It is a natural tendency, as we get on in years, to take stock of our lives. This process inevitably involves both acknowledging what we have done and coming to terms with what we…
Very little is reliably known of Jesus of Nazareth. A vast amount – enough to fuel a world religion for almost 2,000 years – is claimed of him. There are fewer than a handful…
Is it possible to have social justice and property in a world of ‘monopoly money’ speculation and quantitative easing? Is it a challenge, a cause or just an oxymoron? For many…
In the edition of the Friend published on 31 March 1916 there was a contribution from the leading American Quaker Rufus Jones. It contained the words: We must set ourselves to…
On Palm Sunday traditional Christians process around their churches, politely flourishing palm crosses. They are celebrating the entry of Jesus into Jerusalem, riding a donkey…
Last year Meeting for Sufferings set up a Book of Discipline Revision Preparation Group (RPG) and asked it to do some preparatory work intended to help Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM)…
In looking back to Yearly Meeting 2015 and reflecting on where we had arrived after the gathering, it seemed to me that we were essentially standing at the same threshold as…
I meet a lot of Friends who want to know how they can communicate better about climate change. Some are frustrated or distressed because they think too little is happening to…
At a recent Woodbrooke workshop organised by Maud Grainger on Understanding Islam: Challenging Islamophobia, members of Birmingham’s Muslim community told us astonishing stories…
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