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A member of Redwood Forest Meeting in Santa Rosa, Calif., Elizabeth Boardman has written a number of articles and books about Quaker faith and practice. Her latest, a thoughtful and sexy book with chapters on androgyny and leadings, is called Barbara and Elizabeth: Late Life Lovers.
Posted in: Drugs, Reflection
We Are Grateful: Otsaliheliga
By Traci Sorell, illustrated by FranĆ© Lessac. Charlesbridge, 2018. 32 pages. $17.99/hardcover; $9.99/eBook. Recommended for ages 3ā7.
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
Addicted to Fast Money
Considering a twentyāfirstācentury Quaker perspective on gambling.
Sacred Liberty: Americaās 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
I Think Youāre Wrong (But Iām Listening): A Guide to GraceāFilled Political Conversations
By Sarah Stewart Holland and Beth A. Silvers. Nelson Books, 2019. 224 pages. $24.99/hardcover; $17.99/paperback (available February 2020); $9.99/eBook.
Carl Blumenthal is a member of Brooklyn (N.Y.) Meeting.
Posted in: Gambling, November 2019 Books, Quaker Book Reviews
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
Slavery in the Quaker World
Christian slavery and White supremacy.
Katharine Gerbner is associate professor of history at the University of Minnesota. She grew up in Philadelphia, Pa., and graduated from Germantown Friends School. She currently attends Twin Cities Meeting in Saint Paul, Minn.
Posted in: Features, September 2019
Ancestry
FJ Poetry: āThree sisters sitting outsideā¦ā
Anna Murphey lives in Philadelphia, Pa.
Posted in: Poetry, September 2019
Vegetarianism in Quaker History
Food ethics has long been an important part of the tradition of Friends.
John Sniegocki is a member of Community Friends Meeting in Cincinnati, Ohio, where he and his family serve as resident caretakers. John teaches religious ethics and directs the Peace and Justice Studies program at Xavier University.
This online version of the June-July 2019 print article includes citations and references.
Posted in: Features, June/July 2019: Food Choices
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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