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Service in the Friends Ambulance Unit
Edwin V. Abbott, a member of Simcoe-Muskoka Meeting in Ontario, Canada, is a retired physician.
Posted in: FeaturesWhat Would Jesus (Have Me) Do?
“Come, Holy Spirit.” This was the first message at the October 10, 2010, meeting for worship. It settled me further […]
Edna Whittier, a member of Roanoke (Va.) Meeting, joined Friends at Red Cedar Meeting in East Lansing, Mich., and attended Dover- Randolph Meeting in Randolph, N.J. In each of these meetings, she has been active in monthly Meeting for Healing groups.
Posted in: FeaturesThe Weekend: Thoughts on Community
That weekend started the week before, when it snowed almost two feet on Thursday and Friday morning. I spent a […]
Paul Hamell, a member of Ridgwood (N.J.) Meeting, is a retired police lieutenant and a volunteer emergency medical technician.
Posted in: FeaturesU.N. Climate Talks and the Prevention of Violent Conflict
I was thrilled to attend the UN climate negotiations in Tianjin, China, this past October and the larger Conference of […]
Alexandra Stark, a member of Moorestown (N.J.) Meeting, is a program assistant in the Peaceful Prevention of Deadly Conflict program of Friends Committee on National Legislation.
Posted in: FeaturesHelping North Americans Experience Nicaragua
This year marks the 25 year anniversary of ProNica, and an important part of ProNica’s mission has always been to […]
Kathy Hersh is a member of Miami (Fla.) Meeting and on the board of ProNica. Her interest in the Nicaraguan people stems from her experience as a journalist covering the Nicaraguan civil war in 1978-79.
Posted in: FeaturesQuaker Education in Bolivia
The special October 2010 issue of FRIENDS JOURNAL on Friends and Education focuses usefully on Quaker schools in the United […]
Newton Garver is a member of Buffalo (N.Y.) Meeting.
Posted in: FeaturesA Legacy of Excellence in Education: High Point Normal and Industrial Institute
One of the major endeavors of Quakers has always been education —not just education for a select few or for […]
Linda Willard, a member of Marlboro Meeting in Sophia, North Carolina, lives in High Point with her husband Harold. She is employed as office support/administrative assistant to the principal of William Penn-Alfred J. Griffin School for the Arts. She is the author of three books about Quakers: Who? What? When? Where? Quaker Trivia; Quakers Preserved; and Quakers in Conflict.
Posted in: FeaturesJury Duty: Complicity in the Penal System?
The prison system in the United States is a cruel warehousing institution that neither rehabilitates nor protects society. Millions of […]
Rob Callard, a member of Charleston (W. Va.) Meeting, attends Friends Meeting of Washington (D.C.).
Posted in: FeaturesStolen Goods: The Myth of Financial Sovereignty
You deserve a break today.” “God rewards faithful followers with prosperous living.” “I earned it; I deserve to enjoy it.” […]
Chuck Hosking, a member of Harare (Zimbabwe) Meeting, lives in Albuquerque, N.Mex.
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Growing Up Quaker by Finn Kyrie
I Am a Quaker by Melinda Wenner Bradley
Giving Up Childhood to Avert Climate Catastrophe by Jim Ross
Let Your Life Speak by Laura Taylor Kinnel
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Another Language by Anne Maren‐Hogan
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Letter to a Friend reading Reinhold Niebuhr
A friend recently wrote that he had been reading essays that Reinhold Niebuhr wrote for various periodicals in the 1920s […]