Meeting for Sufferings: Concerns are a concern
Meeting for Sufferings clerk Ethel Livermore described testing concerns as ‘something that a lot of Friends struggle with’. Her thoughts were echoed by Friends, one of whom described bringing forward a concern as ‘quite a bruising experience’.
Meeting for Sufferings: Ireland Yearly Meeting
Each year, Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM) sends representatives to other Yearly Meetings in Europe.
Online exhibition highlights matters of conscience
Friends House Library’s new online exhibition gives an overview of the introduction and impact of the Military Service Act, which came into force in March 1916.
Testimony, morality and aeroplanes
What is testimony? It is to do with bearing witness to the truth: to truth that we have experienced, seen or heard directly. It may be spoken or written, as when we bear witness to specific events for legal purposes. Giving testimony is also what early Friends were doing when...
Rathfarnham Friends shine a light on climate justice
Rathfarnham Meeting in Dublin hosted members of the local community at a candle-lit vigil for Earth Hour last month. Around twenty people took part in the hour-long vigil, which included readings and reflections about the environment and prayers for climate justice.
A confident Quaker voice
More than fifty Yorkshire Friends recently gathered in Cloughton, near Scarborough, for their 2016 Easter Settlement.
Letters – 8 April 2016
Talking about God Diana Lampen writes (25 March): ‘The one thing I feel is not acceptable is discounting someone else’s experience.’ In the light of a recent conference at the Woodbrooke Quaker Study Centre, I assume Diana means both ‘theist’ and ‘nontheist’ experiences if these are sincerely held. Perhaps we...
Prayer beyond belief
God is a creation of the human consciousness: this is a credo of the Sea of Faith Network that I find to be singularly liberating. No longer am I bothered about how a Supreme Being can permit so much suffering. We are the stewards who can exercise caring and compassion,...
Quaker renewal: The Quaker way
The Quaker faith in Britain today is experiencing a period of questioning and reflection. It is a time of challenge and opportunity. Craig Barnett offers a personal assessment of some key concerns in a new monthly series. Over recent years many Friends have diagnosed a crisis in Britain Yearly Meeting....
Be kind
‘Be kind for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.’ - Plato Why are we so slow to learn? Plato said the words above about 400BC. Geoffrey Durham quoted these words in an article published in an edition of the Friends Quarterly in 2012: ‘What it means to be a...