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Confronting the Challenge of Drugs
Margaret Shirley Holmes Fritchoff
FritchoffâMargaret Shirley Holmes Fritchoff, 97, on November 17, 2016, in Tucson, Ariz., after a brief illness. Shirley was born on [âŠ]
Posted in: Drugs, Milestones
Giving Up Childhood to Avert Climate Catastrophe
Quaker activists in the youthâled Climate Strike.
Jim Ross jumped back into creative pursuits after retiring in 2015. Heâs since published in over 100 journals and anthologies in North America, Europe, Australia, and Asia. Jim and his wifeâparents of two health professionals, grandparents of five preschoolersâattend Sandy Spring (Md.) Meeting.
Posted in: Features, Quaker Kids
We Are Grateful: Otsaliheliga
By Traci Sorell, illustrated by FranĂ© Lessac. Charlesbridge, 2018. 32 pages. $17.99/hardcover; $9.99/eBook. Recommended for ages 3â7.
Phila Hoopes is a wandering Friend with an eco-spiritual focus and concern for Indigenous culture, sacred lands, and rights. She is a member of Homewood Meeting in Baltimore, Md.
Posted in: December 2019 Books: A Young Friends Bookshelf, Quaker Book Reviews, Quaker Kids, Uncategorized
Between Us and Abuela: A Family Story from the Border
By Mitali Perkins, illustrated by Sara Palacios. Farrar, Straus and Giroux Books for Young Readers, 2019. 40 pages. $17.99/hardcover; $9.99/eBook. [âŠ]
Eileen Redden is the young Friends book review editor for Friends Journal. She worships with the Lewes (Del.) Worship Group.
Posted in: December 2019 Books: A Young Friends Bookshelf, Quaker Book Reviews, Quaker Kids
We Are Here to Stay: Voices of Undocumented Young Adults
By Susan Kuklin. Candlewick Press, 2019. 192 pages. $19.99/hardcover or eBook. Recommended for ages 14 and up.
Vickie LeCroy is a retired educator living in Tennessee
Posted in: December 2019 Books: A Young Friends Bookshelf, Quaker Book Reviews, Quaker KidsLois Elizabeth Day
DayâLois Elizabeth Day, 92, on September 11, 2018, at home in New Port Richey, Fla., under hospice care, with her [âŠ]
Posted in: Milestones, Quaker Kids
Writing Opp: The State of Quaker Institutions (due 1/13/2020)
Quaker institutions: Whatâs working and what isnât and which beloved institutions do we need to make sure we keep alive? [âŠ]
Martin Kelley is senior editor of Friends Journal. [email protected].
Posted in: From the Editor's Desk
Addicted to Fast Money
Considering a twentyâfirstâcentury Quaker perspective on gambling.
Sacred Liberty: Americaâs Long, Bloody, and Ongoing Struggle for Religious Freedom
By Steven Waldman. HarperOne, 2019. 416 pages. $28.99/hardcover; $12.99/eBook.
Cameron McWhirter is a journalist and the author of Red Summer: The Summer of 1919 and the Awakening of Black America. He is a member of Atlanta (Ga.) Meeting and has served on the Board of Trustees for Friends Publishing Corporation, publisher of Friends Journal.
Posted in: Gambling, November 2019 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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