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The Still, Small Inner Bellow
from Chel Avery Earlier this month I spent a long weekend with a most amazing group of people at the annual conference of QUIP (Quakers Uniting in Publications) where Quaker writers, publishers, and...
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Truth and Lies
from Chel Avery Thank Providence it’s over. This morning I voted. Tomorrow this time I expect I will be either hugely disappointed or greatly relieved. But either way, I will be released from the...
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Hopelessness and Gratitude
from Chel Avery Sometimes to be hopeful in today’s world feels like an obligation I just can’t fulfill. And it’s when my expectations about the future are the most dire, I’ve found, that it is time...
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A World Made of Story
from Chel Avery Over the holiday season, I found myself thinking a lot about how our lives are filled with story. We are packing up now from a period that is rich in story―the story of a baby’s birth...
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Relief from the Onslaught
from Chel Avery Our world is filled with so much – so much stuff, so many messages, so many things to do and respond to and keep up with. There must be people who like it that way, but I’ve long...
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Having trouble finding a book?
We expect to improve our webpage soon, with easier search tools. But in the meantime, here are some tips: Searching by name or title? The brown “search” link is in the upper right corner, under the...
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New in February
from Graham Garner “The book the funeral industry doesn’t want you to read” it says on the front of Final Rights: Reclaiming the American Way of Death. Perhaps my other job as caretaker of a large...
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Can Books Change People?
Have you ever been offended by the gift of a book? I once pretty much ended a friendship with someone after she gave me a book. The giver thought it would change my mind over a decision I was making...
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New in April
from Graham Garner March seems to have been a slow month for new books, but that is an opportunity for some special titles to stand out.   My colleague Chel is especially excited about The...
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Reasons for Hope
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The Memoir Conundrum
QuakerPress is swamped with manuscripts of memoirs I’ve just returned from the annual conference of QUIP (Quakers Uniting in Publications) where I led a workshop titled “The Memoir Explosion: What Do...
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