Friends Journal Activities

Reading 50 Years of FRIENDS JOURNAL

I think that I am something of an oddity among the readers of Friends Journal. I grew up in a…

Celebrating 50 Years

This month we begin a yearlong celebration of Friends Journal. Our first issue was published on July 2, 1955, a…

Reflections and a Welcome

When we published Anne Barschall’s "On Marriage and Divorce—With a Proposition Bound to be Controversial" in June, we suspected it…

Reviewing Our Lives

Accept with serenity the approach of each new stage of life. Welcome the approach of old age, both for oneself…

Thank You, Friends

In 2001 we conducted our most recent Readership Survey. Five hundred twenty individuals replied to the 1,000 surveys we mailed—a…

The Local Side of Globalization

I’ve traveled quite a bit this spring—to Idaho, Wyoming, North Carolina, New York, passing through Georgia, Utah, and Nevada. In…

Arrivals and Departures

It’s not unusual for the arrival of children to bring about big changes, not just for families, but for organizations…

Being 'Of the World'

This month Friends Journal brings you a selection of articles that deal with engagement in the world. Some authors may…

How Much Diversity?

When Friends Journal announced last fall our intention to publish a special issue on Diversity among Friends, we gave the…

Preparing for Hard Times

As I write, I’ve just returned from the Friends General Conference Gathering in Johnstown, Pa., where we collectively spent a…

Welcome to Newcomers

Although I grew up with Quaker neighbors next door who were close family friends (and relatives who’d joined Friends), and…

A Focus on the Present

This month’s lineup of articles has me quite excited for a variety of reasons. "The Faces of ‘Collateral Damage’" (p.…
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