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Interrupting the Family Barbecue: In Search of the Planetary Health Diet

By Jim Ross on June 1, 2019

The urgency of transforming our systems for food production.

After retiring in early 2015, Jim Ross jumped back into creative pursuits. He’s since published 75 pieces of nonfiction, several poems, and 200 photos in 80 journals in North America, Europe, and Asia. Jim and his wife—parents of two health professionals, grandparents of four toddlers—attend Sandy Spring (Md.) Meeting.

Posted in: June/July 2019: Food Choices, Online Features
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A Critique of Health Consciousness

By Caroline Morris on June 1, 2019

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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The Monk Within: Embracing a Sacred Way of Life

By Reviewed by William Shetter on June 1, 2019

By Beverly Lanzetta. Blue Sapphire Books, 2018. 400 pages. $19/paperback; $9.99/eBook. One of the more noteworthy movements in current spirituality […]

William Shetter is a member of Bloomington (Ind.) Meeting and the author of My Conversation with Sophia: Reflections on Wisdom’s Contemplative Path.

Posted in: June/July 2019 Books, June/July 2019: Food Choices, Quaker Book Reviews
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A Tool or a Weapon

By Hazel Mariani on May 1, 2019

The Quaker approach to competition has influenced my life greatly. From my experiences, I’ve learned that competition can be utilized […]

Hazel Mariani, Grade 6, Greene Street Friends School in Philadelphia, Pa.

Posted in: Friendly Competition?, Student Voices Project, Student Voices Project 2019
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Wrestling with Defeat

By Clay Lewis on May 1, 2019

I am not a perfect Quaker. My family discovered Quakerism when I was two years old. I grew up with […]

Clay Lewis, Grade 9, Abington Friends School, member of Abington Meeting, both in Jenkintown, Pa.

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High School Hierarchy

By Felicity Medina on May 1, 2019

I cried yesterday. I was sobbing: red, wet, puffy, and gross because of the academic competition I face in school […]

Felicity Medina, Grade 9, Abington Friends School in Jenkintown, Pa.

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What Page Are You On?

By Nicole Sosnik on May 1, 2019

Competition surrounds my life. In almost everything I do there is some sort of a competition involved even when there […]

Nicole Sosnik, Grade 6, Sidwell Friends School in Washington, D.C.

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Truly Winning at Life

By Sophia Stylianos on May 1, 2019

Competition is a big part of the everyday world. It overlaps with the desire for power and the desire for […]

Sophia Stylianos, Grade 6, Sidwell Friends School in Washington, D.C.

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Growth and Learning

By Wielond Kirby on May 1, 2019

I used to wrestle… One time, after losing a match, I sat back down on the bench, changing my shoes […]

Wielond Kirby, Grade 8, Medford Memorial Middle School, member of Medford Meeting, both in Medford, N.J.

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Competing Against Myself

By Ankita Achanta on May 1, 2019

What does it mean to win or lose? How can we use competition to grow as individuals? In response to […]

Ankita Achanta, Grade 8, Newtown Friends School in Newtown, Pa.

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