The Comfort of Horror

An interview with American author Chuck Wendig

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Swarthmore College Peace Library Digitizes Files on Women Peace Activists

To spotlight the work of female peace activists in the United States, staff of Swarthmore College’s Peace Collection library have compiled and made public more than 600 sound and video files of twentieth-century American women who have campaigned against war.

National Grant Is Funding Digitization of Documents from Quaker-Run Indian Boarding Schools

The National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition received a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission to create a database of information on Quaker-run Indian boarding schools.

Local Quakers Offer Support After Maui Wildfires

August wildfires on the Hawaiian island of Maui claimed approximately 100 lives and devastated the historic town of Lahaina.

School’s in Session

Introduction to our October issue.

Many Paths to the Light

Quaker universalism and interfaith solidarity.

Where the Spirit Leads Me

A Quaker chaplain embraces Native American spirituality.

All the Way Back to George Fox

Experimenting with charismatic Quakerism.

Baggage and Blessings

An African American man’s experience as a Friend.

Quaker Nephites

Following in the footsteps of Mormon folklore’s mysterious helpers.

Confidence in Complexity

Holding firm to multiple religious connections.

Our Diversity Is Our Strength

Quakers fostering ecumenical ties in the UK and Ireland.

Exploring Interfaith Dialogue and Collaboration at Guilford College

Interfaith work at a historically Quaker institution.

Living, Loving, and Learning Together

50 years of the Jewish-Christian-Muslim Interfaith Conference.

A Friend with Taoist Leanings

Finding the Tao in silent worship.

Discovery, Expansion, Aha!

Loving the Holy with our imperfect perfect selves.

A Guest of the Qur’an

Reading Islam's holy book as a Friend.

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