Nature Is My Teacher

Lessons I’ve learned as a Quaker farmer in Latimer County, Okla.

Ruth Askew Brelsford

How Friends Can Make Reparations for Quaker-Run Indigenous Boarding Schools

Friends across the country are reckoning with historic Quaker involvement in Native American boarding schools.

The Divine Comes Disguised as Our Life.

"So often the path leads nowhere, backs up into brush, disappears, ends in a parking lot, butts into wire…."

Note to Myself

"Do not expect the Silence to always be silent. / Life is taking place outside this Meeting House…"

when it comes

"it comes a gentle / but insistent pressure…"

Forum, January 2022

Letter from our readers.

Unbundled

I fly from the frigid city of Minneapolis, Minn., to Presque Isle, Maine.

QuakerSpeak, January 2023

What to expect at a hybrid Quaker Meeting for Worship.

At One with God and Friends

Our introduction to the December issue on “Atonement.”

Facing Evil, Finding Freedom

How Сhrist’s victory over sin is ours to share today.

Repentance, Forgiveness, Atonement

An interview with Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg.

Early Friends and Atonement

Enlightened to serve a living God.

New Light on Atonement

No More Scapegoats.

What Now?

A practical view of salvation.

A New Creation Where God Is All

The Vision of James Nayler.

I Am the Gate

The Mystery of Experiential Atonement

Quakers, Indian Boarding Schools, and Indigenous Justice Today

In 1819, the United States enacted a series of policies that led to the creation of Indian boarding schools across the nation.

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Farming and Food

May 2023

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