What Is Actually There

Tiresome ministry by an older Friend becomes something more.

Peterson Toscano

Forum, January 2022

Letters from our readers.

Why Self-esteem Is Overrated and What We Should Nurture Instead

What if instead of nurturing self-esteem, we nurtured a capacity for awe?

QuakerSpeak, January 2022

Sensing his spiritual confusion, Chris’ parents encouraged him to talk to a Friend who was studying the writings of the early Quakers.

Our Top Five Articles for 2021

What's captured readers' attention this past year?

Court refuses to reinstate Quaker practices at New York’s Green Haven Prison

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued a ruling on October 18 that denies a preliminary injunction…

Quaker Heritage Scenic Byway launched in southwest Ohio

Beginning around 1800, large numbers of Quakers, disturbed by slavery in the Carolinas, migrated north and west to free territories.…

Bridget Moix named next FCNL General Secretary

Friends Committee on National Legislation (FCNL) announced on November 22 that Bridget Moix will become its next general secretary effective…

Words Matter

Introduction to our December issue

Maps and Spirit

Wandering Souls in Search of God

To Hold in the Light

Finding Meaning in a Familiar Practice.

Walk by Faith

Finding my way toward right use of Scripture.

Radical Love in the Meetinghouse

Uniting as Friends in Diverse Meetings.

Let Your Communication Always Be Gracious

Embracing Language That Reflects Our Values.

The Quaker Vocabulary of Tomorrow

Four Trends Changing Our Language.

Pronouns for God

Finally you have a name for it,that distant, other, eternally-plural presence.Not a beetle-browed patriarch or an earthy queen,Not male, female,…

Faith,

a spinning jump rope, rising and falling, fickle as the wind…

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