My Troublesome BFFs

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

Margaret Cotton

Money as a Mutual Blessing

Moving from anxiety and greed to milk and honey.

The Many Ways the Light Gets In

FJ Poetry: "It was easy to judge those Jane Austen ladies / languishing all afternoon over embroidery"

The Problem with Theology

FJ Poetry: "The problem with theology / Is that I do not know"

Forum, October 2018

Letters from our readers.

News, October 2018

Departures from Wilmington Yearly Meeting; new head of Olney Friends School appointed.

Quaker Works October 2018

A semiannual feature to connect Friends Journal readers to the good works of Quaker organizations.

Mistress Dyer and the Wilderness

FJ Poetry: Sometimes the wind comes from the bay / and it carries me to the Thames. But rarely. / We are bare and new in this western light, / shining and shone on.

September 2018 Full Issue Access

Members can download the full PDF or read any article online.

Keeping It Real, Quaker Style

Among Friends: our introduction to the September issue.

Contempt Is a Bitter-Tasting Word

Rebuilding community among people who do not agree.

Life in a Box

The homelessness crisis requires us to think outside storage bins.

Gota de Leche

The yellowing pages of 80-year-old AFSC relief pamphlets inspire a new sense of agency.

Making Sense of the Starbucks Incident

Quaker values do not need to be mere theoretical ideas.

A Quaker Perspective on Hope

Hopelessness and burnout lead a Friend to rediscover an archaic form of hope.

Prophetic, Persistent, Powerful

Friends Committee on National Legislation at 75

Forum, September 2018

Letters from our readers.

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