3rd January 2014

Does RE matter?

by Geraldine Winnall

Devon and Cornwall Friends recently hosted a public event to draw attention to the large-scale changes in education that have affected the teaching of Religious Education (RE). It…

3rd January 2014

Precious words

by Jill Allum

There have been a lot of contributions in the Friend recently on the subject of God and what could be termed the ‘God/no God controversy’. Whether we like it or not, we are a…

3rd January 2014

Credo

by Dorothy Searle
3rd January 2014

Silence is

by Matt Grant

What is this silence in which we sit? Yes, a solemnly maintained sacrament, Yes, a strange keeping of the sabbath, But also, much more, Silence is the builder of HaMakom,   a…

3rd January 2014

Ghost town

by Catriona Troth

In 1981 I was a postgraduate student at the University of Warwick, living in Earlsdon, one of Coventry’s satellite villages, and periodically attending the lovely, modern Quaker…

20th December 2013

The hidden homeless

by Rebecca de Saintonge
20th December 2013

Joseph’s story

by Joseph Leese
20th December 2013

A new Quakerism?

by Craig Barnett
20th December 2013

Celebration of Light

by Anne Jackson
20th December 2013

Thought for the Week: Home

by Ian Kirk-Smith

Homelessness is more than not having a roof over your head. A home provides a sense of place, safety, identity and belonging. These truths are never more evident than at Christmas.…

20th December 2013

Peace on earth

by Paul Oestreicher
20th December 2013

Times of waiting

by Julia Ryberg