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‘It is soul-crushing and miserable for anyone to live pretending to be something they are not.’
12th April 2019

‘It is soul-crushing and miserable for anyone to live pretending to be something they are not.’

by James Barrett
‘What’s your perfect Quaker Meeting?’ ‘A swimming pool.’
12th April 2019

‘What’s your perfect Quaker Meeting?’ ‘A swimming pool.’

by Shivani Daxini
‘The organisation has grown massively, and Quakers need to be part of it.’
12th April 2019

‘The organisation has grown massively, and Quakers need to be part of it.’

by Mark Smalley
I wish
12th April 2019

I wish

by Courtesy of Mid-Wales Area Meeting
‘I would like to… make life kinder, freer and more respectful for for the women coming after me’
5th April 2019

‘I would like to… make life kinder, freer and more respectful for for the women coming after me’

by Rebecca Hardy
The Magic Radio
5th April 2019

The Magic Radio

by Tim Gee and Marcela Terán
‘I am witnessing, it seems, a Meeting for Worship stretched out over time.’
5th April 2019

‘I am witnessing, it seems, a Meeting for Worship stretched out over time.’

by Martyn Kelly
Sow far, sow good?
5th April 2019

Sow far, sow good?

by Janet Scott
‘You have to work hard to see things from a child’s point of view.’
29th March 2019

‘You have to work hard to see things from a child’s point of view.’

by Joseph Jones
‘Who are we, and what do we do?’
29th March 2019

‘Who are we, and what do we do?’

by Huw Meredydd Owen
‘We need to  consider why we  do what we do.’
29th March 2019

‘We need to consider why we do what we do.’

by Pam Apted
‘Music and the Spirit is everywhere. I find it in the most surprising places.’
22nd March 2019

‘Music and the Spirit is everywhere. I find it in the most surprising places.’

by Rebecca Hardy
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