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Face to Face in Afghanistan: Through a Woman's Eyes

The most haunting images of the war in Afghanistan for me are the dark eyes of the Afghan women, peering…

Laura Roberts

Milestones March 2013

Marriage Harris and Smith—Jennifer Chapin-Smith (a member of Maryland’s Adelphi Meeting, nee Jennifer Chapin Harris) and Alexi Chapin-Smith (nee Alexi…

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Hospice Stories on Living and Healing

Lessons for keeping hope alive and staying open to mystery.

Cynthia Knowles

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Future Visions

Javier settled into silence, hoping that on this First Day, he would not become unmoored in time and space.

Trace Yulie

December 2015 Books

A Handful of Stars

By Cynthia Lord. Scholastic Press, 2015. 192 pages. $16.99/hardcover or eBook. Recommended for ages 8–12. Under a towering ash tree…

Reviewed by Lucinda Hathaway

Meditation, Prayer, and Worship

It wasn’t a burning bush or a lightning bolt from heaven—not common occurrences on subway trains where Cynthia was reading.…

Susan Davies

Cynthia Jean Berg

Berg—Cynthia Jean Berg, 73, on March 6, 2022, peacefully, following a brief battle with cancer at Emory University Hospital Hospice…

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Laura Cynthia Sutherland Gibian

Gibian—Laura Cynthia Sutherland Gibian, 102, on February 3, 2020, completing her journey in her Friends House apartment in Sandy Spring,…

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November 2025 Books

In Brief: Building a Moral Economy: Pathways for People of Courage

By Cynthia D. Moe-Lobeda. Fortress Press, 2024. 374 pages. $35/paperback; $32.99/eBook. People who think our economy is very healthy will…

Reviewed by Tom Head

Christine Sykes Williams Ayoub

Ayoub—Christine Sykes Williams Ayoub, 102, on July 18, 2024, in State College, Pa. Christine was born on February 7, 1922,…

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