24th February 2017

Forced migration: How can Quakers respond?

by Ian Kirk-Smith

The recent conference held at the Woodbrooke Quaker Study Centre, on 3-5 February, raised many important and challenging questions regarding forced migration and, in particular,…

24th February 2017

From the archive: Winter and rough weather

by Janet Scott

1917 began with a severe winter. At Sidcot, the Quaker school in North Somerset, the thermometer registered three degrees Fahrenheit. It was the coldest it had been for twenty-two…

17th February 2017

A call to conscience

by Robin Brookes
17th February 2017

Leadings and seekings

by A Friend
17th February 2017

Sing out

by David Harries
17th February 2017

Thought for the Week: The point of prayer

by Alastair McIntosh

Last week was billed as the ‘last stand’ by the Great Sioux Nation in America. For the past year the tribe at Standing Rock have spearheaded a battle against companies that…

17th February 2017

A Quaker mosque

by Metford Robson
17th February 2017

Images of Christ: (Non)violent upheaval?

by Rowena Loverance

In selecting works for this series, I didn’t want them all to be safely immured in churches, or in museums and art galleries. But it has to be said that Christ driving the…

10th February 2017

Dave’s story

by A Friend
10th February 2017

When my time is up

by Anna Wimberley
10th February 2017

Thought for the Week: Communion in Meeting

by Terry Oakley

Communing in the Spirit might be one way to describe Quaker worship. Individuals meet together mainly in silence, but the aim is to become a ‘gathered’ Meeting, to be in…

10th February 2017

Rooted in faith

by Sam Walton

As I sat in the cell my mind wandered. What would be happening now? It was about eleven o’clock on Sunday morning – Quaker Meeting time! No wonder I felt so lifted up. People…