Christmas Program

Bales of real hayclump aroundthe false manger.The choir files in,an unheavenly host,to predestined slotson stage.I spot David,my almost angelic son;our…

Nancy Thomas

Forum

Forum, December 2020

Letters from our readers.

Staff

Reflection

The Gift of Showing Up

Our lessons in faithfulness can come in unexpected forms.

Pamela Haines

QuakerSpeak

QuakerSpeak, December 2020

We brought together several Quakers to share their thoughts on preserving a loving spiritual community in the midst of profound political discord.

Staff

News

Scattergood Motto calendar in transition

Due to a publisher change and COVID-19-related delays, a publication date for the 2021 Scattergood or “Motto” calendar is still…

FJ News Editor

Among Friends

Celebrating Our Languages

Our introduction to the November 2020 issue.

Martin Kelley

Among Friends

Celebrando nuestros idiomas

Read in English Con frecuencia me maravillo del valor de Mary Fisher, una sirvienta que escuchó predicar a George Fox…

por Martin Kelley | Traducción: Renzo Carranza

Espanol

El karma occidental

Read in English La contribución de Italia al Festival de la Canción de Eurovisión de 2017 (uno de los eventos…

por Evan Welin | Traducción por Renzo Carranza

Features

Western Karma

What can an Italian pop song teach us about spiritual identity and cultural appropriation?

Evan Welkin

Features

Bilingual Meeting for Worship

Working toward language inclusion among Monteverde Friends.

Carolyn Evans

Features

Hearing God in Different Languages

Translating Quaker works for Friends in Bolivia.

Emma Condori Mamani

Features

Trilingual Encounters

The many languages of Friends around the world.

Jeff Keith

Features

Listening in Tongues

Translation to transformation.

Sue Tannehill

Features

Books about Life: Translating Ancient Texts in 2020

An interview with biblical translator Sarah Ruden.

Martin Kelley

Interview

Interview with Timothy McMahan King, author of Addiction Nation

What the opioid crisis reveals about us.

Carl Blumenthal

Poetry

Light Dark Light

I don’t believe in evil as an entity, some devil animating the doings of those whose faith is weak. Instead…

Laura Weldon

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Silence is a sublime state that we westeners find difficult to achieve but I did a…