The Gift of Queries

A mentor’s encouragement.

Debbie Humphries

Friendly Fiction

Introduction to our November issue.

Clarity

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

The Conduits

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

The Donkey Rider

A noisy crowd gathers around a storytelling carpenter.

Welcome

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

Born on the Wrong Side of Justice

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

Make Freedom Ring!

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

Investor Prospectus for the Citadel Fund

Luxury homes for deposed dictators seeking a safe and dignified retirement.

Alone

"After God left me, / I got along all right for a while…"

Savior

"In the stooped squat of age, I grab a plastic cup and lid…"

Female Brain Running

"Recently I fell for clickbait because the tagline sounded so binary and sexist / that I wanted to see just how dumb it was…"

Forum, November 2022

Letters from our readers.

Reading to Feed Our Souls

Nearly ten years ago, we started monthly reading groups at Santa Monica (Calif.)

QuakerSpeak, November 2022

Ending Gun Violence

Transatlantic Quaker action protests Vanguard’s environmental impacts

Quakers on both sides of the Atlantic joined together on October 7—the 250th anniversary of the death of American Quaker…

And Yet Still We Worship

Introduction to our October issue.

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