Welcome and Grace

How one meeting ministers to military personnel.

Michelle Downey

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?

Vital Conversations

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

Forum, November 2023

Letters from our readers.

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.

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?

QuakerSpeak, November 2023

Connecting differently abled Friends and allies in our meetings.

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.

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.

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.

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