The Friends Quarterly

2025 Issue 1: Spiritual accompaniment

• Spiritual accompaniment and why it is important to me: A personal story by Bridget Holtom
• On spiritual accompaniment by Lesley McCourt 
• A spiritual awakening by Daniel Clarke Flynn 
• Alone together: An accompanied Ignatian journey by Kate Sutherland 
• Some experiences in spiritual accompaniment: Holy listening for the still small voice by Linda Murgatroyd 
• Plus discussion questions for study groups and Meetings.

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Each issue has four thought-provoking essays on one theme, written by different contributors from across the wider community of Friends.

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2024 Issue 4: Acts of witness

• Seeking a just peace in Israel/Palestine: Quaker discernment and action in the face of controversy and cataclysm by Steve Chase
• Education, refugee relief, and legal aid: Quakers, Israel/Palestine, and the future by Deborah & James Fine 
• The PECEP kindergartens in Gaza: A success story, currently in ruins by Arnstein Finset 
• Quaker witness in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories by Michael Goodwin 
• Plus discussion questions for study groups and Meetings.

2024 Issue 3: Eva Koch scholarship

• Meetings for Nourishment in a Time of Climate Crisis by Naomi Richards
• Anti-Racism Work at Britain Yearly Meeting by Kate McNally
• Cultivating the Spirit of Accompaniment for Quakers: Climate Justice is feminist, anti-racist and anti-ableist by Ruth Kettle-Frisby
• A Call to Right Order, ‘No Justice, No Peace’ by Meredith Freeman
• Plus discussion questions for study groups, for Meetings and other gatherings.

2024 Issue 2: Membership matters

• ‘Belonging’ in Britain Yearly Meeting, 2023 by Shena Deuchars
• Why belonging matters: A young Friend’s thoughts on Membership by Michael Forde
• A personal journey: Out, in, and out of membership by John Hall
• What is the meaning of Quaker membership for me today? by Daniel Clarke Flynn
• Plus discussion questions for study groups, for Meetings and other gatherings.

2024 Issue 1: Articles of Faith

• Interfaith Work: Going for the jugular or peace in our times? by Marigold Bentley
• A Pantheistic Prayer For These Chaotic Times? by Paul Hodgkin
• Others’ Faiths by Eleanor Nesbitt
• Faith and Myth by Richard Seebohm
• The Future of Religion: A global perspective by Peter Varney
• Plus discussion questions for study groups, for Meetings and other gatherings.

2023 Issue 4: Good grief

• On living with death: A reflection by Rosemary Daley
• Liberal Quakers and life after death by Kersti Wagstaf
• End of life: journey and legacy by Wendy Pattinson
• Taking the non-problem seriously by Judith Moran
• Plus discussion questions for study groups, for Meetings and other gatherings.

2023 Issue 3: Outreach

• Redefining successful outreach: How can more people find a home in Quaker communities? by Naomi Major
• Facing the outreach quandary: How to be seen by Annette Gamblin
• Quaker Outreach: Connecting with the community by Chapt GPT
• Hospitality and the pilgrim: A reflection on communion and community by Harvey Gillman
• Being who I am by Anthony Gimpel
• Plus discussion questions for study groups, for Meetings and other gatherings.

2023 Issue 2: Preparing for Yearly Meeting

• A more nimble approach to being Quaker by Beth Allen
• Reflections on the Peace Testimony in our time by Till Geiger
• A plea for the plundered by Edward Dommen
• To arrive where we started: approaching nonduality by Abigail Maxwell
• David Blamires (1936-2022) A tribute
• Plus discussion questions for study groups, for Meetings and other gatherings.