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Online Features for September 2017

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Wild Birds, Fantasy, and the Possible

By James W. Hood on September 18, 2017

A memoir through books.

James W. Hood teaches nineteenth-century British literature, composition, and American nature writing at Guilford College in Greensboro, N.C.  He is a member of Greensboro’s Friendship Meeting.


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Charlottesville Friends in worship at Justice Park. Photo by David Lewis.

Charlottesville Quakers and the Ongoing Stand against White Nationalists

By Isaac Barnes May on September 13, 2017

Quakers can learn to be braver and more outspoken.

Isaac Barnes May is a graduate of Earlham College and Harvard Divinity School. Currently he is a doctoral candidate specializing in American religious history at the University of Virginia and a member of Charlottesville (Va.) Meeting.


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100 Years of Quiet Tenacity

By Laura Melvin on September 1, 2017

Friends of Fairhope, Alabama.

Laura Melvin is a member of Fairhope (Ala.) Meeting.  She has published in various magazines and is the author of the book Public Secrets and Justice: A Journal of a Circuit Court Judge, which is available through QuakerBooks of FGC.


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How Far Can We Take Thou Shalt Not Judge?

By Rebecca Payne on September 1, 2017

Can we examine our judgements and find reasons to understand?

Rebecca Payne is a member of Red Cedar Meeting in Lansing, Mich. She works for the State of Michigan. She is on the board of the Greater Lansing Peace Education Center and edits the Peace Notes newsletter.


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