3rd February 2017

Quakerism and spiritual awakening

by John Elford

Now thou must die in the silence, to the fleshly wisdom, knowledge, reason,  and understanding; so thou comest to feel that which brings thee to wait upon God; (thou must die…

27th January 2017

A quiet victim

by Paul Henderson
27th January 2017

Images of Christ: Twelve encounters with Jesus

by Rowena Loverance

If you live within reach of London, you have less than a month to hotfoot it round to the British Museum, and, in their ‘South Africa: The art of a nation’ exhibition, see one…

27th January 2017

Images of Christ: Christ in the House of Martha and Mary

by Rowena Loverance

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…

27th January 2017

Doing something

by Andrew Backhouse
27th January 2017

Thought for the Week: Truth and turmoil

by Linda Murgatroyd

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…

27th January 2017

Witness at Burghfield

by Sam Donaldson

‘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…

27th January 2017

To reach out widely

by Gill Sewell

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…

27th January 2017

From the archive: 1917

by Janet Scott

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,…

20th January 2017

Thought for the Week: Sacred agnosticism

by Harvey Gillman

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…

20th January 2017

A sacred stand

by Gwen Prince

‘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…

20th January 2017

Beyond borders

by George Macpherson

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…