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Life in a Box
Andrew Huff served with Quaker Voluntary Service in 2015ā16 in Boston, Mass. He attends Central Philadelphia (Pa.) Meeting.
Posted in: Features, September 2018
The Future Is Accessible
A silent podcast goes viral and points to ways to share Quakerism.
Jessica Hubbard-Bailey is the host and executive producer of Young Quaker Podcast and a member of her local meeting in the United Kingdom.
Posted in: Features, Going Viral with Quakerism
Student Voices Project
For this yearās project, Quakerāaffiliated students tell stories of Quaker testimonies acting in their lives.
Posted in: Student Voices Project, What Are Quaker Values Anyway?
Finding Simplicity in My Life
As many peopleās lives become more cluttered with events and activities, we become more and more reliant on physical items. [ā¦]
Robert Bennett, Grade 9, Westtown School, member of Durham (Maine) Meeting
Posted in: Student Voice Project 2018, Student Voices Project, What Are Quaker Values Anyway?
Prophetic Witness, Pragmatic Action
What does it mean to be prophetic in a time of political division?
Diane Randall is the executive secretary of the Friends Committee on National Legislation. A lifelong advocate for peace and social justice, Diane is a fierce proponent for citizen engagement that advances policies and practices to create a better society for all.
Posted in: Features, February 2018
Rhythms of Grace / An Unhurried Leader
Rhythms of Grace: LifeāSaving Disciplines for Spiritual Leaders. By David O. Williams. Barclay Press, 2017. 138 pages. $14/paperback. An Unhurried [ā¦]
Chris Mohr is a member of Green Street Meeting in Philadelphia, Pa., a trustee of Friends Publishing Corp. (publisher of Friends Journal), and the executive director of Friends Center in Philadelphia.
Posted in: January 2018 Books, Quaker Book Reviews, Quaker Lifestyles
Are Meeting Libraries Encumbrances?
Information is coming to us in different ways than it did in the first 350 years of Quaker history.
Carol Kitchen is retired from a career in social work in varied settings. She has professional degrees in library science and social work and a doctorate in religion and society.
Posted in: Online Features, Quaker Libraries
Faithful Sexuality
By the Working Party on Spirituality and Sexual Ethics. New England Yearly Meeting, 2016. 68 pages. $10/pamphlet; free PDF available [ā¦]
Gulielma Leonard Fager is a member of Stony Run Meeting in Baltimore, Md., and a Friends Publishing Corporation board member.
Posted in: November 2017 Books, Quaker Libraries
Why Talk about Conscientious Objection with Youth?
Conscience must be developed and nurtured.
Curt Torell is an educator, counselor, and organizational development consultant, with a MDiv and a PhD in psychoeducational processes. He is a Quaker House board member and the treasurer for almost ten years. His conscientious objection started while attending seminary.
Posted in: Conscience, Features
A Leisurely Introduction to How a Bibleābelieving Christian Can Accept Gay Marriage in the Church
By Becky Ankeny. Meetinghouse, 2017. 42 pages. $3/pamphlet; free eBook. Evangelical Friends in Northwest Yearly Meeting have for some time [ā¦]
Mitchell Santine Gould is the leading authority on Walt Whitmanās Quakerism, and runs the website leavesofgrass.org. His analysis of transcendentalism as the secularization of Quakerism has appeared in Quaker History and in Quaker Theology. He is an attender at Multnomah Meeting in Portland, Ore.
Posted in: Conscience, October 2017 Books, Quaker Book Reviews
Features
I Think I Understand Now by Andrew Huff
Drugs and the Practice of Spiritual Discernment by Joe McHugh
Supporting Recovery Among Friends by Johanna Jackson
Confronting the Challenge of Drugs by Eric E. Sterling
The Liturgy of Me by r. scot miller
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I Met God on a Train Last Week by Elizabeth Bajjalieh
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