‘Thou shalt not kill’ (Exodus 20:13) This is not a rule to be followed when it suits us. It is an absolute. We have not got the freedom to choose as and when and with…
The announcement that Cork would host Ireland Yearly Meeting 2013 was met with excitement and not a little sense of adventure! In the 350 years of Quakers in Ireland, Yearly…
Dear Friends We send greetings from Ireland Yearly Meeting held for the first time in Cork from 24th – 28th July 2013. Cork is a city rich in heritage located on the southern…
Why is the universe made the way it is? Why does the human being exist? The answer to these mind-boggling questions is ‘The Truth’. But the answer is beyond the ability of the…
A question that frequently emerged in various Meetings I visited, when travelling in the ministry around Britain, was ‘How do I explain Quakerism?’ This seemed, itself, to…
Recent studies have shown that there are an increasing number of areas where to buy or rent anywhere to live it is necessary to have an income far in excess of average earnings.…
The dire effects of the present monetary system and its failure were recently pointed out by our Friend George Penaluna (‘Money is debt: a vicious circle’, 5 July). These…
Do you not know that you are each an Eve? The sentence of God on this sex of yours lives in this age; the guilt must of necessity live too. You are the devil’s gateway; you are…
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