23rd June 2017

In original Light

by Judith Favor

As we went I spied a great high hill called Pendle Hill… and when I came atop of it I saw Lancashire sea… and the Lord let me see atop of the hill in what places he had a great…

23rd June 2017

Brno gathering

by Cathy Butler
23rd June 2017

Thought for the Week: Change and continuity

by Ian Kirk-Smith

After one hundred and seventy-four years of being published in black and white the Friend is starting a new chapter. It will now be produced weekly in colour. We hope the…

23rd June 2017

Reflections on the ‘Red Book’: Sources of the Light

by Derrick Whitehouse

Be aware of the spirit of God at work in the ordinary activities and experience of your daily life. Spiritual learning continues throughout life, and often in unexpected ways.…

23rd June 2017

from ‘Written on Light’

by Philip Gross

Such a delicate cusp this evening: the sky, the sea           and the barely discernible hinge between them. No, I don’t believe…

23rd June 2017

Images of Christ: Christ amid the cabbages

by Rowena Loverance
16th June 2017

To a refugee

by Ann Fox
16th June 2017

The visitor

by Paul Martin Emery
16th June 2017

Making precious what is precarious

by Sam Donaldson

The idea that some lives matter less is the root of all that’s wrong with the world Paul Farmer At the heart of the Quaker tradition in which I stand lies the conviction that…

16th June 2017

A place of sanctuary

by Tim Gee
16th June 2017

Thought for the Week: Love your neighbour

by Ian Kirk-Smith

For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in… (Matthew 25:35) Matthew 25 suggests…

16th June 2017

People like us

by Juliet Morton

The United Nations International Day in Support of the Victims of Torture is on 26 June. What is known is that there is a significant relationship between being a refugee and the…