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Feeding Young Adults with a Taste of Abundance

By Emily Provance and NiaDwynwen Thomas on June 1, 2019

Creating connections and building community through food.

Emily Provance, a member of Fifteenth Street Meeting in New York City, is called to a ministry of hearth building. She is an associate of Good News Associates, which supports non-institutional ministries.

NiaDwynwen Thomas, a member of Northampton (Mass.) Meeting, serves as New England Yearly Meeting's Quaker practice and leadership facilitator.

Posted in: Features, June/July 2019: Food Choices
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Edward Kenneth Hawkins

By Staff on June 1, 2019

Hawkins—Edward Kenneth Hawkins, 90, on December 8, 2018, at Collington Continuing Care Retirement Community in Bowie, Md. Ted was born [
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Posted in: June/July 2019: Food Choices, Milestones
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Richard Kenneth Lee

By Staff on June 1, 2019

Lee—Richard Kenneth Lee, 69, on August 5, 2018, at Sparrow Hospital in Lansing, Mich., of complications from a fall. Richard [
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Posted in: June/July 2019: Food Choices, Milestones
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Skirting Around the Competition

By Gail Whiffen on May 1, 2019

Our introduction to the May issue on “Friendly Competition?”

Gail Whiffen is associate editor of Friends Journal. [email protected]

Posted in: Among Friends, Friendly Competition?
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Among Friends: Opening up the Doors

By Martin Kelley on March 1, 2019

Our introduction to the March issue, “Outside the Meetinghouse.”

Martin Kelley is senior editor of Friends Journal.

Posted in: Among Friends, Outside the Meetinghouse
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Timothy Ferris III (TJ), 20. Heroin addiction. Active user.

Faces of Addiction

By Eric K. Hatch on March 1, 2019

A project to make compassion possible.

Eric K. Hatch is a writer, photographer, artist, musician, and get-it-done creative; he can be contacted at [email protected]. A companion book, Faces of Addition, will be available at facesofaddiction.net.

Posted in: Features, Outside the Meetinghouse
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Modern Psalms in Search of Peace and Justice

By Reviewed by William Shetter on February 1, 2019

By Dwight L. Wilson, illustrated by Nancy Marstaller. Friends United Press, 2017. 226 pages. $16/paperback. The psalms of the Bible [
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William Shetter is a member of Bloomington (Ind.) Meeting. His thoughts on "The Psalms as Spiritual Directors" are scheduled to appear in the March 2019 issue of Presence.

Posted in: February 2019, February 2019 Books, Quaker Book Reviews
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Madeline Schwinge McClure

By Staff on January 1, 2019

McClure—Madeline Schwinge McClure, 91, on May 22, 2018, in Bridgewater, N.J. Madeline was born on April 4, 1927, in Yorktown, [
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Posted in: Milestones, Racially Diverse Society of Friends (January 2019)
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Writing Opp Mar 2019: Outside the Meetinghouse (due 12/10)

By Martin Kelley on October 22, 2018

Information about our upcoming March 2019 issue, “Outside the Meetinghouse.” Feature submissions are due December 10, 2018.

Martin Kelley is senior editor of Friends Journal.

Posted in: From the Editor's Desk
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Open for Liberation: A View from Britain

By Tim Gee on August 1, 2018

It may come as a surprise, but people are interested in Friends.

Tim Gee is a member of Britain Yearly Meeting and was the 2017 George Gorman Lecturer. His third book, Why I Am a Pacifist, will be published next year.

Posted in: Features, Going Viral with Quakerism
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