The Comfort of Horror

An interview with American author Chuck Wendig

Sharlee DiMenichi

Sacred Space

Supporting Spiritual Gifts Informed by Oppression.

Acer Macrophyllum

FJ Poetry: “The moment of detachment, petiole from stem, goes unnoticed…”

The Cyclist

FJ Poetry: “For twenty years I’d see her on her bike…”

In the City of the Dead

FJ Poetry: “On the way to the airport, I left the pair of Keens you bought me…”

Forum, October 2022

Letters from our readers.

Divine Creative Guidance and the Body

To truly know Spirit I need to admit the physicality of divine guidance.

Quaker Works October 2022

This semiannual feature highlights the recent works of Quaker organizations in eight categories.

QuakerSpeak, October 2022

On Quaker Deathways

The Day After

"The morning after the storm / small clusters of maple leaves / scatter over the yard. It must / have been some wind. . ."

You Are the Light of the World

In community we can equip ourselves to be not only the Quakers the world needs but the Friends that the earth needs, too.

An Invitation to See Deeply

Introduction to our September issue.

No Words

I don’t think there’s a particular kind of Quaker artist. I have encountered some artists whose practice and work are…

Three paintings

Ocean of Infinite Light and Love, Transformation in Waiting, and Iris Sing My type of painting comes from tapping into…

The Absence of Art or the Art of Absence?

Is it even possible, in this era, to be Quakers if our minds are filled with alluring images?

Transcendence

These photos are from my self-portrait series Transcendence, which brings together gender diversity, spirituality, nature, mythology, and storytelling. Cai Quirk,…

The Art of Quaker Quilts

The world is hard on all quilts, but it is especially hard on quilts like the ones that have been passed down in my family.

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