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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
‘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…
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…
"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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