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Unclean!

The sun was pressing down as hard as it could on the Earth that day, till it felt that my… Charles David Kleymeyer

Quaker Kids Say the Darnedest Things

Teaching the young ones in our meeting, I think often of Art Linkletter’s show that I watched when I was… Patricia Smith

Our Most Precious Resource

It is my good fortune to belong to a large, urban meeting that has quite a few families with young… Susan Corson-Finnerty

An Approach to Religious Education

Members of the Menomonie Ministerial Association (M.A.M.A) stared at me in slack-jawed silence. We had been in the midst of… Mary Snyder

Welcoming Children, Boisterous and Gentle

People came to the special meeting in their own God-given way. Some Quakers stumbled in, refusing any help from family… Elizabeth Claggett-Borne

The Phoenix School For Girls

Early on an unseasonably cool, young September morning, a few firecrackers cut through the thick mist enveloping Xiaoshicun (Little Stone… James Reilly

Simplicity with Children

Did you know that a number of over-the-counter children’s vitamins contain aspartame, an artificial sweetener that has been known to… Heather Riley

Talking to Bob

On a clear, cool Friday afternoon several months ago, I led a small group of third-graders up to the ham… William G. Alberts

Natural Quiet at Goose Creek

Some keep the Sabbath going to church; I keep it staying at home, With a bobolink for a chorister, And… Miriam Westervelt

Economics by Innuendo and Error

David Morse’s "A Quaker Response to Economic Globalization" (FJ May) exhibits many errors in economics. He is correct to sympathize… Jack Powelson

Amachi: Faith-Based Mentoring to Children of Prisoners

Amachi is a national initiative to provide caring, committed mentors to the children of prisoners. Friends Journal contributor

God Is in the Mouth of the Wolf

I think I must have been born searching for God. People tell me that just as my head crowned during… Charles David Kleymeyer
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