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Bring people to Christ / Leave them there
It’s one of those quotes we frequently hear: that George Fox said a minister’s job was “to bring people to Christ, and to leave them there.” But when I go to Google, I only find secondhand references,...
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Waking up to President Trump
Barring a very improbable series of events we will more than likely be looking at President Trump once the numbers have been tallied overnight. And not just him but a radicalized Trumpian Congress,...
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Talkative Friends
Most-commented articles on Friends Journal website of all time. February’s article on the vision of Quakerism by Don McCormick has been a surprise rocket to #2, but no one is likely to ever catch Su...
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Sometimes I’m remiss at actually sharing articles I’ve worked on as part of my duties as Friends Journal’s editor. It’s especially ironic this week given that one of the most talked-about recent Quaker...
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Have we abandoned all hope for a viral Quakerism?
So a curious statistic: so far no one has submitted any articles for the August Friends Journal issue, “Going Viral with Quakerism.” Is this a sign that we’ve all just given up all hope of Quaker...
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Friendly Fire: Friends Need to Tell the Truth
Are we shortchanging truth? Friends, if our Quakerism is not prophetic, if it fails to speak truth to power, then what’s the use of it? If it is not grounded in an apocalyptic vision, a conviction that...
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What is the Quaker community we’d like to see?
On the QuakerQuaker forums, Kirby Urner sets out a vision for a future Quaker community: My speculations, therefore, center around around what a Quaker Village might look like, understanding “village”...
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Genesis: Outer Space and Inner Light, by
John A. Minahan has written this week’s featured Friends Journal article, a nicely paced exploration that touches on personal memoir, human milestones, cultural memory, and the Book of Genesis: Now the...
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A 12-step program for world peace
Bob Dockhorn, my predecessor as Friends Journal senior editor, has been doing a lot of writing since he’s retired and one of his big projects involves a vision of a world free of its addiction to...
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