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Facing Hard Truths
Robin Mohr is happily married with two young adult children. She currently serves on the property committee of her monthly meeting and as executive secretary for Friends World Committee for Consultation Section of the Americas. This article is based on her personal leading and does not reflect an official position of FWCC.
Posted in: Features, The State of Quaker Institutions
The Making of a Democratic Economy: Building Prosperity for the Many, Not Just the Few
By Marjorie Kelly and Ted Howard. BerrettâKoehler Publishers, 2019. 192 pages. $26.95/hardcover or eBook.
Pamela Haines is a member of Central Philadelphia (Pa.) Meeting. Her most recent book is Money and Soul, an expansion of a Pendle Hill pamphlet by the same name.
Posted in: April 2020 Book Reviews, Quaker Book Reviews, The State of Quaker Institutions
The Road to Healing: A Civil Rights Reparations Story in Prince Edward County, Virginia
By Ken Woodley. NewSouth Books, 2019. 224 pages. $27.95/hardcover; $9.99/eBook.
Patience A. Schenck is a member of Annapolis (Md.) Meeting and a resident of Friends House Retirement Community in Sandy Spring, Md. She is the author of two Pendle Hill pamphlets, Answering the Call to Heal the World and Living Our Testimony on Equality: A White Friendâs Experience.
Posted in: April 2020 Book Reviews, Quaker Book Reviews, The State of Quaker Institutions
The Next Testimony
Can Friends model a new kind of Christian governance?
Andrew Huff served with Quaker Voluntary Service in Boston, Mass., in 2015â16. He attends Central Philadelphia (Pa.) Meeting.
Posted in: Features, Unnamed Quaker Creeds
On Living with a Concern for Gospel Ministry (Second Edition)
By Brian Drayton. QuakerPress of Friends General Conference, 2019. 224 pages. $16.95/paperback; $9.95/eBook.
Max L. Carter is a member of New Garden Meeting in Greensboro, N.C., and the retired William R. Rogers director of Friends Center and Quaker studies at Guilford College.
Posted in: March 2020 Book Reviews, Quaker Book Reviews, Unnamed Quaker Creeds
Writing Opp: Membership and Friends (due 3/19/2020)
Membership and Friends: Whoâs a âreal Quakerâ and who isnât? What does it mean for someone to join and what [âŠ]
Martin Kelley is senior editor of Friends Journal.
Posted in: From the Editor's DeskWriting Opp: Thin Spaces (due 2/10/2020)
Thin Spaces: With few rituals to guide us, Quaker worship at its core is a direct connection with the Divine. [âŠ]
Martin Kelley is senior editor of Friends Journal.
Posted in: From the Editor's Desk
Student Writing Opp: Creating Change (due 2/17/2020)
What change do you want to see happen in your community?
Gail Whiffen is associate editor of Friends Journal. Contact: [email protected]
Posted in: From the Editor's DeskWriting Opp: The State of Quaker Institutions (closed)
Quaker institutions: Whatâs working and what isnât and which beloved institutions do we need to make sure we keep alive? [âŠ]
Martin Kelley is senior editor of Friends Journal. [email protected].
Posted in: From the Editor's Desk
The Universal Christ: How a Forgotten Reality Can Change Everything We See, Hope for, and Believe
By Richard Rohr. Convergent Books, 2019. 272 pages. $26/hardcover; $12.99/eBook.
Ken Jacobsen and his wife, Katharine, until her death in 2017, served as teachers and co-directors in Quaker communities such as Olney Friends School and Pendle Hill. Ken has taught theology and healing at Chicago Theological Seminary and has led retreats on Jesusâs teachings at Friends Center in Barnesville, Ohio. He keeps his home in Wisconsin as a poustinia, a retreat house for spiritual travelers.
Posted in: Gambling, November 2019 Books, Quaker Book Reviews
Features
Wanted: A Network of Soul Connection by Francine Brocious
Facing Hard Truths by Robin Mohr
Quaker Schools Transforming the World by Deborra Sines Pancoe and Elisabeth Torg
Advancing Quaker Spirituality in the Twentyâfirst Century by Barry Crossno
Quaker Meetings Respond to Coronavirus by Katie Breslin
Noticing Patterns of Oppression and Faithfulness by Lisa Graustein
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Servant by Ruth Naylor
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