Some Days

Some days I want to tell the newscasters I don’t want to know about the brown-eyed little girl missing from her home in Chicago…

Colette Tennant

Among Friends

A Swiss Army Knife for Quakers

Introduction to our February issue.

Gabriel Ehri

Features

At Home in the World

The Dignity of Living Faith in Action

Andrew Huff

Features

Grieving as a Spiritual Practice

Using meditation and prayer to understand God’s offerings.

Barbara Bennett

Features

Inside Haverford’s Manumission Archives

An interview with Mary Crauderueff and David Satten-López.

Martin Kelley

Features

How to Retain Young Families in Quaker Meeting

Families want to be an important and integral part of the community.

Ami Corleto-Bales, Christine Barnaby, David Corleto-Bales, David Keiser-Clark, Janaki Spickard Keeler, Kat Griffith, and Maya Wright

Online Features

To Lovingly Cease

Navigating the transition of Friends ministers.

Robert Henry

Poetry

The Second Blizzard

"At the supermarket, a friend stopped to talk about his flight back to the island…"

Joan MacIntosh

Poetry

Dinner in Westport

"For dinner this evening / I’ll take the Serrano ham and sheep cheese…"

Peter Moretzsohn

Forum

Forum, February 2022

Letters from our readers.

Staff

Life in the Meeting

Greetings from Meeting House Road

A Quaker Welcomes Accidental Tourists in Sandy Spring, Md.

James Lehman Jr.

QuakerSpeak

QuakerSpeak, February 2022

Author Linda Seger reflects on the places where creativity and spirituality meet.

Staff

News

AFSC fires Director of Friends Relations following public criticism of restructuring plan

On Saturday, December 18, 2021, Western Friend published an open letter written by AFSC Director of Friends Relations Lucy Duncan…

FJ News Editors

News

ESR launches Congregational Leadership Center

Earlham School of Religion (ESR), with a million-dollar grant from the Lilly Endowment, is establishing the Quaker Center for Transformational…

FJ News Editors

News

Guilford College reaches fundraising goal

On December 16, 2021, Guilford College in Greensboro, N.C., announced that it had reached its goal to raise $6 million.…

FJ News Editors

Among Friends

Heroes and Role Models

Introduction to our January issue.

Martin Kelley

Marcia V. Ormsby, MD on Nurturing Spiritual Gifts and Concerns

This writing speaks my heart, my devotion to the spiritual guide within! I couldn’t agree more…
Patrick Nugent on Speaking with Spiritual Authority

Thank you, Peter, for this marvelous article. I also enjoyed re-reading today after many years the…
Tom Louderback on Quakers and Capitalism

Capitalism is supposed to be an economic system with checks and balances, like democracy, and we…
Steven Davison on Speaking with Spiritual Authority

Thank you, Peter, for this ministry. I share your concern. In fact, Pendle Hill just published…