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New Year鈥檚 top five: The most popular articles of 2017

By Staff on December 26, 2017

We鈥檝e been sharing our most鈥恟ead articles of 2017 on Facebook and Twitter. Here is the full list. #5 Mystical Experience, the [鈥


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The Art of Dying and the Afterlife: August Full Issue Access

By Staff on August 1, 2017

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A Simple State of Being That Never Truly Dies

By Robert Stephen Dicken on August 1, 2017

Moving toward death is its own kind of expectant worship. 馃敀 Friends Journal Member? Sign in here! Not an FJ [鈥

Robert Stephen Dicken is a member of First Friends Meeting in New Castle, Ind. He retired from teaching high school English in 2002. His retirement days consist of reading, writing, drawing, almost completing honey-do lists, and entertaining grandchildren.


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Grief Manifesto: Linda Heacock鈥檚 Death As Told by Her Daughter

By Hannah Jeffrey on March 1, 2011

As I did some yard work for a friend, I found a dead bird in one of her beds. I [鈥

Hannah Jeffrey, a member of Richmond (Va.) Meeting, lives in Sacramento, Calif., where she is the director of a canvassing office, informing and involving the public on progressive issues and organizing at a grassroots level.


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Empathy

By Lee Neff on March 1, 2011

I sit quietly in meeting for worship, envisioning the Light Within and knowing that I am being held very gently [鈥

Lee C. Neff, a member of South Seattle (Wash.) Meeting., is a gardener, writer, and former educator.


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A Brief Dance with Death

By HollyJeffries on May 1, 2010

In October 2008 I had my first mammogram. The next day, I received a call. 鈥淭here is an asymmetry on [鈥

Holly Jeffries, a member of Plainfield (Vt.) Meeting, farms in the mountains of Vermont. She gives special thanks to her husband, Walter, for encouraging her to write this at the time.


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Parting Time

By StephenRedding on March 1, 2010

The end came early and unexpectedly for my friend Sue, and in a few days I will join her family [鈥

Stephen Redding is a member of Richland Meeting in Quakertown, Pa. He owns and, with the help of his family, operates the Happy Tree Ltd., a tree and landscaping company and nursery in Green Lane, Pa. a mystic, he is the author of two books, Something More and More or Less. See http://www.stephenredding.com.


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Haunting Presentations

By Susan Corson-Finnerty on November 1, 2009

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Into the Abyss and Back

By Robert Dockhorn on November 1, 2009

Held in the Light: Norman Morrison鈥檚 Sacrifice for Peace and His Family鈥檚 Journey of Healing By Anne Morrison Welsh, with [鈥

Robert Dockhorn, senior editor of Friends Journal, is a member of Green Street Meeting in Philadelphia, Pa.


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Living Near the End of Life: Queries for the Elderly

By Brigitte Alexander on October 1, 2009

Crosslands is one of a number of Quaker retirement communities in the Philadelphia area. In existence for over 30 years, [鈥

Brigitte Alexander was first exposed to Quakerism in Berlin (Germany) Meeting in the 1930s. She has been a member of Pittsburgh (Pa.) Meeting since 1968, and she worships with a small group at Parkersville (Pa.) Meeting and at Crosslands Worship Group. Trained as a city planner, she worked in Boston. After a hiatus while raising children, she managed a small foundation in children's mental health in Pittsburgh.


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