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Quaker Works April 2019

This semiannual feature highlights the recent works of Quaker organizations in eight categories.

Posted in: Humor in Religion, Quaker Works

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Writing Opp: Friendly Competition? (deadline extended to Feb 25)

By Martin Kelley on January 24, 2019

Learn more about writing for our May issue on competition.

Martin Kelley is senior editor of Friends Journal.

Posted in: From the Editor's Desk

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An Interview with the Co‐clerks of Institutional Assessment on Racism Task Force

By Sharon Lane-Getaz, Justin Connor, and Martin Kelley on January 1, 2019

Looking at Friends General Conference’s work of racial self‐examination.

Sharon Lane-Getaz attends Cannon Valley Meeting in Northfield, Minn., where she teaches at a local college; she and her wife are newly "empty nesting" as their daughter has started college. Justin Connor is a member of Friends Meeting of Washington (D.C.); he is an attorney living in Washington with his family. Sharon and Justin are the co-clerks of FGC's Institutional Assessment on Racism Task Force. The interview was conducted by Friends Journal senior editor Martin Kelley.

Posted in: Features, Racially Diverse Society of Friends (January 2019)

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A Gathering of Spirits: The Friends General Conferences 1896–1950

By Reviewed by Gwen Gosney Erickson on November 1, 2018

By Douglas Gwyn. QuakerPress of FGC, 2018. 316 pages. $20/paperback. Doug Gwyn is the ideal writer to tackle this project. […]

Gwen Gosney Erickson is the Friends Historical Collection librarian and archivist at Guilford College and a member of Friendship Meeting in Greensboro, N.C.

Posted in: Books That Have Changed Us, November 2018 Books, Quaker Book Reviews

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Diane P. Butler

By Staff on October 1, 2018

Butler—Diane P. Butler, 63, on August 2, 2017, at home in Ithaca, N.Y. Diane was born on June 4, 1954, […]

Posted in: Meetings and Money, Milestones

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Top Ten Quaker Bestsellers 2018

By Staff on September 1, 2018

Popular books at the 2018 FGC Gathering

Source: QuakerBooks & More of FGC

Posted in: September 2018

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What People Really Want from Church and Quaker Meeting

By Donald W. McCormick on August 1, 2018

Looking at successful church growth models for ideas to grow our fellowship.

Donald W. McCormick, [email protected], is a member of Grass Valley Meeting in Nevada City, Calif. He is director of education for Unified Mindfulness, a company that trains mindfulness teachers. The senior editor of Friends Journal described his February article, “Can Quakerism Survive?,” as “the most talked about article in recent history.”

Posted in: Features, Going Viral with Quakerism

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Can Quakerism Survive?

By Donald W. McCormick on February 1, 2018

Why is there no vision of the future of Quakerism?

Donald W. McCormick was a professor for 30 years. He taught leadership and organizational change. Currently he is the director of education for Unified Mindfulness, a mindfulness teacher training organization. He is a member of Grass Valley Meeting in Nevada City, Calif. Contact: [email protected].

Posted in: Features, February 2018

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