It is often claimed that Quakers don’t have leaders, but this is not quite true. In a Quaker Meeting leadership is shared among Friends holding many roles – including clerks,…
What are the barriers to leading a simple life? I asked this question to participants during research for my 2016 Eva Koch Scholarship and was surprised to find that social media…
‘Therefore encourage one another and build one another up just as you are doing’ 1 Thessalonians 5:11 Many people have been attracted to the Religious Society of Friends…
‘Rich countries must not become gated communities, their people averting their eyes from the bloodstains in the driveway,’ said Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, the UN high…
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