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Tag Archives | Aging
The Last Few Miles
A daughter cares for an aging mother.
Writer Caroline Mather Brown, a birthright Episcopalian, attends Montclair (N.J.) Meeting.
Posted in: Features, October 2013: On Aging
The Peaceable Kingdom 2.0: Young Adults and Quakerism’s Future
In this post‐Christendom, post‐9/11 country, there is a growing inter‐faith youth movement, thanks in part to the ability of new […]
Stephen Willis Dotson is a member of Goose Creek (Va.) Meeting who carries a concern for the future of Friends. This concern manifests in a desire to nurture rising generations, to facilitate Quaker engagement with ecumenical and inter-religious work, and to help the unique gifts of Quakerism reach those who are seeking them through both traditional and emerging technologies. He is a Board member for Friends Journal.
Posted in: Blogs, Jordan
Resurrection for the Second Half of Life
There is a time in our lives when the future holds so much promise and mystery that the thought of […]
Sitting Closer to the Front
I remember vividly the year I moved from my home near Cincinnati, Ohio, to New Jersey to start my career […]
Peter Lang is a member of Chatham-Summit (N.J.) Meeting. This article first appeared in the March 2009 issue of Spark, the New York Yearly Meeting newsletter, and is reprinted with permission.
Posted in: Features
The Blossom of a Life Well Lived
We began talking about the possibility of doing a special issue on aging and life’s end a couple of years […]
Posted in: Features
An Opportunity to Laugh with Sarah
The righteous flourish like the palm tree, and grow like a cedar in Lebanon. They are planted in the house […]
Elizabeth F. Meyer is a member of Sandy Spring (Md.) Meeting and has served as its clerk. She is part of the leadership of the Baltimore Yearly Meeting Spiritual Formation Program.
Posted in: Features
What Is Retirement For?
For a while during the summer of 2003, I was aware of an unanswered question waiting to be asked. As […]
Richard Eastman, a member of Yellow Springs (Ohio) Meeting, has retired from the position of Greene County Engineer.
Posted in: Features
The Move to Happy Valley
We’re too young, but let’s look at some Quaker retirement communities anyway and put our names down—it may take ten […]
Renee Crauder, a member of State College (Pa.) Meeting, lived and worked with her husband, Bob Crauder, in Burma, Lebanon, Syria, Bangladesh, and other Third World countries for 14 years. She now has a ministry of retreats and workshops on prayer, discernment, spirituality, and faithfulness, and she offers one-on-one spiritual direction. Her last article for Friends Journal, "What is Spirituality?" appeared in October 1999.
Posted in: Features
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Books That Have Changed Us
November 2018 Full Issue Access
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To Imagine Change through Many Voices by Detmer Kremer
The Light Will Rip You Up by Caroline Morris
Genesis by John A. Minahan
Jesse Stuart’s The Thread That Runs So True by Robert Stephen Dicken
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Communion by Nancy L. Bieber
If I Had Grown in Some Generous Place by
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