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You Are My Sunshine

[…] school assemblies or around a campfire. The difference between this sing-along and others is that a majority of the participants […]

Yvonne Boeger

Get Thee Behind the Walls

[…] be ignored. I responded by joining the worship group at Sing Sing Correctional Facility in Ossining, New York. I recall […]

Judy Meikle

Rise Again Songbook: Words & Chords to Nearly 1200 Songs

[…] an additional 1,200 songs’ lyrics and chords for f/Friends to sing together around a song circle, a piano, or a […]

Reviewed by Patricia Morrison

Quakerism Left Me

[…] large and vibrant high school program. We were playing games, singing, giggling about crushes, telling jokes and stories, and wrestling […]

Betsy Blake

It’s Not a Luxury

[…] grief or fear into beauty. I realized that, more than discussing art, we were discussing resilience. “Art can help us […]

Johanna Jackson

Monastic Longings: On Laziness, Discipline, and Devotion

[…] a grin, and I acted insulted because I felt her teasing me. Coming from a confirmed atheist, this was not […]

Lisa Marie Rand

Where Have All the Flowers Gone: Stories, Songs, Seeds, Robberies

[…] Stories, Songs, Seeds, Robberies By Pete Seeger, edited by Peter Blood. Sing Out Corporation, Bethlehem, Pa., 1994. 288 pages. $17.95/paperback. Hear […]

Jean Putnam

On West

[…] quickly at me and then away. "Hi Mary, will you sing with me? Let’s sing ‘Frère Jacques.’ " She glances […]

Wayne Busby

Growing Up Quaker

[…] every week, for a while we followed a practice of using no screens (for checking emails, research, or watching movies) […]

Finn Kyrie

God in Translation

[…] as we went around the circle in prayer.  There was singing of praise songs everywhere: in churches, in homes. Unlike […]

Kat Griffith