Sparrow

Be like a sparrow, that parakeet in drab. / Yes, teeter on Niagara’s brink, / but don’t be greedy. Drink the flood

Richard Schiffman

Poetry

House of Bread

I once spent an afternoon in Laja. / A small town on the Bolivian altiplano, / Laja is a village of bakers.

Nancy Thomas

Poetry

Tranquility

Ceasefires rarely last, / But wonders never cease. / And I’ve heard how once on Christmas Eve

David Cameron

Forum

Forum, December 2023

Letters from our readers.

Staff

Reflection

Susie and the Advent Garden

A meeting's annual tradition marks the passage of time and generations.

Rob Levin

December 2023 Book Reviews

Young Friends Bookshelf

Eileen Redden

Charlotte Ingrid Miller

Miller—Charlotte Ingrid Miller, 77, on July 10, 2022, surrounded by her husband and children in home hospice in Denver, Colo.…

Staff

QuakerSpeak

QuakerSpeak, December 2023

Spirituality on the road.

Christopher Cuthrell

Reflection

We Only Survive If We All Survive

Reflections on Gaza, genocide, and co-liberation.

Lucy Duncan

Film Review

Unsung No More

Netflix makes "Rustin" everyone's hero.

Rashid Darden

News

Ramallah Friends School Graduates Shot in Vermont

Three Palestinian graduates of Ramallah Friends School were shot on Saturday, November 25, in Burlington, Vt.

Sharlee DiMenichi

Viewpoint

Speaking Up for Palestinian Rights Now

The horrific events and war crimes in southern Israel and Gaza committed since October 7 by both Hamas and the State of Israel have sent shock waves of anguish and grief around the world.

Steve Chase

Among Friends

The Truth of Untruth

Introduction to our November issue.

Martin Kelley

Features

Refuse All Their Colors

An unusual form of Quaker needlework tempts armies in the fall of 1777.

Annalee Flower Horne

Features

Crushed

An Appalachian mining family struggles to find ways to survive.

Michael Soika

Features

Sabbatical

A Friends pastor takes a trip to overcome grief and learns a lesson from some chickens.

Vicki Winslow

Gene T. on Recovering from the Shame of Combat

This is really an extremely important and profound issue. I’m not sure I have the right…
Gerard Guiton on We Are Having an Effect

While I admire, and learn from, Greg Rolles’ activism, I am moved to comment on his…
Philip Fitz on A Union Unlike Any Other

One milestone in the process of acceptance of same-sex marriage was not in the article. Goshen…
Tom Smith on A Union Unlike Any Other

In 1999, Portland Friends School was established. It was a culmination of a committee made up…