13th September 2013

The Inspiration of Seeds

by Philip Chadwick

Thinking about Seeds of Inspiration Led to a veritable bean-feast of thoughts about seeds. I think you’ll agree, seeds are pretty amazing, So let’s concede the Inspiration of…

13th September 2013

The end of life

by Don Mason

The current materialism in the West has, I believe, contributed to a tacit assumption, which is held by many, that the worst fate that can befall us is to die.  This…

13th September 2013

Sing with conviction

by Mary Dower

It all began when, among the newcomers to Meeting, was someone who had made a round trip of fifty miles to come. This was not that unusual in North Scotland Area Meeting. I…

13th September 2013

Reflection: Endings

by Alison Leonard
13th September 2013

Passivhaus

by Janet Cotterell

The Passivhaus energy standard has been in use for the last twenty years. It was originally conceived by Wolfgang Feist, a German physicist, who could not understand why housing…

6th September 2013

Reflection: Words

by Alison Leonard
6th September 2013

Counting Quakers

by Bill Chadkirk
6th September 2013

Thought for the Week: Be patterns

by Ian Kirk-Smith

Poets are not absolutely necessary to the efficient operation of society. Trains will run on time without them. But poets can provide insights into the human condition. They can…

6th September 2013

Syria: What’s love got to do with it?

by Terry Wood

It has been said that ethics is a philosophical wasteland, largely dominated by disputes caused by pitching ‘my principles’ against ‘your principles’, but that one…

6th September 2013

The Syrian crisis

by Alexander Macpherson-Glasgow

‘Between the idea, And the reality, Between the motion, And the act, Falls the Shadow’  TS Eliot, ‘The Hollow Men’  Poison gas has exerted a unique horror in the…

6th September 2013

New light at Glenthorne

by Roy Love

Glenthorne’s situation on the fringes of Grasmere village in the central Lake District, surrounded by mountains and lakes, gives it a special resonance for many Friends. Like…

6th September 2013

Word

by Ralph Hill

The questing Spirit lights the receptive soul. Stirring, the mind in turn conceives a thought. The beating heart sends fresh blood to the brain To forge words whence the sentence…