A Membership That Is Ever Flowing

Introduction to our May issue.

Martin Kelley

Where the Light Comes to Meet Us

Walls do not define our belonging.

The Light Will Be Shining at the End of It All

When membership and convincement diverge.

Membership at a Distance

Lessons from joining a meeting 400 miles from home.

Speaking to Our Members’ Conditions

Giving us back to ourselves.

A Family of Friends?

Taking welcome to a deeper level.

Friends Seeking Non-Traditional Membership

A Friends Journal report.

For Hildegard

Her twelfth season tending / to my garden, she turns the soil

Oranges

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

Garden Fires

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

Forum, May 2024

Letters from our readers.

May 2024 Book Reviews

Young Friends Bookshelf

QuakerSpeak, May 2024

Jewish Quaker on pacifism.

339 Manumissions and Beyond Partners with Howard University

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

Quakers, Birds, and Justice

Season 3, episode 2. In this episode of Quakers Today, we ask, What does bird watching have to do with Quakers?

Resonant Lessons from Nature, Scripture, and Experience

Introduction to our April issue.

A Quaker Guide to Birdwatching

Eight lessons for Friends and seekers.

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