WeimeisterâClint Weimeister, 72, on May 22, 2019, at home in Port Townsend, Wash. Clint was born on March 27, 1947, [âŚ]
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Among Friends: Who Quaker Kids Are, Who They Become, and How They Lead
Our introduction to the December Issue.
Posted in: Among Friends, Quaker Kids
I Am a Quaker
Young Friends and religious identity.
Melinda Wenner Bradley is a member of West Chester (Pa.) Meeting and serves as the youth religious life coordinator for Philadelphia Yearly Meeting. She is a co-founder of the Quaker Religious Education Collaborative (QREC), and the director of communications and training for Faith & Play Stories.
William Bradley is an attender at West Chester (Pa.) Meeting and a seventh grade student at Westtown School. James Bradley is a member of West Chester (Pa.) Meeting and a tenth grade student at Westtown School. Ellie Bradley is a member of West Chester (Pa.) Meeting and a first-year student at Barnard College.
Posted in: Features, Quaker Kids
The Unsung Hero of Birdsong, USA
By Brenda Woods. Nancy Paulsen Books, 2019. 208 pages. $16.99/hardcover; $8.99/paperback (available January 2020); $9.99/eBook. Recommended for ages 10 and [âŚ]
Jerry Mizell Williams is a member of Green Street Meeting in Philadelphia, Pa. He is the author of numerous books, articles, and book reviews on colonial Latin America.
Posted in: December 2019 Books: A Young Friends Bookshelf, Quaker Book Reviews, Quaker Kids
We Are Here to Stay: Voices of Undocumented Young Adults
By Susan Kuklin. Candlewick Press, 2019. 192 pages. $19.99/hardcover or eBook. Recommended for ages 14 and up.
Vickie LeCroy is a retired educator living in Tennessee
Posted in: December 2019 Books: A Young Friends Bookshelf, Quaker Book Reviews, Quaker KidsMarian Bradley Hoge
HogeâMarian Bradley Hoge, 94, on February 11, 2019, peacefully, in Albuquerque, N.M. Marian was born on December 5, 1924, in [âŚ]
Posted in: Gambling, Milestones
Dorothy Candlin Warrington
WarringtonâDorothy Candlin Warrington, 101, on March 6, 2019, peacefully, at the LBJ Medical Center in Johnson City, Tex. Dottie was [âŚ]
Posted in: Gambling, Milestones
Quaker Christianity in Kenya
A Kenyan shamanistic spirituality was fertile ground for Quaker missionaries.
Stanley Chagala Ngesa, a fourth-generation Kenyan Quaker raised in the Maragoli Hills of Western Kenya in the traditions of both Christian Quakerism and the traditional spirituality of his people, is currently a postgraduate student of Quaker studies at Earlham School of Religion in Richmond, Ind. He holds an MDiv degree from San Francisco Theological Seminary and has worked as a chaplain at Marin General Hospital in Greenbrae, Calif.
Posted in: Features, Friends in Africa
Our Child of the Stars
By Stephen Cox. Jo Fletcher Books, 2019. 496 pages. $26.99/hardcover; $15.92/paperback; $3.99/eBook.
Rausie Hobson is a member of Rocky River Meeting in Siler City, N.C., Friends Church of North Carolina. She is a retired ESL teacher and public librarian, a member of Quakers Uniting in Publications, and was publications board clerk of North Carolina Yearly Meeting (FUM) for many years.
Posted in: Friends in Africa, October 2019 Books, Quaker Book Reviews
A Quaker Schoolâs Response to Allegations of Sexual Abuse
Transparency and integrity are put to the test when a decadesâold scandal is revealed.
Erik Hanson is one of the news editors for Friends Journal, along with his wife, Windy Cooler. Erik has served as a friendly adult presence in Baltimore Yearly Meetingâs Youth Program since 2005. He taught English and math at Friends Community School in College Park, Md., from 2006 to 2008.
Posted in: Features, September 2019
Features
I Think I Understand Now by Andrew Huff
Drugs and the Practice of Spiritual Discernment by Joe McHugh
Supporting Recovery Among Friends by Johanna Jackson
Confronting the Challenge of Drugs by Eric E. Sterling
The Liturgy of Me by r. scot miller
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I Met God on a Train Last Week by Elizabeth Bajjalieh
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