My Troublesome BFFs

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

Margaret Cotton

Simple, Relevant, Amusing

How do you sum up your experience and share it in 5 words or less?

Sparking a Quakerish Epidemic

A society of Friends ought to be a natural for friendship with God.

What’s the Point of a Meeting?

Liberal Friends might want to consider how we can be more engaged with our physical neighborhoods.

June/July 2018 Full Issue Access

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

Among Friends: The Art the World Needs

An introduction to our June/July issue on Creativity and the Arts

Art That Works

Can art really change the world?

No Such Thing as Silence?

Silence is not always silent.

Writing and Marketing Crime Fiction

Holding onto the testimonies as the village death count rises.

The Dance Studio Is My Other Meetinghouse

When photography becomes worship.

Art Exhibitions as a New Ministry

Art as a door to the spiritual.

Blessed Are the Artists

An intergenerational gathering of artists.

A Reluctant Minister

Reflections on performance art among Friends.

Ebb Tide

FJ Poetry: "The lake / in my dream / was not the healing one…"

A Visitor

FJ Poetry: "I had no appointment. / Asked to wait half an hour, / I left the office and walked to a meadow"

The Role of Children’s Issues Books in Meeting Libraries

Life in the Meeting

News, June/July 2018

Kellum to begin as FUM General Secretary; Marshall retires as Earlham School of Religion Dean

Quaker Retreat Information - Earth & Ember

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