Booth—Lois Pitkin Booth, 97, on September 13, 2019, in Concord, N.H. Lois was born on June 14, 1922, in Epping, […]
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Among Friends: Getting Over Ourselves
Our introduction to the March 2020 issue.
Martin Kelley is Senior Editor. [email protected]
Posted in: Among Friends, Unnamed Quaker Creeds
The Next Testimony
Can Friends model a new kind of Christian governance?
Andrew Huff served with Quaker Voluntary Service in Boston, Mass., in 2015–16. He attends Central Philadelphia (Pa.) Meeting.
Posted in: Features, Unnamed Quaker Creeds
When Is a Creed Not a Creed?
Revisiting that of God in every man.
Ann Birch is a member of El Paso (Tex.) Meeting, where she is currently the clerk. She is a librarian, a grandmother, and active in local theater.
Posted in: Features, Unnamed Quaker Creeds
The Importance of Noise During Silent Worship
Sometimes we need the buses, dogs, and loud neighbors to enter the deepest silence of the meetinghouse.
Ben Handy is a member of Frankford Meeting in Philadelphia, Pa. He has a boring job and a lovely family. He mostly spends his free time trying to figure out where he put his glasses, and why he can never seem to get anything done.
Posted in: Features, February 2020
Becoming an Ordinary Mystic: Spirituality for the Rest of Us
By Albert Haase. InterVarsity Press, 2019. 176 pages. $16/paperback; $15.99/eBook.
William Shetter is a member of Bloomington (Ind.) Meeting.
Posted in: February 2020, February 2020 Book Reviews, Quaker Book Reviews
Drugs and the Practice of Spiritual Discernment
When can drugs bring us closer to God?
A Call to Work Outside Our Circles
A Friend responds to the New York Times opinion column on Quakers and pronouns.
Me and My Maker
A Friend’s idea of Christianity is one of a relationship with her maker.
A textile designer by profession, Edwina Dankwa Assan founded the social enterprise Edtex over 20 years ago to ethically produce handmade, color-fast fabrics for fashion designers and home decorators. She is a member of Hill House Meeting in Accra, Ghana.
Posted in: Faith and Practice, Quaker Kids
Features
Wanted: A Network of Soul Connection by Francine Brocious
Facing Hard Truths by Robin Mohr
Quaker Schools Transforming the World by Deborra Sines Pancoe and Elisabeth Torg
Advancing Quaker Spirituality in the Twenty‐first Century by Barry Crossno
Quaker Meetings Respond to Coronavirus by Katie Breslin
Noticing Patterns of Oppression and Faithfulness by Lisa Graustein
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Servant by Ruth Naylor
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