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Releasing One Another for Faithfulness

By Marcelle Martin on January 1, 2018

Exploring a vision for faithful communities.

Marcelle Martin, a member of Swarthmore (Pa.) Meeting, is the author of Our Life is Love: the Quaker Spiritual Journey. She leads workshops at retreat centers and Quaker meetings. Currently she is the core teacher for the Nurturing Worship, Faith & Faithfulness program at the Woolman Hill Quaker retreat center in Deerfield, Mass. Visit her website at awholeheart.com.

Posted in: Quaker Lifestyles

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Mary Katherine McKinney Miller

By Staff on August 1, 2017

Miller—Mary Katherine McKinney Miller, 69, on April 17, 2016, of pancreatic cancer, under hospice care at home in Philadelphia, Pa. […]

Posted in: Milestones, The Art of Dying

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Consensus Decision Making in Eusocial Organisms

By Barbara Dale on June 1, 2017

Learning disruption and resilience from ants and bees.

Barbara Dale graduated from Earlham College in Indiana with a major in biology in 2015. She participated in Quaker Voluntary Service in Philadelphia, Pa., from 2015 to 2016, and currently works in development for a Quaker values-based affordable housing organization. She lives cooperatively with seven humans in West Philadelphia.

Posted in: Features, June/July 2017: Reimagining the Quaker Ecosystem

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