Drawing Out Each Other’s Faithfulness

Supporting gifts and leadings in our meeting community.

Pamela Haines

Saving the Park

I woke up and immediately knew what I wanted to do. It was a warm sunny day in May, a few years ago. I called my friend and told him to meet me at the park. I got ready excitedly and ran out the door …

Both Student and Steward

I used to dismiss the idea of being “a good steward” or being “the responsible one.” No one else was willing to take the extra step and pick up that little scrap of trash, so why should I be? I noticed other classmates …

Student Voices Project 2020 Participants

Thank you to all of the 130 participants of the seventh annual Student Voices Project!

Student Voices Project 2020

For this year's project, Quaker-affiliated students tell stories about creating change in their local communities.

God in the ATM

Grace extended in the most unlikely of places.

Two Meditations on the Intrusion of the Divine into My Daily Life

When the bounds of self, other, life, and death dissolve.

A Parallel Universe

Finding the place where deep hunger can be met by deep joy.

Channeling Agape for Those on Their Final Journey

The power of using our pain in service to others.

Grounded in God

The fruits of spiritual surrender.

(Two Poems for Saint Thérèse of Lisieux)

FJ Poetry: "Kitchen. I peel back belief like the rings of an onion, …"

So It Goes

FJ Poetry: "We advance in this life …"

Forum, May 2020

Letters from our readers.

FGC cancels in-person 2020 Gathering, goes online

On March 23, Friends General Conference (FGC) announced that “after several meetings with a number of committee clerks, staff, and…

Denver meeting to house COVID-19 healthcare workers

  On March 24, Mountain View Meeting, a meeting of about 100 in Denver, Colo., decided to open its meetinghouse…

Francisco Burgos named executive director of Pendle Hill

  On March 30, the Pendle Hill Board of Directors announced that Francisco Burgos will become executive director of Pendle…

Quaker Language in a Pandemic

Why use terms of war to describe our response to COVID-19?

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