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Love in the Time of Coronavirus

By Gabriel Ehri on April 1, 2020

Carrying on with the care of our meetings.

Gabriel Ehri is Executive Director. [email protected]

Posted in: Among Friends, The State of Quaker Institutions

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Facing Hard Truths

By Robin Mohr on April 1, 2020

What can Friends learn from the hospice movement?

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

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Quaker Schools Transforming the World

By Deborra Sines Pancoe and Elisabeth Torg on April 1, 2020

Friends schools face the challenges of societal changes.

Deborra Sines Pancoe is Friends Council on Education’s associate director and a member of Abington (Pa.) Meeting. Elisabeth Torg is director of development and communications for Friends Council on Education, a kindred spirit of Quakers, and a parent of two Friends school graduates.

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Advancing Quaker Spirituality in the Twenty‐first Century

By Barry Crossno on April 1, 2020

Preparing for the future of the 100‐year‐old FGC Gathering.

Barry Crossno became the general secretary of Friend General Conference in 2011. He joined Friends in Taos, New Mexico, and now lives in Philadelphia with his wife Beth and their eleven-month-old son, Auden. He recently co-authored Pendle Hill Pamphlet No. 460 with J. Brent Bill titled On Vocal Ministry. Email: [email protected].

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The Road to Healing: A Civil Rights Reparations Story in Prince Edward County, Virginia

By Reviewed by Patience A. Schenck. on April 1, 2020

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 Friend’s Experience.

Posted in: April 2020 Book Reviews, Quaker Book Reviews, The State of Quaker Institutions

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Quaker Works April 2020

By Staff on April 1, 2020

This semiannual feature highlights the recent works of Quaker organizations in eight categories.

Posted in: Quaker Works, The State of Quaker Institutions

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Friends Ugandan Safe Transport responds to renewed anti‐LGBTQ actions in Uganda

By FJ News Editor on March 2, 2020

Friends Ugandan Safe Transport (FUST) issued a call in December 2019 for increased support to counter renewed anti‐LGBTQ pressures in […]

Erik Hanson and Windy Cooler are the news editors for Friends Journal. They contributed to the reporting of this story. Do you know about any Quaker news stories we should be covering? Send us tips at [email protected].

Posted in: News, The State of Quaker Institutions

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