Forum, June/July 2024

Letters from our readers.

Staff

Behind the Cover Art

The artist talks about this issue’s cover painting.

Robert Henry

Faith and Practice

When the Earth Shook

Christ is as close as he ever was.

Matt Rosen

Evolving Views on William Penn

The reputation of religious freedom advocate and early Quaker William Penn has evolved over the years.

Sharlee DiMenichi

QuakerSpeak, June/July 2024

Spirituality through writing.

Christopher Cuthrell

William Penn

The evolving views on an early Friend’s legacy

Quaker.org

From the Editor's Desk

Writing Opp: Quaker Fiction

We are accepting articles for our November issue. The due date is Aug. 19, 2024.

Martin Kelley

Annual Report for 2023

Thanks to your generosity in 2023, Quaker authors, artists, and poets brought their gifts to help deepen the spiritual lives of our audience.

Staff

A Membership That Is Ever Flowing

Introduction to our May issue.

Martin Kelley

Where the Light Comes to Meet Us

Walls do not define our belonging.

Leticia Garcia Tiwari

The Light Will Be Shining at the End of It All

When membership and convincement diverge.

Matt Rosen

Membership at a Distance

Lessons from joining a meeting 400 miles from home.

Dirk von der Horst

Speaking to Our Members’ Conditions

Giving us back to ourselves.

Steven Dale Davison

A Family of Friends?

Taking welcome to a deeper level.

Rhiannon Grant

Friends Seeking Non-Traditional Membership

A Friends Journal report.

Sharlee DiMenichi

For Hildegard

Her twelfth season tending / to my garden, she turns the soil

Joan Mazza

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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….

QuakerSpeak

The History of George Fox

Are SPICES ‘the’ Quaker Testimonies?

Do All Quakers Hold the Same Beliefs?

Reducing Violence from Within: Finding Quakerism Through Incarceration

Think Twice Before Calling the Police

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