Friends are among those calling on the London Transport Museum to end its relationship with arms company Thales.
Lots of positive developments in France! At our Yearly Meeting in July at Nantes we studied the Foundations of a True Social Order (Quaker faith & practice 23.16) and shared…
Arriving un-named Unaccounted for Learning to survive To be chameleon Adopt the colour of the situation
In Meeting for Worship this morning a question occurred to me: when there are so many other religious and spiritual groups, why does the world need Quakers? I came up with four…
Try to make your home a place of loving friendship and enjoyment… Advices & queries 26 When did you last invite someone new for a meal in your home? When did you last have an…
‘There came a time when we realised we were saying: “When we go…” rather than “If we go…” The decision had made itself. Doubt and uncertainty gave way to…
Simplicity is not an easy testimony. For a start, the roots and meaning of the word are unclear. Early Friends urged plainness of dress and speech, printing and distributing…
In too many Quaker Meetings spiritual vitality is being stifled by the excessive demands of church government. Struggling to meet the ever-growing requirements of administration…
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