3rd November 2017

Friends in community

by Abigail Maxwell

The Quaker Life Representative Council (QLRC), which met on 13-15 October, is a community. Ninety Quakers are assembled together. Christ dances with us, fizzing and stimulating. A…

3rd November 2017

Thee and thou

by Roland Carn

We were eight of us in the car. A few weeks earlier we had all moved into one house to start an intentional, open, Quaker community in Pittsburgh. We had heard about Conservative…

27th October 2017

Interview: Marina Lewycka

by Jonathan Doering
27th October 2017

Thought for the Week: Experiencing the Spirit

by Andrew Sterling

What is the core of Quakerism? What does it mean to be a Quaker? It is often said that you will get as many different answers to these questions as the number of Quakers you ask.…

27th October 2017

From the archive: Farewells

by Janet Scott

At the end of June 1917 Isaac Sharp, the recording clerk of London Yearly Meeting, retired. He was one of the most remarkable and quietly influential Friends of his time. On 9…

20th October 2017

Thought for the Week: On forgiveness

by Mike Lambrix

Do you recall a few years back when someone went into the Amish school and killed all those children? What amazed me was how the Amish community, including the parents of the…

20th October 2017

Keeping safe

by Juliet Lyon

No one wants anyone to suffer the pain of suicide in prison and the terrible impact such a bleak death has on family, friends, fellow prisoners and prison staff. Everyone wants to…

20th October 2017

Light from the darkness

by Jan Arriens
20th October 2017

Open-air Friends

by David Mason
20th October 2017

Images of Christ: The sea of faith

by Rowena Loverance
13th October 2017

The Handmaid’s Tale

by Joan Taylor
13th October 2017

Interview: Philip Gross

by Jonathan Doering