By John Rees. Verso, 2016. 512 pages. $34.95/hardcover; $19.95/paperback; $9.99/eBook. Some Friends hold that the first generation of Quakers belong […]
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The Leveller Revolution: Radical Political Organisation in England, 1640–1650
Brian Drayton worships with the new Souhegan Meeting in Wilton, N.H., allowed by Weare (N.H.) Meeting.
Posted in: Meetings and Money, October 2018 Books, Quaker Book Reviews
Emma Kathleen O’Neill MacInnes
MacInnes—Emma Kathleen O’Neill MacInnes, 97, on March 30, 2018, in Newtown, Pa. Kay was born on May 26, 1920, in […]
Posted in: Meetings and Money, Milestones
Making Sense of the Starbucks Incident
Quaker values do not need to be mere theoretical ideas.
Ankita Achanta is a seventh-grade student at Newtown Friends School (NFS) in Newtown, Pa. She participates in The Agents of Social Change (TASC) at NFS, a student group founded on the belief that “we will be able to make a difference in our world,” and that uses Quaker process in decision making.
Posted in: Features, September 2018
Writing Opp: Quakers and Christianity (due 9/17)
It’s a series of questions that has dogged Friends since we did away with clergy and started calling baptism a […]
Tapping a Viral Energy
Lifting the bondage, embracing the future, and making Quakerism a viable reality once more.
Robert Henry is pastor of Indianapolis (Ind.) First Friends Meeting. He is a speaker, activist, neighborhood collaborator, and avid artist. He lives in Fishers, Ind., with his wife and three boys.
Posted in: Features, Going Viral with Quakerism
God Sightings on the Hiking Trail
Reflection: Life is dark and life is full of light. 🔒 Friends Journal Member? Sign in here! Not an FJ […]
Bernadette Kero is a retired nurse and has been a regular attendee at Klamath Falls Friends Church in Oregon for three years. She’s a member of the Peace and Social Concerns Committee and enjoys volunteering at Friends Food Pantry and hiking.
Posted in: Going Viral with Quakerism, Reflection
Simple, Relevant, Amusing
How do you sum up your experience and share it in 5 words or less?
Kathleen Wooten is a member of Fresh Pond Meeting in Cambridge, Mass. She travels among Friends both digitally and in person, and carries a minute of travel from her meeting. Kathleen also administers social media accounts for New England Yearly Meeting. She shares about her travels at quakerkathleen.org.
Posted in: Going Viral with Quakerism, Online Features
Beautiful Rising: Creative Resistance from the Global South
Edited by Juman Abujbara, Andrew Boyd, Dave Mitchell, and Marcel Taminato. OR Books, 2018. 272 pages. $22/paperback; $10/eBook. “Agitate, agitate.” […]
Jerry Mizell Williams worships at Green Street Meeting in Philadelphia, Pa. He is the author of numerous books, articles, and book reviews on colonial Latin America.
Posted in: August 2018 Books, Going Viral with Quakerism, Quaker Book Reviews
Art That Works
Can art really change the world?
Joey Hartmann-Dow is a member of Lehigh Valley Meeting in Bethlehem, Pa., and is currently nomadic. You can keep up with her projects and adventures at usandweart.com.
Posted in: Creativity and the Arts, Features
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