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

Just as Fox did, we can know Christ for ourselves as our Friend and Guide.

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

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

Quakers and Welcome

Season 3, episode 3. In this episode of Quakers Today, we ask, What does it mean to be welcomed in a space?

Podcast

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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Roberta Llewellyn on George Fox Was a Racist

I wish to acknowledge the remarkable research done by Johanna Jackson and Noveed Moeed in their…
Johanna Jackson on George Fox Was a Racist

Yes. In Barbados, Quakers were building up wealth by stealing other people’s labor and harming their…
John McCarthy on George Fox Was a Racist

Thank you for this enlightening essay. Well done. It seems to me as an archaeologist and…
George Gore on The True Last Supper

Fox is correct to emphasize a marriage supper with God as the first priority. However, we…

QuakerSpeak

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

Moving Beyond a Minute

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