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Forum March 2013

Letters from our readers.

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Meredith Walton

Walton—Meredith Walton, 83, on June 11, 2020, peacefully at home in Springvale, Maine, surrounded by family and her life partner.…

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Milestones February 2013

Births Heiland—Laura Kelley Heiland was born to Julie Heiland and Martin Kelley on January 22, 2012, at 8:15 p.m, in Elmer,…

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As They Were Led: Quakerly Steps and Missteps Toward Native Justice: 1795–1940

By Martha Claire Catlin. Quaker Heron Press, 2021. 354 pages. $19.99/paperback. In As They Were Led: Quakerly Steps and Missteps…

Reviewed by David Etheridge

Reader Poll: Paper Books or eBooks?

We asked our Friends Journal readers on Facebook to weigh in on one of the biggest questions of our digital…

FJ Editors

Finding Meaning: The Sixth Stage of Grief

By David Kessler. Scribner, 2019. 272 pages. $26/hardcover; $17/paperback (available in September); $13.99/eBook. You woke up the morning after a…

Reviewed by Brad Sheeks

Reflections on Clerking a Quaker Committee

Soon after I became involved in the Quaker faith, I was told that anytime Quakers meet, it is a meeting…

Storm Evans

U.N. Climate Talks and the Prevention of Violent Conflict

I was thrilled to attend the UN climate negotiations in Tianjin, China, this past October and the larger Conference of…

Stark Alexandra

Still, in the City: Creating Peace of Mind in the Midst of Urban Chaos

Edited by Angela Dews. Skyhorse Publishing, 2018. 288 pages. $21.99/hardcover; $14.99/eBook. Conscience or consciousness? While the demands of conscience and…

Reviewed by Carl Blumenthal

Education and Service Projects in Vietnam

The wounds of war do not go away when the fighting stops. Both the physical and emotional wounds persist for…

Marjorie E. Nelson