Trilogy

I was a girly boy— / A real live boyish girl.

Douglass Allen

Poetry

Pneuma

He once declared / That the spirit is like this.

Geoff Knowlton

Poetry

Recovering Boy

He’s maybe 5. / Thrashing, crying post-op.

Gay Norton Edelman

Forum

Forum, March 2026

Letters from our readers.

Staff

Faith and Practice

How Many Quakers Does It Take to Screw in a Light Bulb?

Quakerism in three jokes.

Andy Stanton-Henry

QuakerSpeak

QuakerSpeak, March 2026

The secret to Quaker prayer: holding in the Light.

Staff

Amanda Seyfried in The Testament of Ann Lee

Film Review

Disruptive and Downright Weird

A Quaker reviews the Shaker film The Testament of Ann Lee.

Ron Hogan

News

Quaker Scholars and Others File Friend of the Court Briefs in Support of Plaintiffs in Lawsuit Against DHS [Updated Feb. 2026]

“Simply put, so long as DHS may legally raid a Quaker meetinghouse, religious exercise is affected.”

Sharlee DiMenichi

News

Hoopes Pleads Guilty to Assaulting an ICE Agent, Faces Up to 20-Year Sentence

Federal property damage charges dropped; sentencing scheduled for May 12.

Sharlee DiMenichi

Online Features

Letting Everything Come In

Silence and the possibility of radical love.

Jimin Kang

News

Hoopes Trial Change of Plea Hearing Scheduled [Updated Feb. 17, 2026]

A change of plea hearing is scheduled for February 18 at 2:30 p.m. Pacific Time. Last August, the Portland Quaker activist pled not guilty to two charges.

Sharlee DiMenichi

Police and Protestors at St. Paul International Airport

Online Features

Quakers Respond to ICE Deployment in Twin Cities

Friends in other U.S. cities prepare to protect their immigrant neighbors.

Sharlee DiMenichi

meetinghouse on Madison Avenue in Albany, NY

Witness

Love Melts ICE

Albany Friends witness in support of immigrants.

John Amidon

Among Friends

Assumptions We Might Consider

Introduction to our February issue.

Gabriel Ehri

Features

Patch by Patch

Tending the spaces right in front of us.

Michelle Downey

Features

Welcoming the Stranger

Quakers in Costa Rica support asylum seekers deported by Trump.

Lynnette Arnold

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…