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Why Bottled Water Is a Blessing up on the Mountaintop Friends Within July 2009 • $6 ~uaker Thought FRIENDS and Life OURNAL Today Why Bottled Water is aBlessing Up On the Mountaintop Friends Within God's Light An • AMONG FRIENDS independent magazine serving the GoodNews Religious Society ave you found that your income doesn't go as far as it used to? That your retire­ of Friends ment accounts have shrunk or disappeared? Perhaps your job has disappeared Editorial H as well. Do you worry about how you're going to make it through this com­ Susan Corson-Finnerty (Publish" and fucuti~ ing year, or this coming decade, or when you retire? In a world fraught with anxiety over Ediwr), Robert Dockhorn (Smior Ediwr}, Rebecca Howe {AssMate EdiUJr), Judith Brown (Poary Ediwr), diminishing resources, in which we hear alarming predictions ofimpending societal col­ Catherine Wald (Book &view Ediwr), Eileen Redden lapse, it is worth taking time to pull up a chair, sit down, take some deep breaths, and (Assistant Book &vii!W Ediwr), Mary Julia Street (MiksUJntS Ediwr}, Guli Fager (Assistant MikstontS focus on what's going well. Doing so is good for your health, both mental and physi­ Ediwr), Robert Marks, George Rubin (Nt!Ws Ediwn}, cal. Focusing on the positive is a tremendous antidote (and it's also a great motivator). Kara Newell (Columnist}, Lisa Rand, Marjorie Schier (Proofoadm}, Pat!)' Quinn (Volun~er), Hilary Bisenieks, There's certainly good news to share here at FRIENDS j OURNAL. In this issue, you will Allison Butler, Katherine Carlson, Daniel Coppock, Joshua Kinney, Katherine Toran (In~) find an article written by Paul Buckley, sharing information from our 2008 Survey. Unlike years past, this time we surveyed not only j OURNAL readers, but also adult young Friends, Production Barbara Benton (l<lrt Di"ctor}, Alia Podolsky and members and attenders of Friends meetings and churches who don't subscribe or reg­ {Assistant Art Di"ctor}, Matt Slaybaugh ~b Managff) ularly see the JoURNAL. We have asked questions not just about the content of the magazine, Advertising, Circulation, Development but also about what kinds of service and material Friends and readers would like from Gabriel Ehri (AssociLiu Publishff}, Larry Jalowiec (Di~r ofAdvan cmzmt), Brianna Taylor (Ad~ng us, and in what venues. The responses to these questions have been intriguing-and not Saks Managff), Jane Heil (Database Manager and necessarily what you'd expect! I'm very glad to repon that our average ~eader has grown Droelopmmt Assistant}, Nicole Hackel (Circulation Assistant}, Kay Bacon, Ruth Peterson (Volun~m) a little younger in the years since 2001, when we did our last survey. I'm also delighted Administration to repon that we are still being read across all the branches of Quakerism, providing a vehi­ Marianne De Lange (O.ffic~ Managff), Tom McPeak cle of communication that is not only international, but truly among Friends. The news {Accounting Servias) becomes even more interesting, however, in that more than 1,000 of our paid subscrip­ Board ofTrustees tions are to readers who do not now and may have never attended a Quaker meeting, which Barbara Andre..vs, Jon Berry {Assistant Clerk), Katharine Clark, Karen Cromley. John Darnell, Walter Evans means that we are reaching a significant number of interested fellow-travelers as well as (T"asu~). Linda Edgerton, Linda Houser, Bobbi Kelly, Paul Landskroener (Recording Clerk), Pat La VIscount, Friends or former Friends who have no access to a meeting community. Contrary to Linda Lyman, Jay Wade Marshall, Barbara Mays, Pete industry trends, our circulation is modestly growing (up 3.1 percent over last year), and McCaughan, Ron McDonald, Nancy Moore, Michael Moulton, Mark B. Myers, Nan O'Connor, Liz Perch, the individuals and meetings that fmancially support us have given more this year than Janet Ross (Clerk), Monica Walters-Field, Nancy Whitt last (we'll let you know ifwe make our budgeted numbers after the e_nd ofour fiscal year). FRIENDS j OURNAL (ISSN 0016-1322) was established And there's more! In this spring's Associated Church Press Awards for our 2008 issues, in 1955 as the successor co The Friend {1827- 1955) and Friends ln~Uigmcer (1844-1955). our October 2008 issue on "Energy, Climate, and Building Community" won frrst place • FRIENDS JouRNAL is published monthly by Friends among 37 special theme issues. The judge, a journalist, said, "A tour de force of the pos­ Publishing Corporation, 1216 Arch Street, 2A, Philadelphia, PA 19107-2835. Telephone sibilities and problematic dimensions of a simplifying, downsizing society. Articles pro­ (2 15) 563-8629. E-mail [email protected]. vide a blend of homegrown and sophisticated discussion on working for change in resi­ Periodicals postage paid at Philadelphia, Pa., and dence and community, and are societal, global, and long-range in scope. Poetry adds tex­ additional mailing offices. to • Subscriptions: one year $39.99. two years $77.50. ture and even torque the conversations raised