In my first article I wondered whether the message of liberal Friends today might be to give everyone an experience of a faith community in which they are accepted. If this is the…
Is Quakerism about to go ‘Whoosh!’? This was our theme for the week, and based on the discussions we have had, the answer may just possibly be ‘yes’. It was…
Have you ever played ‘Dead or Alive’? I used to as a girl and still remember the game’s excitement. You jumped up and wound your legs round the waist of a stalwart adult, who…
Of late, I have been wondering just how much money has been spent on weaponry and warfare since the second world war by successive British governments. Earlier this year I…
It appears that the general perception about Islam in the West is that it is a religion that has no regard for human rights. It is said that Islam permits the use of force to…
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.…
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