Peer review: Jane Harries attends some Quakerly teacher training in Cardiff

‘We are at the beginning of an exciting journey.’

‘We made a conscious effort to demonstrate how peer mediation fits into the broader context of peace.’

During Meeting for Worship at Bridgend Meeting one Sunday, Friends shared feelings of incredulity and despair at the content and tone of recent news bulletins. Escalating conflict in the Middle East, stalemate in Russia’s war against Ukraine, a rhetoric of fear and retaliation – these all leave us with the distinct impression that we are on a slippery slope to global conflict, and that we can do little about it. How do we speak truth to power and live out our Peace Testimony in such a bellicose environment?

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