Issue 02-12-2022
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In the beginning: John Wattis’ Thought for the week
Early Friends would have recognised Jesus’ declaration that his followers were not his servants (John 15:15). A servant, he says, does not know what the master is doing. Instead his disciples are his friends. Let’s take a moment to think about what this means.
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The bigger picture: Angela Arnold considers the value of imagination
Quaker worship and testimony are spiritually based, we say – Spirit being the basis of what we do. But my logical mind grapples with these words. I seem to need help from other mental processes to make sense of it all.
Inner city: Danina Stefan revisits Sarajevo
Sarajevo is my birth town. I spent a happy childhood there, and many years of peace and prosperity. That was until the war.
Amen fingers
Today I bless the fingers of the woman who uses yellow thread to mend a hole in my red sweater. She reads the need of a minute daisy for my light-deprived brain in the dead of December.
Green Party co-leader talks Quakerism
Carla Denyer, the co-leader of the Green Party, has spoken about her links with Quakerism on BBC radio.
Brought to book: Rosie Carnall on the process of revising Quaker faith & practice
In January 2019, as one of the co-clerks of the new Book of Discipline Revision Committee, I attended a meeting of Britain Yearly Meeting central and standing committee clerks. It was a day for learning, reflection and building community. We began, of course, with a period of worship. Paul Parker, the...
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Keep climate promises, say Quakers
The announcement of a new loss and damage fund at COP27 marked ‘a moment of extraordinary significance for climate justice’, Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM) has said, but the UK government must take urgent action on oil and gas to limit further impacts.
BYM highlights public service cuts
Further cuts to public services will hit those already struggling with the cost of living crisis, Quakers have said.
Quaker network passes 100 milestone
developed for Quakers has passed its one hundredth-member milestone. The Quaker Meetings Network (QMN) began in December 2019 when around ten websites were unveiled.
Quaker school student released under house arrest
A student at a Quaker school in Palestine who was held without charge has been released after forty days in prison.
Eye - 2 December 2022
A feast for the senses Local Friend Anne M Jones told Eye that the event was ‘held in an attractive church hall tucked away behind trees in Camden Square to raise money for two refugee charities’. She describes a vibrant evening: ‘A band that has won world awards, She’Koyakh,...
Amen fingers
Today I bless the fingers of the woman who uses yellow thread to mend a hole in my red sweater. She reads the need of a minute daisy for my light-deprived brain in the dead of December.
Letters - 02 December 2022
Measured language I have been following the correspondence about Israel/Palestine with great interest, and let it rest in my mind alongside many other reports I’ve read and heard since visiting that troubled area in 1966. I was particularly moved by the letter from Lynn and Dave Morris of Stourbridge...