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No Words

I don’t think there’s a particular kind of Quaker artist. I have encountered some artists whose practice and work are… Sasha Chavchavadze

The Oakwood Triptych—Oakwood in the 1960s

The September 2021 celebration of the one hundredth anniversary of Oakwood Friends School’s relocation to its current site in Poughkeepsie,… Artwork by Jonathan Talbot, words by Elaine Miles

I Paint to Reclaim My Light

What is Quakerly about my art? Or would I consider my artwork Quaker art? Anissa New-Walker

Transforming Weapons into Art

I became an artist when I began to perform acts of aesthetic fury to decry gun violence. Welling Hall

We Are Never Alone

About seven years ago I attended a Baltimore Yearly Meeting spiritual formation retreat where quite suddenly I realized that my… Margo Lehman

Simple Theatricality

In my first years as a Quaker, my theater life stood in uncomfortable tension side-by-side with my faith. Stuart E.W. Smith

The Leading of Hope

“Truth seems really important to you.” These words, spoken by my graduate school professor, have stuck with me. Todd Drake

Joan Eloise Hammerly Tjossem

Tjossem—Joan Eloise Hammerly Tjossem, 100, on December 26, 2021, in hospice care at WesleyLife’s the Village, a senior living community…

Alma Ward Wood

Wood—Alma Ward Wood, 99, on December 14, 2020, in Pacific Grove Calif. Alma was born on July 19, 1921, the…

Images from three of the most widely read Friends Journal articles in the first six months of 2022.

Our Top Five Articles for 2022 (So Far)

What's captured readers' attention in recent months? FJ Editorial Staff

Summer Sky

FJ Poetry: “News came / of your death, and the summer sky / dissolved to black...” Elizabeth Corse

Forum, June/July 2022

Letters from our readers. Staff

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