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.

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News

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…

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News

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…

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Viewpoint

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…

Karen Tibbals

QuakerSpeak

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.

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News

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,…

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Resources

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…

Staff

Online Features

The Paradox of Isolation

The blessings and burdens of lives lived apart.

Jason Craige Harris

Among Friends

Who’s the Proper Quaker Now?

Our introduction to the June/July 2020 issue.

Martin Kelley

Features

An Awkward Pause

A Friend is led to visit the meetinghouse grounds during isolation.

Debbie B. Ramsey

Features

Spiritual Practices for the Pandemic

An offering of ways to stay grounded during anxious times.

Mathilda Navias

Features

Growing Roots from a Distance

A story of finding connection while living far away from one’s community.

Nikki Holland

Features

Drawing Circles, Not Lines

Protecting the limits of an inclusive community.

Sarah Katreen Hoggatt

Features

Lapsed, Released, Let Go, Discontinued

The spiritual practice of laying down memberships.

Carolyn Hilles-Pilant

Features

With Just the Door Ajar

The freedom to go in and out.

Caroline Morris

Features

Are You Playing Your Religion-games by Quaker Rules?

There are many ways to participate in the Quaker tradition.

Rhiannon Grant

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…