Scattergood Friends School has a long history of welcoming international visitors, most notably serving as a hostel for refugees [ā¦]
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Visa denials impact Scattergood Friends School
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Posted in: News, Unnamed Quaker Creeds
Viral comingāout video raises LGBTQ issues at George Fox University
Reid Arthur, a senior theater major at George Fox University (GFU) in Newberg, Ore., was already out as gay [ā¦]
Erik Hanson and Windy Cooler are the news editors for Friends Journal. They contributed to the reporting of this story. Do you know about any Quaker news stories we should be covering? Send us tips at [email protected].
Posted in: News, Unnamed Quaker Creeds
Friends and Drugs (closed)
Currently looking articles on Unnamed Quaker Creeds Is there any other aspect of our modern lives [ā¦]
Posted in: From the Editor's Desk
A Perilous Neglect
Waiting for the Watchman and holding things in God.
Alastair McIntosh is a member of Glasgow Meeting, Scotland. His most recent books are Spiritual Activism: Leadership as Service, and Poacherās Pilgrimage: an Island Journey (on which this reflection is based).
Posted in: Features, February 2018
Falling Through the Cracks: The Children of Calais
Across the Channel from one of the wealthiest countries in the world, approximately 10,000 men, women, and children lived in [ā¦]
Kate McNally is a member of Belgium and Luxembourg Yearly Meeting and works as the Forced Migration Project coordinator for the Quaker Council for European Affairs (qcea.org).
Posted in: Online Features
Disarming Conflict
By Ernie Regehr. Zed Books, 2015. 228 pages. $19.95/paperback. One of the great mysteries of this world is why we [ā¦]
Robert Dockhorn is a member of Green Street Meeting in Philadelphia, Pa.
Posted in: Quaker Book Reviews, September 2016, September 2016 Books
Student Voices 2016 Option 3: Conflicts in Community
What happens when there are differences or conflicts within a community? How do we respond with patience, tolerance, and openness [ā¦]
Practicing Deep Empathy
Mentoring Those Unlike Ourselves
Leslie Madsen-Brooks is a history professor, digital humanist, and expatriate Californian currently living in Boise, Idaho. Her work explores how laypeople understand the past and ādo historyā in the digital age. Her teaching is deeply inflected by Quaker principles.
Posted in: Features, October 2015: Faithful Living
Supporting Postātraumatic Stress Disorder Victims
Understanding the cluster of symptoms of PTSD and the role of religious community.
Jack Ciancio is a member of Ararat (N.C.) Meeting. He is a veteran, retired psychiatric nurse, educator, and author of Where Christ Presides: A Quaker Perspective on Moral Discernment (Redemption Press). He is currently working on a book on the Gospel of Mark.
Posted in: August 2015: The Effects of War, Features
The Social Justice Testimony
Joining a meeting does not purify us of racism.
Dwight L. Wilson, father of four sons and member of Ann Arbor (Mich.) Meeting, worked as an educator at Oakwood Friends School, Moorestown Friends School, and Friends School in Detroit. He also served as Friends General Conference general secretary and writes historical novels, including Sarahās Song and Out of the Shadow of Darkness.
Posted in: Features, October 2014: Experience of Friends of Color
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