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‘If we have a testimony to Truth, and if testimony is faith in action, how clear is our witness?’
27th September 2019

‘If we have a testimony to Truth, and if testimony is faith in action, how clear is our witness?’

by John Lampen
Three bereavement poems
20th September 2019

Three bereavement poems

by Jean Harbour
‘What would our Yearly Meeting feel like if we were no longer able to sustain this work?’
20th September 2019

‘What would our Yearly Meeting feel like if we were no longer able to sustain this work?’

by Barbara Forbes
‘We must discard each mask, one after another, until finally nothing remains.’
20th September 2019

‘We must discard each mask, one after another, until finally nothing remains.’

by Tony D’Souza
‘Whose responsibility is it to draw up a school’s ethos statement?’
20th September 2019

‘Whose responsibility is it to draw up a school’s ethos statement?’

by Chris Culpin
‘Martha, Martha…’ (Luke 10:41)
20th September 2019

‘Martha, Martha…’ (Luke 10:41)

by Janet Scott
‘The left hemisphere of the brain, without sufficient input from the right, is overconfident.’
13th September 2019

‘The left hemisphere of the brain, without sufficient input from the right, is overconfident.’

by Jacqui Poole
‘And then an idea came. It arose suddenly and naturally from our Business Meeting.’
13th September 2019

‘And then an idea came. It arose suddenly and naturally from our Business Meeting.’

by Tony D’Souza
‘Jesus called out to her and said, “Woman, you have been set free from your infirmity.”’ Luke 13:12
13th September 2019

‘Jesus called out to her and said, “Woman, you have been set free from your infirmity.”’ Luke 13:12

by Janet Scott
‘What seemed a simple task to raise funds became a chance to give ministry to a wider audience.’
6th September 2019

‘What seemed a simple task to raise funds became a chance to give ministry to a wider audience.’

by David Heald
‘Words are awkward enough. They are like pre-used bricks with bits of mortar still stuck on them.’
6th September 2019

‘Words are awkward enough. They are like pre-used bricks with bits of mortar still stuck on them.’

by Lucy Parker
‘A workcamp to restore an old Meeting house in the Lake District sounded enticing.’
6th September 2019

‘A workcamp to restore an old Meeting house in the Lake District sounded enticing.’

by Anne M Jones
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