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Writing Opp: Friends and Gambling

By Martin Kelley on July 3, 2019

One morning last year someone called the Friends Journal office to try to understand a confusing experience she had experienced [鈥

Martin Kelley is senior editor of聽Friends Journal.

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The Ministry of Quaker Farmers

By Rachel Van Boven on June 1, 2019

How can we support the work of our local organic and regenerative farmers?

Rachel Van Boven is a student at Earlham School of Religion. She has been a regular attender of Quaker meetings for eight years. Her home is Bellingham, Wash., 15 miles from the land her grandfather farmed.

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Vegetarianism in Quaker History

By John Sniegocki on June 1, 2019

Food ethics has long been an important part of the tradition of Friends.

John Sniegocki is a member of Community Friends Meeting in Cincinnati, Ohio, where he and his family serve as resident caretakers. John teaches religious ethics and directs the Peace and Justice Studies program at Xavier University.

This online version of the June-July 2019 print article includes citations and references.

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A Vegan Offers Three Reasons for Hope

By Margaret Fisher on June 1, 2019

Plant鈥恇ased lifestyles are getting easier than ever.

A member of Herndon (Va.) Meeting, Margaret Fisher is clerk of Baltimore Yearly Meeting鈥檚 Working Group on Right Relationship with Animals. She enjoys photographing insects while on wildlife surveys and spends much of her free time working for a native plant campaign in northern Virginia.

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Letting the Higher Power Do It

By Anonymous on June 1, 2019

An eating disorder makes food and fellowship difficult.

B is a Quaker who finds that the 12 Steps have enriched her spirituality. You can write to her at [email protected].

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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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Forum, June鈥怞uly 2019

By Staff on June 1, 2019

Letters from our readers.

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Remember the Ladies: Celebrating Those Who Fought for Freedom at the Ballot Box

By Reviewed by Gwen Gosney Erickson on June 1, 2019

By Angela P. Dodson. Center Street, 2017. 448 pages. $26/hardcover; $15.99/paperback; $9.99/eBook. The upcoming 2020 centennial of women鈥檚 suffrage in [鈥

Gwen Gosney Erickson is the Quaker librarian and college archivist for the Quaker Archives (formerly known as the Friends Historical Collection) at Guilford College and a member of Friendship Meeting in Greensboro, N.C.

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Becoming a Welcoming Church AND Scrappy Church

By Reviewed by David Etheridge on June 1, 2019

Becoming a Welcoming Church By Thom S. Rainer. B&H Publishing Group, 2018. 128 pages. $12.99/hardcover; $9.99/eBook. Scrappy Church: God鈥檚 Not [鈥

David Etheridge is a member of Friends Meeting of Washington (D.C.) and clerk of the Baltimore Yearly Meeting Working Group on Racism.

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Still, in the City: Creating Peace of Mind in the Midst of Urban Chaos

By Reviewed by Carl Blumenthal on June 1, 2019

Edited by Angela Dews. Skyhorse Publishing, 2018. 288 pages. $21.99/hardcover; $14.99/eBook. Conscience or consciousness? While the demands of conscience and [鈥

Carl Blumenthal is a member of Brooklyn (N.Y.) Meeting.

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