Eye hears about soft furnishings in 1947, sees the youngest attender at Fritchley Meeting, and offers familiar words for Friends to colour…
by Elinor Smallman
Making music Bernard Thomas, of Heswall Meeting, has embarked on a musical mission: ‘Several years ago our local radio station, BBC Radio Merseyside, approached my Local Meeting…
The work of two artists with Quaker connections is on display this spring. Artwork by Margaret Glover, a New Zealand Friend, can currently be found at The Peace Museum in…
Missed a trick? What does ‘community’ mean? How important are the tiny moments? What impact does the way we treat others have? Jill Allum, of Beccles Meeting, was struck by a…
Colourful prayer Creatively-inclined Friends gathered together for a Quaker Arts Network (QAN) day at Woodbrooke last autumn, entitled ‘Colour Our Prayers’. Jane Garbett took…
Letting go What would an autumn leaf say to its tree? This was one of the questions posed at a recent weekend workshop on ‘Letting go: Steps in the spiritual life’. …
Singing songs and silence When Young Friends General Meeting (YFGM) met in May Les Miserables and Evita inspired YFGM the Opera! It is a delightful melding of musical and Meeting…
"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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