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Gambling: A Violation of the Quaker Testimonies

By Michael Song on November 1, 2019

A violation of the Quaker testimonies?

Michael Song is a senior at Friends Academy in Locust Valley, N.Y. He is interested in Quaker values and always strives to apply them in his life.

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Forum, November 2019

By Staff on November 1, 2019

Letters from our readers.

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The Same, But Different: Ministry and the Quaker Pastor

By Reviewed by Margaret Webb on November 1, 2019

By Phil Baisley. Friends United Press, 2018. 172 pages. $26/hardcover; $20/paperback.

Margaret Webb is the pastoral minister at New Garden Meeting in Greensboro, N.C. She has a bachelor’s from Earlham College and a master of divinity from Princeton Theological Seminary. She serves on the Board of Advisors at Earlham School of Religion in Richmond, Ind.

Posted in: Gambling, November 2019 Books, Quaker Book Reviews

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Forum, September 2019

By Staff on September 1, 2019

Letters from our readers.

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Are You a Quaker?

By Ensemble on August 1, 2019

Fourth Season’s Featured Video

Posted in: QuakerSpeak at Five, Unfeatured

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How Does Culture Influence Quaker Worship?

By Ayesha Imani on August 1, 2019

Sixth Season’s Featured Video

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Is Imagination Simple?

By Kat Griffith on August 1, 2019

Outward simplicity can inspire an untrammeled flowering of imagination.

Kat Griffith is clerk of the Winnebago Worship Group in east central Wisconsin, co-clerk of Northern Yearly Meeting, a former high school teacher and homeschooler, and an occasional writer. Her last Friends Journal article was “Surprised by Joy” (Feb. 2019) about the gift of obedience following her sister’s death.

Posted in: QuakerSpeak at Five, Reflection

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Reconstructing the Gospel: Finding Freedom from Slaveholder Religion

By Reviewed by Steve Chase on August 1, 2019

By Jonathan Wilson‐Hartgrove. IVP Books, 2018. 192 pages. $20/hardcover; $19.99/eBook. Back in 1968, I was a 13‐year‐old seeker and new […]

Steve Chase is a member of Friends Meeting of Washington (D.C.), the manager of Academic Initiatives at the International Center on Nonviolent Conflict (ICNC), and an organizer with the Occupation Free DC anti-police brutality campaign. He is a published author and a regular contributor to ICNC’s Minds of the Movement blog.

Posted in: August 2019 Books, Quaker Book Reviews, QuakerSpeak at Five

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Still, in the City: Creating Peace of Mind in the Midst of Urban Chaos

By Reviewed by Carl Blumenthal on June 1, 2019

Edited by Angela Dews. Skyhorse Publishing, 2018. 288 pages. $21.99/hardcover; $14.99/eBook. Conscience or consciousness? While the demands of conscience and […]

Carl Blumenthal is a member of Brooklyn (N.Y.) Meeting.

Posted in: June/July 2019 Books, June/July 2019: Food Choices, Quaker Book Reviews

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