God Loves a Cheerful Giver

A Quaker approach to charity.

Judith Appleby

Features

The Quaker Covenant with Creation

A testimony of earthcare love.

Steven Davison

Features

The Quaker Stewards of Costa Rica’s Monteverde Cloud Forest

Testimony in practice.

Sharlee DiMenichi

Online Features

I Pour, I Drink

The dedicated stewardship of a nontheist.

Mary Gilbert

Online Features

Back to the Garden

A Friend’s evolving relationship with Creation.

Tom Cameron

Poetry

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

Liz Oppenheimer on Quakers Respond to ICE Deployment in Twin Cities

I appreciated the article about Friends’ responses to Operation Metro Surge. There were of course other…
George Busolo Lukalo on Making My Life a Testimony

So amazing being a Quaker. More to learn and live as a Quaker is my desire….
John Newkirk on The Journey Back to God

First I am sorry for your loss and I would just like to say addiction is…
Nate on The Journey Back to God

Robin, that is a strong story, and I’m so glad you’re still here in the land…