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Gambling: A Violation of the Quaker Testimonies
To Gamble, for Better or for Worse
How do we discern when a gamble is rightly ordered?
Money and Soul: Quaker Faith and Practice and the Economy
By Pamela Haines. Christian Alternative Books, 2019. 80 pages. $10.95/paperback; $5.99/eBook.
Steve Chase is a member of Friends Meeting of Washington (D.C.) and the Academic Initiatives manager at the International Center on Nonviolent Conflict.
Posted in: Gambling, November 2019 Books, Quaker Book Reviews
Backlash: What Happens When We Talk Honestly about Racism in America
By George Yancy. Rowman & Littlefield, 2018. 180 pages. $19.95/hardcover; $18.99/eBook.
Pamela Haines is a member of Central Philadelphia (Pa.) Meeting. Her most recent book is Money and Soul, an expansion of a Pendle Hill pamphlet by the same name.
Posted in: Gambling, November 2019 Books, Quaker Book Reviews
A Quaker School鈥檚 Response to Allegations of Sexual Abuse
Transparency and integrity are put to the test when a decades鈥恛ld scandal is revealed.
Erik Hanson is one of the news editors for Friends Journal, along with his wife, Windy Cooler. Erik has served as a friendly adult presence in Baltimore Yearly Meeting鈥檚 Youth Program since 2005. He taught English and math at Friends Community School in College Park, Md., from 2006 to 2008.
Posted in: Features, September 2019Lewis S. Woodman
Woodman鈥擫ewis S. Woodman, 96, on March 14, 2019, peacefully, at Pennswood Village in Newtown, Pa. Lew was born at home [鈥
Posted in: Milestones, September 2019
The Ministry of Quaker Farmers
How can we support the work of our local organic and regenerative farmers?
Rachel Van Boven is a student at Earlham School of Religion. She has been a regular attender of Quaker meetings for eight years. Her home is Bellingham, Wash., 15 miles from the land her grandfather farmed.
Posted in: Features, June/July 2019: Food Choices
Letting the Higher Power Do It
An eating disorder makes food and fellowship difficult.
B is a Quaker who finds that the 12 Steps have enriched her spirituality. You can write to her at [email protected].
Posted in: Features, June/July 2019: Food Choices
A Critique of Health Consciousness
The possible ill effects of worrying too much and talking too much about our food choices.
Caroline Morris wrote a thesis on the connection between anorexia and asceticism and is a student at Earlham School of Religion.
Posted in: June/July 2019: Food Choices, Online Features
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