The Friends Quarterly

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.

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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.

2023 Issue 1: Feeling our way

• Although I walk through the valley of the shadow of death by Hilary Johnson
• Centering Prayer: A contemplative gift for Friends? by Rosemary Field
• Exploring and navigating fear: An essential element of our spiritual journey by Kate Graham
• Is love infinite? by Priscilla Alderson
• Walking the labyrinth by Andy Stoller
• Plus discussion questions for study groups, for Meetings and other gatherings.

2022 Issue 4: What on Earth?

• Idolatry and covenant: Naming spiritual aspects of the Earth crises by Paul Hodgkin
• Addressing our worst global nightmares while managing our righteousness by Paul Ingram
• Poem: A land not mine, still by Anna Akhmatova
• All change! Making paths on shifting ground by Living Witness Gathering
• Is private property compatible with climate justice? by Frances Voelcker
• The Quaker spiritual journey: Towards a new creation by Stuart Masters
• Plus discussion questions for study groups, for Meetings and other gatherings.

2022 Issue 3: Truth & justice

• Truth, justice and the Spirit by Jan Arriens, Martina Weitsch, and Gerald Hewitson
• Dancing through the darkness: Toward spirit-led foreign and security policy by Gordon Matthews
• Poem: There is a better country by Christina Rossetti
• The spiritual heart of our shared humanity by Howard Grace
• What does it mean to be anti-racist? by Kate McNally and Rachael Swancott
• Plus discussion questions for study groups, for Meetings and other gatherings.