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Wanted: A Network of Soul Connection
Francine Brocious attends Schuylkill Meeting in Phoenixville, Pa. Her interests include singing, psychology, spirituality, dance, improv, lifelong learning, and sharing her voice through writing. She cherishes and seeks more authentic, repeated human connections; deep talks; and spontaneous expressions of laughter, play, and joy. She can be reached at [email protected].
Posted in: Features, The State of Quaker Institutions
Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom
By David W. Blight. Simon & Schuster, 2018. 912 pages. $37.50/hardcover; $22/paperback; $14.99/eBook.
Jerry Mizell Williams is a member of Green Street Meeting in Philadelphia, Pa. He is the author of numerous books, articles, and book reviews on colonial Latin America.
Posted in: April 2020 Book Reviews, Quaker Book Reviews, The State of Quaker Institutions
World of Trouble: A Philadelphia Quaker Family’s Journey through the American Revolution
By Richard Godbeer. Yale University Press, 2019. 480 pages. $38/hardcover or eBook.
Larry Ingle is a member of Chattanooga (Tenn.) Meeting and clerk of the meeting’s Space Expansion Committee. He is writing on Jessamyn West and Whittaker Chambers, and thinking about Rufus Jones.
Posted in: April 2020 Book Reviews, Quaker Book Reviews, The State of Quaker InstitutionsNancy Fitts Donaldson
Donaldson—Nancy Fitts Donaldson, 93, on September 26, 2019, at White Horse Village in Newtown Square, Pa. Nancy was born on […]
Posted in: Milestones, The State of Quaker Institutions
Ione Dusinberre
Dusinberre—Ione Dusinberre, of Sandy Spring, Md., 89, on August 9, 2019, of age‐related conditions. Ione was born on August 2, […]
Posted in: Milestones, The State of Quaker Institutions
Rose Marie Lewis
Lewis—Rose Marie Lewis, 85, on May 28, 2019. Rose was born on January 17, 1934, on a homestead near Ontario, […]
Posted in: Milestones, The State of Quaker Institutions
Michele Shanklin Avery
Avery—Michele Shanklin Avery, 67, on October 2, 2018, in West Chester, Pa. Chel was born on April 2, 1951, in […]
Posted in: Milestones, Unnamed Quaker Creeds
Timothy Andrew Wohlforth
Wohlforth—Timothy Andrew Wohlforth, 86, on August 23, 2019, at home in Ashland, Ore., peacefully. Tim was born on May 15, […]
Posted in: Milestones, Unnamed Quaker Creeds
Writing Opp: Membership and Friends (due 3/19/2020)
Membership and Friends: Who’s a “real Quaker” and who isn’t? What does it mean for someone to join and what […]
Martin Kelley is senior editor of Friends Journal.
Posted in: From the Editor's Desk
The Importance of Noise During Silent Worship
Sometimes we need the buses, dogs, and loud neighbors to enter the deepest silence of the meetinghouse.
Ben Handy is a member of Frankford Meeting in Philadelphia, Pa. He has a boring job and a lovely family. He mostly spends his free time trying to figure out where he put his glasses, and why he can never seem to get anything done.
Posted in: Features, February 2020
Features
Wanted: A Network of Soul Connection by Francine Brocious
Facing Hard Truths by Robin Mohr
Quaker Schools Transforming the World by Deborra Sines Pancoe and Elisabeth Torg
Advancing Quaker Spirituality in the Twenty‐first Century by Barry Crossno
Quaker Meetings Respond to Coronavirus by Katie Breslin
Noticing Patterns of Oppression and Faithfulness by Lisa Graustein
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Servant by Ruth Naylor
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