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Forum, November 2019

By Staff on November 1, 2019

Letters from our readers.

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I Think You鈥檙e Wrong (But I鈥檓 Listening): A Guide to Grace鈥怓illed Political Conversations

By Reviewed by Carl Blumenthal on November 1, 2019

By Sarah Stewart Holland and Beth A. Silvers. Nelson Books, 2019. 224 pages. $24.99/hardcover; $17.99/paperback (available February 2020); $9.99/eBook.

Carl Blumenthal is a member of Brooklyn (N.Y.) Meeting.

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Backlash: What Happens When We Talk Honestly about Racism in America

By Reviewed by Pamela Haines on November 1, 2019

By George Yancy. Rowman & Littlefield, 2018. 180 pages. $19.95/hardcover; $18.99/eBook.

Pamela Haines is a member of Central Philadelphia (Pa.) Meeting. Her most recent book is Money and Soul, an expansion of a Pendle Hill pamphlet by the same name.

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Charles Fillmore Peterson

By Staff on November 1, 2019

Peterson鈥擟harles Fillmore Peterson, 98, on March 12, 2019, gently, with family near, in his apartment at Pennswood Village in Newtown, [鈥

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Friends leaving Lumakanda Friends Church after the morning church service. Photo courtesy of David Zarembka.

Life at Lumakanda Friends Church

By David Zarembka on October 1, 2019

An American Friend looks at the strong community at his Kenyan church.

David Zarembka is a Quaker peace activist in Eastern Africa. Since 2007, he has lived in Lumakanda, a small town in western Kenya, with his Kenyan wife, Gladys Kamonya. David writes a weekly blog, Reports from Kenya, on current happenings in East Africa. To sign up, contact him at [email protected]

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Paula Ann Misley Laughlin

By Staff on September 1, 2019

Laughlin鈥擯aula Ann Misley Laughlin, 63, on January 8, 2018, in Quakertown, Pa. Paula was born on March 24, 1954, in [鈥

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How Does Culture Influence Quaker Worship?

By Ayesha Imani on August 1, 2019

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Faith and Experience in Education: Essays from Quaker Perspectives

By Reviewed by Sharlee DiMenichi on June 1, 2019

Edited by Don Rowe and Anne Watson. Trentham Books, 2018. 256 pages. $41.95/paperback or eBook. As an early childhood teacher, [鈥

Sharlee DiMenichi is a member of Lehigh Valley Meeting in Bethlehem, Pa. She has taught preschool and elementary school and is currently an English as a second language instructor.

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Still, in the City: Creating Peace of Mind in the Midst of Urban Chaos

By Reviewed by Carl Blumenthal on June 1, 2019

Edited by Angela Dews. Skyhorse Publishing, 2018. 288 pages. $21.99/hardcover; $14.99/eBook. Conscience or consciousness? While the demands of conscience and [鈥

Carl Blumenthal is a member of Brooklyn (N.Y.) Meeting.

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How to Be a Good Creature: A Memoir in Thirteen Animals

By Reviewed by Pamela Haines on June 1, 2019

By Sy Montgomery, illustrated by Rebecca Green. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2018. 208 pages. $20/hardcover; $9.99/eBook. A memoir has the power [鈥

Pamela Haines is a member of Central Philadelphia (Pa.) Meeting.

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