We should celebrate the first same sex weddings, but we need to look beyond our own noses. While the campaign for equal love has made progress in the West and Latin America,…
Aotearoa New Zealand Yearly Meeting was held at Kiwi Ranch, Curious Cove, South Island, a sheltered narrow bay accessible only by small boat. We had tall inaccessible cliffs…
In the Friend for 24 January 2014 I introduced a poem by a young woman who was murdered in Auschwitz. The poem, ‘I Would Sooner Perish’, is exceptionally strong, empty of…
This year Yearly Meeting Gathering will explore ‘What it means to be a Quaker today’. In preparation for this event, many of us will have been reviewing our own personal…
What does a word mean? How do we know what thoughts are in someone’s head? If we are listening carefully, we are listening for the meaning behind their words, from the smallest…
In March, the Human Rights Council passed a resolution calling on all states to ensure that their use of armed drones complies with international human rights law. The resolution…
‘May we look upon our treasure, the furniture of our houses, and our garments, and try to discover whether the seeds of war have nourishment in these our…
When we joined Leeds Area Meeting’s End of Life Care working party just over a year ago little did we think that the work of the group would coincide with such an increase of…
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