My Troublesome BFFs

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

Margaret Cotton

News, March 2019

New York Quakers sue to reinstate meetings at Green Haven Prison.

Jane Reppert Jenks Small

Small—Jane Reppert Jenks Small, 96, on August 26, 2018, at Foxdale Village in State College, Pa. Jane was born on…

Court Watch

FJ Poetry: "All rise!" / Judge enters the court, robe trailing / Eyes downcast

February 2019 Full Issue Access

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Fox Hunt

A trek to the semi-forgotten gravesite of George Fox.

Surprised by Joy

A family tragedy unleashes a flood of unexpected emotions and lessons.

Bearing False Witness

Sometimes people aren't who they seem.

Paying as Led

The experiment with abundance continues.

Eleven Steps toward an Enduring World

A fiercely idealistic vision of a humanity cured of its addiction to violence and war.

Asylum Seekers Need Action, Not Apathy

How do we respond to the unthinkable?

Why I Got Arrested at the Border

A walk along the beach—and an interfaith plea for the soul of a nation.

Forum, February 2019

Letters from our readers.

Viewpoint: Jesus, Forgiveness, and Nonviolence

Nonviolence does not mean that we do not resist evil.

News, February 2019

British Friends and Palestine announcment; new directors at Quaker Voluntary Service and Belize Friends Ministries.

Requiring Solution Together

Our introduction to the February 2019 issue

My Favorite Non-Quaker Quaker, Remembering John C. Bogle

Perhaps his favorite quote was: “I expect to pass through life but once. If therefore, there be any kindness I can show, or any good thing I can do to any fellow being, let me do it now, and not defer or neglect it, as I shall not pass this way again.”

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