DusinberreāIone Dusinberre, of Sandy Spring, Md., 89, on August 9, 2019, of ageārelated conditions. Ione was born on August 2, [ā¦]
Tag Archives | Boston
Bearing False Witness
Sometimes people arenāt who they seem.
Andrew Huff served with Quaker Voluntary Service in Boston, Mass., in 2015ā16. He attends Central Philadelphia (Pa.) Meeting. Names and details have been altered for privacy.
Posted in: Features, February 2019
Mistress Dyer and the Wilderness
FJ Poetry: Sometimes the wind comes from the bay / and it carries me to the Thames. But rarely. / [ā¦]
Anne Myles lives inĀ Waterloo, Iowa.
Posted in: Poetry, September 2018
Solutionary Rail: A peopleāpowered campaign to electrify Americaās railroads and open corridors to a clean energy future
By Bill Moyer, Patrick Mazza and the Solutionary Rail Team. Backbone Campaign, 2016. 107 pages. $19.95/paperback. Many years ago, as [ā¦]
Ruah Swennerfelt is a member of Burlington (Vt.) Meeting and active in New England Yearly Meetingās Earthcare Ministry Committee. She is the author of Rising to the Challenge: The Transition Movement and People of Faith.
Posted in: January 2018 Books, Quaker Book Reviews, Quaker Lifestyles
Meeting with Friends in an Old Library
A visitor settles down at the library table at Beacon Hills Friends House.
Sheilah Hill has conducted mental health programs at such organizations as Bronx Lebanon Hospital; Allegheny University; and the Learning Annex, New York City. Her books include, Somewhere on the Edge of Dreaming; They That Sow in Tears; and La Verde de la Vida, Wisdom for the Abortion War.
Posted in: Features, Quaker Libraries
After the Marathon Bombing
FJ Poetry: What shall we do with the stillness, do with the hate and the pity?
Lisa DeSiro lives in Cambridge, Mass.
Posted in: January 2017: Quakers in the Workplace, PoetrySonja BiornāHansen
BiornāHansenāSonja BiornāHansen, 58, on February 6, 2016, in Portland, Ore. Sonja was born on October 21, 1957, in Boston, Mass. [ā¦]
Posted in: Crossing Cultures, Milestones
Mary Dyer: Friend of Freedom
By John Briggs. Atombank Books, 2014. 102 pages. $6.99/paperback; $2.99/eBook. Recommended for ages 8ā12. If Quakers were predisposed to naming [ā¦]
Katie Green is a member of Worcester (Mass.) Meeting, where she edits their newsletter and teaches First-day school. She is also a storyteller and has led workshops at the Friends General Conference Gathering and New England Yearly Meeting Sessions.
Posted in: December 2015 Books, December 2015: Economic Justice and Poverty, Quaker Book Reviews, Uncategorized
Poet Meredith Trede reads āI Tell Him About the Body Bagsā
FJ Poetry: Meredith Trede is a poet and editor. Her collection, Field Theory, was published by SFA Press, Stephen F. [ā¦]
Posted in: Audio, Unfeatured
I Tell Him about the Body Bags
Friends Journal poetry: He loads the dishwasher, his Momās birthday / dinner doneā¦
Meredith Trede lives in Sleepy Hollow, N.Y.
Posted in: August 2015: The Effects of War, Poetry
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Wanted: A Network of Soul Connection by Francine Brocious
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Quaker Schools Transforming the World by Deborra Sines Pancoe and Elisabeth Torg
Advancing Quaker Spirituality in the Twentyāfirst Century by Barry Crossno
Quaker Meetings Respond to Coronavirus by Katie Breslin
Noticing Patterns of Oppression and Faithfulness by Lisa Graustein
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Servant by Ruth Naylor
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