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Communal Living at Penington Friends House

Penington Friends House was established by Quakers in New York City who wanted to offer visiting Friends a safe home-like…
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Scattergood Hostel: A Quaker Response to the Holocaust

In the summer of 1938, a group of young Quakers in Iowa wrote a letter to the American Friends Service…
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On Quaker Ministry and Eldering

“The more that I step into the gift of ministry, the more I need to surround the gift with a…
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Quaker Faith in Justice Reform

“With more than a decade of experience with policy, I’ve learned how disappointing it can be to put your faith…
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Looking at the Legacy of Bayard Rustin

As a gay African American, civil rights activist Bayard Rustin faced discrimination his entire life—sometimes, Walter Naegle reminds us, among…
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Addressing Environmental Issues as a Spiritual Community

At the age of sixteen, Jackie Bonomo recalls, “I consciously became aware that we were living wrong on the planet;…
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Welcome to QuakerSpeak || Season 9

Welcome to QuakerSpeak—a video series from Friends Journal. We’ve been hard at work producing our ninth season of interviews with…
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Top 5 QuakerSpeak Videos of 2021

2021 has been quite the year for QuakerSpeak! This year we posted 18 new videos and reached almost 4.3 million…
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Creating Visible Support For LGBTQ+ Folks

“When I was growing up,” says Kerry Wiessmann, “I was taught that God is love and I felt like what…
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Writing a Spiritual Autobiography

Lacking catechism or creed, Quakers have always relied upon Friends’ spiritual autobiographies to provide dynamic examples of our faith, from…
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Envisioning a Strong Future for Quakerism

“I want to be part of a group that not only exists but is thriving in thirty years,” says Johanna…
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Understanding Quaker Faith Through the Journal of George Fox

“I thought that to be a good Quaker I had to be A, B, C, D, and if I couldn’t…
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