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Writing Opp: Thin Spaces (due 2/10/2020)
Martin Kelley is senior editor of Friends Journal.
Posted in: From the Editor's Desk
Drugs and the Practice of Spiritual Discernment
When can drugs bring us closer to God?
The Winding Path of Transformation: Finding Yourself Between Glory and Humility
By Jeffrey Tacklind. InterVarsity Press, 2019. 192 pages. $17/paperback; $16.99/eBook.
Ken Jacobsen and his wife, Katharine, until her death in 2017, served as teachers and co-directors in various Quaker communities such as Olney Friends School and Pendle Hill. Ken has taught theology and healing at Chicago Theological Seminary and has led retreats on Jesusās teachings. He keeps his home in Wisconsin as a poustinia, a prayer house for travelers.
Posted in: Drugs, January 2020 Book Reviews, Quaker Book Reviews
From What Is to What If: Unleashing the Power of Imagination to Create the Future We Want
By Rob Hopkins. Chelsea Green Publishing, 2019. 240 pages. $24.95/hardcover or eBook.
Ruah Swennerfelt is a member of Middlebury (Vt.) Meeting, where she serves on the Earthcare Committee. She is on the Steering Committee of Transition Town Charlotte in Vermont and serves on the Transition U.S. conference planning team.
Posted in: Drugs, January 2020 Book Reviews, Quaker Book ReviewsRichard Donald Barchfield
BarchfieldāRichard Donald Barchfield, 69, on September 25, 2018, in Tucson, Ariz. Rich was born on December 2, 1948, in Summit, [ā¦]
Posted in: Drugs, Milestones
I Am a Quaker
Young Friends and religious identity.
Melinda Wenner Bradley is a member of West Chester (Pa.) Meeting and serves as the youth religious life coordinator for Philadelphia Yearly Meeting. She is a co-founder of the Quaker Religious Education Collaborative (QREC), and the director of communications and training for Faith & Play Stories.
William Bradley is an attender at West Chester (Pa.) Meeting and a seventh grade student at Westtown School. James Bradley is a member of West Chester (Pa.) Meeting and a tenth grade student at Westtown School. Ellie Bradley is a member of West Chester (Pa.) Meeting and a first-year student at Barnard College.
Posted in: Features, Quaker Kids
Leadings of the Spirit
American and South African activists bring election monitoring to Cape Town suburbs.
A member of Cape Eastern Meeting in South Africa, Rommel Roberts has been an activist in various human rights, development, and nonviolent election campaigns. Through his work with Bishop Tutu, he traveled internationally among Friends and others to develop anti-apartheid support. He is the author of Seeds of Peace.
Robin Roberts, originally from California, is involved with rural and township development work, focused especially on Black youth and women. She and Rommel have fostered two girls for the past seven years. She is an internationally known artist.
Lark Worth of Kendal Meeting in Kennett Square, Pa., met Rommel in 1987 when he toured Philadelphia-area meetings and Quaker schools with the challenging question: āHow do we love in the face of fear and hate?ā
Posted in: Features, Friends in Africa
Spiritual Simplicity
Thereās more to simplicity than tidying up our physical spaces.
Andrew Huff served with Quaker Voluntary Service in Boston, Mass. in 2015ā16. He attends Central Philadelphia (Pa.) Meeting.
Posted in: Features, September 2019
Features
I Think I Understand Now by Andrew Huff
Drugs and the Practice of Spiritual Discernment by Joe McHugh
Supporting Recovery Among Friends by Johanna Jackson
Confronting the Challenge of Drugs by Eric E. Sterling
The Liturgy of Me by r. scot miller
Poetry
I Met God on a Train Last Week by Elizabeth Bajjalieh
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