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Frederick Carl Neidhardt

By Staff on November 1, 2017

Neidhardt—Frederick Carl Neidhardt, 85, on October 7, 2016, in Tucson, Ariz., of injuries from a fall following a long neurodegenerative […]

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Bayard Rustin at Swarthmore College

By Newton Garver on March 16, 2012

Bayard Rustin’s spiritual depth has been widely overlooked and deserves to be brought back to our attention.

Newton Garver is a 1951 graduate of Swarthmore College, a member of Buffalo (N.Y.) Meeting, and President of the Bolivian Quaker Education Fund. He lives with his wife Anneliese in East Concord N.Y., where Bayard visited them a couple of times.

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I Beg Your Forgiveness

By Grace Eden on December 1, 2011

About two weeks ago I was at Indiana Yearly Meeting, where the main speaker was Jan Wood, who is well […]

Eden Grace is a member of Beacon Hill Meeting, New England Yearly Meeting. Since 2004 she has been serving as the Field Officer in the Friends United Meeting Africa Ministries Office in Kisumu, Kenya. She has a Masters of Divinity from Episcopal Divinity School and is active with the World Council of Churches. She and her husband Jim have two teenage sons.

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Encouraging Each Other’s Faith and Truths

By Hannah Zwirner on December 1, 2011

My thoughts about Friends United Meeting and its relationship with Friends in New England have changed a lot over the […]

Hannah Zwirner is a lifelong attender of Beacon Hill Meeting in Boston and of New England Yearly Meeting. She is currently studying religion and history at Harvard Extension School. Over the years as she has grown into the adult community in NEYM, she has felt a strong calling to help the yearly meeting learn to communicate effectively with each other and to involve Young Adult Friends in both worship and business.

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God Has No Hands on Earth but Ours

By Anne-Marie Witzburg on December 1, 2011

I have always been Quaker, even before I really knew what that meant. I have been Quaker in my upbringing, […]

Anne-Marie Witzburg is a member of Wellesley (Mass.) Meeting and is co-coordinator of the Young Friends group there. She is a high school Spanish teacher and the advisor for the school's Gay-Straight Alliance. She is committed to creating a safe space for dialogue about social justice issues as a first step to taking action for positive change. She loves running in the rain and baking vegan desserts. She lives with her partner in Boston.

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Little Girl, Wake Up

By Rebecca Ankeny on October 1, 2011

My granddaughter Abby sometimes likes me to tell her stories about Jesus. She is four, so I keep them simple […]

Rebecca Ankeny has worked as an English professor and administrator since 1986, and at George Fox University since 1988. In January 2012, she will become the General Superintendent of Northwest Yearly Meeting of Friends. She and her husband Mark have two daughters and sons-in-law and three granddaughters. She is a member of Newberg (Oregon) Friends Church and her interests include music, soccer, reading, preaching, and writing.

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Every Woman Counts

By Janett Forte on October 1, 2011

Haiti is a dangerous place to be a pregnant woman. While the worldwide average risk of dying in childbirth has […]

Janett Forte is a professor of psychiatry at Virginia Commonwealth University, where she serves as program director for the VCU Institute for Women's Health. Since 2008, she has followed a leading to volunteer with grassroots and local empowerment projects in developing countries. She attends Richmond (Va.) Friends Meeting and lives in an intentional community in nearby Hanover County, Va.

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On a Mission to Heal the Planet

By Amanda Kemp on September 1, 2011

Risking esteem and friendship to speak truth through Friends ministry interviewed by Shirley Dodson Amanda, what motivated you to apply […]

Amanda Kemp, a member of Lancaster (Pa.) Meeting, is the founder of Theatre for Transformation, a company that has reached over 7,000 people since its launch in 2007, and the author of a forthcoming book, The Ancestors are Calling: Your Guide to Forgiveness and Creating a Life of Purpose. Shirley Dodson, a member of the Middletown Meeting in Lima, Pa., is director of communications at Pendle Hill.

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Remember that You are Dust and to Dust You Shall Return

By Daniel Coppock on September 1, 2011

Wednesday morning at 6 am my alarm woke me from warm, senseless sleep to face a cold, rainy, and intimidating […]

Dan Coppock, a member of Eastern Hills Meeting in Cincinnati, Ohio, lives and attends worship in West Philadelphia. He is a former Friends Journal intern.

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