In saint Bernard of Clairvaux’s sermon ‘The Roe and the Young Fawn’ there is a beautiful, mystical passage in which he writes of his experience of the Divine Spirit: I admit…
On a bright summer’s day in a small country town Meeting began when the first Friend sat down. Hard on her heels came a youth at a jog, A hiker, a biker, a dentist, his dog. A…
Letter to the Friend ‘Do we not owe a… duty to our young men and those who are of enlistment age who are like-minded, in view of the insidious danger of forced labour and…
As we have come to the end of Ramadhan, the end of the month of fasting for the world’s two billion Muslims, I want to reflect upon what it means to ordinary people, both Muslims…
Friends have made vital contributions to the environmental movement. Canadian Quakers Irving and Dorothy Stowe were co-founders of Greenpeace. British Friends have been closely…
If you’ve never been to Quaker House in Brussels, you’re missing something. It’s a fine Art Nouveau former townhouse, recently restored to its original splendour by the…
What if… this really was the one answer to everything What if… there was absolutely nothing else to do but be still, and ask to know God
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