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On the Spirituality of Lightheartedness
By Helen Steere Horn. Pendle Hill Pamphlets (number 456), 2019. 26 pages. $7/pamphlet.
J. Brent Bill, a member of West Newton (Ind.) Meeting, is a photographer, writer, and retreat leader who lives in Indiana. His newest book Beauty, Truth, Life, and Love is slated for release this month.
Posted in: Gambling, November 2019 Books, Quaker Book Reviews
Silent Journeys of Quakers from Hill House
An unprogrammed meeting in the West African nation of Ghana.
Kumah Drah loves nature and is attempting to set up a permaculture center to promote sustainable living. He is a member of Hill House Meeting in Accra, Ghana, and loves to join other meetings for worship when he travels.
Posted in: Features, Friends in Africa
Quaker Christianity in Kenya
A Kenyan shamanistic spirituality was fertile ground for Quaker missionaries.
Stanley Chagala Ngesa, a fourth-generation Kenyan Quaker raised in the Maragoli Hills of Western Kenya in the traditions of both Christian Quakerism and the traditional spirituality of his people, is currently a postgraduate student of Quaker studies at Earlham School of Religion in Richmond, Ind. He holds an MDiv degree from San Francisco Theological Seminary and has worked as a chaplain at Marin General Hospital in Greenbrae, Calif.
Posted in: Features, Friends in Africa
Healing Earth: An Ecologist’s Journey of Innovation and Environmental Stewardship
By John Todd. North Atlantic Books, 2019. 200 pages. $24.95/paperback; $17.99/eBook.
Pamela Haines is a member of Central Philadelphia (Pa.) Meeting.
Posted in: Friends in Africa, October 2019 Books, Quaker Book Reviews
Trying to Be Truthful
By Chel Avery. Pendle Hill Pamphlets (number 455), 2019. 30 pages. $7/pamphlet. Reflections on trying to be truthful are particularly […]
Tom Paxson is a member of Kendal Meeting in Kennett Square, Pa., part of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting. A retired professor of philosophy, he has long been interested in philosophical questions regarding truth and knowledge.
Posted in: Quaker Book Reviews, September 2019, September 2019 Books
Writing for Open Issues (next: Feb 2020)
Learn how to write for a Friends Journal open issue.
Martin Kelley is senior editor of Friends Journal. This piece originally written May 2018.
Posted in: From the Editor's DeskWriting Opp: Friends and Gambling
Is our witness against gambling a testimony that still matters or has it become outdated? Looking for 1200–2500 word submissions, […]
Martin Kelley is senior editor of Friends Journal.
Posted in: From the Editor's Desk
Butcher Hogs for Sale
A sign on the side of the road sparks a crisis of conscience.
Dayna Baily lives in southeastern Pennsylvania with her family, for whom plant-based cooking is both a delicious source of good nutrition and a private form of nonviolent protest against a cruel status quo. She worships at Penn Hill Meeting in Wakefield, Pa., and participates in Baltimore Yearly Meeting’s Right Relationship with Animals Working Group.
Posted in: Features, June/July 2019: Food Choices
A Critique of Health Consciousness
The possible ill effects of worrying too much and talking too much about our food choices.
Caroline Morris wrote a thesis on the connection between anorexia and asceticism and is a student at Earlham School of Religion.
Posted in: June/July 2019: Food Choices, Online Features
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Addicted to Fast Money by Rita Willett
Gambling: A Violation of Quaker Testimonies by Michael Song
To Gamble, for Better or for Worse by Pamela Haines
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