George Fox at 400

Introduction to our June/July issue.

Gabriel Ehri

Indigenous Alaskans Plan Traditional Healing Center Partially Funded with Quaker Reparations

Tribal leader Joel Jackson of the Organized Village of Kake (OVK), Alaska, plans to convert a disused USDA Forest Service building into a traditional healing center.

Latest Trends in Spiritual Formation for Young Friends

Unprogrammed Quaker meetings have historically turned to members to coordinate spiritual education for young Friends.

Quakers Fast for Peace in Gaza and Israel

Quakers for Peace in Palestine and Israel, a group of at least 17 Friends from the United States, Ireland, and…

George Fox at 400

Introduction to our June/July issue.

The Radical Original Vision of George Fox

Reintegrating the radical insights and practices of the first Quakers.

The True Last Supper

George Fox’s mystical feast of love.

The Egalitarian Partnership with Margaret Fell Fox

Strong female leadership in the early days of Quakerism.

George Fox Was a Racist

How do Fox’s writings on slavery impact Quakers today?

George Fox and the Bible

Reconciling and transcending some of our differences toward the Bible.

Fox at 400

Reflections from Friends around the world.

A Life Steeped in the Quaker Way

Reflections on the example of George Fox.

His Work Is Alive in Africa

A tribute to George Fox.

From Dorothea to Me

George Fox’s Enduring Influence.

A Query for Friend Fox

Did you ever laugh with joy, Friend, / at the beauty of God’s world, / the sheer extravaganza of it?

Where Mothers Hung the Clothes

On a fall afternoon in my warm kitchen, I bake a frittata. / Fried onions, red potatoes, cream, cheddar, eggs

Watering the Crops

Tomatoes big as breasts, he brags, / raised in topsoil dung and peat.

Current Issue

Recent Comments

  • Sydney Morgan on George Fox Was a Racist

    Maoists employed labels like “capitalist roader” to shame those they wanted to discredit and destroy. The…

  • Don Badgley on George Fox Was a Racist

    The title that calls George Fox a racist is intended to grab us and chasten us….

  • Roberta Llewellyn on George Fox Was a Racist

    I wish to acknowledge the remarkable research done by Johanna Jackson and Noveed Moeed in their…

  • Saige Vendome England on George Fox Was a Racist

    Thank you for your research into the truth. So often narratives are changed and the realities…

Quakers and Welcome Quakers Today

  1. Quakers and Welcome
  2. Quakers, Birds, and Justice
  3. Quakers and Community

Get the Friends Journal Newsletter

Regular updates on all our latest stories, delivered straight to your inbox.

A row of Friends sitting in silent worship at meeting.