QuakerSpeak, April 2020

During a long Quaker business meeting, Laura Boles stood up and said, “I don’t want to hide behind Quaker process… I want to do something and I want to do something now.” And so she did.

Staff

Audio

Interview: The 2020 FGC Gathering Goes Online

An interview with Friends General Conference staff and volunteers around the cancellation of the in-person 2020 Gathering.

Martin Kelley

Author interview with Katie Breslin, of “Quaker Meetings Respond to Coronavirus”

An interview with Katie Breslin about her article on how Friends Meetings are handling coronavirus.

Martin Kelley

Blogs

Quaker Meetings Respond to Coronavirus

Friends adapt to the spread of COVID-19.

Katie Breslin

News

California Friends church resists denominational takeover

A legal dispute is taking place between Evangelical Friends Church Southwest (EFCSW) and one of its member churches, Friends…

FJ News Editor

Friends Ugandan Safe Transport responds to renewed anti-LGBTQ actions in Uganda

Friends Ugandan Safe Transport (FUST) issued a call in December 2019 for increased support to counter renewed anti-LGBTQ pressures in…

FJ News Editor

News

Pickett Fund closes after 29 years

In February, the Clarence and Lilly Pickett Endowment for Quaker Leadership announced that it is closing and moving its…

FJ News Editor

Among Friends

Among Friends: Getting Over Ourselves

Our introduction to the March 2020 issue.

Martin Kelley

Thou Shalt Wear Comfy Shoes

Do our attitudes toward formal dress push people out the door?

Suzanne W. Cole Sullivan

In Defense of Blue Kool-Aid

An exploration of food culture among Friends.

Kat Griffith

Features

The Next Testimony

Can Friends model a new kind of Christian governance?

Andrew Huff

Features

How to Be an Inclusive Quaker

The unwritten norms of speech and silence.

Valerie Brown

Features

Uncertainty, an Unnamed Quaker Creed?

Moving beyond belief in the "absolute perhaps."

Rhiannon Grant

Features

When Is a Creed Not a Creed?

Revisiting that of God in every man.

Ann Birch

Poetry

River Crossing

FJ Poetry: "Sitting in bed she gazes at the river, …"

Anne Maren-Hogan

Somewhere in This Large Field

FJ Poetry: "Somewhere in this large field…"

David Black

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…