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The Girl Who Saved Yesterday

By Reviewed by Anne Nydam on December 1, 2017

FJ Review: ā€œElements of it will resonate with anyone who has felt loss, and perhaps the message will be clear [ā€¦]

Anne Nydam is a member of Wellesley (Mass.) Meeting. A former middle school teacher, she now works from home as a writer and artist.


Posted in: Conflict and Controversy, December 2017 Books: A Young Friends Bookshelf, Quaker Book Reviews
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Ellanor Stengel Fink

By Staff on December 1, 2017

Finkā€”Ellanor Stengel Fink, 71, on March 9, 2017, at home in Chevy Chase, Md. Ellie was born on June 22, [ā€¦]


Posted in: Conflict and Controversy, Milestones
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Interview with Friends Journalā€™s Assistant Book Review Editor

By Staff on November 1, 2017

We talk with the editor of our childrenā€™s book reviews.

Eileen Redden is a retired school counselor and teacher, and a member of Camden (Del.) Meeting. More recently sheā€™s been attending a worship group at Cadbury Senior Living in Lewes, Del. She has served as the volunteer assistant book review editor of Friends Journal since 2008. To contact Eileen about becoming a reviewer, email [email protected].

This interview is an extended version of the one that appeared in the print magazine.


Posted in: Interviews, Quaker Libraries
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Becoming Wise: An Inquiry into the Mystery and Art of Living

By Reviewed by William Shetter on November 1, 2017

By Krista Tippett. Penguin Press, 2016. 288 pages. $28/hardcover; $17/paperback; $12.99/eBook. ā€œIā€™m a person who listens for a living.ā€¦ This [ā€¦]

William Shetter is a member of Bloomington (Ind.) Meeting. He is still trying to become wiser, and now and then even succeeds.


Posted in: November 2017 Books, Quaker Libraries
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Meeting God in Scripture: A Handsā€On Guide to Lectio Divina

By Reviewed by Brent Bill on November 1, 2017

By Jan Johnson. InterVarsity Press, 2016. 256 pages. $17/paperback; $16.99/eBook. We Quakers have a rather complicated relationship with the Bible. [ā€¦]

Brent Bill recently retired from his position as associate secretary for communications, publications, and outreach at Friends General Conference. He is a member of West Newton Meeting in Indianapolis, Ind., and his newest book is Holy Silence: The Gift of Quaker Spirituality (Second Edition).


Posted in: November 2017 Books, Quaker Libraries
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I Want You to Be: On the God of Love

By Reviewed by Tom Paxson on October 1, 2017

By TomĆ”Å” HalĆ­k, translated by Gerald Turner. University of Notre Dame Press, 2016. 189 pages. $25/hardcover; $11.99/eBook. TomĆ”Å” HalĆ­k, a [ā€¦]

Tom Paxson is a member of Kendal Meeting in Kennett Square, Pa. Kendal Meeting is a member of Western Quarterly Meeting of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting.


Posted in: Conscience, October 2017 Books, Quaker Book Reviews
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Individual Spiritual Discernment: Receiving, Testing and Implementing Leadings from a Higher Power

By In Brief Compiled by Karie Firoozmand on October 1, 2017

By Jerry Knutson. Pendle Hill Pamphlets (number 443), 2017. 31 pages. $7/pamphlet. Pendle Hill pamphlets are by nature short, and [ā€¦]


Posted in: Conscience, October 2017 Books, Quaker Book Reviews
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Homegoing: A Novel and The Underground Railroad: A Novel

By Two titles reviewed by Lauren Brownlee on September 1, 2017

Homegoing: A Novel. By Yaa Gyasi. Knopf, 2016. 320 pages. $26.95/hardcover; $16/paperback; $11.99/eBook. The Underground Railroad: A Novel. By Colson [ā€¦]

Lauren Brownlee is a member of Bethesda (Md.) Meeting and serves on Baltimore Yearly Meetingā€™s Growing Diverse Leadership and Peace and Social Concerns committees.


Posted in: Quaker Book Reviews, September 2017, September 2017 Books
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Consensus Decision Making in Eusocial Organisms

By Barbara Dale on June 1, 2017

Learning disruption and resilience from ants and bees.

Barbara Dale graduated from Earlham College in Indiana with a major in biology in 2015. She participated in Quaker Voluntary Service in Philadelphia, Pa., from 2015 to 2016, and currently works in development for a Quaker values-based affordable housing organization. She lives cooperatively with seven humans in West Philadelphia.


Posted in: Features, June/July 2017: Reimagining the Quaker Ecosystem
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Swarthmore Hall, in North West England, organizational center of the early Friends movement. Photo Martin Kelley.

ePublishers of Truth

By Kathleen Wooten on June 1, 2017

The shared lessons of strengthening a movement among Friends.

Kathleen Wooten is a member of Fresh Pond Meeting in Cambridge, Mass. She travels extensively among Friends with a concern for how we connect both digitally and face-to-face. She also serves New England Yearly Meeting as events coordinator and social media manager. Kathleen shares her travels and learning at quakerkathleen.wordpress.com.


Posted in: June/July 2017: Reimagining the Quaker Ecosystem, Online Features
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