The Second Million Miles

"Sometimes you need / to learn to travel in the quiet."

Bill Jolliff

Poetry

Old Bunhill Fields Burial Ground

"What's left of George Fox / is somewhere nearby…"

Bartholomew Barker

Forum

Forum, May 2021

Letters from our readers.

Staff

Viewpoint

Being Honest about the Bible in Religious Education

How to be honest about the truth of a story and still convey the lessons it teaches.

Donald W. McCormick

Life in the Meeting

Preserving a Quaker Presence in Detroit

Detroit Friends Meeting is looking to the future in the new meetinghouse.

Sharon Ottenbreit and Kelsey Ronan

QuakerSpeak

QuakerSpeak, May 2021

Have you seen the one about the late Alaskan Friend Mahala Ashley Dickerson? Those close to Mahala look back on…

Staff

Poetry

Quaker Meeting

Our family flew across the countryto visit Quaker grandparents,have them meet and actually seehow our young children had grown:She was…

Ruth Naylor

Among Friends

A Stony Path

Introduction to our April issue.

Gabriel Ehri

Features

What Do We Believe?

Some notes toward an idea.

Adam Segal-Isaacson

Features

Being Called to the Faith of Jesus

A journey of lost faith and service with Friends.

Tina Coffin

Features

Waiting Expectantly on Zoom

A New England meeting surprises itself with daily online worship.

Kathy Neustadt

Features

Small Seeds of Love

Friends in Texas sow seeds of peace on death row.

Elizabeth Rosa Yeats

Features

Quakers and Mental Healthcare

Our historical witness and snapshots of present practices.

Carl Blumenthal

Features

A Quaker Call to Abolition and Creation

Facing the slavery roots of the U.S. prison system.

Lucy Duncan

Poetry

In a Maine Quaker Meetinghouse

God is One breath of silenceBefore a loon’s cry— We wait.

Dorothy Anna Moore

Poetry

Elemental

Messages can arrive as breath—mostly unnoticed,or as a breeze to cool the sweat of effort.These I accept with gratitude,But not…

Veronica Burrows

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…