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A Nightshift Education

Learning the value of an honest job. "I had fancied myself a class-conscious progressive. It shouldn't have startled me to… Martin Kelley

Update on Indiana Yearly Meeting Breakup

Indiana Yearly Meeting is continuing to head toward schism. Friends Journal last covered this in our June/July issue with a… Editors

Pretending to Be What You’re Not

Are you ever surprised when your perception of people is completely different from the way they see themselves? That there… Jana Llewellyn, Associate Editor

Gun Violence, Quakers, and the Presidential Election

As Quakers, how do we respond to the continuous news about gun violence? How do we show that peace is… Jana Llewellyn

Congratulations, Earlham School of Religion

Unprogrammed Friends are fond of saying that we’ve abolished the laity and each of us is called to a ministry.… SusanCorson-Finnerty

Reading 50 Years of FRIENDS JOURNAL

I think that I am something of an oddity among the readers of Friends Journal. I grew up in a… Thomas D. Hamm

The Journey to Answering That of God in Everyone

I’m probably one of the few Friends who has an aversion to the term "that of God in every one."… Priscilla Berggren-Thomas

Difficult Times in Ramallah

This is a difficult note to write. So much has happened and there is so much to say. It has… Colin and Kathy South

Christmas Newsletter

As I sit down to write this Christmas [2000] newsletter, I cannot help but reflect on last Christmas, which I… Maia Carter

Prayer: The Changer and the Changed

Not coming from a prayer-oriented family or community, I found the idea of praying for someone vaguely embarrassing. "What’s the… Barry Zalph
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Alabama ’96

From the May 1996 issue: ometimes a news article touches the heart and moves people to reach out to one… Vinton Deming

Concern Raised About Bisexuality

Friends attitudes toward bisexuality and toward bisexuals and homosexuals in our midst was discussed by some 130 persons at two… Bob Martin Jr.