A Quaker School’s Response to Allegations of Sexual Abuse

Transparency and integrity are put to the test when a decades-old scandal is revealed.

Erik Hanson

Slavery in the Quaker World

Christian slavery and White supremacy.

Katharine Gerbner

Sabbath

FJ Poetry: "Spent the day preparing the way…"

Jessie Brown

Ancestry

FJ Poetry: "Three sisters sitting outside…"

Anna Murphey

Forum, September 2019

Letters from our readers.

Staff

Life in the Meeting

Community Dinner at Brooklyn’s Quaker Diner

Three decades of monthly dinners have done more than just feed the hungry.

Carl Blumenthal

News, September 2019

News of Friends.

Staff

At That Time

FJ Poetry: "We had a swing on the porch / that would catch the breeze…"

James Littwin

Stimulating the Core of Quakerism

Our introduction to the August Issue on "QuakerSpeak at Five"

Gabriel Ehri

Stripping Down Quakerism for the Internet

An origin story for QuakerSpeak.

Max L. Carter

Meeting for Viewing: How QuakerSpeak Deepens Our Spirituality

How QuakerSpeak deepens our spirituality.

Krista Barnard

Muslim? Quaker? Speak!

Becoming a visible Friend through a QuakerSpeak appearance.

Naveed Moeed

How Quakerism Began

First Season's Featured Video

Max Carter

Six Seasons of QuakerSpeak

Our pick of noteworthy videos from each season.

Staff

News, August 2019

News of Friends.

Staff

Is Imagination Simple?

Outward simplicity can inspire an untrammeled flowering of imagination.

Kat Griffith

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Tom Louderback on Quakers and Capitalism

Capitalism is supposed to be an economic system with checks and balances, like democracy, and we…
Steven Davison on Speaking with Spiritual Authority

Thank you, Peter, for this ministry. I share your concern. In fact, Pendle Hill just published…
Ron Braithwaite on Hoopes Sentenced to More Than Two Years in Prison for Assaulting an ICE Agent

At the actual sentencing, Jacob was sentenced to 30 months at the Sheridan, Oregon Federal Minimum…
Kevin Johnson on Hoopes Sentenced to More Than Two Years in Prison for Assaulting an ICE Agent

I would have hoped that Friends would refrain from violent protests in these difficult days. Friends…

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