The main agenda item of Meeting for Sufferings, held at Friends House on Saturday 1 December, was the commitment made at Canterbury in 2011 for Quakers to become a low-carbon…
Jonathan Fox, who has been a model of calmness and lucidity over the years, gave his last Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM) trustees report. Was there a hint of sadness in his voice?
Meeting for Sufferings were informed, very clearly, that no firm decision on the future of Swarthmoor Hall in Cumbria had been made. The Swarthmoor Hall Project Group told…
The new treasurer of BYM, Peter Ullathorne, gave a very measured presentation to Meeting for Sufferings on the status of the finances.
Quakers in Ireland have just marked two hundred years of pioneering healthcare. The anniversary celebration was held at Bloomfield Care Centre in Rathfarnham, Dublin, a…
Several Friends joined a twenty-four-hour boycott of Facebook last Saturday in protest at the low level of corporation tax paid by the company.
Friends House has just been given a much sought after Soil Association ‘Food for Life’ Catering Mark gold award. The mark was awarded for the outstanding quality of…
Quakers and human rights campaigners have applauded a court’s decision to allow a Nigerian with kidney disease to continue to live in the UK and to receive NHS treatment.
Quakers have been encouraged to send letters and Christmas cards to people around the world who are imprisoned for their stand against war.
A prestigious Guardian Charity Awards for 2012 was this week given to Quaker Social Action. It is a huge achievement for the charity, which is based in east London, and…
Friends in Scotland will link with Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM) in helping Quakers play a more effective advocacy role in the country.
Quakers in Britain have called for an immediate end to the use of force by all parties in Gaza. A statement, signed by Paul Parker, recording clerk of Britain Yearly…
"If you truly want to be led you must put yourself in a position that allows following" (PYM)
Though written within a Quaker and Christian context, this book can be used by anyone of any religious faith or secular inclination. The only requirement is a desire to follow, to be guided by, to align with the richness of the ineffable, which this book calls "the Way". This book seeks nothing less than to aid readers in aligning their lives with the same power and richness that animated the life of Jesus of Nazareth.
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