Issue 18-05-2012
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Thought for the Week: Love in action
Are some Quakers today less committed to the Peace Testimony? A Friend suggested, in an article in the Friend (‘Peace 350’, 12 August 2011), that they are. I am dismayed. Morally, killing of our own kind is out. War is out. The elimination of human beings – whether by remote control or otherwise – is...
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A sense of belonging
Where would I belong? Originally, I was accepted into membership in Settle Monthly Meeting and had worshipped at many different Meetings. Later, when I moved to Rochdale, I visited several Meetings before settling down at Hebden Bridge Meeting.
Quaker Artists Network
Today, the arts are clearly important to many Friends, as demonstrated by the continuing uptake of Appleseed and other art-based courses and retreats, occasional events organised by Quaker Meetings, and the work of the Leaveners and the Quaker Tapestry.
Faith and clarity
There is an important but normally unrecognised difference between what is expected of us as individual Quakers and our responsibilities as members attending our organisation’s annual meeting.
Skyspace plan dropped
The plan to incorporate a visionary ‘Skyspace’ by the distinguished American Quaker artist James Turrell in the redevelopment of the Large Meeting House at Friends House, London, has been dropped.
The ‘real legacy’ of London 2012
The ‘real legacy’ of the London 2012 Olympics, according to groups campaigning on the ethics of the Games, could be militarism and a reduction in civil liberties.
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Bristol Friends speak out against housing benefit cuts
Friends in Bristol have backed a plan to address ‘an epidemic of homelessness fuelled by housing benefit cuts’.
Dutch Quakers focus on ‘just peace’
Dutch Quakers are preparing to move beyond discussion of ‘just war’ with a weekend focused on ‘just peace’. This is the theme of Netherlands Yearly Meeting (NYM), taking place in Barchem from 17 to 20 May.
Walter Wink dies
Quakers and other peace activists have expressed their sadness at the death of Walter Wink, a leading Christian theologian and advocate of active nonviolence. He died on 10 May at his home in the US, aged 76.
Young leaders course launched
A year-long part-time course for young adult Quakers will run for the first time from August 2012. The Woodbrooke Quaker Study Centre in Birmingham, who have launched the scheme, say they feel it is important ‘to be serving all different ages of Friends’.
What is your favourite colour?
Most of us have been asked this question at some time, but does it have an answer? Can you think about a whole colour at once? Don’t you have to fix on a particular shade? If I prefer cornflower blue to emerald green, does that mean that I always...
Eye - 18 May 2012
Soggy visitations Intrepid visitors to Ettington Meeting House recently braved distinctly soggy conditions. Kathleen Randall wrote to Eye with a tale of how heavy rainfall led to a morning navigating a newly formed water feature!
Letters - 18 May 2012
Coca Cola Eva Deregowska’s letter (4 May) on ‘Coke in the Cafe’ expresses very succinctly the reasons why Friends House should have refused to stock Coca Cola.