Ajoint initiative between Quaker Life, the recording clerk’s office, the Woodbrooke Quaker Study Centre and the Living with Conflict project brought together twelve people for…
In my view, one of the greatest strengths of our Quaker way is how our processes, in particular our business method, can embrace our individual ‘unknowing’ about being in a…
For many years, I have never particularly enjoyed Christmas and birthdays. So, when I came to Quakerism, it suited me that the Quaker tradition dislikes distinguishing ‘high…
Robert Barclay’s An Apology for the True Christian Divinity (1676) is a classic statement of Quaker faith. A copy will be found in the libraries of most Meeting houses, but I…
The need to review Green Belt policies has been in the news and recently prompted two letters in the Friend. One was from Jonathan Riddell (3 February), which refers to a previous…
The United States of America has a new president. There are huge differences between Donald Trump (2016) and other Time magazine ‘Persons of the Year’ like Mohandas Gandhi…
‘As we enter with tender sympathy into the joys and sorrows of each other’s lives, ready to give help and to receive it, our Meeting can be a channel for God’s love and…
The first piece is the deepest, the root from which peace grows; the silence that calms and heals; the point of is-ness when there is no I; no me, no not me; no knowing, no not…
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