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The Cost of a Healing Gift
John Jeremiah Edminster, a mid-life convert to Christian faith and unprogrammed Quakerism, is currently studying toward an MDiv degree at Earlham School of Religion in Richmond, Ind., where he lives with his wife, Elizabeth. They are members of Clear Creek Meeting in Richmond. He has two adult children.
Posted in: Features, Healing
Heart of Oneness: A Little Book of Connection
By Jennifer Kavanagh. Christian Alternative Books, 2017. 88 pages. $10.95/paperback; $5.99/eBook. This meditation by a British Quaker may be modest in size, but the subject it addresses is a dauntingly ambitious one; in fact it’s one that could risk a bit of superficiality: the paradox of a world of incredible diversity in creative tension with […]
William Shetter is a member of Bloomington (Ind.) Meeting.
Posted in: April 2018 Books, Healing, Quaker Book Reviews
Jesus, Christ and Servant of God: Meditations on the Gospel According to John
By David Johnson. Inner Light Books, 2017. 278 pages. $35/hardcover; $25/paperback; $12.50/eBook. It is certainly not surprising that Quaker publisher Inner Light Books would publish a collection of meditations on the Gospel of John, for light is a prominent theme in John. Early on we read, “In him was life, and that life was the […]
Michael Willett Newheart, a semi-retired university professor, is a member of Adelphi (Md.) Meeting.
Posted in: April 2018 Books, Healing, Quaker Book Reviews
Breath of the Ancestors
The Fellowship of Friends of African Descent travels to Ghana’s Hill House Meeting.
Paul Ricketts is an avid reader, educator, and a member of Fort Wayne (Ind.) Meeting.
Posted in: Features, February 2018
Interview with Friends Journal’s Book Review Editor
An interview with our Books editor Karie Firoozmand.
Karie Firoozmand is the book review editor and a member of Baltimore Monthly Meeting, Stony Run. She has two sons and lives with her husband near Baltimore. Karie’s interests include dance, exercise, history, literature, and travel. She speaks Farsi and has traveled to Iran. Karie joined Friends Journal as the book review editor in June 2011. To contact Karie about becoming a reviewer, email [email protected]friendsjournal.org.
This interview is an extended version of the one that appeared in the print magazine.
Posted in: Interviews, Quaker Libraries
The Beacons of Larkin Street
By Judith Favor. Apocryphile Press, 2017. 269 pages. $19.95/paperback; $3.99/eBook. When a turning point in a novel is framed by a challenge to unconditional love, you know you’ve strayed pretty far from mainstream fiction. And when a Quaker writer chooses a church called Saint Lydia’s for her setting, you know this is not traditional Quaker […]
Pamela Haines is a member of Central Philadelphia (Pa.) Meeting.
Posted in: November 2017 Books, Quaker Libraries
Active Peace: A Mindful Path to a Nonviolent World
By G. Scott Brown. Collins Foundation Press, 2016. 197 pages. $19.95/paperback. I learned about this book through the Metta Center for Nonviolence in California, whose mission is to awaken individual power for nonviolence. The title of this book is so close to Joanna Macy’s Active Hope (one of my very, very favorites) that it doubly […]
Posted in: November 2017 Books, Quaker Libraries
The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing World
By His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu with Douglas Abrams. Avery, 2016. 368 pages. $26/hardcover; $13.99/eBook. I know I am not alone among f/Friends in my desire to cultivate more joy in my own life and in the lives of those around me. In The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a […]
Lauren Brownlee is a member of Bethesda (Md.) Meeting and the DC Peace Team. She also serves on Baltimore Yearly Meeting’s Peace and Social Concerns Committee.
Posted in: Conscience, October 2017 Books, Quaker Book Reviews
God as a Cow and the Duck Index
Images from dreams provide unexpected life and spiritual guidance.
Tina Tau is a member of Multnomah Meeting in Portland, Ore. She is a writer, artist, and retired teacher currently pursuing her calling as a dreamworker, helping people tap the wisdom of their dreams.
Posted in: Features, September 2017
April 2018: Healing
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Nurturing Growth and Healing through Stories
by Astuti Bijlefeld
Balancing Acts
by Ruthe Schoder-Ehri
Meeting for Worship for Healing
by Richard K. Lee and Sarah M. Lloyd
The Cost of a Healing Gift
by John Jeremiah Edminster
April 2018 Book Reviews
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