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El Paso Quakers on the Border Today

By Ann Birch on March 18, 2019

How Friends along the Mexican border are responding to needs.

Ann Birch is currently clerk of El Paso (Tex.) Meeting. She is a librarian who settled in on the border in the 1960s.

Posted in: Outside the Meetinghouse, Witness

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Occasions for Plain Dress

By Gracia Fay Ellwood on March 1, 2019

Are there times we might let our clothes speak?

Gracia Fay Ellwood lives in Ojai, Calif.

Posted in: Outside the Meetinghouse, Viewpoint

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Provide Sanctuary

By Michael Resman on December 1, 2018

It is time for people of conscience to embrace the brothers and sisters among us.

Michael Resman lives in Rochester, Minn.

Posted in: Quakers and Christianity, Viewpoint

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The Imaginary Box

By Jules Needleman on May 1, 2018

I was different in third grade. Some of my classmates thought antagonizing me was cool; they used it as a […]

Jules Needleman, Grade 6, Greene Street Friends School

Posted in: Student Voice Project 2018, Student Voices Project, What Are Quaker Values Anyway?

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Being Vegetarian is a Climate Issue

By Lynn Fitz-Hugh on January 1, 2018

A Friend’s bumpy path toward a lifestyle that’s lighter on the Earth.

Lynn Fitz-Hugh is a climate activist, parent, psychotherapist, and vegetarian. She belongs to Eastside Meeting in Bellevue, Wash.

Posted in: Quaker Lifestyles

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Falling Through the Cracks: The Children of Calais

By Kate McNally on March 1, 2017

Across the Channel from one of the wealthiest countries in the world, approximately 10,000 men, women, and children lived in […]

Kate McNally is a member of Belgium and Luxembourg Yearly Meeting and works as the Forced Migration Project coordinator for the Quaker Council for European Affairs (qcea.org).

Posted in: Online Features

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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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It’s the Spirit That Makes It Beautiful

By Cherice Bock on August 1, 2016

A Friends church in Oregon opens itself to its neighbors.

Cherice Bock teaches at George Fox University, and is pursuing a PhD in environmental studies. She is part of Northwest Yearly Meeting, where she organizes Peace Month (nwfriends.org/peacemonth). Cherice enjoys spending time with her spouse and two sons, raising chickens, gardening, hiking, biking, writing, and reading.

Posted in: August 2016: Quaker Spaces, Features

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