My Troublesome BFFs

Nineteenth-century Quaker troublemakers tumble out of the library stacks.

Margaret Cotton

Supporting Recovery among Friends

What keeps us from helping fellow Friends with drug addictions?

Confronting the Challenge of Drugs

How can we respond to the catastrophes brought on by the war on drugs?

The Liturgy of Me

The rhythms of a life stuck in a daily cycle of brokenness and violence.

I Met God on a Train Last Week

FJ Poetry: "Bumbling along…"

Forum, January 2020

Letters from our readers.

A Call to Work Outside Our Circles

A Friend responds to the New York Times opinion column on Quakers and pronouns.

Male, Female, or Whole?

Is there a Quaker testimony that incorporates the ideal of becoming whole?

Guilford College responds to Westboro Baptist protest

  hen three members of Westboro Baptist Church—a church in Topeka, Kans., known for its harsh anti-LGBTQ beliefs—came to protest…

New York Yearly Meeting adopts yearly meeting membership

  ew York Yearly Meeting (NYYM) approved “at large membership” (membership through the yearly meeting instead of through a local…

Pacific Yearly Meeting joins Friends General Conference

n October, Pacific Yearly Meeting’s request to join Friends General Conference (FGC) was accepted by the FGC Executive Committee. “We…

FWCC secretary to lead world ecumenical organization

  retchen Castle was named the next chair of the Conference of Secretaries of Christian World Communions at its meeting…

QuakerSpeak, January 2020

The Earth is facing unprecedented crises. What are Quakers doing about it?

New Year’s Top Five

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Among Friends: Who Quaker Kids Are, Who They Become, and How They Lead

Our introduction to the December Issue.

Growing Up Quaker

Quaker camps, international peace work, and climates strikes makes up the life of a young Friend.

I Am a Quaker

Young Friends and religious identity.

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