The Cross today might seem obscure. Not so, in the so-called ‘Islamic’ State’s recent video of beheading twenty-one Coptic Christians. Its captions make two mentions. The…
The role of Quakerism in education was a central concern at the recent Friends School Council Annual Governors’ Conference. The conference brought together forty-six governors,…
Equality is a core value in Quakerism. It has been a testimony of the Religious Society of Friends for centuries and has its roots deep in faith and personal experience. A key part…
The Friend is published by a charity, The Friend Publications, which has a board of Quaker trustees and a small number of paid staff. Both editorially and in governance, we are…
Labels are a method of shorthand that we use to embrace a concept. They are very useful and very powerful. However, the power of labels can also be misused and can be very…
Alfred Barratt Brown, my father, was born in 1887 to a family with long Quaker roots. ‘ABB’, as he was known, was immersed in the life of Friends from birth. His faith took…
So many paths and ways to God: some where you pray and some where you chant, So many rules and instructions: things you can do and things you can’t.
Many readers may have been struck by the incongruity of the two photographs shown on facing pages (4-5) of the Friend of 9 January: one showing Manchester and Warrington Friends…
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