Departures from Wilmington Yearly Meeting; new head of Olney Friends School appointed.
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News, December 2017
News of Friends: What Canst Thou Say? Colloquium; Quaker leaders part of church delegation to the Middle East; appointment at […]
Posted in: Conflict and Controversy, News
Turning Somersaults in the Quaker Ecosystem
We have to find ways to build relationships and maintain our Quaker tradition.
Margaret Fraser has served as interim pastoral minister at West Richmond (Ind.) Meeting, executive secretary of Friends World Committee for Consultation Section of the Americas, and dean of Pendle Hill study center in Wallingford, Pa. She was presiding clerk of the New Association of Friends from 2013 to 2015.
Posted in: Features, June/July 2017: Reimagining the Quaker EcosystemSumoud: Voices and Images of the Ramallah Friends School
By Betsy Brinson and Gordon Davies. Friends United Press, 2014. 142 pages. $35/hardcover. Sumoud, artfully prepared by historian Betsy Brinson […]
Maia Carter Hallward is a member of Atlanta (Ga.) Meeting and an associate professor of Middle East politics and international conflict management at Kennesaw State University. She taught at the Ramallah Friends Schools from 1998 to 2000, and has led several delegations to the region to meet with Israeli and Palestinian peacemakers. Maia’s books include Struggling for a Just Peace: Israeli and Palestinian Activism in the Second Intifada and Transnational Activism in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict.
Posted in: August 2015 Books, August 2015: The Effects of War, Quaker Book ReviewsFGC, FUM types of worship
I became a Liberal unprogrammed Friend in a conservative state. The small, family‐like meeting I eventually joined was a little […]
Posted in: Departments
My Journey among Friends
I found the Religious Society of Friends when I was in middle school. An unpopular, misunderstood, “sensitive” child, I didn’t […]
Kevin-Douglas G. Olive is a member of Baltimore (Md.) Meeting-Homewood, and attends Seton Hill Worship Group in Baltimore. A French teacher, he is a member of Friends General Conference's Advancement and Outreach Committee.
Posted in: FeaturesPeace in the World, Peace among Friends
Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another; love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous: not […]
Mary Ellen McNish, a member of Byberry Meeting in Philadelphia, Pa., is general secretary of American Friends Service Committee.
Posted in: FeaturesU.S. Quakers: Hybrid Corn?
Years ago I heard our gifted Quaker economist‐philosopher‐poet Kenneth Boulding compare U.S. Quakers to hybrid corn. His interesting observation was […]
William Edgerton is a member of Bloomington (Ind.) Meeting. Gratefully dedicated to the memory of Kenneth Boulding (1910-1993), Quaker economist, philosopher, poet, and spiritual leader.
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June‐July 2019
Features
The Ministry of Quaker Farmers by Rachel Van Boven
Feeding Young Adults with a Taste of Abundance by Emily Provance and Niadwynwen Thomas
Vegetarianism in Quaker History by John Sniegocki
Butcher Hogs for Sale by Dayna Baily
A Vegan Offers Three Reasons for Hope by Margaret Fisher
Letting the Higher Power Do It by Anonymous
Online Features
Chose a Resilient Community by Craig Jensen and Suzanna Schell
The Great Food Transformation by Elizabeth Root
Food Choices, Relationship, and God by Lorene Ludy
Interrupting the Family Barbecue by Jim Ross
A Critique of Health Consciousness by Caroline Morris
Poetry
Aspect of Loss by Karie Firoozmand
Turkey Vultures by Charles Weld
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