‘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…
Over the past few days the chorus of a song keeps repeating in my brain: ‘Faith, hope and charity, that’s the way to live successfully. How do I know? The Bible tells me so.’…
On 18 July MPs voted by a large majority for the continuation/renewal of Trident, the UK’s weapon of mass destruction, with only the Scottish National Party MPs voting solidly…
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