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An Interview with the Co-clerks of Institutional Assessment on Racism Task Force

Looking at Friends General Conference's work of racial self-examination.

Sharon Lane-Getaz, Justin Connor, and Martin Kelley

A Lesson from the Ashes

If every community had a young person who cared enough about his brothers and sisters who were hurting—and who started…

Harold B. Confer

The Sword and the Shield: The Revolutionary Lives of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr.

By Peniel E. Joseph. Basic Books, 2020. 384 pages. $30/hardcover; $18.99/paperback; $19.99/eBook. Living through a historic era is no guarantee…

Reviewed by J. E. McNeil

By Faith and By Love: Martin and Mabel’s Journey

By Beverly England Williams. Resource Publications, 2014. 177 pages. $23/paperback; $9.99/eBook. The story of Martin and Mabel England is a…

Reviewed by Beth Taylor

D. Martin Trueblood

Trueblood—D. Martin Trueblood, 94, on April 13, 2020, at Foulkeways in Gwynedd, Pa. Martin was born July 26, 1925, in…

Staff

The Great Conversation: Nature and the Care of the Soul

By Belden C. Lane. Oxford University Press, 2019. 344 pages. $29.95/hardcover; $19.99/eBook. We’re surrounded by a world that talks, but…

Reviewed by Ruah Swennerfelt

Around the Web: Quakers Respond to the George Zimmerman Verdict

Around the web and within communities of Friends, Quakers are responding to the outcome of the George Zimmerman trial, in which Zimmerman was charged with second-degree murder in the killing of Trayvon Martin.

Gail Whiffen

The Power of Fearful Faithfulness: Martin Luther King Jr.'s Legacy For Friends

In March, I received an invitation to this summer’s Friends General Conference Gathering in Johnstown, Pa. Pulling the flyer from…

Steve Chase

Interview with Lynn and Steve Newsom

Watch our bonus interview with the directors of Quaker House (transcript available below). Links and resources: Quaker House website My Path…

Lynn and Steve Newsom

Heroes and Role Models

Introduction to our January issue.

Martin Kelley