I’ve been trying to discover what it is that nontheists don’t believe in. I have looked at their website and asked a well-known nontheist but, so far, I am none the…
Several articles in recent issues of the Friend have focused minds on outreach as we begin the run-up to National Quaker Week. Outreach ranges from unsubtle evangelism, which we…
Enjoying the humour I sit to one side Until your approach, feeling Warm inside I take your hand And feel the world fall away Around me.
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It was terrific to hear so many Friends ‘call to action’ at Canterbury in support of a lower carbon economy; but I was disappointed at the apocalyptic approach of many Friends…
The proposals of the Review Group on Meeting for Sufferings (MfS) and Yearly Meeting (YM) Trustees were presented and accepted at Yearly Meeting Gathering. The most substantial of…
To all Friends everywhere: For JYM this year, 106 young people between the ages of sixteen and eighteen gathered for a sunny week in Canterbury from the 30 July to the 6…
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