The introduction to God, words and us says: ‘We have often wondered whether there is anything Quakers today can say as one.’ Is there a universal vision that we can all buy into?
The rhythm is cool and the weather is hot, hot, hot So sings Rastamouse as we drive with our little granddaughters through the Sussex heatwave. It is hot, hot, hot indeed.…
How do Friends best respond to the injustices occurring on a daily basis in the occupied Palestinian territories without attracting accusations of anti-Semitism? Central Manchester…
In June 2018 a fellow student at Friends’ School Lisburn, in Northern Ireland, Nicole Buckingham, and I were lucky enough to travel to Brussels and stay at Quaker House while…
William Penn will be remembered quietly in many countries this year, the tercentenary of his death on 30 July 1718. His style and speech give an appearance of another age: time…
‘Do you do dry-cleaning?’ Of all the questions we’d anticipated when starting up a Quaker peace and justice centre, this was not on the list, but it came up surprisingly often.
On the front wall of our Meeting House in Berkhamsted is the lettering: 1818. Not the date when Friends were first active in the district, but the year when they had a home. This…
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