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Food Choices, Relationship, and God

By Lorene Ludy on June 1, 2019

Learning to understand what we are actually hungry for.

Lorene Ludy is a member of Lincoln (Neb.) Meeting. She is a Benedictine Oblate and a Stephen Minister. She likes to eat and hang out with God.

Posted in: June/July 2019: Food Choices, Online Features

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Gudrun Helga Schulz Weeks

By Staff on January 1, 2019

Weeks—Gudrun Helga Schulz Weeks, 83, on May 29, 2018, in Hanover, N.H., of necrotizing fasciitis. Gudrun was born on January […]

Posted in: Milestones, Racially Diverse Society of Friends (January 2019)

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If My Moon Was Your Sun

By Reviewed by Vickie LeCroy on December 1, 2018

By Andreas Steinhöfel, illustrated by Nele Palmtag, translated by Matthew O. Anderson, music composed by Georges Bizet and Sergei Prokofiev. […]

Vickie LeCroy teaches in Tennessee and is a member of Cincinnati (Ohio) Meeting.

Posted in: December 2018 Books: A Young Friends Bookshelf, Quaker Book Reviews, Quakers and Christianity

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Interview with Friends Journal’s Assistant Book Review Editor

By Staff on November 1, 2017

We talk with the editor of our children’s book reviews.

Eileen Redden is a retired school counselor and teacher, and a member of Camden (Del.) Meeting. More recently she’s been attending a worship group at Cadbury Senior Living in Lewes, Del. She has served as the volunteer assistant book review editor of Friends Journal since 2008. To contact Eileen about becoming a reviewer, email [email protected].

This interview is an extended version of the one that appeared in the print magazine.

Posted in: Interviews, Quaker Libraries

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News November 2017

By Staff on November 1, 2017

News of the Quaker world: AFSC on North Korea, Quaker groups partner with Everence, Quaker House appointment.

Posted in: News, Quaker Libraries

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The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate—Discoveries from a Secret World

By Reviewed by Ruah Swennerfelt on September 1, 2017

By Peter Wohlleben. Greystone Books, 2016. 251 pages. $24.95/hardcover; $24.99/eBook. “After you’ve read Wohlleben’s book, a walk in the woods […]

Ruah Swennerfelt, a member of Burlington (Vt.) Meeting, is a homesteader and activist. She is the author of Rising to the Challenge: The Transition Movement and People of Faith and numerous articles on living simply.

Posted in: Quaker Book Reviews, September 2017, September 2017 Books

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Forum June/July 2017

By Staff on June 1, 2017

Letters from our readers.

Posted in: Forum, June/July 2017: Reimagining the Quaker Ecosystem

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A Year of Borrowed Men

By Reviewed by Margaret Crompton on May 1, 2017

By Michelle Barker, illustrated by Renne Benoit. Pajama Press, 2015. 40 pages. $18.95/hardcover. Recommended for ages 6–9. As a child […]

Margaret Crompton (Britain Yearly Meeting) is a writer and lecturer whose publications include Pendle Hill Pamphlet #419 Nurturing Children’s Spiritual Well-being.

Posted in: Quaker Book Reviews, Quaker Summers, Young Friends Bookshelf

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