Winter

Poetry: "Starving herself by choice / my mother wanted to know…"

Linda Lee

A Matter of Trust

Among Friends: Our introduction to the February 2018 issue.

Gabriel Ehri

Forum, February 2018

Forum: Letters from our readers.

Staff

Viewpoint: Influencing People Who Shape Public Policy

Tips to make sure one's advocacy actually influences policymakers.

Barbara Hildt

An interview with David Harrington Watt

Friends Journal catches up with Haverford College's new professor of Quaker studies.

Aliyah Shanti

News

News February 2018

News of Friends: Statement from AFSC on being banned from work in Israel; Remembering Muted Voices symposium; Quakers in Britain denounce recognition of Jerusalem; Friends celebrate World Quaker Day.

Staff

Herbert Ward Fraser

Fraser—Herbert Ward Fraser, 96, on May 2, 2017, in Richmond, Ind. Herb was born on February 23, 1921, in Andover,…

Staff

Full Access

January Full Issue Access

FJ Members can download the full PDF of the January issue on Quaker Lifestyles or read any article online.

Staff

Among Friends

The Roots of Our Lifestyles

Among Friends: Our introduction to the January issue on Quaker lifestyles.

Martin Kelley

The author with his wife and child in a tent.

Features

Farm and Community

Life on a small vegetable farm.

Craig Jensen

Being Vegetarian is a Climate Issue

A Friend's bumpy path toward a lifestyle that's lighter on the Earth.

Lynn Fitz-Hugh

Features

Simple Living Beyond the Thrift Store

Finding a balance between personal and political strategies for simple living.

Philip Harnden

Releasing One Another for Faithfulness

Exploring a vision for faithful communities.

Marcelle Martin

Poetry

So Far So Safe

FJ Poetry: "I thought I had a can of pineapple / but it’s only apricots / in the cabinet, apricots in syrup. Still, what wealth…"

E. K. Gordon

Uncategorized

Papaw

FJ Poetry: "I remember him as a child remembers: / he was my Papaw…"

Carol Wills

Viewpoint

Life Saving Quaker Practice

It took a diagnosis of cancer for a Friend to take on daily worship.

Michael Bischoff

Mary Linda McKinney on The Body

What a great last line, Nichole. This has the uneasy ambiguity of a Shirley Jackson story…with…
Susan on What Is Actually There

Wow! Profound. Truth captured with a layering effect: Mom, the old man, the snake, the meeting,…
Eleanor Barrett on Penman of the Founding: A Biography of John Dickinson

John Dickinson’s name was used by his friend Benjamin Rush to create a new school in…
Marcelle Martin on Penman of the Founding: A Biography of John Dickinson

I’m glad to know about John Dickinson, the “Pennsylvania Farmer” who wrote wildly popular pro-democratic and…