.

Welcoming Joy and Spirit through Accessibility

A meeting explores ways to make worship available to disabled attenders.

Lending Their Hands

Friends across the United States welcome refugees and migrants.

Belief

In ancient Rome, those who would inherit the land / were given an amulet, complete

The 5:23

At 5:09, 14 minutes to train time / corner of 34th and 7th / a voice shouts

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