‘Give over thine own willing, give over thine own running, give over thine own desiring to know or be anything, and sink down to the seed which God sows in thy heart and let…
I am a Quaker, it makes me proud! I’m not a faker, we are not loud.
It has never seemed likely to me that Islamic militants can be brought into the civilised fold by bullets. We are people of the Book and so are they. Until 9/11 there was a Muslim…
On 15 February 2003 millions of people, across the world, marched in more than 600 cities. They had a simple demand: for George Bush and Tony Blair to call off their plans for an…
Quaker: Christian who believes that all humanity is lighted with a divine spark or light from God and that one must conform to God’s will via this light. Quaker: A person…
The diverse group with whom I traveled to London on 15 February 2003 got nowhere near Hyde Park and the speakers. This was due to the sheer numbers of people with their banners…
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