Toward a More Inclusive Society

With God’s help, let’s build a community where all can be safe.

Emelyn Buskirk

QuakerSpeak

QuakerSpeak, November 2021

Have you seen the one about a recent online workshop hosted by Beacon Hill Friends House? Facilitated by three members…

Staff

Among Friends

On Righting the Quaker Community

Introducing our October issue.

Gabriel Ehri

Features

Neighbors or Tenants?

How George Fox, William Penn, and Benjamin Franklin Approached North America’s Indigenous Tribes.

Francis G. Hutchins

Features

Throwing Out Your To-Do Lists

A Spirit-Filled Life Beyond the Protestant Work Ethic.

Pamela Haines

Features

Return to Wounded Knee

Facing My Family Legacy and Our National Sin.

Jeff Rasley

Features

Beyond Walls and Fences

Moving Nations from Competition to Cooperation.

Robert Dockhorn

Features

Voting for Peace and Equality

The Promise of Ranked-Choice Voting.

Rachel MacNair

Features

Visions of a Strong Quaker Future

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

Johanna Jackson

Poetry

Confessions of an Ex-Elder

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

Nancy Thomas

Poetry

Receive Me

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

Paul Willis

Poetry

Perennials

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

Mary Timberlake

Forum

Forum, October 2021

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

Staff

Humor

A Quakerly Method for Mouse Removal

A Quaker mouse-catcher story.

Jan Hutton

Witness

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.

Pamela Haines

Quaker Works Archives

Quaker Works October 2021

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

Quaker Works

Liz Oppenheimer on Quakers Respond to ICE Deployment in Twin Cities

I appreciated the article about Friends’ responses to Operation Metro Surge. There were of course other…
George Busolo Lukalo on Making My Life a Testimony

So amazing being a Quaker. More to learn and live as a Quaker is my desire….
John Newkirk on The Journey Back to God

First I am sorry for your loss and I would just like to say addiction is…
Nate on The Journey Back to God

Robin, that is a strong story, and I’m so glad you’re still here in the land…