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Contempt Is a Bitter-Tasting Word
J. E. McNeil is an attorney and a member of Friends Meeting of Washington (D.C.) with a master’s in conflict transformation from Eastern Mennonite University. She has trained thousands in different matters around the country and is currently providing training by request on “Conversations with the Other.”
Posted in: Features, September 2018
Life in a Box
The homelessness crisis requires us to think outside storage bins.
Andrew Huff served with Quaker Voluntary Service in 2015–16 in Boston, Mass. He attends Central Philadelphia (Pa.) Meeting.
Posted in: Features, September 2018
A Quaker Perspective on Hope
Hopelessness and burnout lead a Friend to rediscover an archaic form of hope.
Kate Davies is a member of Whidbey Island (Wash.) Meeting and author of Intrinsic Hope: Living Courageously in Troubled Times. She is also senior fellow at the Whidbey Institute and professor emeritus at Antioch University.
Posted in: Features, September 2018
Prophetic, Persistent, Powerful
Friends Committee on National Legislation at 75
Bridget Moix is a member of Friends Meeting of Washington (D.C.) and serves as the clerk of FCNL’s General Committee. She has worked for more than two decades on international peace and conflict issues with a focus on U.S. foreign policy.
Posted in: Features, September 2018
Mistress Dyer and the Wilderness
FJ Poetry: Sometimes the wind comes from the bay / and it carries me to the Thames. But rarely. / […]
Forum, September 2018
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Posted in: Forum, September 2018
Immersed in Prayer: Stories from Lives of Prayer
Edited by Michael Resman. What Canst Thou Say?, 2017. 172 pages. $9.95/paperback. Immersed in Prayer: Stories from Lives of Prayer […]
Judith Favor is grateful she grew up in Oregon. Her mystical soul was formed in fluid moments of unity with Holy Mystery, countless immersions in rainstorms and puddles, streams, rivers, lakes and oceans.
Posted in: Quaker Book Reviews, September 2018, September 2018 Books
Vintage Saints and Sinners: 25 Christians Who Transformed My Faith
By Karen Wright Marsh. IVP Books, 2017. 224 pages. $20/hardcover; $16/paperback; $15.99/eBook. Vintage Saints and Sinners: 25 Christians Who Transformed […]
Bob Dixon-Kolar is an assistant professor of English at College of DuPage in Glen Ellyn, Ill. He and his family are members of Evanston (Ill.) Meeting.
Posted in: Quaker Book Reviews, September 2018, September 2018 Books
Growing and Evolving the Quaker Way
Our introduction to the August issue on Going Viral with Quakerism
Gabriel Ehri is executive director of Friends Journal.
Posted in: Among Friends, Going Viral with Quakerism, Unfeatured
Open for Liberation: A View from Britain
It may come as a surprise, but people are interested in Friends.
Tim Gee is a member of Britain Yearly Meeting and was the 2017 George Gorman Lecturer. His third book, Why I Am a Pacifist, will be published next year.
Posted in: Features, Going Viral with Quakerism
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