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Among Friends: Drugs, Brokenness, Violence, and Sin
Martin Kelley is Senior Editor. [email protected]
Posted in: Among Friends, Drugs
Confronting the Challenge of Drugs
How can we respond to the catastrophes brought on by the war on drugs?
The Liturgy of Me
The rhythms of a life stuck in a daily cycle of brokenness and violence.
r. scot miller attends Red Cedar Meeting in Lansing, Mich., with his spouse, Jenn, and their family. He holds graduate degrees from Earlham School of Religion (MA and MDiv) and Grand Valley State University (MSW). He is currently a PhD student at Chicago Theological Seminary.
Posted in: Drugs, FeaturesMarie Hausman
HausmanâMarie Hausman, 103, on February 5, 2018, in Bradenton, Fla. Marie was born to Elizabeth and August Henkel on July [âŠ]
Posted in: Milestones, Quaker Kids
Money and Soul: Quaker Faith and Practice and the Economy
By Pamela Haines. Christian Alternative Books, 2019. 80 pages. $10.95/paperback; $5.99/eBook.
Steve Chase is a member of Friends Meeting of Washington (D.C.) and the Academic Initiatives manager at the International Center on Nonviolent Conflict.
Posted in: Gambling, November 2019 Books, Quaker Book Reviews
Leadings of the Spirit
American and South African activists bring election monitoring to Cape Town suburbs.
A member of Cape Eastern Meeting in South Africa, Rommel Roberts has been an activist in various human rights, development, and nonviolent election campaigns. Through his work with Bishop Tutu, he traveled internationally among Friends and others to develop anti-apartheid support. He is the author of Seeds of Peace.
Robin Roberts, originally from California, is involved with rural and township development work, focused especially on Black youth and women. She and Rommel have fostered two girls for the past seven years. She is an internationally known artist.
Lark Worth of Kendal Meeting in Kennett Square, Pa., met Rommel in 1987 when he toured Philadelphia-area meetings and Quaker schools with the challenging question: âHow do we love in the face of fear and hate?â
Posted in: Features, Friends in Africa
Empowering Women against Genderâbased Violence
The story of Burundiâs Friends Womenâs Association.
Parfaite Ntahuba is one of the three female pastors from the Evangelical Friends Church of Burundi. She is the senior pastor in Kamenge Meeting, which has more than 2,500 members, and the national coordinator of Friends Womenâs Association.
Posted in: Features, Friends in Africa
The Kidnapped: A Collection of Short Stories
By Dwight L. Wilson. Running Wild Press, 2018. 182 pages. $16.99/paperback; $7.99/eBook.
Jim Hood teaches English and environmental studies at Guilford College in Greensboro, N.C. He is a member of Friendship Meeting, North Carolina Yearly Meeting (Conservative).
Posted in: Friends in Africa, October 2019 Books, Quaker Book Reviews
Quaker Works October 2019
This semiannual feature highlights the recent works of Quaker organizations in eight categories.
Posted in: Friends in Africa, Quaker Works
Why I Am a Pacifist
By Tim Gee. Christian Alternative Books, 2019. 88 pages. $10.95/paperback; $5.99/eBook. If the pilgrimâs path is never easy, how does [âŠ]
Jerry Mizell Williams is a member of Green Street Meeting in Philadelphia, Pa. He is the author of numerous books, articles, and book reviews on colonial Latin America.
Posted in: Quaker Book Reviews, September 2019, September 2019 Books
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
Poetry
I Met God on a Train Last Week by Elizabeth Bajjalieh
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