Before Christmas I was lucky enough to see, in Edinburgh, Johannes Vermeer’s Christ in the House of Martha and Mary in the Scottish National Gallery. It confirmed to me the idea…
Reflecting on the political upheavals of recent months in Britain and abroad, I have been wondering about the parallels with England at the time of the civil war in the seventeenth…
‘Success is not one of the names of God’ - Martin Buber On 13 December I was sitting on a train heading down from Hull to Reading to stand trial, alongside Hannah, Ellis, John…
Working on outreach is exciting and fills me with optimism for potential growth in Quaker worshippers. We use many approaches, including media coverage, social media, stalls at big…
It was the year of the Russian Revolution; the year the United States entered the war; the year of the advance into Palestine with the surrender of Jerusalem to the Allied forces,…
As I grow older, I realise that I know less and less. Perhaps it’s a sign of age that you understand that the world will not change overnight, that glimmers of light may be the…
‘This is not a place of protest, but a place of prayer’ Sioux elder, Standing Rock, North Dakota Many Quakers have been following a David and Goliath story in the United States…
Coming to terms with the ‘Out’ vote in the recent referendum on Europe takes a while. And how are we left? Seventeen million Brits have revolted – bloodlessly, except for one…
Perhaps, as never before, what the world needs is healing. Everywhere we look we see sadness, sickness, tragedy, starvation, homelessness and conflict – add to that the damage to…
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