Fifteen years ago I was approaching forty. It seemed like time to live my values more authentically. From my late teens I had been committed to working for sustainability. In my…
As a part of my growing up I was made to memorise Psalm 34 of the Old Testament. Verse 14 reads: ‘Depart from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it’ (the italics are…
As a youngster, my sister possessed an autograph book. I tended to think of it as a ‘girl’ thing and of no interest to us lads. Nonetheless, I do recall that those who wrote in…
No aspect of life was left undisturbed by the war. Even though education was recognised to be important school buildings were requisitioned, then given back when they were not…
In the first article in this series, I described some findings from the British Quaker Survey carried out among people attending Meeting on a particular Sunday in 2013.…
In February Oliver was invited to Burkina Faso to make a one-hour presentation on how churches in Kenya had responded to the 2007 post-election violence. The meeting was arranged,…
The annual Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) watch is over for another year and Springwatch is around the corner. I am sure that many Quakers enjoy both. Taking an…
In 2013 a team based at the Woodbrooke Quaker Study Centre and associated with the universities of Birmingham and Lancaster carried out a major survey of British Quakers. The…
Luton and Leighton Area Meeting recently held a workshop-based discussion on financial inequality. The subject is the cause of major social ills and far more marked than most…
Paul Parker, recording clerk of Britain Yearly Meeting, posed an important question in the first issue of the Friend in 2015. He wrote: What is your ministry? Ministry, he…
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