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For many of us who are White folks, teaching our White kids about racism is like trying to teach them to speak a language that we ourselves don't know as well as we need to.  So how do we talk to our children about race honestly, openly, and in age-appropriate ways?  We know that being color blind is not the answer; it ignores history and current conditions and allows racism to continue.  We have to educate, and these two recent publications can help first day teachers, parents, and other caregivers address racism in ways that open eyes and conversation.

Cold weather or not, this is a good time of year to slow down and cozy up with a good book. For those who enjoy a mystery, we offer Turning the Tide, the third title in Edith Maxwell's popular Quaker Midwife series.

“What we need—and what the world needs from us—are those moments of clarity in which we Friends reclaim the passion, the love, the commitment, the strength, the sense of community and the awareness of the Presence in which our Quaker ancestors lived.”

How do we know when we've found our "real" spiritual path? How do the belief systems we were raised with help us find - or lose - our faith? This week's featured titles lift up their own perspectives to these questions. This Child of Faith talks about raising a spiritual child in a secular world from the viewpoint of Sophfronia Scott and her son, Tain Gregory. Tain's experience of faith was forever changed after he survived the Sandy Hook shootings when he was in third grade.

“Books That Have Changed Us” is the fascinating theme of Friends Journal’s annual book review issue this month. 

How We Win offers activist George Lakey’s nonviolent strategies for direct action, for example, while The Cambridge Companion to Quakerism presents a comprehensive look at Quakerism, historically and as it is today.