Some time ago I heard some ministry in which an individual explained his rejection of the word God on the basis that the variety of meanings given to the word renders it useless.…
Denial is a normal way of coping with uncomfortable experiences, such as anxiety and loss. Climate change brings plenty of both, whether through its impacts if it continues…
Am I hearing that we want to take this work forward, that we want to intensify our involvement and that we want it to continue at least until 2015? Yes, clerk, that’s what…
Stuart, in last week’s article, has outlined where Friends have drawn boundaries in the past, but I contend that now there are few, if any, boundaries in relation to three key…
Greetings to all Friends everywhere. ‘How far, how deep, how wide can you go this weekend?’ was the question Rex Ambler asked us to consider as seventy-one of us from…
A quiet revolution has been progressing amid the worst financial crisis for decades. It is one that Quakers helped to pioneer and that they are continuing to develop. It is a…
The assignment that strikes fear in most reporters’ hearts is: the workshop. These mini-conferences are greatly favoured today for stimulating debate and furthering ideas in a…
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