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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
I first became acquainted with Quakers over forty years ago. At that time, I realised that there was a feeling – usually expressed by the oldest generation – that spiritual…
It’s not maybe what you expect to hear in a respectable small town museum, the Quaker Tapestry on display. A woman stands and tells the gathered audience that, after her daughter…
"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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