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Advancing Quaker Spirituality in the Twentyâfirst Century
Barry Crossno is general secretary of Friends General Conference, an association of over 600 Quaker meetings and churches in the United States and Canada. His spiritual journey with Quakers began over 20 years ago. Learn more about FGCâs campaign feasibility study at fgcquaker.org/feasibility-study. Email: [email protected].
Posted in: Features, The State of Quaker Institutions
Pacific Yearly Meeting joins Friends General Conference
In October, Pacific Yearly Meetingâs request to join Friends General Conference (FGC) was accepted by the FGC Executive Committee. âWe [âŠ]
Erik Hanson and Windy Cooler are the news editors for Friends Journal. They contributed to the reporting of this story. Do you know about any Quaker news stories we should be covering? Send us tips at [email protected].
Posted in: Drugs, News
Writing Opp: The State of Quaker Institutions (closed)
Quaker institutions: Whatâs working and what isnât and which beloved institutions do we need to make sure we keep alive? [âŠ]
Martin Kelley is senior editor of Friends Journal. [email protected].
Posted in: From the Editor's Desk
Top Ten Quaker Bestsellers 2019
From the 2019 FGC Gathering at Grinnell College in Grinnell, Iowa.
Source: QuakerBooks of FGC
Posted in: Gambling
Quaker Works April 2019
This semiannual feature highlights the recent works of Quaker organizations in eight categories.
Posted in: Humor in Religion, Quaker Works
Writing Opp: Friendly Competition? (closed)
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
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 ReviewsDiane 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
Top Ten Quaker Bestsellers 2018
Popular books at the 2018 FGC Gathering
Source: QuakerBooks & More of FGC
Posted in: September 2018
Features
Wanted: A Network of Soul Connection by Francine Brocious
Facing Hard Truths by Robin Mohr
Quaker Schools Transforming the World by Deborra Sines Pancoe and Elisabeth Torg
Advancing Quaker Spirituality in the Twentyâfirst Century by Barry Crossno
Quaker Meetings Respond to Coronavirus by Katie Breslin
Noticing Patterns of Oppression and Faithfulness by Lisa Graustein
Poetry
Servant by Ruth Naylor
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