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‘As I passed, folks were rebuilding their houses and fishing boats.’
17th July 2020

‘As I passed, folks were rebuilding their houses and fishing boats.’

by Wendy Oliver
‘There was a great movement to help Friends extricate themselves from being internally focused.’
17th July 2020

‘There was a great movement to help Friends extricate themselves from being internally focused.’

by Gretchen Castle
Ahab in Rehab
17th July 2020

Ahab in Rehab

by Anne Stephens
‘Our own creativity can best come from deliberately-chosen places of quiet and silence.’
10th July 2020

‘Our own creativity can best come from deliberately-chosen places of quiet and silence.’

by Peter Varney
‘We need a narrative capable of motivating, reformulating and regenerating social justice.’
10th July 2020

‘We need a narrative capable of motivating, reformulating and regenerating social justice.’

by Nim Njuguna
‘I see my role as a kind of spiritual accompaniment.’
10th July 2020

‘I see my role as a kind of spiritual accompaniment.’

by Barbara Childs
‘Our testimonies are the values by which we can measure the possibilities for change.’
10th July 2020

‘Our testimonies are the values by which we can measure the possibilities for change.’

by Peter Hussey
‘I’ve watched our response to the growing issue of black rights. And I’m a bit disappointed.’
10th July 2020

‘I’ve watched our response to the growing issue of black rights. And I’m a bit disappointed.’

by Sophie Bevan
‘Quantum mechanics is not a door to vagueness, it’s the opposite.’
3rd July 2020

‘Quantum mechanics is not a door to vagueness, it’s the opposite.’

by Keith Braithwaite
‘It doesn’t form when all is running smoothly.’
3rd July 2020

‘It doesn’t form when all is running smoothly.’

by Gabrielle Scott
‘“Simon, son of John”, he said for the third time, “Are you my friend?”’  (John 21:17)
3rd July 2020

‘“Simon, son of John”, he said for the third time, “Are you my friend?”’  (John 21:17)

by Janet Scott
How do you “trust in the process” when you don’t know what the process is?
3rd July 2020

How do you “trust in the process” when you don’t know what the process is?

by Annie Holliday
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