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Silence in the Noise

The world is so noisy, especially now. We are surrounded by so much racket that it’s hard to discern how… Mary Braden
Online Features

Respect Is the Heartbeat of Standing Rock

Quaker Earthcare Witness visits the Dakota Access Pipeline protest camps. Shelley Tanenbaum
Features

The Quaker Workplace: Building the Beloved Community

Reexamining the motivations and principles of the golden age of Quaker business. Anthony Fuller
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The Companionship of Philanthropy and Spirituality

Philanthropy can be beneficial to both the giver and the receiver. Jay W. Marshall
Poetry

Home Communion

FJ Poetry: Somewhere in Amish country—York, perhaps—a chalice and patter of local clay glazed in soft Loden green. David Black
Lives of Friends

Darkness and Light

Lives of Friends Mary Jean Port

Ralph Kendall Curtis

Curtis—Ralph Kendall Curtis, 95, on October 12, 2015, at Journey’s End Farm in Sterling, Pa. Ralph was born on September… Staff

Ethel Anna Goerlich Trefsger

Trefsger—Ethel Anna Goerlich Trefsger, 91, on July 10, 2016, at her son’s home in Auburn, Maine. Ethel was born on… Staff
Poetry

Walnut Tree

FJ Poetry: I grew up in a bean-soup house, with cornbread breath... Carol Wills

Susanna Maendel Black

Black—Susanna Maendel Black, 79, at home in Cookeville, Tenn., on August 31, 2015, surrounded by her family. Born in a… Staff

Frances Montague Gillham Caldwell

Caldwell—Frances Montague Gillham Caldwell, 78, on August 7, 2016, at home in Crosswicks, N.J., after a yearlong illness. Monty was… Staff

Among Friends: Expanding the Definition of Home

An introduction to our issue on "Crossing Cultures." Gail Whiffen
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