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My History with FWCC

In 1937, when I was nine years old, my father attended the Friends World Conference in Pennsylvania, which is when…

Heather Catchpool Moir

Quakers Doing Lent?

A daily reflection offered by William Penn House.

Brad Ogilvie

When Poets Pray

By Marilyn McEntyre. Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2019. 160 pages. $19.99/hardcover or eBook. “In prayer, as in so many…

Reviewed by Judith Favor

The Parents’ Guide to Climate Revolution: 100 Ways to Build a Fossil-Free Future, Raise Empowered Kids, and Still Get a Good Night’s Sleep

By Mary DeMocker. New World Library, 2018. 360 pages. $16.95/paperback or eBook. Oh my gosh, what an incredible read this…

Reviewed by Ruah Swennerfelt

Dreaming in Indian: Contemporary Native American Voices

Edited by Lisa Charleyboy and Mary Beth Leatherdale. Annick Press, 2014. 128 pages. $19.95/hardcover; $12.95/paperback (available in March). Recommended for…

Reviewed by Phila Hoopes

AFSC and the Terrorist War

American Friends Service Committee was created in war, and it has nearly as much experience and—I would say—more wisdom in…

J. William Frost

Books October 2014

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Staff

The Way of Grace: Finding God on the Path of Surrender (Books in Brief)

By Glandion Carney. IVP Books, 2014. 160 pages. $15/paperback; $12.99/eBook. If you have ever loved anyone—or been anyone—for whom an…

Reviewed by Karie Firoozmand

Breaking Ground: Charting Our Future in a Pandemic Year

Edited by Anne Snyder and Susannah Black. Plough Publishing House, 2022. 400 pages. $35/hardcover; $20/eBook. We live in a disorderly,…

Reviewed by Philip Favero

A Garden Grows: Quakerism in Nazi Germany (Books in Brief)

Translated by Mary Mills. Self-published, 2014. 90 pages. $5.99/eBook. This book, in electronic format only, is a collection of translations…

Reviewed by Karie Firoozmand