By Ijeoma Oluo. Seal Press, 2018. 256 pages. $27/hardcover; $16.99/paperback; $10.99/eBook. When I attend my monthly meeting, I am one […]
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So You Want to Talk About Race
Lori Patterson lives in Portland, Ore., where she teaches women’s studies at the local college, attends Multnomah Meeting in Portland (where she serves on the Racial Justice Committee), and runs an independent yarn and fiber dyeing business out of her home.
Posted in: Quaker Book Reviews, September 2019, September 2019 Books
Beating Guns: Hope for People Who Are Weary of Violence
By Shane Claiborne and Michael Martin. Brazos Press, 2019. 288 pages. $19.99/paperback or eBook. When two Christian gun owners decided […]
Tom and Sandy Farley are members of Palo Alto (Calif.) Meeting, storytellers, Alternatives to Violence Project facilitators, volunteer booksellers with EarthLight, and co-authors of Earthcare for Children.
Posted in: August 2019 Books, Quaker Book Reviews, QuakerSpeak at Five
Writing Opp: Friends and Gambling
Is our witness against gambling a testimony that still matters or has it become outdated? Looking for 1200–2500 word submissions, […]
Martin Kelley is senior editor of Friends Journal.
Posted in: From the Editor's Desk
Butcher Hogs for Sale
A sign on the side of the road sparks a crisis of conscience.
Dayna Baily lives in southeastern Pennsylvania with her family, for whom plant-based cooking is both a delicious source of good nutrition and a private form of nonviolent protest against a cruel status quo. She worships at Penn Hill Meeting in Wakefield, Pa., and participates in Baltimore Yearly Meeting’s Right Relationship with Animals Working Group.
Posted in: Features, June/July 2019: Food Choices
Becoming a Welcoming Church AND Scrappy Church
Becoming a Welcoming Church By Thom S. Rainer. B&H Publishing Group, 2018. 128 pages. $12.99/hardcover; $9.99/eBook. Scrappy Church: God’s Not […]
David Etheridge is a member of Friends Meeting of Washington (D.C.) and clerk of the Baltimore Yearly Meeting Working Group on Racism.
Posted in: June/July 2019 Books, June/July 2019: Food Choices, Quaker Book Reviews
How to Be a Good Creature: A Memoir in Thirteen Animals
By Sy Montgomery, illustrated by Rebecca Green. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2018. 208 pages. $20/hardcover; $9.99/eBook. A memoir has the power […]
Pamela Haines is a member of Central Philadelphia (Pa.) Meeting.
Posted in: June/July 2019 Books, June/July 2019: Food Choices, Quaker Book Reviews
Skirting Around the Competition
Our introduction to the May issue on “Friendly Competition?”
Gail Whiffen is associate editor of Friends Journal. [email protected]
Posted in: Among Friends, Friendly Competition?
Quiet AND Shhh…God Is in the Silence
Quiet By Tomie dePaola. Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2018. 32 pages. $17.99/hardcover; $10.99/eBook. Recommended for ages 4–8. […]
Paul Buckley is a member of Community Friends Meeting in Cincinnati, Ohio. He is the author of numerous articles and books on Quakerism and travels in the ministry, urging revival among Friends. His most recent book is Primitive Quakerism Revived: Living as Friends in the Twenty-First Century.
Posted in: Friendly Competition?, May 2019: A Young Friends Bookshelf, Quaker Book Reviews
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