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Wishtree

By Katherine Applegate, illustrated by Charles Santoso. Feiwel and Friends, 2017. 224 pages. $16.99/hardcover; $9.99/eBook. Recommended for ages 8–12. How…

Reviewed by Judith Favor

Unbound: A Novel in Verse

By Ann E. Burg. Scholastic Press, 2016. 345 pages. $16.99/hardcover; $10.99/eBook. Recommended for ages 9–12. If you’re looking for a…

Reviewed by Judith Favor

Practicing Compassion

By Frank Rogers Jr. Fresh Air Books, 2015. 144 pages. $14.99/paperback; $9.99/eBook. “Love—even for myself is hard,” wrote Kim in Viewpoint…

Reviewed by Judith Favor

Eastern Light: Awakening to Presence in Zen, Quakerism, and Christianity

By Steve Smith. QUPublishing, subsidiary of Quaker Universalist Fellowship, 2015. 232 pages. $22/paperback; $8.99/eBook. “Who, other than Friends, are genuinely…

Reviewed by Judith Favor

A Quietness Within: The Quiet Way as Faith and Spirituality

By Elaine Pryce. Pendle Hill Pamphlets #434, 2015. 33 pages. $7/pamphlet. For Friends who have spent decades practicing quietude, or…

Reviewed by Judith Favor

The S Word

"You could tell he was pissed off."

Whit Young

The Rebirthing of God: Christianity’s Struggle for New Beginnings

By John Philip Newell. SkyLight Paths Publishing, 2014. 135 pages. $19.99/hardcover; $9.99/eBook. In The Rebirthing of God, Celtic peacemaker John…

Reviewed by Judith Favor

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The Twelve Degrees of Silence (Books)

By Sr. Marie-Aimée de Jésus, O.C.D. Edited and translated by Lucinda M. Vardey. Novalis, 2014. 79 pages. $12.95/paperback Silence is…

Reviewed by Judith Favor

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