A Trip to Amity

An impatient minister is surprised.

J. Brent Bill

Features

Empty Boots

A parable about the human costs of wars.

Eric E. Sabelman

Features

And Hear Their Death-Knell Ringing

A teenager’s rocky relationship with her Quaker grandmother.

Lynn Gazis

Online Features

The Quakers of Alice Elliott Dark’s Fellowship Point

A Friends Journal interview with the author of a new novel featuring two Quaker protagonists.

Sharlee DiMenichi

Online Features

Pandora’s Gifts

A retelling of the Greek mythology.

Anne E.G. Nydam

Online Features

Mrs. Trueblood’s Wisdom

Two rowdy boys learn to appreciate trees.

Ken Gibble

Online Features

A Young Quaker’s Voyage to Philadelphia

Traveling the ocean with William Penn.

Herb Haigh

Poetry

The Garden of Adam

In the beginning, God hocked a wad of holy spit / into the dust, slushed it around, and rolled out

Tamara Kreutz

Poetry

Schrödinger’s Seraphim

What happens behind the closed temple doors when no human is present? / Is there a silence, a waiting, a quiet God—holiness sitting like a coin in a box?

Vija Merrill

Poetry

Vital Conversations

There is no silence. / God’s voice is everywhere— / In the vital conversation

Gloria Heffernan

Forum

Forum, November 2023

Letters from our readers.

Staff

Witness

How We Gave Away Hundreds of Banned Books in Florida

One small Florida worship group's act of defiance against the state's new book banning laws.

Kathy Hersh

Reflection

Lessons in Giving and Receiving

How do we create a community where we all give the gifts we have, as we are able, and know that when we need help, we can ask and receive it?

Mary Ann Downey

QuakerSpeak

QuakerSpeak, November 2023

Connecting differently abled Friends and allies in our meetings.

Christopher Cuthrell

FJ Report

Quakers React to Israel Defense Forces–Hamas War

As the war between Israel Defense Forces and Hamas continues, Quakers around the world are calling for a ceasefire and humanitarian aid.

Sharlee DiMenichi

News

Baltimore Yearly Meeting’s Camp Opequon to Move

Camp Opequon of BYM will move next year from its current location in Clear Brook, Va., to a property outside of Harpers Ferry, W.V.

Sharlee DiMenichi

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…