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September 2018 Full Issue Access

By Staff on September 1, 2018

Members can download the full PDF or read any article online.

Posted in: Full Access, September 2018
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Life in a Box

By Andrew Huff on September 1, 2018

The homelessness crisis requires us to think outside storage bins.

Andrew Huff served with Quaker Voluntary Service in 2015–16 in Boston, Mass. He attends Central Philadelphia (Pa.) Meeting.

Posted in: Features, September 2018
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Forum August 2018

By Staff on August 1, 2018

Letters from our readers.

Posted in: Forum, Going Viral with Quakerism
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June/July 2018 Full Issue Access

By Staff on June 1, 2018

Members can download the full PDF or read any article online.

Posted in: Creativity and the Arts, Full Access
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Art Exhibitions as a New Ministry

By Jiae Paik on June 1, 2018

Art as a door to the spiritual.

Jiae Paik holds MDiv and MA degrees at Earlham School of Religion and Bethany Theological Seminary respectively. As a self-taught ceramic artist, she provides individual spiritual direction and companionship throughout the creative process, as well as leading workshops. At this time, she worships at her home.

Posted in: Creativity and the Arts, Features
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Race & Place: How Urban Geography Shapes the Journey to Reconciliation

By Reviewed by Carl Blumenthal on January 1, 2018

By David P. Leong, IVP Books, 2017. 208 pages. $16/paperback; $15.99/eBook. I couldn’t put down David Leong’s guide because it […]

Carl Blumenthal is a member of Brooklyn (N.Y.) Meeting.

Posted in: January 2018 Books, Quaker Book Reviews, Quaker Lifestyles
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Called to Community: The Life Jesus Wants for His People

By Reviewed by Diane Reynolds on November 1, 2017

Edited by Charles E. Moore. Plough Publishing House, 2016. 357 pages. $18/paperback; $9.99/eBook. As Quakers know, community building is hard, […]

Diane Reynolds lives in Barnesville, Ohio, and is a member of Stillwater Meeting. She is the author of The Doubled Life of Dietrich Bonhoeffer and an adjunct English professor.

Posted in: November 2017 Books, Quaker Libraries
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Among Friends: Understanding Death through Life

By Martin Kelley on August 1, 2017

Our introduction to the August issue on The Art of Dying and the Afterlife.

Martin Kelley is senior editor of Friends Journal. Email: [email protected]

Posted in: Among Friends, The Art of Dying
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Condition Critical: Life and Death in Israel/Palestine

By Reviewed by Max Carter on August 1, 2017

By Alice Rothchild. Just World Books, 2017. 283 pages. $19.99/paperback; $9.99/eBook. In Steve Feldman’s book Compartments, the well‐known dermatologist chronicles […]

Max Carter is the recently retired William R. Rogers director of Friends Center and Quaker studies at Guilford College. In retirement, he and his wife, Jane, continue to lead annual service-learning trips to Palestine and Israel under the sponsorship of Friends United Meeting.

Posted in: August 2017 Books, Quaker Book Reviews, The Art of Dying
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Life, Death, and Resilience

By Gabriel Ehri on June 1, 2017

Among Friends: Our introduction to the June/July issue.

Gabriel Ehri is executive director of Friends Journal.

Posted in: Among Friends, June/July 2017: Reimagining the Quaker Ecosystem
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