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Arlene Kelly

One of the difficult issues for Quakers is leadership. Somehow we know we need leaders, yet we are all supposed… Kara Nowell

New England Friends in Unity With Nature (NEFUN) Committee

The current work of the NEFUN Committee supports discernment around New England monthly meetings of the faith and practice of… Janet Clark

On Seeking Membership (and Other Things)

After seven years of regular attendance at University Friends Meeting, Seattle, I decided to seek membership in the Religious Society… Dana B. Standish

Spiritual Materialism

A Quality of loss Affecting our Content As Trade had suddenly encroached Upon a Sacrament. —Emily Dickinson Not long ago,… Diane Barounis

At the End of the Road in Hawaii

Verne and Shirley Beechill, resident hosts of Honolulu (Hawaii) Meeting, drove up the dry coast of Oahu towards the community… Claire E. Gorfinkel

Loida Fernandez

Conversation with Loida Fernandez focuses on family, Quakers, and her current work. Her life seems shaped by her Quaker heritage… Kara Newell

Back to Basics

When I was a child my Quaker neighbor kept a large organic garden and several hen houses where he grew… Susan Corson-Finnerty

Outreach Is Just Another Word for Sharing

"We are also to be witnesses for God, and to propagate his life in the world, to be instruments in… Kathy Hersh

FCNL’S 50th Jubilee: A Look Back

s I look back over FCNL’s first 50 years, the past, the present, and the future merge, separate, and reconnect.… Edward F. Snyder
Viewpoint

Friends and Patriotism

A viewpoint from our August 1992 issue. Allan Kohrman
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A Query Buff Looks at Queries

Quakers did not invent queries. Mothers did. Without queries, motherdom would be ham­strung. Barry Morley
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Friends Testimony on Gambling

Everybody these days receives and discards those letters saying "Mr. X, you may already be the winner of half a… Norma Jacob

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