Oranges

When my smell came back, I caught / a whiff of lapsang souchong steeping

John Minczeski

Garden Fires

In May I pulled away winter’s weeds, / spread manure, and fastened new

Elaine Reardon

Forum, May 2024

Letters from our readers.

Staff

May 2024 Book Reviews

May 2024 Book Reviews

Young Friends Bookshelf

Eileen Redden

QuakerSpeak, May 2024

Jewish Quaker on pacifism.

Christopher Cuthrell

339 Manumissions and Beyond Partners with Howard University

Collaboration expands research into the lives of those enslaved by Quakers.

Sharlee DiMenichi

Quaker Council for European Affairs

Based in Quaker House in Brussels, Belgium, Quaker Council for European Affairs (QCEA) nurtures the hope for a more peaceful…

Quaker Works

Resonant Lessons from Nature, Scripture, and Experience

Introduction to our April issue.

Gabriel Ehri

A Quaker Guide to Birdwatching

Eight lessons for Friends and seekers.

Rebecca Heider

My Dad’s Green Burial

How a family chose a meaningful resting place.

Christine Ashley

The Gospel Model of Fatherly Love

A Friend looks to the New Testament and poems of Kahlil Gibran to understand parenthood.

John Andrew Gallery

Planting Ourselves in Time and Place

An expanded vision of conscientious objection.

J. E. McNeil

Quakers Partner to Aid Survivors of Sexual Violence in Uganda

A profile of Bulungi Tree Shade Meeting and its U.S. supporters.

Sharlee DiMenichi

Ollie Ollie

Giggling, she runs from the family room couch / where I sit and count, both hands over my eyes.

Carl “Papa” Palmer

Little Gospel

At that time Jesus said, / Plant trees easy

James Littwin

Kaddish for Death and Childbirth קדיש

Her breath rose and fell / spaces between in and out growing wider

Carole Fults

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