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Contempt Is a Bitter-Tasting Word
J. E. McNeil is an attorney and a member of Friends Meeting of Washington (D.C.) with a master’s in conflict transformation from Eastern Mennonite University. She has trained thousands in different matters around the country and is currently providing training by request on “Conversations with the Other.”
Posted in: Features, September 2018
Writing Opp: Quakers and Christianity (due 9/17)
It’s a series of questions that has dogged Friends since we did away with clergy and started calling baptism a […]
God Sightings on the Hiking Trail
Reflection: Life is dark and life is full of light. 🔒 Friends Journal Member? Sign in here! Not an FJ […]
Bernadette Kero is a retired nurse and has been a regular attendee at Klamath Falls Friends Church in Oregon for three years. She’s a member of the Peace and Social Concerns Committee and enjoys volunteering at Friends Food Pantry and hiking.
Posted in: Going Viral with Quakerism, Reflection
No Such Thing as Silence?
Silence is not always silent.
Kevin Holm-Hudson is a professor of music theory at the University of Kentucky. He attends Lexington (Ky.) Meeting.
Posted in: Creativity and the Arts
Sometimes Amazing Things Happen: Heartbreak and Hope on the Bellevue Hospital Psychiatric Prison Ward
By Elizabeth Ford. Regan Arts, 2017. 247 pages. $27.95/hardcover; $16.99/paperback; $14.99/eBook. How many of us could survive one day in […]
Carl Blumenthal is a member of Brooklyn (N.Y.) Meeting and a reporter on mental healthcare.
Posted in: Creativity and the Arts, June/July 2018 Books, Quaker Book Reviews
Spirit?
Spirit seems to have assumed a major office among Friends.
Ann Birch is a member of El Paso (Texas) Meeting; she is an academic reference librarian, grandmother, and actor in local theater.
Posted in: Creativity and the Arts, Viewpoint
Center Yourself
My journey through my Quaker faith and education all started in nursery school. I went to a small Quaker nursery […]
Naomi Brangan, Grade 7, Buckingham Friends School, member of Wrightstown Meeting in Newtown, Pa.
Posted in: Student Voice Project 2018, Student Voices Project, What Are Quaker Values Anyway?
Our D.C. Family
Signs passed by as we continued to drive on the bumpy road. It was a dreary, dark, foggy day. The […]
Gianna Katsock, Grade 6, Sidwell Friends School
Posted in: Student Voice Project 2018, Student Voices Project, What Are Quaker Values Anyway?
Comfort in Diversity
This is my first year at Westtown School. I am a proud Christian who goes to church and worships God. […]
Jadyn Williams, Grade 9, Westtown School
Posted in: Student Voice Project 2018, Student Voices Project, What Are Quaker Values Anyway?
All Teammates Deserve Respect
Five years ago, I tried out for a new hockey team. When I walked through the glass doors of the […]
William Reardon, Grade 8, Buckingham Friends School
Posted in: Student Voice Project 2018, Student Voices Project, What Are Quaker Values Anyway?
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