7th July 2017

My Quaker bedrock

by Bob Johnson

Alas,’ said a world expert, disparagingly. ‘Pity we can’t all be Quakers.’ This was over a video link from Massachusetts. He had just told the conference he was addressing…

30th June 2017

Time in the tomb

by Gill Pennington
30th June 2017

The challenge of diversity

by Phil Lucas
30th June 2017

Thought for the Week: Martha and Mary

by T Roger S Wilson

If our beloved Society was ever divided into two parts, a charitable trust (to look after Quaker buildings and administer Quaker charitable funds) and a second non-charitable…

30th June 2017

Squeezing out the Spirit?

by Stephen Feltham

Before the recent general election Friends House produced a leaflet to help Quakers in Britain with their discernment. It asserted that ‘our support for Quakers engaging with the…

30th June 2017

Dare to be Jesus: wilderness

by Jill Allum
30th June 2017

From the archive: Absent Friends

by Janet Scott

In the weeks leading up to Yearly Meeting the Friend published articles to help Friends come with ‘hearts and minds prepared’. These extracts are from a piece written by W…

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…