I spent a good part of my childhood years in Tokyo and seem to have grasped the significance of the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki at a very young age. I am not…
Dear Friend, This letter was written with courage, and comes with love; we urge you to engage with it. Here is some plain speaking on life, death, fear, love and truth. It is what…
When, years ago, I brought my new Swiss wife to live with me in Britain, she applied for British nationality, while retaining her Swiss citizenship. This required that she went to…
The British government regularly surveys public attitudes on climate change and energy. Two-thirds of respondents say they are ‘very’ or ‘fairly’ concerned about climate…
The disastrous Christchurch earthquake of 2011 had far reaching consequences for many of New Zealand’s religious buildings. The Wellington Quaker Meeting House, listed as a…
Recently, an article in The Daily Telegraph entitled ‘We need to talk about death’ highlighted the way that we in the UK (and arguably the whole of Western society) are…
Each one of us is unique, precious, a child of God Advices & queries 22 Do you sometimes indulge in the game of ‘people watching’? We may play it as we drink coffee on the…
In April, on a day of low mist and gentle seas, I made an all-too-brief visit to the island of Iona. On an information board near the Abbey, I read that George MacLeod, founder of…
I welcomed George Macpherson’s well-presented case against the Trident nuclear weapons system until I reached the line ‘Conventional armies, air forces and navies are capable…
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