In 1934, AFSC co-founder Henry Cadbury advised Jewish rabbis to be gentler on Hitler. Is civility a substitute for morality?
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Civility Can Be Dangerous
Lucy Duncan is the director of Friends Relations at the American Friends Service Committee.
Posted in: Online Features
Among Friends: The Art the World Needs
An introduction to our June/July issue on Creativity and the Arts
Martin Kelley is senior editor of Friends Journal. [email protected]friendsjournal.org
Posted in: Creativity and the Arts, Features
Art That Works
Can art really change the world?
Joey Hartmann-Dow is a member of Lehigh Valley Meeting in Bethlehem, Pa., and is currently nomadic. You can keep up with her projects and adventures at usandweart.com.
Posted in: Creativity and the Arts, Features
Writing and Marketing Crime Fiction
Holding onto the testimonies as the village death count rises.
Agatha- and Macavity-nominated Edith Maxwell writes the Quaker Midwife Mysteries, the Local Foods Mysteries, and short stories. As Maddie Day she writes the Country Store Mysteries. Maxwell is recording clerk of Amesbury (Mass.) Meeting, president of Sisters in Crime New England, and lives north of Boston. Find her at edithmaxwell.com.
Posted in: Creativity and the Arts, Features
Art Exhibitions as a New Ministry
Art as a door to the spiritual.
Jiae Paik holds MDiv and MA degrees at Earlham School of Religion and Bethany Theological Seminary respectively. As a self-taught ceramic artist, she provides individual spiritual direction and companionship throughout the creative process, as well as leading workshops. At this time, she worships at her home.
Posted in: Creativity and the Arts, Features
Different Opinions, Same Community
Last year I attended an all-girls school in Southeastern Pennsylvania. This school’s community consisted of some diversity geographically, but most […]
Olivia Jaekle, Grade 10, Westtown School
Posted in: Student Voice Project 2018, Student Voices Project, What Are Quaker Values Anyway?
Peacefulness in a Chaotic World
Peacefulness has been a common theme throughout my life and my journeys. My mother and father have been through so […]
Zein Mosarsaa, Grade 10, Westtown School
Posted in: Student Voice Project 2018, Student Voices Project, What Are Quaker Values Anyway?
The Quaker Value of Testing
Losing and then rediscovering Quaker values and community.
Asha Sanaker is a writer and political journalist, regularly featured by the online outlet Countable. She grew up as a member of Adelphi (Md.) Meeting outside of Washington, D.C. and now attends Ithaca (N.Y.) Meeting with her two daughters, Hazel and Ruby.
Posted in: Features, What Are Quaker Values Anyway?
Shelter
By Céline Claire, illustrated by Qin Leng. Kids Can Press, 2017. 42 pages. $17.99/hardcover; $9.99/eBook. Recommended for ages 2–7. Shelter […]
Retired school librarian Margaret T. Walden, a member of Cleveland (Ohio) Meeting, shelters from the snow with her husband in Lakewood, Ohio.
Posted in: May 2018 Books: A Young Friends Bookshelf, Quaker Book Reviews, What Are Quaker Values Anyway?
Palestine and Israel
A decolonial framework for justice and peace.
Tabitha Mustafa is a name without a title. Sandra Tamari is a Palestinian American Quaker living in St. Louis, Mo. She is the director of strategic partnerships for the Adalah Justice Project, a Palestinian human rights organization.
Posted in: Features, Quakers and the Holy Land
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