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Viewpoint: How to Write a Thank-you Note

How to get through that pile of thank-you notes—and end up liking your Friends! Mariellen Gilpin
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Hospitality in a Quaker Kitchen

The welcoming environment of a Quaker community created space for spiritual formation. Julia McStravog
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No One Place for Home

A restless Friend finds fellowship and service opportunities with spiritual neighbors. Lisa Rand
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Spiritual Nurture in a Fix-it Culture

Gardening helped a disillusioned seminarian open to the deepness of questions without answers. Sarah Klatt-Dickerson
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L’Arche and Quaker Testimonies of Equality and Peace

A movement serving those with intellectual disabilities demonstrates what it means to be human. Timothy Leonard
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Jake’s Chickens

Motherhood and science fairs. Jane Purcell
Poetry

The Parable of the Yeast

FJ Poetry: "I keep the Kingdom of God in a small mason jar on a shelf..." Rachel Miller
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Thanksgiving on the IRT

A rushed moment on a New York subway platform is suddenly transformed. Jeanine M. Dell’Olio
Poetry

His Last Years

Friends Journal poetry: He bought a / Cadillac, an RV, / shiny brass figurines with / granddad’s estate... Danny P. Barbare
Poetry

First-Day Services

FJ Poetry: "My grandfather put on his Sunday-go-to-Meeting clothes..." Mary K. Stillwell

Expanding the Old Pine Farm

Deptford, New Jersey, is known mainly for its huge shopping mall, located just off Route 42 which becomes the Atlantic… Lynne Shivers

Arugula

The first time I ever had arugula was in the Willoughby’s kitchen. Somehow or other there is always food in… Edith Roberts
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