Issue 04-12-2015
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Thought for the Week: A call to conscience
I write from Paris, and the international climate change conference, known as the Conference of Parties, or COP21. There are Quakers here from all over the world! The COP21 is an historic chance to adopt a universal climate change agreement applicable to all countries. This is an essential move as...
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I know nothing
The less I know the wiser I get. The wiser I get the less I know. I’m in my sixties now – not old, but getting there. When I was a young man I thought I knew so much. I had an opinion on everything. I was excited by the...
Addressing conflict
It is 100 years since the first world war – the ‘war to end all wars’. Yet the British armed forces have been deployed in conflicts around the world every year since then, and continue in the present day. Billericay Meeting wanted to use this history of conflict as a stepping off...
Facing the challenge
As Quakers, we are called to work for the peaceable Kingdom of God on the whole Earth, in right sharing with all peoples. We recognize a moral duty to cherish Creation for future generations. We call on our leaders to make the radical decisions needed to create a fair, sufficient...
Knowing ourselves
I need to spend time with my kind. For a day together we came from Edinburgh and London to Manchester. The gathering was organised by the QLGF, the Quaker LGBT+ Fellowship. We seek to be more inclusive. ‘LGBT’, which stands for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans, can be lengthened by...
Gleanings: Being a transformational community
I am a natural hermit. Of the last forty-two years, I’ve shared a home for only twelve. I thrive on solitude and have developed a peculiar low-input lifestyle that few people want to share. I’m also part of a wider trend towards single-person households. There are many factors –...
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Friends witness at Paris climate change conference
Quakers came from all over the world to attend the international climate change conference (COP21) held this week in Paris.
Europe – a castle or a community?
The Quaker Council for European Affairs (QCEA) and Quaker Peace & Social Witness (QPSW) are holding a joint conference in Brussels from 4 to 6 December entitled ‘Castle or community? Quakers’ role in building the new Europe’.
Friends join climate justice call
Quakers were among hundreds of thousands of people around the world who marched ‘for climate, justice and jobs’ on Sunday 29 November.
Kingston Quaker Centre scoops architecture award
The new Kingston Quaker Centre, designed by Tectus Architects, has won the ACE/Royal Institute of British Architects award for religious architecture.
Pilgrimage brings understanding
Twenty young people took part in a Quaker pilgrimage to the 1652 Country at the end of October. They were aged between twelve and fifteen.
US Quaker activist visits UK
Eileen Flanagan, clerk of the Earth Quaker Action Team, will speak at Friends House on 14 December.
Liverpool Friends in sustainability move
New photovoltaic panels have been purchased for Liverpool Meeting House. The social enterprise café that was opened in 2014 has contributed to significantly higher electricity bills for the Meeting house.
God in a nutshell
At the heart of God in a nutshell is a deep concern with the discord and divisions that have been produced in the name of religion. The atrocities of today have been happening, in one form and another, for several thousand years. Why? Author Rex Andrews, who is a Quaker,...
Eye - 04 December 2015
Becoming blankets Countless balls of pink wool and the industrious clicking of knitting needles may ring a bell for many Friends around the country who were among those who created a seven-mile long peace scarf for the Wool Against Weapons protest last year. Over 5,000 people from around the world contributed...
Letters - 04 December 2015
Thinking clearly about war Following the atrocities in Paris, the prime minister wants to renew attempts to get parliament to agree that British bombers should be sent into action in Syria. The horror and fear caused by such events strengthens the demand for action. After similar events, even some Friends...