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When I was a child my Quaker neighbor kept a large organic garden and several hen houses where he grew…

Susan Corson-Finnerty

Features

The Comfort of Horror

An interview with American author Chuck Wendig.

Sharlee DiMenichi

October 2025 Books

Read the Bible like a Mystic: Contemplative Wisdom and the Word

By Carl McColman. Broadleaf Books, 2025. 202 pages. $25.99/hardcover; $16.99/eBook. One might be tempted to see the title of Carl…

Reviewed by Ron Hogan

October 2025 Books

Speaking in Quaker Meeting for Worship: What, When, How, and Why

By Rhiannon Grant. Christian Alternative Books (Quaker Quicks), 2025. 88 pages. $11.95/paperback; $4.99/eBook. In 1700, Quakers learned how to worship…

Reviewed by Paul Buckley

Witness

Growing Hearts of Compassion

A Quaker witness in the West Bank.

Cliff Loesch

Viewpoint

Who Will Reopen the Underground Railroad?

Searching for today's abolitionists.

Gabbreell James

September 2025 Books

In Brief: The Deep End of Hope in the Wake of Hurricane Helene: 40 Days and Nights of Survival and Transformation

By Emma M. Churchman. Empower Press, 2025. 262 pages. $24.95/paperback; $7.99/eBook. This book tells the story of the devastating impact…

Reviewed by Pamela Haines

September 2025 Books

Cherished Belonging: The Healing Power of Love in Divided Times

By Gregory Boyle. Avid Reader Press, 2024. 224 pages. $30/hardcover; $14.99/eBook. In nine short chapters, this book describes the way…

Reviewed by Marty Grundy

Features

Seeing Light in Everyone

Encounters between Quakers and incarcerated people.

Sharlee DiMenichi

Online Features

Revivalist Friends and the Second Quaker Explosion

A look at the historic divisions among Friends.

Paul N. Anderson