Issue 12-01-2018
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Thought for the Week: Wonder
What is it, I wonder, that gives rise to Wonder? It’s not my choice – it happens – That I catch my breath and rest my dancing Gaze on patterns that the tide has left as Gift to the observing eye in sand that’s softly Given way to its insistent...
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Getting to Meeting
‘But I have promises to keep, and miles to go before I sleep.’ - Robert Frost Suspension bridges, formidable hills and impassable snows are among Cambridgeshire’s lesser-known secrets. Yet, I now know them ‘experimentally’. I live in Buckden, five miles from both St Neots and Huntingdon. I usually attend...
Presence and inner power
At Yearly Meeting Gathering (YMG) in the University of Warwick last summer there were several opportunities to look at empowerment and engagement with those in power. We are faced with so many challenges and concerns that sometimes we feel overwhelmed, which is why it is important to look at the...
God is
It has taken me much of my adult life to shake free from the cartoon image, fixed in childhood, associated with the three-letter word in the title above. For many years I avoided using it. I now feel I have begun to reclaim it. And a sufficient number of spiritual...
Signposts for the Soul
There are a lot of twists and turns on the country roads leading to Charney Manor, but they are well worth the ride, and the destination was the location for what was to be a very rewarding experience. ‘Signposts for the Soul’ was a new initiative of Quaker Action on...
Feast or famine?
‘Food for myself is a material issue: Food for my neighbour is a spiritual issue.’ - Leo Tolstoy A small, easy to read book, Feast or Famine? How the Gospel challenges austerity, came to me at a time when most of us in Britain were celebrating the Christmas period, and...
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International gathering at Friends House
An international gathering of Nobel Peace Prize winners and peace activists took place in the first week of January at Friends House in London to consider a challenge: how to get nuclear states to sign up to a global treaty prohibiting nuclear weapons.
Future of Pardshaw Meeting House
The trustees of Cumberland Area Meeting are considering the future of Pardshaw Meeting House, situated near Cockermouth, and have invited Friends to take part in the concern.
Quakers and Business focus on decision-making
The annual conference of the Quakers and Business group was held at Friends House on 5 December and considered the subject: ‘Seek unity; uphold difference; find wholeness: Exploring decision-making through Quaker Business Method and other models.’
Quaker Arts Network initiative
The Quaker Arts Network (QAN) have launched a new Facebook page. Linda Murgatroyd, one of the founder members of QAN, has encouraged Friends who are interested in the arts to engage with it.
UNA-UK’s appeal for Holocaust Memorial Day
The United Nations Association – UK (UNA-UK)are asking British Friends to make a contribution to Holocaust Memorial Day on 27 January.
Eye - 12 January 2018
Light without and light within Adderbury Meeting House dates from 1675 and, although used infrequently for worship, held a gathering of Friends on Christmas Eve. Meeting for Worship featured a piece written by Jane Burn, of Banbury and Evesham Area Meeting, set to music.
Letters - 12 January 2018
Quaker faith in action I was delighted to see the subject matter of the Friend’s 15 December edition and to read the interview with Judith Moran, the article about ‘Down to Earth’ and the piece commemorating the end of the celebrations of 150 years of Quaker Social Action (QSA), with the...