23rd October 2015

Cowries, currencies and climate change

by Roy Love
23rd October 2015

Thought for the Week: Empathy

by Catherine Henderson

These days, when I’m talking to people, I tend to bring up the subject of refugees. It’s interesting how they respond. My plumber, who makes a point of employing ex-offenders…

23rd October 2015

Friends of permaculture

by Edward Tyler
23rd October 2015

Quaker instructional

by Peter Bolwell

This is the account of an initiative that was undertaken at Hastings Meeting in Sussex to ensure that our attenders are informed about the fundamental ideas that underpin…

23rd October 2015

The People Called Quakers

by Stuart Masters

Margaret Fell (1614-1702) was one of the most important leaders of the early Quaker movement. She became known as the ‘Mother of Quakerism’, which indicates the vital role she…

23rd October 2015

What is a nation?

by Barbara Forbes

According to Leonardo Emberti Gialloretti of the Community of Sant’Egidio in Rome, a nation is an entity which carves out as much territory for itself as it can, thus bringing…

16th October 2015

Thought for the Week: Thankfulness

by G Gordon Steel

Thankfulness is a recurrent theme when, Sunday by Sunday, I come into Meeting for Worship: thankfulness for the friendship of my partner in life, for my parents, family and…

16th October 2015

Educating for peace

by Helen Porter

Two years ago Mid Wales Area Meeting adopted peace education as a major concern. A discussion, which began in response to the government’s proposals to commemorate the first…

16th October 2015

Reading ‘the red book’

by Rhiannon Grant

The Book of Discipline Revision Preparation Group is inviting all Friends to join with us in reading and getting to know our current Book of Discipline. We hope that it will be a…

16th October 2015

Opportunities and challenges

by Sabina Tzikas
16th October 2015

A visit to the Spirit in prison

by Stuart Masters
16th October 2015

A green revolution in Freiburg

by A group of Friends