How can we support the work of our local organic and regenerative farmers?
Tag Archives | testimonies
The Ministry of Quaker Farmers
Rachel Van Boven is a student at Earlham School of Religion. She has been a regular attender of Quaker meetings for eight years. Her home is Bellingham, Wash., 15 miles from the land her grandfather farmed.
Posted in: Features, June/July 2019: Food Choices
A Vegan Offers Three Reasons for Hope
Plant‐based lifestyles are getting easier than ever.
A member of Herndon (Va.) Meeting, Margaret Fisher is clerk of Baltimore Yearly Meeting’s Working Group on Right Relationship with Animals. She enjoys photographing insects while on wildlife surveys and spends much of her free time working for a native plant campaign in northern Virginia.
Posted in: Features, June/July 2019: Food Choices
Letting the Higher Power Do It
An eating disorder makes food and fellowship difficult.
B is a Quaker who finds that the 12 Steps have enriched her spirituality. You can write to her at [email protected].
Posted in: Features, June/July 2019: Food Choices
The Great Food Transformation
Earthcare activism is a natural fit for Friends.
Elizabeth Root lives in the heart of the Finger Lakes with her family of three poodles. A retired social worker, she authored a book on children’s mental health in 2009. She is a member of the Perry City (N.Y.) Meeting in the Finger Lakes region of New York State.
Posted in: June/July 2019: Food Choices, Online Features
The Invisible Damage of Competition
Welcoming a new narrative in which we all are gifted.
Mary Jo Klingel has been a Friend for about 20 years and attends Charlotte (N.C.) Meeting. She is the new clerk of Quaker Earthcare Witness. She is sustained by her leading to dig deeper, understand more clearly, and be led by the Light.
Posted in: Features, Friendly Competition?
Writing Opp: Food Choices (deadline March 18)
Are there any of our modern Quaker testimonies that aren’t affected by what and how and why and with whom […]
Martin Kelley is senior editor of Friends Journal.
Posted in: From the Editor's Desk
The Parents’ Guide to Climate Revolution: 100 Ways to Build a Fossil‐Free Future, Raise Empowered Kids, and Still Get a Good Night’s Sleep
By Mary DeMocker. New World Library, 2018. 360 pages. $16.95/paperback or eBook. Oh my gosh, what an incredible read this […]
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)
God, Jesus, Christianity, and Quakers
A nontheist Friend on the role of Jesus and Christianity in his life.
Jim Cain is a member and former clerk of Atlanta (Ga.) Meeting, currently attending Collective Church, a "misfit faith community" in DeLand, Fla. He's recently retired from a long career in public mental health. He has co-led Friends General Conference Gathering workshops on "Nontheism Among Friends" and "Reclaiming the Sacred" and made a presentation on the evolution of God to nontheist Friends at this summer's Gathering.
Posted in: Features, Quakers and Christianity
Quaker Christian Ways and Roots
Returning to a comprehensive Christianity of behavior and belief.
Donne Hayden is a recorded minister and convinced Friend (convinced that all the first Friends were convinced Friends!). She served seven years as minister at Cincinnati (Ohio) Meeting and is still a member. She retired in 2015 and currently works part-time for Wilmington Yearly Meeting as office administrator.
Posted in: Online Features, Quakers and Christianity
The Challenge of Quaker Christianity
Challenging ourselves and engaging with our Christian roots.
Andrew Gage is a Quaker, an environmental lawyer, and a father of two from Victoria, B.C., Canada. He is grateful for each of those roles, but still wishes that he had more time to devote to his spirituality and writing. Follow him on Twitter at @singingwithin.
Posted in: Online Features, Quakers and Christianity![Image: Two school-aged girls collaborate at whiteboard. Caption: To live as Friends, young people need access to Quaker experience [DONATE]](https://www.friendsjournal.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/WebGraphics_SummerCampaign_Friends_2018.05.14-v1-03-1.png)
June‐July 2019
Features
The Ministry of Quaker Farmers by Rachel Van Boven
Feeding Young Adults with a Taste of Abundance by Emily Provance and Niadwynwen Thomas
Vegetarianism in Quaker History by John Sniegocki
Butcher Hogs for Sale by Dayna Baily
A Vegan Offers Three Reasons for Hope by Margaret Fisher
Letting the Higher Power Do It by Anonymous
Online Features
Chose a Resilient Community by Craig Jensen and Suzanna Schell
The Great Food Transformation by Elizabeth Root
Food Choices, Relationship, and God by Lorene Ludy
Interrupting the Family Barbecue by Jim Ross
A Critique of Health Consciousness by Caroline Morris
Poetry
Aspect of Loss by Karie Firoozmand
Turkey Vultures by Charles Weld
Departments
Among Friends, Forum, News, Books, Milestones, Classifieds, Meeting Listings
Facebook
Flickr
iTunes Podcast
Podcast
RSS Feed
Twitter
Youtube