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Loosening Our Blindfolds
Tara Prakash, Grade 6, Sidwell Friends School in Washington, D.C.
Posted in: Friendly Competition?, Student Voices Project, Student Voices Project 2019
The Hope for Collaboration over Competition
Quakers can be co‐conspirators, participants, creators, shapers, imaginers, and dreamers.
Mark Pratt-Russum is a released minister at West Hills Friends Church in Portland, Ore. He is a father and husband and is seriously in love with photography.
Posted in: Features, Friendly Competition?
Salamander Sky
By Katy Farber, illustrated by Meg Sodano. Green Writers Press, 2018. 32 pages. $17.95/hardcover. Recommended for ages 4–12. This unusual […]
Alison James is a member of South Starksboro (Vt.) Meeting.
Posted in: Friendly Competition?, May 2019: A Young Friends Bookshelf, Quaker Book Reviews
Laughing for the Wary
Humor can help build religious community but it can also hurt and cause division.
Howard R. Macy is retired from teaching at George Fox University in Newberg, Ore. He continues to write and serve in public ministry. Two of his books treat humor and religion: Laughing Pilgrims: Humor and the Spiritual Journey and Discovering Humor in the Bible: An Explorer's Guide.
Posted in: Features, Humor in Religion
A Consideration of Metaphors
Our spiritual metaphors can help us experience the truth from different perspectives.
Rhiannon Grant works at Woodbrooke Quaker Study Centre in Birmingham, UK, supporting Quaker Roles courses and the Centre for Research in Quaker Studies. She is a member of Bournville Meeting, part of Central England Area Meeting, and Britain Yearly Meeting. Her book on Quaker theology, _Telling the Truth about God_, will be published in March 2019.
Posted in: Features, Quakers and ChristianityMaryhelen Hintz Snyder
Snyder—Maryhelen Hintz Snyder, 85, on January 23, 2018, in Vienna, Va. Mel was born on October 6, 1932, in Brooklyn, […]
Posted in: Milestones, Quakers and Christianity
God Sightings on the Hiking Trail
Reflection: Life is dark and life is full of light.
Bernadette Kero is a retired nurse and has been a regular attendee at Klamath Falls Friends Church in Oregon for three years. She’s a member of the Peace and Social Concerns Committee and enjoys volunteering at Friends Food Pantry and hiking.
Posted in: Going Viral with Quakerism, Reflection
Spirit?
Spirit seems to have assumed a major office among Friends.
Ann Birch is a member of El Paso (Texas) Meeting; she is an academic reference librarian, grandmother, and actor in local theater.
Posted in: Creativity and the Arts, Viewpoint
Community or Competition
I shakily stepped out of the car. I had to grip the door for support. Even though it was a […]
Olivia Dietrich, Grade 6, Sidwell Friends School
Posted in: Student Voice Project 2018, Student Voices Project, What Are Quaker Values Anyway?
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May 2019
Student Voices
6th Annual Student Voices Project
Features
How I Found God in Competitive Sport by Jon Watts
The Hope for Collaboration over Competition by Mark Pratt‐Russum
The Invisible Damage of Competition by Mary Jo Klingel
Poetry
Always the Challenge to Be Patient by Charles Bunner
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