Issue 09-02-2018
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Thought for the Week: Quakers and Kindertransport
Some months ago a Friend made an offer to our local Council of Christians and Jews that we in Harrow Meeting would be pleased to arrange a talk to a future meeting of the Council on a topic chosen by them and relevant to Quakerism.
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Interview: Jennifer Kavanagh - Finding oneness
Jennifer Kavanagh has written eight non-fiction books and a novel, The Emancipation of B, having turned to writing after a career of nearly thirty years in publishing. She became a Quaker in 1996 and is an active member of Westminster Meeting in London. She has always balanced a deep concern for...
Belief
A man I spoke to recently told me that he was not a ‘believer’. I said: ‘That’s too bad, I thought everyone was a believer.’ The response I got told me (with a look of incredulity) that I must surely belong on another planet! The truth, of course, is...
The Reformation and Friends: Hans Denck
We tend to assume that Quakerism is a unique faith tradition. George Fox gives the impression that his insights were formed entirely by divine revelation. However, the evidence suggests that Quaker peculiarities existed in other Christian groups. In particular, the spiritualist wing of the Anabaptist movement that emerged during the...
The practice of sanctuary
British Quakers have been deeply involved in supporting refugees since the seventeenth century, when they welcomed Protestants who were escaping religious persecution in France. Before the second world war, Friends played a crucial role in the Kindertransport, which rescued thousands of Jewish children from Nazi Germany. Today, many British Quakers...
Meeting for Sufferings: Sufferings focus on sustainability
the work and witness that Quakers in Britain have done on sustainability was the main issue for consideration in the morning session at Meeting for Sufferings held in the George Fox room at Friends House in London on Saturday 3 February.
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Meeting for Sufferings: Yearly Meeting Gathering 2020
Yearly Meeting Gathering in 2020 will be held at the University of Bath. Meeting for Sufferings agreed to the recommendation of Yearly Meeting Agenda Committee to hold the triennial gathering at the University of Bath and it was also agreed that the dates would be on 1-8 August.
Meeting for Sufferings: The role of Sufferings
A concern that Meeting for Sufferings is not fulfilling its role in setting priorities for the work of Britain Yearly Meeting was addressed at Sufferings on Saturday morning.
Meeting for Sufferings: Court and prison register
Meeting for Sufferings was given clarification on Friends who were arrested when witnessing at the Defence and Security Equipment International (DSEI) arms fair last year.
QCA respond to animal welfare bill
Quaker Concern for Animals (QCA) has responded to the government consultation for its draft Animal Welfare (Sentencing and Recognition of Sentience) Bill, which ended on 31 January. The draft was created following recent public outrage after MPs voted to reject an EU clause which says animals are sentient in domestic law...
Quakers take part in refugee conference
This week Quakers were among a multi-faith group who gathered at Friends House for the Churches Refugee Network Conference.
Arms exports increase by twenty-eight per cent since the Brexit vote
Britain has dramatically increased the value of weaponry and defence equipment it sells to the world’s most repressive regiments since Brexit, the Independent’s sister newspaper i has claimed.
Is Quakerism for the elderly?
Young people brought up in a Quaker Meeting tend to drift away in their teenage years. This is common, and has been the case for as long as I can remember. They are growing up, feeling their independence, and they often want to do things their way. We understand this...
Openings
Take a hand, an open hand (Maybe your hand) Pulsating with possibilities Holding, placing, lifting, stroking Playing, giving, building, writing A biological wonder at our disposal Now close it. The fingers curl in on themselves The hand has gone – a fist remains And what can anyone do with that?
Letters - 09 February 2018
Worship and truth Could ‘our, laudable, lack of creeds or set beliefs’, which Martin Hartog (26 January) extols, in fact be the cause of the difficulties that some individuals, who are unfamiliar with the corporate nature of our silent worship, appear to be having? In welcoming ‘all faiths and none’ are...