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QuakerSpeak, October 2021
Several Friends talk about their favorite words and phrases from Quaker vocabulary and share words and phrases with powerful spiritual…
Staff
From the Editor's Desk
Writing Opp: Quaker Heroes
We're looking for submissions for our January 2022 issue. Entries due October 25, 2021.
Martin Kelley
Features
Prison as Exile
Finding Mercy While Serving Life without Parole
Heather Lavelle
Features
When Peace Requires Police
Applying the Friends peace testimony to police reform.
Mike Clarke
Online Features
Talking with Paroled People about Money
The best prison programs offer academic classes, but the experience of talking with ordinary people about ordinary life is necessarily…
Ann Birch
Viewpoint
An Insufficient and Impromptu View
Is there such a thing as a “good” police force or prison?
William Kimbro
Mary Lou Goertzen
Goertzen—Mary Lou Goertzen, 91, Oct. 20, 2020, at home in “the blue schoolhouse” in Deadwood, Ore. She was buried next…
Among Friends
Mourning What We Missed, Keeping What We Gained
Introduction to our August issue.
Gabriel Ehri
Features
Confessions of a Reluctant Quaker Treasurer
A Friend finds himself in an unexpected role.
Michael Sperger
Life in the Meeting
Pandemic Discoveries
Reflections on the year with queries addressing unexpected joys, things we learned, and something new we tried during the year.
Mary Ann Downey
Among Friends
Prophetic Quaker Communities
Introduction to our June-July issue.
Martin Kelley
Features
A Utopia in Progress
Communal life at Beacon Hill Friends House
Jennifer Newman and Nils Klinkenberg
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