On 19 June I had the privilege of offering the Quaker perspective to parliamentarians who came to an event organised by Christian Aid to call for a ban on trade with illegal…
‘An attitude to life which seeks fulfilment in the single-minded pursuit of wealth – in short, materialism – does not fit into this world, because it contains within itself…
The institutions which society once regarded as generally trustworthy are crumbling. Serious wrongdoing, greed and self-interest has been exposed among MPs, the press and the…
I think of being bisexual and think first of who I fancied: childhood feelings for girls, later re-evaluated feelings towards men. Thanks to bi and bi-friendly friends who cared…
If only he hadn’t had to conduct a marriage ceremony. Had he come, it might have felt like an historic moment of ecumenism. Local Friends had invited the vicar of Meifod in…
Would it be fair to say, George, that your commitment to nonviolence and your faith grew together? Very much. It was a mercy to discover the seventeenth-century Quakers, who…
Quakerism, for me, is a sense of community and inclusivity, a sense of belonging and a sense of friendship. The story below reflects this. I was at Woodbrooke Quaker Study…
"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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