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I Think I Understand Now

By Andrew Huff on January 1, 2020

Watching someoneā€™s drug use spiral out of control.

Andrew Huff served with Quaker Voluntary Service in Boston, Mass., in 2015ā€“16. He attends Central Philadelphia (Pa.) Meeting.

Posted in: 2020, Drugs, Features
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Among Friends: Who Quaker Kids Are, Who They Become, and How They Lead

By Gabriel Ehri on December 1, 2019

Our introduction to the December Issue.

Posted in: Among Friends, Quaker Kids
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Me and My Maker

By Edwina Dankwa Assan on December 1, 2019

A Friendā€™s idea of Christianity is one of a relationship with her maker.

A textile designer by profession, Edwina Dankwa Assan founded the social enterprise Edtex over 20 years ago to ethically produce handmade, color-fast fabrics for fashion designers and home decorators. She is a member of Hill House Meeting in Accra, Ghana.

Posted in: Faith and Practice, Quaker Kids
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Love My Enemies? Surely You Jest

By Bob Anderson on November 1, 2019

Practicing warmā€heartedness with those on the other side of political divides.

Bob Anderson lives in Newtown, Pa.

Posted in: Gambling, Viewpoint
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The Tiny Journalist

By Reviewed by Michael S. Glaser on November 1, 2019

By Naomi Shihab Nye. BOA Editions, Ltd., 2019. 128 pages. $24/hardcover; $17/paperback; $9.99/eBook.

Michael S. Glaser is a professor emeritus at St. Maryā€™s College of Maryland and served as Poet Laureate of Maryland from 2004 to 2009.

Posted in: Gambling, November 2019 Books, Quaker Book Reviews
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Becoming a Welcoming Church AND Scrappy Church

By Reviewed by David Etheridge on June 1, 2019

Becoming a Welcoming Church By Thom S. Rainer. B&H Publishing Group, 2018. 128 pages. $12.99/hardcover; $9.99/eBook. Scrappy Church: Godā€™s Not [ā€¦]

David Etheridge is a member of Friends Meeting of Washington (D.C.) and clerk of the Baltimore Yearly Meeting Working Group on Racism.

Posted in: June/July 2019 Books, June/July 2019: Food Choices, Quaker Book Reviews
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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 [ā€¦]

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

Posted in: June/July 2019 Books, June/July 2019: Food Choices, Quaker Book Reviews
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Community of Numeric Competitors

By Ilaria Luna on May 1, 2019

I came home, excited after a day full of learning, to find my mother waiting for me at the door [ā€¦]

Ilaria Luna, Grade 6, Sidwell Friends School in Washington, D.C.

Posted in: Friendly Competition?, Student Voices Project, Student Voices Project 2019
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Forum, March 2019

By Staff on March 1, 2019

Letters from our readers

Posted in: Forum, Outside the Meetinghouse
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Rescue and Jessica: A Lifeā€Changing Friendship

By Reviewed by James Foritano on December 1, 2018

By Jessica Kensky and Patrick Downes, illustrated by Scott Magoon. Candlewick Press, 2018. 32 pages. $16.99/hardcover or eBook. Recommended for [ā€¦]

James Foritano attends Cambridge (Mass.) Meeting.

Posted in: December 2018 Books: A Young Friends Bookshelf, Quaker Book Reviews, Quakers and Christianity
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