9th August 2013

Travelling in ministry: Being a Quaker

by Thomas Swain

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…

2nd August 2013

Cancer and love

by Eithne Dodwell
2nd August 2013

Quaker chaplains

by Robin Fishwick
2nd August 2013

Summer thoughts

by Ruth Thompson
2nd August 2013

Thought for the Week: Economic apartheid

by Angela Kyte

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.…

2nd August 2013

We need a society… not an economy!

by Tony Weekes and Sue Holden

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…

2nd August 2013

Violence against women

by Frank Regan

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…

2nd August 2013

On being a grandpa

by Ken Veitch
26th July 2013

Beyond forgiving

by Howard Grace
26th July 2013

Thought for the Week: Hard times

by Tim Cook

About two years ago I started keeping a journal. I began it at a time when I was starting to attend Quaker Meeting regularly and was also facing the prospect of early retirement,…

26th July 2013

Declaration of the 2013 UK Pilgrimage for Peace and Economic Justice

by The 2013 UK Pilgrimage for Peace and Economic Justice

Nuclear weapons are unique in their destructive power, in the unspeakable human suffering they cause, in the impossibility of controlling their effects in space and time, in the…

26th July 2013

Travelling in ministry: Elders’ gifts and authority

by Thomas Swain

One of my requests to Meetings that invited me to share about Spirit given gifts, was to gather on Friday evening with elders of the Meeting. It would be helpful for these Friends…