One of the ways that early Friends differed most from modern Quakers is that they were able to say with great clarity and conviction just what the purpose of the Quaker Way…
As we gathered to be collectively eldered on Right Ordering of The Microphone, some of us heard a still small voice that the rest could not. The mystics were ecstatic, others made…
The harbour is still. The tramuntana – the wind from the northern mountains across the sea, cool in the winter – has fallen. I sit on a rock and look out on what is one of the…
What does your work involve? I am a theoretical physicist, and work at the extremes of that subject, particularly in foundational studies of quantum physics and the concepts…
I live fairly simply, within my income. This creates a problem, as my bank balance consequently tends to grow. My family are self sufficient and will benefit from my estate…
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