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Writing Opp: Friends in Africa (due July 8, 2019)

By Martin Kelley on May 24, 2019

Half of the world’s Friends live in Africa; Kenya alone has almost twice as many Friends as the United States. […]

Martin Kelley is senior editor of Friends Journal.

Posted in: From the Editor's Desk

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SELF‐ish: A Transgender Awakening

By Reviewed by Anna Carolyn McCormally on November 1, 2018

By Chloe Schwenke. Red Hen Press, 2018. 260 pages. $17.95/paperback; $9.99/eBook. At Baltimore Yearly Meeting’s Women’s Retreat two years ago, […]

Anna Carolyn McCormally is a member of Herndon (Va.) Meeting, and works as assistant to the executive secretary of Friends Committee on National Legislation. She has a master's of fine arts in fiction from the University of Maryland, College Park.

Posted in: Books That Have Changed Us, November 2018 Books, Quaker Book Reviews

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Beautiful Rising: Creative Resistance from the Global South

By Reviewed by Jerry Mizell Williams on August 1, 2018

Edited by Juman Abujbara, Andrew Boyd, Dave Mitchell, and Marcel Taminato. OR Books, 2018. 272 pages. $22/paperback; $10/eBook. “Agitate, agitate.” […]

Jerry Mizell Williams worships at Green Street Meeting in Philadelphia, Pa. He is the author of numerous books, articles, and book reviews on colonial Latin America.

Posted in: August 2018 Books, Going Viral with Quakerism, Quaker Book Reviews

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Moto and Me: My Year as a Wildcat’s Foster Mother

By Reviewed by Lucinda Hathaway on May 1, 2018

By Suzi Eszterhas. Owlkids, 2017. 40 pages. $17.95/hardcover. Recommended for ages 7–10. What a story! Suzi Eszterhas is a wildlife […]

Lucinda Hathaway is a member of Sarasota (Fla.) Meeting.

Posted in: May 2018 Books: A Young Friends Bookshelf, Quaker Book Reviews, What Are Quaker Values Anyway?

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Writing Opp: Going Viral with Quakerism (due 5/14)

By Martin Kelley on March 29, 2018

What’s the Quaker message for today? How do we communicate it and how do we share it? What are some […]

Martin Kelley is senior editor of Friends Journal.

Posted in: From the Editor's Desk

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New Worldwide Quaker Map Released

By FJ Staff on September 13, 2017

Friends World Committee for Consultation released a new map of worldwide Quaker population figures, its first such release since 2012.

Posted in: Blogs, Unfeatured

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Born on Third Base: A One Percenter Makes the Case for Tackling Inequality, Bringing Wealth Home, and Committing to the Common Good

By Reviewed by Mary Gilbert on August 1, 2017

By Chuck Collins. Chelsea Green Publishing, 2016. 267 pages. $17.95/paperback or eBook. Once, when two Friends from Kenya were visiting, […]

Mary Gilbert is a member of Friends Meeting at Cambridge (Mass.), and has been active on monthly and yearly meeting committees, and on the steering committee of Quaker Earthcare Witness. Mary is married to David White, has a son, a daughter-in-law, and a grandson. Mary will sing at the drop of a hat.

Posted in: August 2017 Books, Quaker Book Reviews, The Art of Dying

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I Am Not a Religious Person

By Sarah Pennock Neuville on February 1, 2017

The literalness of religion vs. the litheness of spirituality.

Sarah Pennock Neuville is a junior at Garden Spot High School in New Holland, Pa., in her third year as a percussionist for marching, concert, and pit orchestra. She is a member of Kennett (Pa.) Meeting. She would like to be an engineer in neurogenetics and neurobiology.

Posted in: Features, February 2017

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What Unites Us

By Gretchen Castle on October 1, 2016

If we want a world without war, we must first accept our own Quaker family.

Gretchen Castle serves as general secretary of Friends World Committee for Consultation–World Office in London, which works across the four section offices around the world and represents Friends at the world level. Gretchen is a member of Doylestown (Pa.) Meeting.