What Is Actually There

Tiresome ministry by an older Friend becomes something more.

Peterson Toscano

Voting for Peace and Equality

The Promise of Ranked-Choice Voting.

Visions of a Strong Quaker Future

How Do We Build a Religious Society That’s Creative, Relevant, and Thriving in 30 Years?

Confessions of an Ex-Elder

"In the early days / before the great divorce / we used the dreadful language / of compliance…"

Receive Me

. . . and a woman named Martha received him into her house. Luke 10:38

Perennials

"When I biked up the hills / to your house, I saw you / planting bulbs in your yard…"

Forum, October 2021

Life, love, and entropy David Castro’s “All Walls Come Down” (FJ Aug.) does not try to hide from the complexity…

A Quakerly Method for Mouse Removal

A Quaker mouse-catcher story.

Taking on Mass Incarceration in Philadelphia

Central Philadelphia (Pa.) Meeting breathes new life into the meeting’s corporate commitment to respond to the great evil of mass incarceration.

Quaker Works October 2021

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

QuakerSpeak, October 2021

Several Friends talk about their favorite words and phrases from Quaker vocabulary and share words and phrases with powerful spiritual resonance.

Sarah Clarke to lead QUNO New York

On September 22, American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) and the Quaker United Nations Committee in New York announced that Sarah…

QUNO Geneva Office selects Nozizwe Madlala-Routledge as next director

In August, Quaker United Nations Office (QUNO) in Geneva, Switzerland, named Nozizwe Madlala-Routledge as its next director. Nozizwe Madlala-Routledge, a…

Tim Gee named next FWCC General Secretary

Friends World Committee for Consultation (FWCC) announced on July 26 that Tim Gee would be its next general secretary. The…

Sarah Gillooly begins as Baltimore Yearly Meeting General Secretary

On July 19, Sarah Gillooly began their term as the general secretary of Baltimore Yearly Meeting (BYM). Gillooly, who uses…

What are we going to do about these problems?

Introduction to our September issue.

Creative Writing with Miss Ruth

Working with Prisoners on the Path to Repentance

Quaker Retreat Information - Earth & Ember

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