in prose features." The many contribu­ Add $12 per year for posrage to countries outside the tors to that issue are to be congratulated! We also won two third-place awards: in Per­ U.S., Canada, and Mexico. Individual copies $5 each. sonal Experience, First-PersonAccount (Long Format) category for "Courageously Faith­ • Advertising information and assistance is available on request. Appearance of any advertisement does nor ful: Bringing Peace to War" by Alaine D. Duncan in our November 2008 issue, and in imply endorsement by FRIENDS JouRNAL. Biographical Profile category for "Mary Fisher: Maidservant Turned Prophet" by Mar­ • Postmaster: send address changes co FRIENDS jOURNAL, 1216 Arch Street, 2A, Philadelphia, PA 19107-2835. celle Martin in February 2008. Please affirm these authors for their excellent work. T he • Copyright © 2009 Friends Publishing Corporation. Associated Church Press was founded in 1916 and is the oldest interdenominational press Permission should be received before reprinting excerpts association in North America. longer than 200 words. Available on microftlm from Bell and Howell These are wonderful accomplishments with which we are very pleased. Yet the best ·Information and Learning. good news is that we are blessed by the contributions- written, financial, donated time PRINTED ON RECYCLED PAPER and talent-and prayers of so many. On the days when I'm tempted to give in to my Min. 30% post-consumer fears of what the future may hold, it's important for me to remember that God is in charge and miracles ofall kinds happen all the time. Speaking as the (hopefully) reformed Moving? Let us update queen of catastrophic thinking, I'm very grateful that worry isn't necessary or useful and your subscription and address. FRIENDS JOURNAL, 1216 Arch St., 2A, Philadelphia, PA that following our Guide is the only way to proceed. 19107-2835 • (215) 563-8629 • Fax: (215) 568-1377 [email protected] • Web: www.friendsjoumal.org 2 july 2009 FRIENDSjOURNAL 2009 55, NO. 7 • FEATURES • DEPARTMENTS 6 Up On the Mountaintop 2 Among Friends James A. Fletcher Forum An African American Friend describes his experience at 4 the inauguration ofBarack Obama as U.S. President. 5 Viewpoint 9 The Top Ten Reasons (Plus Three) Why On Quaker unity Bottled Water Is a Blessing 26 Memoir Chuck Fager Beyond all understanding The author responds to critics ofthe widespread use of 28 Books bottled water. Young Friends' bookshelf 12 Friends within God's Light 35 News Jnana Hodson Bulletin Board What exactly have Friends, including early Friends, meant by "the Light"? 40 Milestones 15 Christ-Centeredness and Quaker Identity 44 Classified R. Scot Miller He urges Friends to pay attention to our spiritual roots. 46 Meetings 17 The Nuclear Energy POETRY Debate among Friends: • II Wondering Another Round Stan Carnarius Karen Street She addresses reponses to 14 What Was It, John? her article in the October 2008 William Jolliff special issue, which called for the expanded use ofnuclear power. June Poetry 24 The 2008 Subscriber Last month's ljune F]) Survey contents page foiled to list Paul Buckley two poems. "Quaker Ladies Here are the results ofthe first Lunching," by Katherine Jager, survey ofFRI ENDS jOURNAL appeared on page II. "If," by subscribers since 2001. julie Cadwallader-Staub, appeared on page 35. We regret the omission. -Eds. Cover photo by Klaus Bernpaintner FRIENDS JoURNAL july 2009 3 Florida's original inhabitants. By the late point that careful, moderate discipline is a The cost is not the issue 18th century they were no more." necessary companion to active spiritual I commend FRIENDS JouRNAL for the That this tragic era is so little known nurture in the life of a healthy meeting. October special issue on "Energy, Climate, underscores the horror I feel at this My own experience working with and Building Communiry." I was deeply terrible loss. meetings that are trying to deal with disturbed, however, about one article in Fran Palmeri difficult people or behavior prompts two particul!J.r: "A Friend's Path to Nuclear Nokomis, Fla. additional comments. Power" by Karen Street. She compares the First, I offer an eldering "metric" for deaths caused by coal production with the Overcoming fear in the action, a trigger that could set the eldering deaths caused by the 1986 Chernobyl . process into motion: When the first person accident without taking into account all Witness against war taxes withdraws from your meeting because of the factors of the nuclear picture such as the Can there be a similarity between difficult person or behavior, it's time to act, "fallout" from the limited protection of Friends' historical resistance to confronting if you haven't done so already. As soon as piled-up nuclear waste, to say nothing their compliciry in enslavement and to you lose a person you know you want in your about the mass destruction of humanity confronting their complicity in paying for meeting, you might as well have lost the that can be caused by nuclear weapons.
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