Most British Quakers have come from other churches, and many of us are refugees: we ‘come home’ to Friends, but we would not have left our churches without some…
Over recent decades membership has become a contested issue for British Quakers. Some Friends object to the membership process on principle, such as a supposed conflict with our…
The Spirit of Love is within us, We are here to bring good news to the poor; We are here to heal the broken hearted, We are here to bring deliverance to the captives, the…
As Quakers, our Society cannot function effectively until each member and attender understands fully, and is both willing and able, to practice spiritual discernment. Whilst of…
Walking to Meeting I saw, overhead, dark grey clouds moving that were rimmed with a golden colour, a stimulus to reflect on the Light within and the Light beyond: the Ocean of…
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