‘You are a community in the world.’ Who else remembers those words? They were spoken to us at the end of an ‘Equipping for Ministry Conference’ in 1991 by the Roman…
What does it mean to embark on a pilgrimage of justice and peace? This question has been occupying the World Council of Churches (WCC) Central Committee meeting in Geneva from 2 to…
As the son of a German Jew who fled from Frankfurt to the UK with his family immediately after he was dismissed from his grammar school teaching post when the Nazis came to power…
The Friend was established in 1843. It is one of only a handful of weekly magazines in the world that have been published continuously since then. In over 170 years it has failed…
What’s in a name? Well, quite a lot it would seem when it comes to dissenting religious movements. Early Quakers called themselves ‘Friends of the Truth’ but their opponents…
It was a beautiful autumn day last year when I stood in the churchyard with other family members for a short service to bury my father’s ashes. He had given faithful service as…
At the time of the second Summer Gathering I was invited to cater for the Planning Committee so they could both stay and eat together throughout the event. I then went on to cater…
"If you truly want to be led you must put yourself in a position that allows following" (PYM)
Though written within a Quaker and Christian context, this book can be used by anyone of any religious faith or secular inclination. The only requirement is a desire to follow, to be guided by, to align with the richness of the ineffable, which this book calls "the Way". This book seeks nothing less than to aid readers in aligning their lives with the same power and richness that animated the life of Jesus of Nazareth.
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