Two hundred people, with varying degrees of patience, are waiting for lunch. They range from teenagers to seventy-somethings, encompassing several nationalities. A number are…
Three trees stand in a row, Separate but connected, Two young beeches In their glory of autumn According to the eternal cycle of the seasons, One ash, old, bare and bent Involved…
Often I hear ‘Let us uphold (this person) in our thoughts and prayers’. There is also frequent comment and discussion among Quakers about different approaches to…
Recollections of the witness and life at this year’s Yearly Meeting Gathering, which was held in Bath in the summer, featured strongly at the recent General Meeting for Scotland…
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