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An Interview with the Coâclerks of Institutional Assessment on Racism Task Force
Looking at Friends General Conferenceâs work of racial selfâexamination.
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)
A Gathering of Spirits: The Friends General Conferences 1896â1950
By Douglas Gwyn. QuakerPress of FGC, 2018. 316 pages. $20/paperback. Doug Gwyn is the ideal writer to tackle this project. [âŠ]
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
Diane P. Butler
ButlerâDiane P. Butler, 63, on August 2, 2017, at home in Ithaca, N.Y. Diane was born on June 4, 1954, [âŠ]
Posted in: Meetings and Money, Milestones
What People Really Want from Church and Quaker Meeting
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, âCan Quakerism Survive?,â as âthe most talked about article in recent history.â
Posted in: Features, Going Viral with Quakerism
Can Quakerism Survive?
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
News
News of Friends: School to Peace Pipeline conference; Sierra Cascades Yearly Meeting takes form; Appointment; Retirement.
Posted in: News, Quaker Lifestyles
Quaker Works October 2017
A semiannual feature to connect Friends Journal readers to the good works of Quaker organizations* in the following categories: Advocacy [âŠ]
Posted in: Conscience, Quaker Works
Ah, Go Fly a Kite!
Paper, glue, wind, and metaphors at the FGC Gathering.
Charles âChuckâ Jones is a member of Chattanooga (Tenn.) Meeting. Chattanooga is where he flies kites and lives with his wife. He is a retired math teacher who is a woodworker and blacksmith. This past May, he became a graduate of the School of the Spirit.
Posted in: Features, September 2017
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March 2019
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Never Having Set Foot in the Meetinghouse by Yohannes âKnowledgeâ Johnson
What Does the Outside Say? by Brad Stocker
Faces of Addiction by Eric K. Hatch
Faithful Action on Climate Change by Lynn FitzâHugh
Experiments with Worship by Elizabeth ClaggettâBorne
Holding Unite the Right to the Light by Debby Churchman
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After a Quote by William Penn by Maggie Hess
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