The Friends Quarterly

The Friends Quarterly is a quarterly journal that aims to illuminate, educate and inspire.

It offers substantial articles by experts in their field, dealing with issues affecting Friends, current topics of concern, and thorough analysis of many aspects of Quakerism.

Below you can find several editions available to purchase in print. Soon, newer issues will be available online to those with a subscription.

We also have discounted rates available for study groups. Contact subs@thefriend.org for more information.


2023 Issue 1: Feeling our way
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2023 Issue 1: Feeling our way
  • Although I walk through the valley of the shadow of death by Hilary Johnson
  • Centering Prayer: A contemplative gift for Friends? by Rosemary Field
  • Exploring and navigating fear: An essential element of our spiritual journey by Kate Graham
  • Is love infinite? by Priscilla Alderson
  • Walking the labyrinth by Andy Stoller
  • Plus discussion questions for study groups, for Meetings and other gatherings.
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2022 Issue 4: What on Earth?
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2022 Issue 4: What on Earth?
  • Idolatry and covenant: Naming spiritual aspects of the Earth crises by Paul Hodgkin
  • Addressing our worst global nightmares while managing our righteousness by Paul Ingram
  • Poem: A land not mine, still by Anna Akhmatova
  • All change! Making paths on shifting ground by Living Witness Gathering
  • Is private property compatible with climate justice? by Frances Voelcker
  • The Quaker spiritual journey: Towards a new creation by Stuart Masters
  • Plus discussion questions for study groups, for Meetings and other gatherings.
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2022 Issue 3: Truth & justice
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2022 Issue 3: Truth & justice
  • Truth, justice and the Spirit by Jan Arriens, Martina Weitsch, and Gerald Hewitson
  • Dancing through the darkness: Toward spirit-led foreign and security policy by Gordon Matthews
  • Poem: There is a better country by Christina Rossetti
  • The spiritual heart of our shared humanity by Howard Grace
  • What does it mean to be anti-racist? by Kate McNally and Rachael Swancott
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2022 Issue 2: What does good governance look like?
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2022 Issue 2: What does good governance look like?
  • Governance, the Quaker way by Judith Thompson
  • ’Gospel Order’: Understanding how Quakers make decisions together, and how we can adjust to new circumstances by Deborah Rowlands
  • What does good governance look like? by Simon Risley
  • Poetry and prayer by Ella Wheeler Wilcox & Thomas Merton
  • What I mean when I say I believe in God by Tim Gee
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Wayfaring: A Guide To Guidance

"If you truly want to be led you must put yourself in a position that allows following" (PYM)

Though written within a Quaker and Christian context, this book can be used by anyone of any religious faith or secular inclination. The only requirement is a desire to follow, to be guided by, to align with the richness of the ineffable, which this book calls "the Way". This book seeks nothing less than to aid readers in aligning their lives with the same power and richness that animated the life of Jesus of Nazareth.

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