What Is Actually There

Tiresome ministry by an older Friend becomes something more.

Peterson Toscano

Pastoring without a Pastor

A New England meeting adapts to worship and care without a pastor.

New Handles Cause Blisters

My name is Jean-Hubert Hirwa. I live in Canada with my family, but I was born and grew up in…

Learning from Programmed Friends

Different Quaker traditions have lessons for our worship.

Training and Educating Future Quaker Pastors

Three principles to model a Friends pastoral ministry.

Ordinary Life

It’s a long hike from the center of space. I hike, nevertheless, towards Des Moines. . . . It’s a…

Old Liza Tells of Love

When you love, it’s true, you don’t see bad teeth, or turnip toes peeking from the cutaway shoe, or if…

Forum, August 2020

Letters from our readers.

A Quaker Antiracist Reading List

A Quaker Antiracist Reading List

12 books about the non-White American experience show the way to a more just country for people of color.

Days of Uncertainty

In the midst of these days of uncertainty, I have turned to things that remain constant.

AFSC joins call to defund the police

“This isn’t a political question. This isn’t a budgetary question. This is a moral question,” said Joyce Ajlouny, general secretary of AFSC.

University Friends, Wichita to disaffiliate from Evangelical Friends Church

University Friends Church in Wichita, Kans., is ending its affiliation with Evangelical Friends Church–Mid-America Yearly Meeting (EFC-MAYM) as of July…

Eden Grace resigns as FUM’s director of global ministries

On June 23, Friends United Meeting (FUM) announced the resignation of Eden Grace as the director of global ministries, a…

How Can We Learn to See That of God in People We Dislike?

If Quakers have anything close to one theology, it is that there is “that of God” in everyone. But what…

QuakerSpeak, August 2020

All White people benefit from systems of oppression and exploitation simply by living in a culture created in their favor. We spoke with several White Quakers about what it means to acknowledge their privilege, and how that awareness informs their efforts to live in a way that fully honors that of God in all of us.

Guilford President announces plans to step down

On June 26, Jane K. Fernandes announced she would be stepping down as Guilford College’s president as of July 31,…

A Quaker Antiracist Reading List for Young People

After sharing an antiracist reading list of books we’ve read and discussed in recent years, we heard from people who…

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