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Clint Weimeister

By Staff on January 1, 2020

Weimeister—Clint Weimeister, 72, on May 22, 2019, at home in Port Townsend, Wash. Clint was born on March 27, 1947, […]

Creation and the Cross: The Mercy of God for a Planet in Peril

By Reviewed by Brian Drayton on February 1, 2019

By Elizabeth A. Johnson. Orbis Books, 2018. 256 pages. $28/hardcover; $26/paperback; $22.50/eBook. “The creation waits eagerly for the children of […]

Brian Drayton worships with the new Souhegan Meeting in Wilton, N.H., allowed by Weare (N.H.) Meeting.

Posted in: February 2019, February 2019 Books, Quaker Book Reviews

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The Continuing Revelation of My Christianity

By Lauren Brownlee on December 1, 2018

The diversity within Quakerism and Christianity can reveal additional windows into the Divine.

Lauren Brownlee is a member of Bethesda (Md.) Meeting, a steering committee member of the Quaker Palestine Israel Network, and serves on Baltimore Yearly Meeting's Peace and Social Concerns Committee. She serves as director of social action at a Catholic School in Bethesda and is a Sacred Heart Associate.

Posted in: Features, Quakers and Christianity

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Writing Opp: Humor in Religion (closed)

By Martin Kelley on November 26, 2018

Magazine ISO legit funny Quaker joke, apply here.

Martin Kelley is senior editor of Friends Journal.

Posted in: From the Editor's Desk

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Presence and Process: A Path Toward Transformative Faith and Inclusive Community

By Reviewed by Peter West Nutting on September 1, 2018

By Daniel P. Coleman. Barclay Press, 2017. 232 pages. $20/paperback; $6.99/eBook. At the end of his remarkable book, Daniel Coleman […]

Peter West Nutting is a member of Vassalboro (Maine) Meeting and Central Committee of Friends General Conference and regularly gives workshops on “Photography as a Contemplative Practice.”

Posted in: Quaker Book Reviews, September 2018, September 2018 Books

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God Sightings on the Hiking Trail

By Bernadette Kero on August 1, 2018

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

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Barking to the Choir: The Power of Radical Kinship

By Reviewed by Lauren Brownlee on June 1, 2018

By Gregory Boyle. Simon & Schuster, 2017. 224 pages. $26/hardcover; $16/paperback (available in September); $13.99/eBook. Five years ago I began […]

Lauren Brownlee is a member of Bethesda (Md.) Meeting and serves on the Baltimore Yearly Meeting Growing Diverse Leadership and Peace and Social Concerns committees.

Posted in: Creativity and the Arts, June/July 2018 Books, Quaker Book Reviews

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Worshiping Online

By Rachel Guaraldi on June 1, 2017

An experiment with online programmed meeting for worship.

Rachel Guaraldi is an interfaith hospital chaplain, Quaker minister, and spiritual director. As a lifelong Quaker and member of Beacon Hill Meeting in Boston, Mass., Rachel has facilitated dialogue among Quaker, ecumenical, and interfaith communities for over a decade. To join and participate in the online programmed meeting for worship, please visit rachelguaraldi.com/pmfw.

Posted in: Features, June/July 2017: Reimagining the Quaker Ecosystem

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Seven Tasks to Heal the World

By Michael Soika on February 1, 2017

Simple actions each of us can take to heal our hearts and the hearts of others.

Michael Soika has spent the past 30 years working on issues of social and economic justice, such as affordable housing, homelessness, welfare reform, and education. He is a lifelong spiritual seeker and new member of Milwaukee (Wisc.) Meeting.

Posted in: Features, February 2017

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