21st February 2014

Patterns and examples

by Jane Pearn
21st February 2014

Thought for the Week: Signs of hope

by Craig Barnett

When our daughter Moya was born we held a ‘welcoming’ celebration for her at home, reading out this passage from the prophet Isaiah: ‘See, I am doing a new thing! Now it…

21st February 2014

Structures and spaces

by Janet Quilley

It is interesting that the alternative ‘public’ name chosen for our Large Meeting House is The Light. It feels unfinished: a light what? A light hall or room? A lighthouse…

21st February 2014

Sustainability series - The Canterbury commitment

by Laurie Michaelis

Last summer I was one of three Friends who surveyed Yorkshire Meetings on their engagement with sustainability. Our findings surprised and encouraged us. Most of the Meetings were…

21st February 2014

John ap John

by Elaine Miles

Have you ever heard of John ap John, Of Coed Cristionydd not far from Ruabon? Son of a modest arable farmer, More solid than John and a great deal calmer, John now thought it was…

14th February 2014

Diversity: problem or opportunity?

by Margaret Cook
14th February 2014

Thought for the Week: Piano

by R V Bailey

Like having a piano in the house We all need someone on whom to practise Love. Arpeggios of passion, chords of content, Persistent scales of care, with sharps or flats. Not…

14th February 2014

Stratford trial

by Caroline Humphries

Gasps of relief and ripples of joy were felt amongst supporters in the public gallery of court room three at lunchtime on 4 February 2014 at Stratford Magistrates’ Court,…

14th February 2014

Belief and membership

by Roger Iredale

The essence of Meeting for Worship is that it is a gathered Meeting – one in which the presence of the spirit is the unifying factor – where we are entering the silence and…

14th February 2014

Faith – What’s God got to do with it?

by Michael Wright

‘Faith – What’s God got to do with it?’ was the title of a thought-provoking one-day conference held in January at Friends House in London. As I went to it I wondered if…

14th February 2014

Chaos

by Bob Johnson

Do you Quakers believe in God? The news-reporter thrusts the microphone almost up your nose. Well? Do you? It’s a simple enough question – yes or no? Stop all this wishy-washy…