At the end of August, negotiators will head back to Bonn for another week of climate talks in the run-up to the Paris conference. A high point in the week for a fortunate few of…
Communications matter. How we talk – and listen – to one another in our Meetings affects how well we can get to know one another in the Spirit, care for one another, build our…
Earlier this year, one Sunday morning in late February, Bath Meeting House was cold. The heating had broken down and a decision was made to cut the Meeting for Worship to half an…
Why are we, as Quakers, concerned about drug policy? We are concerned because of the global, national and individual consequences of drug policy that maximise harm to both drug…
Over the last twenty years I have been aware of a continuing trend for Quakerism to become more liberal as it has moved away from its Christocentric roots. As a member of the…
Many associate Quakers with chocolate making. Some mistakenly think Quakers were also involved in producing porridge oats. Few people associate the production of leaf tea with…
For me a foundation of Quaker faith is the idea that there is no division between the sacred (spiritual, meditative, religious, sacramental) and the secular (material, busy,…
The Human Rights Act (1998) stems from the European Convention on Human Rights (1950). This Convention was set up after the second world war in order to ensure that never again…
It is not just because I am deaf that I think ‘afterword’ is a very bad idea. I do not know how widely this practice has been taking hold in Britain Yearly Meeting as a whole…
‘Slavery and Liberation’ was the theme of the North East Thames Area Meeting All Age Gathering held in April. The weekend covered the history, current situation and role of the…
"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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