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Book Reviews: May 2012

Peace on Earth: Poems and Prayers for Peace By Sophie Piper. Illustrated by Giuliano Ferri. Lion UK, 2011. 48 pages. $9.99/Hardcover.…

Lisa Rand, Michelle McAtee, Jim Foritano, Vickie LeCroy, Alison James, Tom Farley, Sandy Farley, Dee Cameron, Lucinda Hathaway, David Austin, Gwen Gosney Erickson, Emmy Gay, Meagan Healy, Rosalie Dance

To Live Peaceably Together: The American Friends Service Committee’s Campaign for Open Housing

By Tracy E. K’Meyer. The University of Chicago Press, 2022. 240 pages. $45/hardcover; $44.99/eBook. If you would like to know…

Reviewed by Tom Head

Of Odds and Gods

Three in our meeting community have been struck by tragedy: Sandy Mershon, John Ball, and Laura Murphy. Sandy died after…

Laura Murphy

Forum May 2017

Letters from our readers remember Henry Cadbury; a meeting with Joyce Ajlouny, shifting racial labels and accountability, a request for resources on aging, more.

Staff

Quakers Doing Lent?

A daily reflection offered by William Penn House.

Brad Ogilvie

A Young Friend’s Bookshelf: May 2012

Prayers for All Seasons             By Sophie Piper. Illustrated by Elena Temporin. Lion UK, 2011. 64…

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Milestones August 2013

Bentman—Raymond Bentman, 87, at home with his partner, Louis DelSoldo, on March 28, 2013, in Philadelphia, Pa., of heart failure.…

Staff

Wielding Thor’s Hammer: What It Means to Write as Ministry

According to an old Norse legend of the early days in the time before this time, the god Thor patrolled…

SusanYanos

Acknowledging the Nature of Community

Community and a strong sense of togetherness are what stand out most when I think about what it means to…

Nan Bowles

The WTO Meeting in Cancun: Failure or Success?

The Quaker Presence in Cancún In September 2003, thousands of government officials from 148 countries descended on the Mexican beach…

Phillip Berryman