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What Does the Outside Say?
Brad Stocker served on Earth Ethics Institute at Miami Dade College for 22 years. He has a post-doctoral certificate in ecology and human spirit. Brad creates and facilitates earth literacy workshops. He is a member of Miami (Fla.) Meeting, co-clerk of Southeastern Yearly Meeting's Earthcare Committee, and a representative to Quaker Earthcare Witness.
Posted in: Features, Outside the MeetinghouseDawn Mogren
Mogren鈥擠awn Mogren, 86, on May 13, 2017, in York, Pa. Dawn was born on May 16, 1930, in Chicago, Ill., [鈥
Posted in: Conflict and Controversy, Milestones
Active Peace: A Mindful Path to a Nonviolent World
By G. Scott Brown. Collins Foundation Press, 2016. 197 pages. $19.95/paperback. I learned about this book through the Metta Center [鈥
Posted in: November 2017 Books, Quaker Libraries
Among Friends: Venturing Outside Our Comfort Zones
An introduction to the February 2017 issue.
Gabriel Ehri is executive director of聽Friends Journal.
Posted in: Among Friends, February 2017
Respect Is the Heartbeat of Standing Rock
Quaker Earthcare Witness visits the Dakota Access Pipeline protest camps.
Shelley Tanenbaum is the general secretary of Quaker Earthcare Witness, on the board of Quaker Institute for the Future, and a member of Strawberry Creek Meeting in Berkeley, Calif.
Posted in: February 2017, Online Features
One Friend鈥檚 Experience of Clearness Regarding Childbearing
Childrearing as a calling.
Stan Becker is a member of Homewood Meeting in Baltimore, Md. He has worked as a demographer for 40 years and has traveled among Friends in Baltimore Yearly Meeting and beyond under the concern about rapid population growth. 聽He has served on the board of the American Friends Service Committee, the steering committee of Friends Committee on Unity with Nature (now Quaker Earthcare Witness), and the general committee of FCNL. He lives with his wife, Fannie, in Baltimore.
Posted in: September 2015: Reproduction and Family Planning
Features
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 Gender鈥恇ased Violence by Parfaite Ntahuba
The Place of God鈥檚 Own Choosing by Eden Grace
Quaker Christianity in Kenya by Stanley Chagala Ngesa
Poetry
Quaker Silence in Community by Pat Meehan
Spelunking: What My Father Taught Me About the Light by Geoff Knowlton
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