Yearly Meeting is often a moving experience. This is not, on the whole, due to the quality of the ministry, which, with a few heart-touching exceptions, I usually consider no…
At the end of 1915 the Friend gave up its ‘Day by Day’ feature, which reported national and international news. Thereafter news featured in its pages only as it was seen to…
Pontius Pilate asks Jesus the question ‘What is truth?’ and does not wait for an answer. Do Quakers walk away? Can we face the truth about ourselves? Do we even know it? When I…
Britain’s record on children is under the spotlight. This month the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (UN CRC) is examining the UK government’s record to determine how…
As we approach the EU referendum, most of the discussion focuses on what would benefit the UK. But what would be best for Europe, or the wider world? Why was the European Union…
There are many things to cherish and protect in the culture of the UK: our freedom of expression, our rule of law, our multicultural cities, our bus passes for over sixty-fives,…
‘Unless you speak the truth, there never will be love’ In our wonderful Quaker faith & practice the very first note struck gives us love and truth together as the leadings…
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