The invitation was issued by Mo: to join in a silent prayer for peace, in Lancaster market square, on the museum steps, from eleven o’clock to noon on Saturday 20 February. Her…
At the World Plenary Meeting I had the distinct feeling that we, as Friends, are evolving. Someone described our time together in Pisac, Peru, as ‘soft’, as an experience of…
We met together for nine days (19-27 January 2016) in a beautiful valley 10,000 feet up in Pisac, Peru. The Inca culture, ancient terraces and the remains of cities from the…
A deep concern for the future of social housing in Britain was one of the main themes to emerge from a one-day conference organised by London Quakers that was held on 20 February…
Oxhey Grange, near Watford, was the home of James Doyle Penrose, the artist of two familiar Quaker paintings: The Presence in the Midst and None Shall Make them Afraid (perhaps…
I am a materialist. I do not believe in Spirit as some sort of miasma, or ether, or non-baryonic thing, which in some way interacts with the physical world in which I have my…
Who can you call to mind that has grace? What is this elusive quality exhibited unconsciously by some, and seemingly completely missing in others?
While I have sympathy with the sincerity of the Plane Stupid demonstrators at Heathrow last July, who have now been given suspended sentences, I also have misgivings. The blockade…
We are in the visiting room at Florida State Prison. Mike Lambrix, condemned to death, on one side, holding court behind glass and speaking through a small disc with slots. On the…
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