Jill Allum is right to call for fresh thinking about our peace testimony (21 January). As the context in which we live changes, so we need to change the ways in which we express…
The Christmas column in the Bridport News (19 December 2010) proved to be a wonderful present for Quakers in west Dorset and all groups who undertake long term campaigns. It was…
Howard Wright’s article (‘Talking Point’, 14 January) has carried me far away. There used to be a plaque in the docks in Calcutta that recorded an extraordinary feat: the…
Stephen Petter is concerned for the flight from Quakers’ origins in Christianity (14 January) and the shunning, by some, of the terms and concepts that this implies: ‘god’,…
Alternatives to Violence (AVP) holds workshops in communities and prisons to help people get better at handling conflict without using or suffering from violence. The workshops,…
Quakers are celebrating the 350th anniversary of the Peace Declaration, which is one of the bases for our Peace Testimony. Let’s get it as right as we can. 1661 was an acute…
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