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Spirit?

By Ann Birch on June 1, 2018

Spirit seems to have assumed a major office among Friends.

Ann Birch is a member of El Paso (Texas) Meeting; she is an academic reference librarian, grandmother, and actor in local theater.

Posted in: Creativity and the Arts, Viewpoint

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Among Friends: Meaningful Values

By Gail Whiffen on May 1, 2018

Our introduction to the May issue, “What Are Quaker Values Anyway?”

Gail Whiffen is associate editor of Friends Journal.

Posted in: Among Friends, What Are Quaker Values Anyway?

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A Simple, Silent Moment

By Eliana DeHaven on May 1, 2018

Our feet danced in an inch of water, and the wooden benches beneath us were worn from use and age. […]

Eliana DeHaven, Grade 8, Buckingham Friends School

Posted in: Student Voice Project 2018, Student Voices Project, What Are Quaker Values Anyway?

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Selling Quakerism

By Tom Hoopes on May 1, 2018

The Mission–Market Tension Inherent in Quaker Values

Tom Hoopes is a member of Valley Meeting in Valley Forge, Pa., and an alternate clerk of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting. He works as the head of the religions department at George School, and serves as the clerk of the school committee of Plymouth Meeting Friends School.

Posted in: Features, What Are Quaker Values Anyway?

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Pandora

By Reviewed by Ann Birch on May 1, 2018

By Victoria Turnbull. Clarion Books, 2017. 30 pages. $16.99/hardcover; $12.99/eBook. Recommended for ages 4–8. Pandora, a fox, lives at a […]

Ann Birch (formerly Dee Cameron) is a librarian and a member of El Paso (Tex.) Meeting.

Posted in: May 2018 Books: A Young Friends Bookshelf, Quaker Book Reviews, What Are Quaker Values Anyway?

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I Am Peace: A Book of Mindfulness

By Reviewed by Lisa Rand on May 1, 2018

By Susan Verde, illustrated by Peter H. Reynolds. Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2017. 32 pages. $14.95/hardcover; $13.46/eBook. Recommended for […]

Lisa Rand works in youth services at a public library in Berks County, Pa.

Posted in: May 2018 Books: A Young Friends Bookshelf, Quaker Book Reviews, What Are Quaker Values Anyway?

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Another Way to Climb a Tree

By Reviewed by Katie Green on May 1, 2018

By Liz Garton Scanlon, illustrated by Hadley Hooper. Roaring Brook Press, 2017. 40 pages. $17.99/hardcover; $9.99/eBook. Recommended for ages 4–8. […]

Katie Green attends Clearwater Meeting in Dunedin, Fla., and is a member of Worcester (Mass.) Meeting. She is a storyteller, workshop facilitator, and writer.

Posted in: May 2018 Books: A Young Friends Bookshelf, Quaker Book Reviews, What Are Quaker Values Anyway?

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Nurturing Growth and Healing through Stories

By Astuti Bijlefeld on April 1, 2018

Relearning how to tell and to listen to stories.

Astuti Bijlefeld finds that her roles of mother, grandmother, chaplain, and gardener complement and shape each other. She is a member of Central Finger Lakes Meeting in Geneva, N.Y.

Posted in: Features, Healing

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