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Writing Opp: Thin Spaces (due 2/10/2020)

By Martin Kelley on January 24, 2020

Thin Spaces: With few rituals to guide us, Quaker worship at its core is a direct connection with the Divine. [ā€¦]

Martin Kelley is senior editor of Friends Journal.

Posted in: From the Editor's Desk
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<i>The Blind Leading the Blind, or The Parable of the Blind,</i> by Pieter Bruegel the Elder, 1568.

Finding Lightness in the Light

By Kerry O'Regan on April 1, 2019

We Quakers have an image problem when it comes to fun and frivolity.

Kerry O'Regan has been a member of Adelaide Meeting in South Australia for the past 30 years and looks after the booksā€”as in library booksā€”for the meeting. She is a retired teacher who lives right by the sea and so feels that she is on permanent vacation.

Posted in: Features, Humor in Religion
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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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A Quaker Prayer Life

By Reviewed by Harvey Gillman on June 1, 2014

By David Johnson. Inner Light Books, 2013. 80 pages. $20/hardcover; $12.50/paperback. There are some books one can review, as it [ā€¦]

Born into a Jewish family, Harvey Gillman has been a seeker for most of his life. As outreach secretary for British Quakers, he wrote A Light That Is Shining. Other works include, A Minority of OneĀ and Consider the Blackbird. He has led workshops and has lectured in many places in the Quaker world. Harvey is a member of Brighton Meeting in England.

Posted in: June/July 2014: Concepts of God, 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.

Posted in: Features
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