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No Building—And Yet Still We Worship

Freeing spirituality from the tight boxes we call churches and meetinghouses.

Catherine Coggan

Roger Polk

Polk—Roger Polk, 73, on January 12, 2021, from COVID-19, in Oakland, Calif. Roger was born on September 30, 1947, the…

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Helen C. Stabler

Stabler—Helen C. Stabler, 90, on January 20, 2022. Helen was born on November 7, 1931, the only child of Erwin…

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Books November 2014

Quaker book reviews

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Of Martyrs, Monks, and Mystics: A Yearly Meditational Reader of Ancient Spiritual Wisdom

Edited by Charles Ringma and Irene Alexander. Cascade Books, 2015. 440 pages. $48/paperback or eBook. Since this book offers a…

Reviewed by William Shetter

Facing Apocalypse: Climate, Democracy, and Other Last Chances

By Catherine Keller. Orbis Books, 2021. 176 pages. $26/paperback; $21.50/eBook. Catherine Keller has been absorbed by planetary crisis since publishing…

Reviewed by Ron Hogan

Byron Wilbur Bender

Bender—Byron Wilbur Bender, 90, on January 4, 2020, at Kaiser Hospital in Honolulu, Hawaii. Byron was born on August 14,…

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Peace Works: A Century of Action

AFSC's website Peace Works: Century of Action was created to gather and share stories from the past and present. Here is a small sampling of the more than 200 stories that have been contributed to date.

Tony Heriza

Charles S. Thompson

Thompson—Charles S. Thompson, 89, on April 16, 2017, at home in Queens, N.Y. Charles was born on July 13, 1927,…

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A Ministry of Prayer and Learning

“A Ministry of Prayer and Learning” by Catherine Bly Cox . Released: 2016.