Preparing Ourselves to Receive Reliable Love

An interview with Quaker minister Windy Cooler on interpersonal violence.

Sharlee DiMenichi

Images from three of the top five articles published by Friends Journal in 2024

Features

Our Top Five Articles for 2024

Let's look at this year's most widely read features.

FJ Editorial Staff

News

Friends Journal, Other Quaker Groups Withdraw from X

Quakers in Britain, FCNL, Pendle Hill, FWCC, and others have stopped posting on X and turned to Bluesky.

Sharlee DiMenichi

Online Features

To Dance with Openness

End times and solid ground.

Pamela Haines

Online Features

A Moment of Darkness, a Decision Made in Light

A Friend chooses a path of relentless optimism.

Anita Bushell

News

Quaker Clerk Murdered on Philadelphia Meetinghouse Property (UPDATED)

Sean Rivera was convicted of second-degree murder in the 2023 killing of his mother, Carol Clark.

Sharlee DiMenichi

Among Friends

Where Do We Find Our Hope?

Introduction to our December issue.

Martin Kelley

Features

Loving and Letting Go

Facing the stages of life with our faith communities.

Mary Ann Downey

Features

Toward Spiritual Optimism

Following the examples of Saint Paul and George Fox.

Mike Higgins

Features

The Devoted Path

Holding fast to the promise of new creation.

Adrian Glamorgan

Features

My Happy Heart Is Full

The clarity of spiritual joy.

Deborah B. Ramsey

Features

Three Aspirations

Presence, humility, and hope.

Glenn Morison

Features

Hope’s Many Answers

Friends organizations offer programs to revitalize meetings.

Sharlee DiMenichi

Poetry

Before the Fireplace: December, 1993

When forty-four summers have touched your face / And sown long furrows beside your eyes

Alexander Levering Kern

Poetry

In the Nick of Time

I was a believer. I grew up / with a firm faith in the Tooth

Nancy Thomas

Poetry

Cleansed

A hen pecks the ground to loosen soil / ruffles a shallow hole

Karen Luke Jackson

Riki Panganiban on What Can We Say?

Thank you for sharing this. A very useful summation of our Quaker approach to the divine…
Ingrid Rogers on Quakers Win Preliminary Injunction Against Homeland Security [Updated Aug. 2026]

A wonderful news update!
Forrest Curo on What Can We Say?

It seems to me a commonplace observation that when any person begins to experience communication/communion with…
Neal Burdick on Hoopes Begins 30-Month Prison Sentence at Minimum-Security Camp in Oregon [Updated]

Let me get this straight: Quaker-affiliated Jacob Hoopes has been sentenced to 30 months in prison…