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Foodways and Folkways

By Martin Kelley on June 1, 2019

Among Friends: Our introduction to the June‐July 2019 issue on Food Choices.

Martin Kelley is senior editor of Friends Journal.

Posted in: Among Friends, June/July 2019: Food Choices

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The Ministry of Quaker Farmers

By Rachel Van Boven on June 1, 2019

How can we support the work of our local organic and regenerative farmers?

Rachel Van Boven is a student at Earlham School of Religion. She has been a regular attender of Quaker meetings for eight years. Her home is Bellingham, Wash., 15 miles from the land her grandfather farmed.

Posted in: Features, June/July 2019: Food Choices

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Choose a Resilient Community

By Craig Jensen and Suzanna Schell on June 1, 2019

Community is at the core of a New England CSA farm and distribution hub.

Craig Jensen is a member of Monadnock (N.H.) Meeting. He farms at Sun Moon Farm with his wife, Megan; their son, Fox; and many friends that help make good work joyful. Sun Moon Farm is part of a small community called South of Monadnock that is actively seeking new members.

Suzanna Schell is a member of Beacon Hill Meeting in Boston, Mass., and a co-founder and resident of Cornerstone Village Cohousing in Cambridge, Mass. She is co-clerk of NEYM Legacy Gift Committee, a funding program that supports the ministries of New England Friends.

Posted in: June/July 2019: Food Choices, Online Features

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The Hope for Collaboration over Competition

By Mark Pratt-Russum on May 1, 2019

Quakers can be co‐conspirators, participants, creators, shapers, imaginers, and dreamers.

Mark Pratt-Russum is a released minister at West Hills Friends Church in Portland, Ore. He is a father and husband and is seriously in love with photography.

Posted in: Features, Friendly Competition?

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Forum May 2019

By Staff on May 1, 2019

Letters from our readers.

Posted in: Forum, Friendly Competition?

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Phyllis Hoge

By Staff on May 1, 2019

Hoge—Phyllis Hoge, 91, on August 26, 2018, in Albuquerque, N.M. Phyllis was born on November 15, 1926, in Elizabeth, N.J., […]

Posted in: Friendly Competition?, Milestones

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Writing Opp: Five Years of QuakerSpeak (EXTENDED DEADLINE May 27)

By Martin Kelley on April 5, 2019

It’s been five years since Friends Publishing Corporation launched a companion project to Friends Journal: the QuakerSpeak video series. In […]

Martin Kelley is senior editor of Friends Journal

Posted in: From the Editor's Desk

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The Quakers, 1656–1723: The Evolution of an Alternative Community

By Reviewed by Brian Drayton on April 1, 2019

By Richard C. Allen and Rosemary Moore, with specialist contributors. Pennsylvania State University Press, 2018. 360 pages. $39.95/hardcover. The century […]

Brian Drayton worships with the new Souhegan Meeting in Wilton, N.H., allowed by Weare (N.H.) Meeting.

Posted in: April 2019 Books, Humor in Religion, Quaker Book Reviews

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Faces of Addiction

By Eric K. Hatch on March 1, 2019

A project to make compassion possible.

Eric K. Hatch is a writer, photographer, artist, musician, and get-it-done creative; he can be contacted at [email protected]. A companion book, Faces of Addition, will be available at facesofaddiction.net.

Posted in: Features, Outside the Meetinghouse

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Walk Humbly, Serve Boldly: Modern Quakers as Everyday Prophets

By Reviewed by Marty Grundy on February 1, 2019

By Margery Post Abbott. Inner Light Books, 2018. 478 pages. $45/hardcover; $30/paperback; $12.50/eBook. Margery Post Abbott’s latest book presents Friends […]

Marty Grundy is now a member of Wellesley (Mass.) Meeting, New England Yearly Meeting.

Posted in: February 2019, February 2019 Books, Quaker Book Reviews

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