Jan Arriens’ interesting reflections on Yearly Meeting (7 June) are very relevant to Agenda Committee’s ‘Manner of Holding Yearly Meeting’ exercise and need proper…
As I prepare for travelling in ministry, I soon lose any elevated sense of this old and enabling Quaker practice. There are many details to work out before leaving – where will…
In March a book that I have been working on for nearly six years was finally published. Beacons: Stories for our not so distant future is a collection of original short stories by…
Yearly Meeting for British Friends this year was a grounding experience characterised by Quaker discipline and service. Procedural concerns were expedited easily and without much…
Quakers crowded into a small meeting room to hear three Friends’ experience of dialogue with their local Jewish community. The room was full to overflowing as Annette Gamblin,…
At Yearly Meeting in 2005 proposals to restructure our governance met impassioned opposition from some weighty Friends. They feared that appointing small groups of trustees for…
"If you truly want to be led you must put yourself in a position that allows following" (PYM)
Though written within a Quaker and Christian context, this book can be used by anyone of any religious faith or secular inclination. The only requirement is a desire to follow, to be guided by, to align with the richness of the ineffable, which this book calls "the Way". This book seeks nothing less than to aid readers in aligning their lives with the same power and richness that animated the life of Jesus of Nazareth.
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