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What People Really Want from Church and Quaker Meeting
Donald W. McCormick, [email protected]​gmail.​com, is a member of Grass Valley Meeting in Nevada City, Calif. He is director of education for Unified Mindfulness, a company that trains mindfulness teachers. The senior editor of Friends Journal described his February article, “Can Quakerism Survive?,” as “the most talked about article in recent history.”
Posted in: Features, Going Viral with Quakerism
The Grief and the Promised Land
Leaving behind the things that feel safe and comfortable.
Emily Provance, a member of Fifteenth Street Meeting in New York City, is called to a ministry of hearth building: that is, to the work of creating a home for Friends, a community rich with nourishing opportunities, so that each of us can then minister in the world, fully fed. She is an associate of Good News Associates, a nonprofit organization that supports non-institutional ministries.
Posted in: Features, Going Viral with Quakerism
Planning for a Trending #Quakers
Finding today’s lost sheep in a Twitter feed.
Josephine Posti is a member of Pittsburgh (Pa.) Meeting and helps manage Lake Erie Yearly Meeting’s Facebook and Twitter platforms. She is also the newly appointed assistant clerk of the yearly meeting. Find her at @joposti.
Posted in: Going Viral with Quakerism, Online Features
Beautiful Rising: Creative Resistance from the Global South
Edited by Juman Abujbara, Andrew Boyd, Dave Mitchell, and Marcel Taminato. OR Books, 2018. 272 pages. $22/paperback; $10/eBook. “Agitate, agitate.” […]
Jerry Mizell Williams worships at Green Street Meeting in Philadelphia, Pa. He is the author of numerous books, articles, and book reviews on colonial Latin America.
Posted in: August 2018 Books, Going Viral with Quakerism, Quaker Book Reviews
Writing Opp: Books That Have Changed Us (due 8/6)
Thirty-five years ago this fall, Friends Journal began devoting a November issue to book reviews. As a print magazine it […]
Among Friends: The Art the World Needs
An introduction to our June/July issue on Creativity and the Arts
Martin Kelley is senior editor of Friends Journal. [email protected]​friendsjournal.​org
Posted in: Creativity and the Arts, Features
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
A Reluctant Minister
Reflections on performance art among Friends.
A Bible scholar, filmmaker, playwright, activist, and actor, Peterson Toscano playfully explores the serious worlds of LGBTQ issues, religion, and climate change. After spending 17 years attempting to “de-gay” himself through gay conversion therapy, he came out a quirky, queer Quaker who recognizes the power of storytelling, petersontoscano​.com.
Posted in: Creativity and the Arts, Features
News, June/July 2018
Kellum to begin as FUM General Secretary; Marshall retires as Earlham School of Religion Dean 🔒 Friends Journal Member? Sign […]
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A Perilous Neglect
Waiting for the Watchman and holding things in God. 🔒 Friends Journal Member? Sign in here! Not an FJ member? […]
Alastair McIntosh is a member of Glasgow Meeting, Scotland. His most recent books are Spiritual Activism: Leadership as Service, and Poacher’s Pilgrimage: an Island Journey (on which this reflection is based).
Posted in: Features, February 2018
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