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A Quaker Perspective on Hope

By Kate Davies on September 1, 2018

Hopelessness and burnout lead a Friend to rediscover an archaic form of hope.

Kate Davies is a member of Whidbey Island (Wash.) Meeting and author of Intrinsic Hope: Living Courageously in Troubled Times. She is also senior fellow at the Whidbey Institute and professor emeritus at Antioch University.


Posted in: Features, September 2018
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The Gathered Meeting

By Reviewed by Marty Grundy on November 1, 2017

FJ Review: ā€œIt would be good if every Friend read and pondered this pamphlet, and if every Ministry and Counsel [ā€¦]

Marty Grundy, now a member of Wellesley (Mass.) Meeting (New England Yearly Meeting), attended the Quaker consultation of 1991, serving as a ā€œparticipant observer.ā€


Posted in: November 2017 Books, Quaker Libraries
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Among Friends: A Spiritual and Secular Community in One

By Gail Whiffen Coyle on April 1, 2016

An introduction to the issue.

Gail Whiffen Coyle is associate editor of Friends Journal.


Posted in: Among Friends, Spiritual Nurture / Quaker Training
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Friends Journal Reviewer Survey

By Staff on November 1, 2015

Our volunteer reviewers share some of their allā€time favorite books for Quakers.


Posted in: November 2015 Books, November 2015: Books and Pop Culture, Quaker Book Reviews
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Quaker Spiritual Disciplines for Hard Times

By Patricia McBee on August 1, 2003

Can the spiritual disciplines of early Friends help us through hard times in the 21st century? The very question of [ā€¦]

Patricia McBee is a member of Central Philadelphia (Pa.) Meeting. She is editor of Pastoral Care Newsletter and has recently edited a book, Grounded in God: Care and Nurture in Friends Meetings.


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