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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.

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Flawed Quaker Heroes

Questioning the Narrative of William Penn

Kathleen Bell

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

What Quakers and Catholics Might Learn from One Another

Balancing head and heart in two spiritual homes.

John Pitts Corry

The Trail We Leave Behind Us

Learning from My Neighbors It’s a great honor to be together to listen and speak and have a conversation. I…

ShaneClaiborne

Why I Work for Social Justice and Healing

A reflection.

Lucy Duncan

An Honors Retreat in Colorado

It’s lonely out on the front lines. Ask anyone who’s spent time working with homeless people, or with children on…

William Charland

Listening in Tongues

Translation to transformation.

Sue Tannehill

Donald William Mott

Mott—Donald William Mott, 96, on December 18, 2020, of COVID-19, at the Village, a WesleyLife retirement community in Indianola, Iowa.…

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Tidbits of History: 340 Years of Quaking in the Carolinas

In 1998 North Carolina Yearly Meeting, which maintained its unity until 1903, celebrated its 300-year anniversary. The earliest Friends in…

Gary Briggs