First Day

Features

Honey and Time

The Spirit hadn't moved in Amy Hudson for over 200 years. Joseph Engelhardt
Poetry

Quaker Meeting

Our family flew across the countryto visit Quaker grandparents,have them meet and actually seehow our young children had grown:She was… Ruth Naylor
Among Friends

Among Friends: Who Quaker Kids Are, Who They Become, and How They Lead

Our introduction to the December Issue. Gabriel Ehri
Service

We Are but God’s Workers

An outdoor meeting takes up a new ministry that grows during the colder months. Andrea Smith

Michael S. Juras

Juras—Michael S. Juras, 62, on September 7, 2017, in Columbia, S.C., unexpectedly, with his loved ones by his side. Michael…
Features

Balancing Acts

Healing is a verb: a slowing, flowing movement toward balance. Ruthe Schoder-Ehri
Faith and Practice

Preparing for Intimacy with God

Faith and Practice: Leaving worship in a state of discontent. Elliott Robertson
Features

Ohio Yearly Meeting Gathering and Quaker Spring

A Philadelphia Friend finds spiritual renewal in fellowship with Conservative Quakers. John Andrew Gallery, with comments by Susan Smith
Poetry

This Little Light of Mine

FJ Poetry: "When I was five I ran smack into a gravestone..." Kathryn Ailes
Features

Shabbat and First Day

A Quaker Jewish path along walls and borders, both physical and spiritual. Deborah Mayaan
Features

Allow Me to Introduce You, Witches and Friends

Navigating points of tension to find core values in common. Meagan Fischer

A Friend’s Testimony on Domestic Violence?

We are called upon to love the loveless and the unlovable, to reach out to the racists and the torturers,…