8 January 2010
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Countryside blues: getting through
One of the worst aspects of depression is the way in which it isolates people. It is not just that sufferers feel that they are the only one who feels like this, and that no-one else would understand; it also leaves them unable to respond to positive or supportive messages,…
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New Horizons: a shared vision for mental health
It’s not every day that you get an opportunity to approve of what government is up to, so here’s something to read if you want one. Something good is going on in the Department of Health (DoH): for radical thinking in mental health care, they’re the people to go to… -
Kenyan Quakers’ hospital recovery continues
Friends United Meeting is marking the fourth anniversary this month of reaching an agreement with East Africa Yearly Meeting for management of the hospital at Kaimosi in Kenya. Since taking over management of the hospital in 2006 FUM has concentrated on stabilising finance and management of the hospital, improving buildings…
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Young Friends prepare for leadership
‘These young people can start from this point and ask “how can I make change?” George Fox had a vision, Jeremiah had it too’, explained Bainito Khayongo at the Africa triennial of the Young Quaker Christian Association in Western Province in Kenya last month. The event was run on the… -
Spinoza and early Friends
Quaker missionaries traveled to Amsterdam in 1656 seeking to establish Quakerism and to convert Jews to Quakerism. Scholars have established that Spinoza sought out and established contact with them, and it is extremely likely that Spinoza became the Hebrew translator for the Quakers, translating into Hebrew Margaret Fell’s first two…
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Q-Eye: 8 January 2010
Eye welcomes readers to the New Year and if early signs are anything to go by, 2010 may well be the year when Quakers step into the limelight. We were thrilled to see a whole TV documentary on the faith journey of actor Sheila Hancock. And there at her feet… -
... And the greatest of these is hope?
Hope is a word that can be used automatically. ‘Hope so’, we mutter at yet another business meeting. But for Holocaust Memorial Day – marked on 27 January – we are asked to think carefully about hope. To reflect on ‘the immense role survivors play in bringing our attention to… -
Let us change
John Marsh’s dad’s observation (Opinion, 1 January) that ‘You Quakers are so lucky’ rings true when compared to the burdens that other church communities face, but understandably does not penetrate deeper. For too long Quakers have been overly reliant on the generosity and foresight of earlier Friends providing legacies and… -
More information, more communication
My tenure at The Friend has only been four months long, but it has made me look afresh at everything about the Society. It’s a truism to say that Friends give deep consideration to even mundane matters, but I have come to realise just how seriously they take personal, local… -
Kenyan Friend urges support for gay Quakers in east Africa
A Kenyan Quaker pastor excommunicated after coming out as gay has appealed for international support for gay Friends in east Africa. Noah Litu Kellum, thirty-one, says that he still believes that God is calling him to be a pastor. His cause has received the backing of the Other Sheep network,… -
Homeless people hit by Christmas shelter closures
Despite government assurances, thousands of homeless people who benefited from Christmas shelters are reported to be back on the streets in freezing conditions. In London alone, more than 2,000 people slept at Crisis Open Christmas shelters, but according to Independent Catholic News, most returned to the streets after the shelters… -
Still going at 90
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Spreading the faith: Ashburton Quakers open new Meeting house
Ashburton Quakers have acquired a Meeting house. Five years to the day from when Friends held their first Thursday evening Meeting in Ashburton, we collected the keys to The Old Chapel, Foales Court, Ashburton; better known to locals as Church’s wood store. Within minutes we were sitting on two wood…
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