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The Meanings of Endings
Jim Ross is a public health researcher and an attender at Sandy Spring (Md.) Meeting. He is a resident of Silver Spring, Md.聽Author audio reading available.
Posted in: Features, February 2015: Life Transitions
Giving Up Childhood to Avert Climate Catastrophe
Quaker activists are involved in the youth鈥恖ed Climate Strike movement from D.C. to London.
Jim Ross jumped back into creative pursuits after retiring in 2015. He鈥檚 since published in over 100 journals and anthologies in North America, Europe, Australia, and Asia. Jim and his wife鈥攑arents of two health professionals, grandparents of five preschoolers鈥攁ttend Sandy Spring (Md.) Meeting.
Posted in: Features, Quaker Kids
Interrupting the Family Barbecue: In Search of the Planetary Health Diet
The urgency of transforming our systems for food production.
After retiring in early 2015, Jim Ross jumped back into creative pursuits. He鈥檚 since published 75 pieces of nonfiction, several poems, and 200 photos in 80 journals in North America, Europe, and Asia. Jim and his wife鈥攑arents of two health professionals, grandparents of four toddlers鈥攁ttend Sandy Spring (Md.) Meeting.
Posted in: June/July 2019: Food Choices, Online Features
Safe Haven: A Place of Trust
The neighborhood Y was more than just a place of refuge.
Jim Ross is a public health researcher with a particular interest in physical activity. He's an attender at Sandy Spring Meeting in Baltimore, Md., and also a long-time member of the YMCA that provides the setting for this story. He is grateful to members of the meeting who encouraged him to write this article, especially to Gary Stein who edited an early draft. A version of this story was previously published by聽TheAtlantic.com.
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Metcalfe鈥擩ames Metcalfe, 93, on January 8, 2016, in Portland, Ore. Jim was born on August 16, 1922, in New Bedford, [鈥
Michael S. Juras
Juras鈥擬ichael S. Juras, 62, on September 7, 2017, in Columbia, S.C., unexpectedly, with his loved ones by his side. Michael [鈥
Milestones March 2015
Births, marriages, and deaths among Friends.

Among Friends: Who Quaker Kids Are, Who They Become, and How They Lead
Our introduction to the December Issue.

Food Choices, Relationship, and God
Learning to understand what we are actually hungry for.
Lorene Ludy is a member of Lincoln (Neb.) Meeting. She is a Benedictine Oblate and a Stephen Minister. She likes to eat and hang out with God.
Posted in: June/July 2019: Food Choices, Online FeaturesFeatures
Growing Up Quaker by Finn Kyrie
I Am a Quaker by Melinda Wenner Bradley
Giving Up Childhood to Avert Climate Catastrophe by Jim Ross
Let Your Life Speak by Laura Taylor Kinnel
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Brightened Corner by Ken Gibble
Another Language by Anne Maren鈥怘ogan
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