Coping with COVID at Olney Friends School

The expectant waiting of school life under lockdown.

David Male

Features

Grounded in Matters of the Spirit

Schooling through the pandemic.

Drew Smith, Deborra Sines Pancoe, and Elisabeth Torg

Online Features

The Soularium

Cultivating Inner Peace and Kindness

Gunilla Norris

Poetry

Way Will Open

Way will open.As we learn to live with this pandemic.Our hearts broken.Our vulnerability exposed. Grief, Anger, Sadness, Me, myself and IWho am I?Within…

Susan Greenler Stoughton, Wis.

Poetry

The Garden of COVID

In your garden, getting lostin lilac coneflowers, minglingwith the bees and hummers,your grin another bloom. I move out of the…

Caroline Johnson

Poetry

Distance from the Storm

Clean mask in hand, I stand and look across the yard.Warren works the garden, scratching down a dusty row.From a…

David Milley

Poetry

Three Poems

Test Results You’re negative.Are you sure?I’m positive. normalcy in chaos hearing her harping on all that’s changedsince this virus struckmakes me…

Carl "Papa" Palmer

Forum

Forum, March 2021

Letters from our readers.

Staff

Service

Stories from Arch Street

Volunteer guides and greeters from the Arch Street Meetinghouse share stories that have inspired and entertained them.

Jackie Zemaitis

QuakerSpeak

QuakerSpeak, March 2021

Have you seen the one of Tenaja Henson talking about how their Quaker faith influences their calling to do Spirit-led…

Staff

Among Friends

Questioning Our Authority

Introduction to our February issue.

Gabriel Ehri

Features

The Day I Removed the Meeting for Worship Clock

Protecting sacred silences from incessant tick tocks.

Amos Smith

Features

Dipped in God and Covered in Grace

Thoughts on liturgy for unprogrammed Friends.

Kat Griffith

Features

A Witness to Tethers and Transformation

Observations from 16 yearly meetings.

Allison Kirkegaard and Cai Quirk

Features

How to Be a Warrior for Childhood

Leaving time for curiosity, joy, and imagination.

Jennifer Arnest

Features

Dandelions and Domination

Learning when to live with the weeds.

Pamela Haines

Marcia V. Ormsby, MD on Nurturing Spiritual Gifts and Concerns

This writing speaks my heart, my devotion to the spiritual guide within! I couldn’t agree more…
Patrick Nugent on Speaking with Spiritual Authority

Thank you, Peter, for this marvelous article. I also enjoyed re-reading today after many years the…
Tom Louderback on Quakers and Capitalism

Capitalism is supposed to be an economic system with checks and balances, like democracy, and we…
Steven Davison on Speaking with Spiritual Authority

Thank you, Peter, for this ministry. I share your concern. In fact, Pendle Hill just published…