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Quaker Christian Ways and Roots
Donne Hayden is a recorded minister and convinced Friend (convinced that all the first Friends were convinced Friends!). She served seven years as minister at Cincinnati (Ohio) Meeting and is still a member. She retired in 2015 and currently works part-time for Wilmington Yearly Meeting as office administrator.
Posted in: Online Features, Quakers and Christianity
Sweet Baby Jesus
The presentātense verbs of George Fox.
A convinced Friend since 1982, Patricia Wild is a member of Friends Meeting at Cambridge (Mass.), where she serves on its Ministry and Counsel and Prison Fellowship Group. Her latest "book, _WellingUp.net_, is an interactive, experimental website that tells a Quaker novel online using podcasts and supplementary materials and links.
Posted in: Online Features, Quakers and Christianity
Money as a Mutual Blessing
Moving from anxiety and greed to milk and honey.
Lola Georg attends Green Street Meeting in Philadelphia, Pa. She is a licensed professional counselor in private practice. Previously, she had an extensive career in financial management for nonprofits, including Quaker organizations. She conducts workshops about the spirituality of money (spiritualityofmoney.com). She loves Viv Hawkins, and they live in Philadelphia.
Posted in: Features, Meetings and Money
Sparking a Quakerish Epidemic
A society of Friends ought to be a natural for friendship with God.
Forrest Curo is a poet and member of San Diego (Calif.) Meeting. He ran the Aardvark Bookstore here from 1985ā1998 and founded Street Light (modeled on American Friends Service Committeeās Street Spirit) in 1996. He put in a year at Pendle Hill Conference Center in 2002 in hopes of finding a spiritual handle on the intractable politics of poverty and is now retired.
Posted in: Going Viral with Quakerism, Online Features
The Quaker Value of Testing
Losing and then rediscovering Quaker values and community.
Asha Sanaker is a writer and political journalist, regularly featured by the online outlet Countable. She grew up as a member of Adelphi (Md.) Meeting outside of Washington, D.C. and now attends Ithaca (N.Y.) Meeting with her two daughters, Hazel and Ruby.
Posted in: Features, What Are Quaker Values Anyway?
Meeting for Worship for Healing
A largely forgotten Quaker practice brings healing and wholeness once more.
Writing Opp: Quakers and Healing (due 1/15)
Our April 2018 issue will look at Quakers healing. Iāve always been struck by the ambivalence of early Friends on [ā¦]
Martin Kelley is senior editor ofĀ Friends Journal:Ā [email protected]
Posted in: From the Editor's Desk
Tying Up the Cat
Have we forgotten the reasons for our practices?
Donne Hayden is a member of Cincinnati (Ohio) Meeting. In 2012, she attended the Friends World Committee for Consultation World Gathering of Friends in Kenya, where she saw the Spirit move in singing and dancing Friends.
Posted in: Conflict and Controversy, Features
Meeting with Friends in an Old Library
A visitor settles down at the library table at Beacon Hills Friends House. š Friends Journal Member? Sign in here! [ā¦]
Sheilah Hill has conducted mental health programs at such organizations as Bronx Lebanon Hospital; Allegheny University; and the Learning Annex, New York City. Her books include, Somewhere on the Edge of Dreaming; They That Sow in Tears; and La Verde de la Vida, Wisdom for the Abortion War.
Posted in: Features, Quaker Libraries
Meeting God in Scripture: A HandsāOn Guide to Lectio Divina
By Jan Johnson. InterVarsity Press, 2016. 256 pages. $17/paperback; $16.99/eBook. We Quakers have a rather complicated relationship with the Bible. [ā¦]
Brent Bill recently retired from his position as associate secretary for communications, publications, and outreach at Friends General Conference. He is a member of West Newton Meeting in Indianapolis, Ind., and his newest book is Holy Silence: The Gift of Quaker Spirituality (Second Edition).
Posted in: November 2017 Books, Quaker Libraries
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Quakers and Christianity
December 2018 Full Issue Access
Features:
The Continuing Revelation of My Christianity by Lauren Brownlee
Are We Really Christian? by Margaret Namubuya Amudavi
Inward Power by Gene Hillman
God, Jesus, Christianity, and Quakers by Jim Cain
Understanding Belief by Elizabeth Boardman
A Consideration of Metaphors by Rhiannon Grant
A Space for Doubt by Jeff Rasley
Online Features:
Quaker Christian Ways and Roots by Donne Hayden
How Am I a Christian? by Douglas C. Bennett
The White Rabbit of Quaker Theology by Christy Randazzo
Sweet Baby Jesus! by Patricia Wild
The Challenge of Quaker Christianity by Andrew Gage
Learning from John Woolman by Helene Pollock
Staying in It: Being Quaker and Radically Christian in Our Time by Marcelle Martin
Poetry:
Holy Night, Holy Light by Ken Gibble
A Chore Worth Doing by Bear Jack Gerhardt
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