What Is Actually There

Tiresome ministry by an older Friend becomes something more.

Peterson Toscano

How I Say God

"When she died, my mother left me with joy…"

Forum, December 2021

Letters from our readers.

Whispers of the River

Listening to Creation at the Line 3 Pipeline

From Frederick’s Hill

What the author saw from Frederick's Hill at sunrise.

QuakerSpeak, December 2021

As a Friend and a retired Baltimore police detective, Debbie B. Ramsey brings a unique perspective to serving her community.

Plymouth Meeting Friends help in rescue of Afghan interpreter

David DiFabio is not a Quaker. He is an Air Force veteran and military contractor. But when he came to…

Friends Place on Capitol Hill to open in January 2022

Friends Place on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., will begin hosting groups in January 2022 following nearly $2 million in…

Quaker Manumission website launched by Haverford College

This past summer, Haverford College Libraries launched a new website, Manumitted: The People Enslaved by Quakers (manumissions.haverford.edu). The site presents…

Kyle Farmbry appointed as next Guilford College President

On October 6, Guilford College announced Kyle Farmbry as its next president. Farmbry will be the school’s tenth president and…

The Last Friend On Earth

There must be other people still alive somewhere. I don’t know where. I don’t know how to find them even if I wanted to.

In but Not of This World

Introduction to our November issue

Pistachios and Cats

Shoes line the walls of the Grand Bazaar. Yellow shoes. Blue shoes. Black shoes. Red shoes.

Transience Mode

The ship was the Benjamin Lay, a Takahata-class bulk cargo transport hailing from the human world of Jajavrin.

What A Minute Could Do

The first minute to take effect was minute 2023.12.1b of the Lower Sittingbourne Local Meeting Hospitality Committee: Arrangements for social lunch.

Honey and Time

The Spirit hadn't moved in Amy Hudson for over 200 years.

Peculiar People

The last two men leaving the theater after a midnight showing of Captain Kronos, Vampire Hunter zipped jackets against the cold and crossed the street. 

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