My Troublesome BFFs

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

Margaret Cotton

Student Voices Project 2019 Participants

Thank you to all of the 237 participants of the 6th annual Student Voices Project!

How I Found God in Competitive Sports

How can we explore the edge of our abilities?

The Hope for Collaboration over Competition

Quakers can be co-conspirators, participants, creators, shapers, imaginers, and dreamers.

The Invisible Damage of Competition

Welcoming a new narrative in which we all are gifted.

Always the Challenge to Be Patient

FJ Poetry: "Parking in the lot at work / early in the morning sun"

Forum May 2019

Letters from our readers.

News May 2019

Friends dual-language immersion school; Matthew Hisrich named ESR dean.

Abbotts to the World’s Costello

Our introduction to the April issue on Humor in Religion.

Fox News: George Fox Speaking

Our favorite news anchor goes on location with Will "The Quill" Penn and an assortment of dubiously fact-checked historical figures.

Laughing for the Wary

Humor can help build religious community but it can also hurt and cause division.

Finding Lightness in the Light

We Quakers have an image problem when it comes to fun and frivolity.

Satire, Peace, and the Mennonite Tradition

What's the difference between a Mennonite and a Quaker?

I Have Learned

FJ Poetry: All these months I have made progress…

Blessing

FJ Poetry: To have lived some of my lifetime / consonant with great souls…

Forum April 2019

Letters from our readers.

An American Casualty of U.S. Economic Sanctions on Iran

A Quaker activist learns first-hand about the medical costs of U.S. sanctions.

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