Annunciation

The Holy Spirit will come upon you and the power of the Most High will overshadow you.—Luke 1:35

Nancy Thomas

Poetry

Final Query with Answer

"I wonder / When our search for answers is done…"

Michael Graves

Forum

Forum, December 2022

Letters from our readers.

Staff

Quaker Book Reviews

10 Children’s Books Related to Worship Perfect for Meeting Bookshelves

A selection from the Friends Journal review archives.

Eileen Redden

Witness

Interview with Olha Lychko-Parubocha of Friends Peace Teams in Ukraine

Olha Lychko-Parubocha is a Ukrainian psychologist who has been working in the IDP camps in Lviv since April.

Gail Whiffen

December 2022 Book Reviews

December 2022 Young Friends Bookshelf

Young Friends Bookshelf

Eileen Redden

QuakerSpeak

QuakerSpeak, December 2022

Prison Ministry and Antiracism

Staff

News

Alaskan Quakers apologize to Alaskan Natives for Indian boarding schools

On September 30, 2022—during an event for Orange Shirt Day, a day of remembrance for the harms caused by the…

FJ News Editors

News

Quaker organizations issue joint statement on peace testimony and Ukraine

On October 26, eight Quaker organization heads issued a joint statement on the peace testimony and Ukraine. The statement notes:…

FJ News Editors

Among Friends

Friendly Fiction

Introduction to our November issue.

Gabriel Ehri

Features

Clarity

Wedding preparations get complicated after a long afternoon with the clearness committee.

Kathleen Bell

Features

The Conduits

A young girl starts to literally see the light connecting Friends in worship.

Anne E.G. Nydam

Features

The Donkey Rider

A noisy crowd gathers around a storytelling carpenter.

Charles Bunner

Features

Welcome

A young couple with a secret endure a long ocean passage.

Kate Bahlke Hornstein

Features

Born on the Wrong Side of Justice

A family remembers its stories and the oppressions of lands lost and taken.

Dwight L. Wilson

Features

Make Freedom Ring!

An orphan girl’s foster Quaker family disappears one day, leaving a mysterious note.

Deborah Ramsey

Eleanor Barrett on Penman of the Founding: A Biography of John Dickinson

John Dickinson’s name was used by his friend Benjamin Rush to create a new school in…
Marcelle Martin on Penman of the Founding: A Biography of John Dickinson

I’m glad to know about John Dickinson, the “Pennsylvania Farmer” who wrote wildly popular pro-democratic and…
Stephen on Lynette Love: Education and Empowerment in Post-Civil War America

What a powerful feature on Lynette Love! Your conversation in the Friends Journal shines a necessary…
Eve Gutwirtth on A People Who Dwell in the Living Stream

Silence is a sublime state that we westeners find difficult to achieve but I did a…