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Away in a Manger: A Quaker Midrash

Since the time I was a small child I have loved the well-known story of the birth of Jesus, and…

Charles David Kleymeyer

Sally's Care Committee

The punch line of a very long joke left us groaning: "transporting young gulls over sedated lions for immortal porpoises."…

Kate Hunter Nina Sullivan

Joseph and Herbert Hoopes

In these days of frequent moves for jobs, schools, and retirement; of times when even older Quaker meetings have experienced…

David Runkel

The Father

"How is it that ye sought me? Did you not know that I must be in my Father’s house?" "And…

Florence E. Taylor

Allen’s Neck Meeting Clambake Celebrates 125 Years

A century's-worth of adaptations in a Quaker meeting's summer celebration inadvertently documents ecosystem change. With podcast, author chat, and additional photos.

Joseph E. Ingoldsby

Milestones September 2014

Adoptions, marriages, and deaths.

Staff

To Be Useful with Proper Concern

Inspiration in a family history of being "useful" and "worthy."

Jeremy Evans

A Portrait of Two Founders

I earnestly believe our Society will serve the Kingdom [of God] better as we are unified. —J. Passmore Elkinton, in…

Steven Elkinton

God Still Speaks to the Quakers

A group of activists from many faith traditions work together to protest drone warfare.

John Amidon

Christmas Eve Comments: Why Egypt?

In November 2008, before our communal Christmas cards were displayed at Friends Homes at Guilford, our Art Gallery wall carried…

OTheodorBenfey