In the edition of the Friend published on 31 March 1916 there was a contribution from the leading American Quaker Rufus Jones. It contained the words: We must set ourselves to…
On Palm Sunday traditional Christians process around their churches, politely flourishing palm crosses. They are celebrating the entry of Jesus into Jerusalem, riding a donkey…
Last year Meeting for Sufferings set up a Book of Discipline Revision Preparation Group (RPG) and asked it to do some preparatory work intended to help Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM)…
In looking back to Yearly Meeting 2015 and reflecting on where we had arrived after the gathering, it seemed to me that we were essentially standing at the same threshold as…
I meet a lot of Friends who want to know how they can communicate better about climate change. Some are frustrated or distressed because they think too little is happening to…
At a recent Woodbrooke workshop organised by Maud Grainger on Understanding Islam: Challenging Islamophobia, members of Birmingham’s Muslim community told us astonishing stories…
The invitation was issued by Mo: to join in a silent prayer for peace, in Lancaster market square, on the museum steps, from eleven o’clock to noon on Saturday 20 February. Her…
At the World Plenary Meeting I had the distinct feeling that we, as Friends, are evolving. Someone described our time together in Pisac, Peru, as ‘soft’, as an experience of…
We met together for nine days (19-27 January 2016) in a beautiful valley 10,000 feet up in Pisac, Peru. The Inca culture, ancient terraces and the remains of cities from the…
A deep concern for the future of social housing in Britain was one of the main themes to emerge from a one-day conference organised by London Quakers that was held on 20 February…
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