The Gift of Queries

A mentor’s encouragement.

Debbie Humphries

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…

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…

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