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August 2012 Forum
VIEWPOINT: Feeding the World takes more than Backyard Gardens The main theme of the articles in May’s food issue is…
Meant to Be For Some Purpose
I was 47 when I drove four other rabbis in my teal Windstar minivan from Philadelphia to the Catskills for…
Quakers, Contemplative Activists
I didn’t start out a Quaker. I began as a Catholic, which in one respect is as far from Quakerism…
A Friend Among the Sisters
A chronically ill Friend takes a vacation among the nuns
Crossing the Monkey Bridge Together
One of my summer camp highlights as a child was to help build the Monkey Bridge every year and then…
Belonging: Quakers, Membership, and the Need to be Known
hat role does monthly meeting membership play in our understanding of faith and belonging? Â Can someone be a Quaker without…
Emily Higgs
Requesting Hospitality for Isolated Friends
Is Quakerism a community limited by geographical constraint, or is it a spiritual understanding that can be shared and lived…
Eight Questions on Convergent Friends: An Interview with Robin Mohr
Friends everywhere are addressing questions about being authentic Quakers, not just Evangelical Christians and not just liberal do-gooders. What is…
My Soul Longed for Something New
Last year our family joined a small group that focuses on sharing real life together, while being intentionally vague in defining…
I (Hope I) See Dead People
In M. Night Shyamalan’s 1999 film The Sixth Sense, Haley Joel Osment plays a troubled kid named Cole Sear. Cole…
Sharing the Gifts of the Spirit
What Friends Have to Offer the Wider Church Silence washed over the hundreds of women and men gathered together in the…
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