Quakers have always had a certain sympathy for the Jews. Like them, we were once excluded from the professions, so went into banking and commerce, and we were particularly active…
‘Self-serving obfuscation’ is a fancy phrase, but what does it mean? It is about using language to confuse and to avoid real dialogue and communication.
Some years ago, I read an article about the growth of extreme nationalism in the south-west of England. This was manifested in antisemitic behaviour and actions. Yet the south-west…
I was sitting in Meeting on Sunday and felt angry. What was I doing here? What do I actually believe? What is faith and what is the point of living adventurously? I felt more and…
If the Quaker way has something unique to offer the world, perhaps it is the experience of a gathered Meeting for Worship. This is what Gerald Hewitson has described as: a Meeting…
The first gift you can offer, in an artwork or a conversation, is space. In a generous space we feel received but free to have our own reactions, to stay or to go. We have a…
"If you truly want to be led you must put yourself in a position that allows following" (PYM)
Though written within a Quaker and Christian context, this book can be used by anyone of any religious faith or secular inclination. The only requirement is a desire to follow, to be guided by, to align with the richness of the ineffable, which this book calls "the Way". This book seeks nothing less than to aid readers in aligning their lives with the same power and richness that animated the life of Jesus of Nazareth.
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