Yearly Meeting in 1916 was deeply aware that as it met some of its members were in prison for conscience sake, and many others were engaged in service to relieve suffering.…
In a broadcast Good Friday meditation given by an ex-colleague I was surprised to hear him speaking about the way in which listening to Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos had been the…
Our vision for Europe is of a peaceful, compassionate, open and just society, using its moral influence to encourage other countries and peoples towards the same goals. It is of a…
The quality of public debate on the forthcoming EU referendum has, sadly, rarely lifted above the level of pantomime. Are we better off in the EU? The media seems to be filled with…
At heart we Quakers are mystics, Experiencing the Light, We trust in love and peace, And choose to heal, not fight.
We all know of early Friends who served sentences in prison; and we know of those who were involved with prison reform. I am grateful for the continued ministry of Quakers in…
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