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Care and Counsel for Friends with Eating Disorders

A Friends Journal look at how to support those with disordered eating.

Sharlee DiMenichi

Stirring Things Up by Being Ourselves

An interview with Nichole Nettleton on differently abled Friends and allies.

Carl Blumenthal

Interview with Timothy McMahan King, author of Addiction Nation

What the opioid crisis reveals about us.

Carl Blumenthal

My Broken Language: A Memoir

By Quiara Alegría Hudes. One World, 2021. 336 pages. $28/hardcover; $18/paperback; 13.99/eBook. Here’s what I wrote in “Worship for a…

Reviewed by Carl Blumenthal

Addiction Nation: What the Opioid Crisis Reveals about Us

By Timothy McMahan King. Herald Press, 2019. 272 pages. $30.99/hardcover; $17.99/paperback; $13.99/eBook. “Faith is simultaneously a journey and a waiting,…

Reviewed by Carl Blumenthal

Quakers and Mental Healthcare

Our historical witness and snapshots of present practices.

Carl Blumenthal

The Practice of Love: Break Old Patterns, Rebuild Trust, and Create a Connection That Lasts

By Lair Torrent. Rowman & Littlefield, 2022. 280 pages. $34/hardcover; $32/eBook. Sit in the Sun: And Other Lessons in the…

Reviewed by Carl Blumenthal

Beyond Linear Thinking: Changing the Way We Live and Work (Third Edition)

By Linda Seger. Red Typewriter Press, 2022. 263 pages. $12.99/paperback; $7.99/eBook. An interview with Linda Seger is included in the…

Reviewed by Carl Blumenthal

Intimations: Six Essays

By Zadie Smith. Penguin Books, 2020. 112 pages. $10.95/paperback; $6.99/eBook. In her foreword to Intimations, written on May 31, 2020, novelist Zadie…

Reviewed by Carl Blumenthal

The Divine Mind: Exploring the Psychological History of God’s Inner Journey

By Michael Gellert. Prometheus Books, 2018. 286 pages. $26/hardcover; $11.99/eBook. As a Conservative Jew—the muddled middle between Reform and Orthodox—I…

Reviewed by Carl Blumenthal