Quaker Life, Death and Resurrection, Summer 2023: E-PUB VERSION

Purchase a single copy of the Summer 2023 issue of Quaker Life: A mosaic of Friendly living on the theme of Death and Resurrection.   The idea of life after death is a central precept of Christianity, founded as it is upon the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus. Yet most followers of Jesus wrestle all our lives to understand the nature of the cross and the meaning of resurrection. The authors in this death and resurrection issue of Quaker Life focus on a wide array of perspectives on death, the meaning of death for the living, and the meaning and possibilities of resurrection. Julie Rudd writes that, while she usually feels more centered in the eternal after participating in the liturgical observance of Ash Wednesday, she was appalled this year to find her infant twins drawn into the service when ashy crosses were traced upon their heads. Yet she reminds herself that, even though the babies are so young, they, too, are mortal, and that it is precisely within and among the Friends o