HappāRobert J. Happ, 71, on March 26, 2019, suddenly, at home in Chalfont, Pa. Bob was born on February 16, [ā¦]
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Growth and Learning
I used to wrestleā¦ One time, after losing a match, I sat back down on the bench, changing my shoes [ā¦]
Wielond Kirby, Grade 8, Medford Memorial Middle School, member of Medford Meeting, both in Medford, N.J.
Posted in: Friendly Competition?, Student Voices Project, Student Voices Project 2019
The Parentsā Guide to Climate Revolution: 100 Ways to Build a FossilāFree Future, Raise Empowered Kids, and Still Get a Good Nightās Sleep
By Mary DeMocker. New World Library, 2018. 360 pages. $16.95/paperback or eBook. Oh my gosh, what an incredible read this [ā¦]
Ruah Swennerfelt is a member of Burlington (Vt.) Meeting. She and her husband live in a solar-powered, net zero energy home in the woods. They are active in the Transition Town Movement in their community and with Friends in New England. She is author of Rising to the Challenge: The Transition Movement and People of Faith.
Posted in: January 2019 Books, Quaker Book Reviews, Racially Diverse Society of Friends (January 2019)John Felton Gibbons
GibbonsāJohn Felton Gibbons, 80, on April 20, 2018, peacefully, in Albuquerque, N.M. John was born on October 6, 1937, in [ā¦]
Meet Me at the Well: The Girls and Women of the Bible
By Jane Yolen and Barbara Diamond Goldin, illustrated by Vali Mintzi. Charlesbridge, 2018. 112 pages. $18.99/hardcover; $10.99/eBook. Recommended for ages [ā¦]
Paul Buckley is a member of the Community Friends Meeting in Cincinnati, Ohio. He is the author of numerous articles and books on Quakerism. His most recent book is Primitive Quakerism Revived.
Posted in: December 2018 Books: A Young Friends Bookshelf, Quaker Book Reviews, Quakers and Christianity
Jesse Stuartās The Thread That Runs So True
A ninthāgrade assigned reading foreshadows a vocation to teach.
Robert Stephen Dicken is a member of First Friends Meeting in New Castle, Ind. Since retiring in 2002 from teaching high school English, he can be found reading, writing, drawing, guitar-playing, community volunteering, bragging about his three sons, and entertaining five grandchildren.
Posted in: Books That Have Changed Us, Features
The Fox Hunt: A Refugeeās Memoir of Coming to America
By Mohammed Al Samawi. William Morrow, 2018. 336 pages. $27.99/hardcover; $14.99/eBook. Mohammed Al Samawi is the son of two Yemeni [ā¦]
Eileen Redden worships with a worship group in Lewes, Del. As the young Friends book review editor for Friends Journal, she usually reviews books for a younger audience and appreciates this opportunity to spread her wings a bit.
Posted in: Books That Have Changed Us, November 2018 Books, Quaker Book Reviews
This Child of Faith: Raising a Spiritual Child in a Secular World
By Sophfronia Scott and Tain Gregory. Paraclete Press, 2017. 196 pages. $16.99/paperback; $11.99/eBook. How timely that this deeply personal memoir [ā¦]
Claire J. Salkowski is a member of Stony Run Meeting in Baltimore, Md. She has worked in both public and private schools and was founder, teacher, and head of Free State Montessori School. She is currently an Alternative Dispute Resolution specialist and an educational consultant.
Posted in: Quaker Book Reviews, September 2018, September 2018 Books
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Life at Lumakanda Friends Church by David Zarembka
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The Place of Godās Own Choosing by Eden Grace
Quaker Christianity in Kenya by Stanley Chagala Ngesa
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