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September 1999
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This month, we have three profiles-as you can see on the expanded contents page. We welcome Jan Hodson to our Bible Study column, and Rhonda McCutchen as guest "Salt and Light" essayist. Last Spring, on a careful, randomized basis, we sent a "readers' survey" to several hundred of you. The replies have helped us think about the design of Quaker Life. Overwhelmingly, respondents liked our look (including the still controversial color covers) and found the text readable. We decided we'd better not change too much! There was an exception. We've been unintentionally irritating many by continuing articles onto back pages. Sorry about that! We've reorganized to minimize that practice. Readers are very interested in news specific to Friends. So, we've moved the news section to the front, with an expandable format. We will need more room if you respond to our request to send us news of the interesting things that your members and Meetings are doing. Readers also asked us for more devotional content. We're working on that, at the same time as renewing our commitment to honest discussion of issues that will affect our future together. Over the next few months, we'll continue to experiment with these changes. Let us know what you think. Next month, look for our coverage of the FUM triennial: we had marvelous times of worship and engaged one another on some important matters. Ben Richmond P.S. We've discovered-and fixed-a software problem that sometimes caused us to mail the magazine to old addresses (even when we had new ones) and not to send it to new subscribers. We apologize for the inconvenience. If any of you missed issues, please let us know so we can replace them. |
Cover Stories10 Prudent Recklessness Ellen and Gordon are "ordinary" Friends, who found themselves doing international service work. They explain how God's leadings allow for lives that are prudent, reckless and fruitful. 14 Len Hadley, CEO of Maytag Leonard Hadley, who retired this summer from leading a Fortune 500 corporation, reminisces about the values he learned during his upbringing in a small Iowa Friends meeting. 16 Violence as Ingratitude
for Time Dee Cameron looks at violence and sees more than one victim. God gives us the gift of one lifetime; how will we use it? 22 Growing Up Plain Wilmer Cooper worked with the Friends Committee on National Legislation, and then became the founding dean of the Earlham School of Religion. He writes about his roots as a child among Conservative Friends in Ohio in this excerpt from the new Friends United Press book. 25 Quaker Outreach at a Refugee Camp What would it be like to grow up Palestinian in a refugee camp? What difference would it make to find "a Quaker oasis of peace"?
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