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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. 🔒 Friends Journal Member? Sign in here! Not an FJ […]

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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Lorie Dodge Leininger

By Staff on January 1, 2017

Leininger—Lorie Dodge Leininger, 89, on July 29, 2016, in Honolulu, Hawaii. Lorie was born on August 9, 1926, in Vienna, […]


Posted in: January 2017: Quakers in the Workplace, Milestones
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Two Dogs and a Parrot: What Our Animal Friends Can Teach Us About Life

By Reviewed by Phila Hoopes on November 1, 2016

By Joan Chittister. BlueBridge Books, 2015. 185 pages. $18.95/hardcover; $17.99/eBook. In the book of Genesis, God brought the animals to […]

Phila Hoopes is a freelance copywriter, poet, and blogger (soulpathsthejourney.org). A student of creation spirituality and permaculture, she has a passion for tracking deep connections in the mystical experience of the Divine across faith traditions. She is a member of Homewood Meeting in Baltimore, Md.


Posted in: November 2016 Books, Quaker Book Reviews, Quakers and Social Media
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Author reading of “Embracing Kindred Spirits in Friends Schools”

By Deborra Sines Pancoe and Elisabeth Torg on June 29, 2016

FJ PODCAST SUBSCRIPTION: ITUNES | DOWNLOAD | RSS | STITCHER FJ Podcast: If you’ve ever been in a Friends school, chances […]


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Among Friends: The Quaker Handshake

By Gabriel Ehri on June 1, 2016

An introduction to the June/July issue, “Almost Quaker.”

Gabriel Ehri is the executive director of Friends Journal. [email protected]


Posted in: Among Friends, June/July 2016: Almost Quaker
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Embracing Kindred Spirits in Friends Schools

By Deborra Sines Pancoe and Elisabeth Torg on June 1, 2016

Friends schools can be a Quaker pipeline for students and families.

Deborra Sines Pancoe and Elisabeth Torg serve at Friends Council on Education. As associate director, Deborra has over 30 years of Friends school experience and is a member of Abington (Pa.) Meeting. Elisabeth is director of development and communications, has ten years of Friends school experience, and is a kindred spirit.


Posted in: Features, June/July 2016: Almost Quaker
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