In my twenties a friend took me to see Gandhi. The film portrayed Mohandas Gandhi as a role model for nonviolence and integrity – principles that shaped his choice of food and…
I looked at the tree with an upward glance When its thousands of leaves were in merry dance, Wrestling in joy with the boisterous breeze Like a sailing-ship on surging seas.
Early Friends were not united by a creed, but they were united by a desire to know the Spirit and teaching of Jesus Christ and by a commitment to live what they understood that to…
For the second time in three years Ireland Yearly Meeting (IYM) was held in a new venue. This year we met in Dromantine Retreat and Conference Centre, near Newry in County Down,…
So, what is going on in Scotland? Encounters with English Friends at Yearly Meeting, just before the general election, revealed that few understood the predicted surge of support…
Last year at Yearly Meeting Gathering in Bath Friends were informed that Britain Yearly Meeting has ‘divested from fossil fuels’. The response of Yearly Meeting when hearing of…
When parliament passed the Abolition of the Slave Trade Act on 25 March 1807 many Quakers said ‘job done’ and focused their attention on other issues. Yet slavery has never…
Some extracts taken from the column are followed by other news items showing the impact of the first world war on Friends. This, at the time, was the news that people were allowed…
‘Are you open to new light from whatever source it may come?’ Advices & queries 7 The Friend had arrived on a recent Thursday morning, and I had read the letters page over…
"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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