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Boyce Upholt, raised in Hartford (Conn.) Meeting, is a writer and editor based in the Mississippi Delta.
Posted in: Features, The Art of Dying
Children and Death
Bringing Quaker spirituality to the bedside of those dying.
John Graham-Pole is a retired physician and graduate of London University. He has spent the last 30 years as a children’s oncologist and hospice director at the University of Florida, where he was a member of Gainesville (Fla.) Meeting. He has written three books and many essays and short stories.
Posted in: Features, The Art of Dying
News, August 2017
Great Plains Yearly Meeting, Merion Friends, Minneapolis retirement. 🔒 Friends Journal Member? Sign in here! Not an FJ member? To read this piece, please join us today! For $28, you’ll get: A聽year of聽Friends Journal delivered to your mailbox (11 issues) and email Full, instant access to the world鈥檚 largest online library of Quaker聽information: every聽Friends Journal […]
Posted in: News, The Art of Dying
A Quaker Approach to Living with Dying
Does the Quaker way of life have answers to death?
Katherine Jaramillo is a staff chaplain at Legacy Good Samaritan Medical Center in Portland, Ore. She has worked in healthcare chaplaincy for 20 years. She is a member of Bridge City Meeting in Portland.
Posted in: Online Exclusives, The Art of Dying
Beauty; Beauty Everywhere
The sound of machines, monitors and people in the hallway evaporated; t felt like being at meeting when the gathered center down.
Geoff Knowlton grew up Quaker and was later ordained in the United Church of Christ. He returned to the Friends and joined Worcester (Mass.) Meeting. He worked for a small hospice in New Hampshire and is currently a psychotherapist specializing in trauma and attachment related disorders.
Posted in: Online Exclusives, The Art of Dying
Life, Death, and Resilience
Among Friends: Our introduction to the June/July issue.
Gabriel Ehri is聽executive director of Friends Journal.
Posted in: Among Friends, Reimagining the Quaker Ecosystem
Forum June/July 2017
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Posted in: Forum, Reimagining the Quaker Ecosystem
What We Cannot Do Alone
A new way of relating is breaking through our institutional numbness.
Noah Merrill is a member of Putney (Vt.) Meeting, which has care and oversight of his service in ministry. He serves as secretary of New England Yearly Meeting.
Posted in: Features, Reimagining the Quaker Ecosystem
Finally Breaking Down the Hedge?
Have our Quaker institutions finally become obsolete?
Thomas D. Hamm is professor of history and director of Special Collections at Earlham College and a member of West Richmond (Ind.) Meeting in the New Association of Friends.
Posted in: Features, Reimagining the Quaker Ecosystem
QuakerSpeak DVDs on Sale Now
August 2017
The Art of Dying and the Afterlife
Unaccompanied by Boyce Upholt
Heaven-based Living by Michael Resman
Children and Death by John Graham-Pole
Weeping to Joy by Betsy Blake
Quaker Book Reviews
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