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Douglas Steere: The Mystical in the Everyday

A conviction has slowly grown upon me over the years that Douglas Steere is the most sustaining of 20th century…

James Nayler: The Lessons of Discernment

Friends encounter James Nayler mostly as an object lesson. They tend to know that he was an important early leader,…

A meeting’s life needs guidance, stimulus, and cultivation

On Solid Sitting

On Opportunities

August 2023 Books

An Invitation to Quaker Eldering: On Being Faithful to the Ministry of Spiritual Nurture among Friends

By Elaine Emily and Mary Kay Glazer. Inner Light Books, 2022. 225 pages. $35/hardcover; $25/paperback; $10/eBook. Two hundred and fifty…

Reviewed by Paul Buckley

January 2025 Books

Life After Doom: Wisdom and Courage for a World Falling Apart

By Brian D. McLaren. St. Martin’s Essentials, 2024. 304 pages. $28/hardcover; $14.99/eBook. This book starts out with doom. As was…

Reviewed by Pamela Haines

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Quakers around the World Celebrate the 400th Anniversary of Founder George Fox’s Birth

A roundup of some events Friends have organized recently.

Sharlee DiMenichi

Tract Association of Friends

The 2023 Friends’ Calendar, with the months and days numbered in accordance with the Holy Scriptures and consistent Quaker practice,…

Martha Perry Gwyn

Gwyn—Martha Perry Gwyn, 96, on September 5, 2020, following a short battle with COVID-19 at the Carol Woods Retirement Home…