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Books January 2013

Ending Cycles of Violence: Kenyan Quaker Peacemaking Response after the 2007 Election By Judy Lumb. Producciones de la Hamaca (Belize)…

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Owen J. Newlin

Newlin—Owen J. Newlin, 92, on July 12, 2020, in Des Moines, Iowa. A birthright Friend, Owen was born on February…

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The Third Reconstruction: America’s Struggle for Racial Justice in the Twenty-First Century

By Peniel E. Joseph. Basic Books, 2022. 288 pages. $27/hardcover; $17.99/eBook. This book was very different from Peniel Joseph’s earlier…

Reviewed by J. E. McNeil

My Spiritual Journey

My spiritual journey is—to borrow a phrase from the Beatles— "a long and winding road" that led to the Religious…

Francine E. Cheeks

Milestones May 2015

Births, deaths, and marriages among Friends.

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Bruce E. Knox

Knox—Bruce E. Knox, 89, on November 2, 2020, following an extended illness, at Foxdale Village in State College, Pa. Bruce…

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Andrew J. Zweifler

Zweifler—Andrew J. Zweifler, 92, on December 8, 2022, peacefully, surrounded by his loving family at home in Ann Arbor, Mich.,…

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Exploring Silence in Higher Education

Like many church-related colleges, Wilmington College in Ohio—where I have taught for 13 years—confronts some seemingly insurmountable challenges in attempting…

Terry Miller

Milestones June/July 2013

Austin—Deborah Austin, 93, on January 27, 2013, in Foxdale Village, State College, Pa. Deborah was born on January 18, 1920,…

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Naomi “Omie” Wise: Her Life, Death, and Legend

By Hal E. Pugh and Eleanor Minnock-Pugh. McFarland & Company, 2022. 218 pages. $29.95/paperback; $17.99/eBook. Oh, listen to my story;…

Reviewed by J. Brent Bill