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From the Stars in the Sky to the Fish in the Sea

By Reviewed by Margaret Walden on December 1, 2018

By Kai Cheng Thom, illustrated by Wai‐Yant Li and Kai Yun Ching. Arsenal Pulp Press, 2017. 40 pages. $17.95/hardcover; $9.99/eBook. […]

Retired school librarian Margaret T. Walden is a member of Cleveland (Ohio) Meeting. Some of her grandchildren, whom she loves dearly, are in the LGBTQ community.

Posted in: December 2018 Books: A Young Friends Bookshelf, Quaker Book Reviews, Quakers and Christianity

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The Triumphant Tale of the House Sparrow

By Reviewed by Katie Green on December 1, 2018

By Jan Thornhill. Groundwood Books, 2018. 44 pages. $18.95/hardcover; $16.95/eBook. Recommended for ages 9–12. Jan Thornhill has created a beautiful […]

Katie Green attends Clearwater Meeting in Dunedin, Fla. She is a storyteller, workshop facilitator, and writer.

Posted in: December 2018 Books: A Young Friends Bookshelf, Quaker Book Reviews, Quakers and Christianity

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Mary Dearden Shaw

By Staff on December 1, 2018

Shaw—Mary Dearden Shaw, 92, on April 3, 2018, in State College, Pa. Mardy was born on November 14, 1925, in […]

Posted in: Milestones, Quakers and Christianity

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Mistress Dyer and the Wilderness

By Anne Myles on September 24, 2018

FJ Poetry: Sometimes the wind comes from the bay / and it carries me to the Thames. But rarely. / […]

Anne Myles lives in Waterloo, Iowa.

Posted in: Poetry, September 2018

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The Grief and the Promised Land

By Emily Provance on August 1, 2018

Leaving behind the things that feel safe and comfortable.

Emily Provance, a member of Fifteenth Street Meeting in New York City, is called to a ministry of hearth building: that is, to the work of creating a home for Friends, a community rich with nourishing opportunities, so that each of us can then minister in the world, fully fed. She is an associate of Good News Associates, a nonprofit organization that supports non-institutional ministries.

Posted in: Features, Going Viral with Quakerism

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Writing Opp: Meetings and Money (due 7/20)

By Martin Kelley on May 25, 2018

How do we spend money on ourselves? What is the role of money in our meetings? How do we decide […]

Martin Kelley is senior editor of Friends Journal.

Posted in: From the Editor's Desk

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To Build Is to Love

By Quinn Daugherty on May 1, 2018

The stairs to the vast, rustic house creaked as I lugged my teal trunk up the steps. The bright sunlight […]

Quinn Daugherty, Grade 10, Westtown School, attender of Unami Meeting in Pennsburg, Pa.

Posted in: Student Voice Project 2018, Student Voices Project, What Are Quaker Values Anyway?

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From the Circus to the Community

By Rosie Reed on May 1, 2018

“So, Rosie … do you want to go to the Ringling Brothers Circus for their final show?” my dad asks […]

Rosie Reed, Grade 6, Greene Street Friends School

Posted in: Student Voice Project 2018, Student Voices Project, What Are Quaker Values Anyway?

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Forum, March 2018

By Staff on March 1, 2018

Letters and commentary from our readers.

Posted in: Forum, Quakers and the Holy Land

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Quilting as Ministry

By Kayla Schneider-Smith on February 1, 2018

Quilting as healing at a Quaker Voluntary Service house.

Kayla Schneider-Smith is a 2016-17 Portland QVS fellow who has served both with New City Initiative, an organization that aims to end the cycle of homelessness through faith community involvement, and Urban Gleaners, a food re-purposing organization that fights childhood hunger in Oregon.

Posted in: Features, February 2018

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