Issue 27-01-2012
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Thought for the Week: Speak up, speak out!
First they came for the Communists And I did not speak out Because I was not a Communist
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Olympic opportunities
How do you respond to the idea of the 2012 Olympics in Britain? With excitement and anticipation, with resentment and doubt, or with indifference? In the midst of our often mundane and busy lives, the Olympic Games taking place in Britain this summer represents a tremendous opportunity: an opportunity for...
Reaching Out: Publishing truth - Quaker Quest style
A quest is powered by questions. On a Quaker Quest these questions will be spiritual ones of profound significance to those who ask them. Seekers dare to cross the threshold of a Quaker Meeting house for the first time because something stronger than their apprehension impels them in the search...
The White Book of Carmarthen
Quakers in west Wales are preparing for a historic visit – by a book. The White Book of Carmarthen, launched by Welsh pacifists, is touring Wales and is expected to be welcomed shortly at Carmarthen Meeting.
Eye - 27 January 2012
Friends video goes viral Friends’ School Lisburn, in Northern Ireland, has produced a zany promotional video that is attracting hundreds of thousands of hits on Youtube.
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Christian unity experienced
Several Quaker Meetings have welcomed worshippers from local churches in celebration of the week of Prayer for Christian Unity. In a number of towns, united worship was held at a different place of worship on each day of the week, which ran from 18-25 January.
Swiss banks criticised
Friends in Geneva have strongly criticised Switzerland’s banking and financial systems. Geneva Monthly Meeting said that institutions in their city are responsible for ‘acute social and economic difficulties now experienced around the world’.
Warning issued against ‘vulture funds’
Two years after a successful campaign against ‘vulture funds’, the NGO, Jubilee Debt Campaign, has warned that the European debt crisis will give them a new opportunity to take advantage of poverty.
Anglicans inspired by Quakers
Anglican environmentalists say they are inspired by the example of British Quakers in divesting from the multinational oil firm BP. They have launched the ‘Good Steward’ campaign to call on the Church of England to follow suit.
Corridors of light
A while ago I heard someone on the radio use the expression ‘mental furniture’. She was referring to those comforting thoughts and ideas that come to the forefront at times of trouble, anxiety, illness or perhaps even danger. They are the thoughts that we turn to in order to give...
Letters - 27 January 2012
An Area Meeting yet to come I was very inspired by Jane Robinson’s poem (13 January) where, at an Area Meeting, the spirit of George Fox says: ‘So tell me Friends are Quakers strong in speaking truth and righting wrong across the world so wide?’ The Area Meeting suddenly sees...