Issue 22-06-2012
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Thought for the Week: A light in the darkness
Dear Editor, I am not sure many letters come from this sort of establishment. Maybe this is the only one or one of the few. But it was important for me to relay the fact that ‘The Light’ can reach into the darkest of places.
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Peaceful primary schools
‘Today is about what’s possible,’ said Anna Lubelska, director of Spiritual England and organiser of the ‘Peaceful Primary Schools’ conference held recently at Friends House, London. The Small Meeting House was packed with about one hundred teachers and educationalists from throughout Britain and across Europe. The conference was a...
Creating economic justice
We can now see that the economic order is not a peripheral concern, but central to the whole relationship between faith & practice… It is rather that economic affairs are now so central to our whole existence that no other aspect of personal relationships or individual life-styles can now be...
You in your small corner…
Respect the wide diversity among us in our lives and relationships. Refrain from making prejudiced judgments about the life journeys of others. Do you foster the spirit of mutual understanding and forgiveness which our discipleship asks of us? Remember that each one of us is unique, precious, a child of...
New Quaker voices in Brussels
The voice of Quaker advocacy in Brussels will soon be speaking with two new accents. The new Quaker Council for European Affairs (QCEA) representatives are Alexandra Bosbeer and Gordon Matthews.
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Call to ban Israeli settlement goods
Christian Aid and Quakers in Britain have united to urge the UK government to impose a ban on the import of Israeli settlement products. They told a parliamentary briefing this week that such a move would promote the prospects of peace between Palestinians and Israelis. Quakers in Britain see...
Unitarians highlight civil liberties concern
Unitarians in Britain have called on religious and faith leaders to join them in highlighting the dangers to civil liberties of the Draft Communications Data Bill. The proposed legislation would allow government access to all private emails, texts, mobile phone and internet use. Unitarians argue that this would be â€...
Advocacy in Scotland
The growing legislative power of the Scottish parliament in Edinburgh has prompted Quakers in Scotland to develop their work in advocacy. General Meeting for Scotland has decided to reconstitute a Parliamentary Liason Group to advise on Quaker concerns and to work with other churches.
A healing grace
When Elaine Pryce was sixteen her four-year-old brother drowned. She blamed herself for this and so did her family. Her Pendle Hill pamphlet, Grief, forgiveness and redemption as a way of transformation, gives a most moving account of her journey ‘through a labyrinth of learnings… to forgiveness and acceptance’.
Tree of Life
Beautiful Friendship is a sheltering tree A special connection between you and me Love and support… Are the branches and leaves With space in-between For our Spirits to grow and fly free
Eye - 22 June 2012
Huddersfield bouncers A bouncy castle in a burial ground? Eye was intrigued to hear about a Jubilee celebration. Huddersfield Friends took part in the Paddock street party – they hosted a bouncy castle, stalls in the garden and made toilets available for the public.
Letters - 22 June 2012
Searching for books. Please help… I am searching for a manuscript of John Woolman’s 1772 journey in England that was last known to be in the possession of the late Guy Worsdell of London, and before that at Almery Garth in York, where Woolman died. This particular manuscript has not...