Friends Journal
Summary: Friends Journal is a magazine that communicates the Quaker experience to connect and deepen spiritual lives. Our podcast features poems and articles ready by authors, along with the audio of our monthly author chat interviews.
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A movement serving those with intellectual disabilities demonstrates what it is to be human. A Friends Journal podcast. The post A reading of Timothy Leonard’s “L’Arche and Quaker Testimonies of Equality and Peace” appeared first on Friends Journal.
Stigma and fear can make it difficult to see people as more than their disabilities. The post Interview with Melody George, author of “Imagining a Trauma-informed Quaker Community” appeared first on Friends Journal.
A meeting finds a loving way to include a member with hearing impairment. The post Reading of Maryhelen Snyder’s “Love Story” appeared first on Friends Journal.
Learning from Zacchaeus the tax collector. The post Reading of Kitt Eileen Reidy’s “Coming Down from That Tree” appeared first on Friends Journal.
Every body entering a meetinghouse has needs that must be met. An Friends Journal podcast. The post A reading of Helen Kobek’s “Accommodating Embodiment within Our Meetings” appeared first on Friends Journal.
Both George Fox and the Buddha experienced a transformative, liberating awareness. The post Interview with Peter Taylor, author of “The Zen of Quakerism” appeared first on Friends Journal.
Truth, healing, and reconciliation in Maine. The post Author Arla Patch reads “Peace Is Possible,” truth, healing, & reconciliation in Maine appeared first on Friends Journal.
A history of a sometimes-forgotten Quaker witness. The post Interview with David Gross, author of “How Quaker War Tax Resistance Came and Went, Twice” appeared first on Friends Journal.
Motherhood and science fairs. The post Author Jane Purcell reads “Jake’s Chickens” appeared first on Friends Journal.
Teetering on the threshold of peace and self-defense. The post Author Seres Kyrie reads “Guns and Pepper Spray” appeared first on Friends Journal.
Our quiet pause can counteract a collective obsession with fights and power. The post Interview with Ron McDonald, author of This Age of Insecurity appeared first on Friends Journal.
http://www.friendsjournal.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Bird-dogging-the-Candidates-in-Iowa-Author-chat-with-Kevin-Rutledge.mp3 Read: Bird-dogging the Candidates in Iowa Subscribe to FJ’s podcast series. You can listen online from our website or subscribe to our podcast on iTunes or other podcast players. … Read the rest The post Interview with Kevin Rutledge, author of Bird-dogging the Candidates in Iowa appeared first on Friends Journal.
http://www.friendsjournal.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Reducing-Violence-From-Within.mp3 From Reducing Violence from Within: In light of the numerous black civilian deaths by police this year, including those in Ferguson, Missouri; Cleveland, Ohio; and Staten Island, New York, the men of Sing Sing Worship Group have been … Read the rest The post Podcast reading of “Reducing Violence from Within” appeared first on Friends Journal.
Excerpt from One Friend’s Experience of Clearness Regarding Childbearing: Contemplating words to share about a decision not to have biological children is somewhat awkward from where I am sitting now in Niamey, Niger. In this country, women have an average of 7.6 births each, according to a 2012 demographic survey. Colleagues here and the culture generally […] The post Author Stan Becker reads “One Friend’s Experience of Clearness Regarding Childbearing” appeared first on Friends Journal.
