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Ruth Corwin Meyer
MeyerāRuth Corwin Meyer, 83, on May 11, 2017, in Rio Rancho, N.M. Ruth was born on September 21, 1933, in [ā¦]
Posted in: Healing, Milestones
Growing Peace: A Story of Farming, Music, and Religious Harmony
FJ Review: āThis book would be a delightful addition to the library of every Quaker meeting where fair trade coffee is [ā¦]
Katie Green is a member of Worcester (Mass.) Meeting. She is a storyteller and has led workshops at the Friends General Conference Gathering and New England Yearly Meeting annual sessions.
Posted in: Conflict and Controversy, December 2017 Books: A Young Friends Bookshelf, Quaker Book Reviews
Of Heartbeats and Woodblocks
Reflection: Richard Reed Parry and the art of stillness.
Janet Youngdahl is a Canadian American singer and writer employed as a professor of music at the University of Lethbridge in Alberta, Canada. She has recently published essays in the Malahat Review and in Writer's Digest. Active in the Bahaāi faith for 20 years, she also carries deep respect and closeness to Quakerism.
Posted in: Quakers and Social Media, Reflection
Listening for the Silence: In Music and in Life
āI didnāt hear any singing!ā These were the words of a neighbor across the street from the new Red Cedar [ā¦]
Posted in: Features
My Trip to Kunduz
In the summer of 2009, I was given a grant by German Technical Corporation to conduct field research to gather [ā¦]
Noorjahan Akbar, a native of Afghanistan, graduated in 2010 from George School, a Friends school in Newtown, Pa., and is currently a student at Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pa.
Posted in: FeaturesA Modest Step Towards Peace and Union
Among reflective people, there is probably little doubt that the traditions and culture we are born into incline most people [ā¦]
Malcolm Bell is a member of Wilderness Meeting in Shrewsbury, Vt. A retired lawyer, he is the secretary of the International Mayan League/ USA, and he writes editorials and book reviews for Interconnect, a small quarterly that serves the U.S.-Latin America solidarity community.
Posted in: FeaturesThe Importance of LanguageāOr: Why I Threw My Teenage Sonās CDs into the Trash Can
The language kids hear and use certainly has changed since I was a youngster. What would have seemed shocking and [ā¦]
Mary Ray Cate, a member of Santa Fe (N.Mex.) Meeting, is an artist; her website is http://www.sunlit-art.com.
Posted in: Features
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Life at Lumakanda Friends Church by David Zarembka
Silent Journeys of Quakers from Hill House by Kumah Drah
Leadings of the Spirit by Rommel Roberts, Robin Roberts, and Lark Worth
Empowering Women against Genderābased Violence by Parfaite Ntahuba
The Place of Godās Own Choosing by Eden Grace
Quaker Christianity in Kenya by Stanley Chagala Ngesa
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Quaker Silence in Community by Pat Meehan
Spelunking: What My Father Taught Me About the Light by Geoff Knowlton
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Three Kinds of Singing in Meeting
Some years ago (in 1980) when my husband, Bruce, and I were visiting New England Yearly Meeting with a minute [ā¦]
Geoffrey Kaiser, a member of Apple Seed Meeting in Sebastopol, Calif., has been active in the struggle for civil rights, gay rights, and opposition to the Vietnam War. He was a founding member of Unami Meeting in Pennsburg, Pa.
Posted in: Features