10th April 2015

Thought for the Week: Hands

by Trish Carn

Hands can be used in many ways. They can attack or they can succor. For years I have been fascinated with my own hands. One regret I have is that I didn’t photograph them when I…

10th April 2015

Quaker candidates

by Tara Craig

Fifteen Quakers are contesting the general election, all of them in English constituencies. Seven of the candidates represent the Green Party, four the Labour Party, three the…

10th April 2015

Hustings at Friends House

by Ian Kirk-Smith

The international dimension to the general election was the subject of the first hustings to be organised in the Large Meeting House at Friends House in London. It was a revealing…

10th April 2015

Taking the next step

by Frances Voelcker
10th April 2015

Richard Plantagenet

by Anne Fishenden

For over 500 years Leicester was the resting place of a ruler and warrior. This man, who died a violent death, was taken into protective and prayerful custody by the grey friars.…

10th April 2015

Sharing the cloak

by Andrew Greaves

At the beginning of February around twenty Friends involved in various forms of Quaker chaplaincy met together at the Woodbrooke Quaker Study Centre in Birmingham for a weekend…

10th April 2015

Transgender and truth

by Yvonne Wood

The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) experience has an uncomfortable place within faith groups. Quakers have gone much further than other faiths in embracing…

3rd April 2015

Peter’s denial

by Clive Ashwin
3rd April 2015

Thought for the Week: The spirit of Christ

by Thomas Swain

Often I am drawn to experiences of early Friends and their talk about the movements within that they felt and shared with the early Quaker community. Sometimes George Fox’s words…

3rd April 2015

My resurrection

by John Lampen
3rd April 2015

Darkness and new life

by Laurie Michaelis

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…

27th March 2015

Thought for the Week: Expediency

by Joyce Trotman

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…