The delights of Quakerism

‘Freedom!’ cried the young lad triumphantly, as he barrelled past me out of Meeting, like a cork out of a popgun. I happened to be doorkeeper that particular Sunday when, for…

Serving our Society

What practical implications arise if we say that the responsibility of the committee to the individual member matches the responsibility of the committee member to the Society?

Christian discipline?

While sorting through some of my father Sidney Hill’s books recently I came across the volume of Quaker faith & practice he received when he finally became a member of the…

‘It does what is says on the tin.’

What’s in our name?   The Religious Society of Friends and the divine commonwealth

I have been asked at times: where does the uniqueness of Quakers lie? Indeed, is there anything that is unique amongst us? In order to respond to these questions, I found it…

Quakers in parliament – and elsewhere

William Penn’s view that ‘true godliness’ does not force people out of the world but drives them to live more adventurously in it is well known. So too is the query as to…

Quaker etiquette: a rough guide

This last Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM), held in London 28 to 31 May, (in case you’ve been out of touch for awhile) was my first. It was probably the most momentous Quaker…