On Saturday in central London thousands gathered to protest against present and proposed government cuts. There was a contingent walking behind the banner: ‘Cut Trident, not…
Next week Churches Together in England (CTE) will hold a Forum, an event that happens every three years and brings together representatives of the member churches, of county…
Spirituality has become something of a vogue word these days, but what does it mean? My Oxford dictionary only lists the word as a derivative of ‘spirit’, which comes from the…
The idea of ethical investment can be taken right back to the nineteenth century, when Quakers refused to invest in the arms industry. More recently, the early 1980s are seen as…
Quaker Week is over. Phew. This has been the sixth. Quakers all over the country have been thinking creatively, putting up posters, throwing open their Meeting houses, hosting…
One Sunday morning in 1651, George Fox visited Warmsworth Church. According to his autobiography:
Our Meeting today (7 October) prayed for April Jones, her family, friends and community. We also prayed for the person who abducted her, remembering that he, too, is a child of…
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