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Valerie Bertinelli and James Claypoole’s Letter Book

Actress Valerie Bertinelli's Quaker ancestry and a review of James Claypoole's Letter Book ( FJ Nov. 15, 1967).

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Why Do the Obamas, Bidens, and Clintons Choose Friends Schools?

When Malia Obama, then 12, and her sister Sasha, then 7, started school January 5, 2009, at Sidwell Friends School…

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Coming to Light: Cultivating Spiritual Discernment through the Quaker Clearness Committee

By Valerie Brown. Pendle Hill Pamphlets (number 446), 2017. 27 pages. $7/pamphlet. In this short pamphlet, Valerie Brown introduces readers…

Reviewed by Karie Firoozmand

Hope Leans Forward: Braving Your Way toward Simplicity, Awakening, and Peace

By Valerie Brown. Broadleaf Books, 2022. 275 pages. $26.99/hardcover; $22.99/eBook. I’ve always loved the sentiment behind the saying “People may…

Reviewed by Lauren Brownlee

Welcoming the Strong Black Woman among Us

The energy to appear strong and the socially imposed obligation to rise above it all can be exhausting.

Valerie Brown

Quaker Works April 2022

This semiannual feature highlights the recent works of Quaker organizations in eight categories.

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Pendle Hill

Over the past six months, Pendle Hill has welcomed groups and sojourners on campus while also serving thousands worldwide through…

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Books January 2013

Ending Cycles of Violence: Kenyan Quaker Peacemaking Response after the 2007 Election By Judy Lumb. Producciones de la Hamaca (Belize)…

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Books June/July 2013

Discernment: Living Under Divine Guidance North Carolina Yearly Meeting (Conservative), Journal (number 6), 2012. 62 pages. Free download at www.ncymc.org/journal. Reviewed…

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Books, August 2013

A Handful of Quiet: Happiness in Four Pebbles By Thich Nhat Hanh, illustrated by Wietske Vriezen. Plum Blossom Books, 2012.…

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