Search

Books February 2015

Our books column.

Staff

One Quaker's Response to the Pope

Paul Anderson of Evangelical Friends International, Northwest Yearly Meeting, and George Fox University has shared with me his long contribution…

Newton Garver

Paul Siddall Seaver

Seaver—Paul Siddall Seaver, 88, on August 2, 2020, at home in Palo Alto, Calif. Paul and his twin brother, David,…

Staff

Living in the Life and Power

I have always been drawn by the words of George Fox, recorded in his Journal, refusing the commissioners’ request of…

PattyLevering

Homosexuality and the Bible: One Quaker's Response to the Pope

"Speaking on Monday, Pope Benedict said that saving humanity from homosexual or transsexual behavior was as important as protecting the…

Steve Chase

A Phone Call from Santa Fe

We are hardly the only Vermonters who rise at dawn and take an early evening shuteye soon after the sun…

Arthur S. Harris Jr.

Alice Paul and the Fight for Women’s Rights

FJ Review: "Deborah Kops provides an accessible and engaging telling of the life of Alice Paul (1885–1977) and the women’s rights crusades she led."

Reviewed by Gwen Gosney Erickson

The Gift of Thinking Differently

Larry was a jerk. Everyone thought so, though we never used that word. We called him eccentric, cantankerous, or rough…

James Mulholland

Learning to Love Paul Wolfowitz, and Other Impossible Tasks

My activities that Sunday morning were supposed to be Christmasy and result in life actually improving in some small way…

Debby Churchman

Paul: I Witness a Friend's Difficult Calling

I feel how Paul is connected solidly to the Root. I feel honored to have been witness to an important moment on his spiritual path. And I pray, with confidence, that the great, loving, powerful Source of all our lives and callings will uphold him in his faithfulness, and guide me in mine.

Marti Matthews