Issue 23-06-2017
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Thought for the Week: Change and continuity
After one hundred and seventy-four years of being published in black and white the Friend is starting a new chapter. It will now be produced weekly in colour. We hope the transition will not be too radical for readers. Your loyalty is the bedrock on which the magazine was built,...
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In original Light
As we went I spied a great high hill called Pendle Hill… and when I came atop of it I saw Lancashire sea… and the Lord let me see atop of the hill in what places he had a great people to be gathered. - George Fox 1652 The job of...
Who is my neighbour?
As I hurried out of the house to cross London the postman handed me the Friend. It was a timely edition, focusing upon refugees, with an editorial entitled: ‘Love your neighbour.’ It ended: ‘History will judge us by how we tackled the worst humanitarian crisis of our time.’
Brno gathering
In the dozen or so years that I have been attending the Central European Gathering (CEG), we have seen much growth in the individual Meetings and worship groups that come together for this event, and for the last few years a movement evolving towards becoming the ‘Central European Regional Meeting’....
What does love require of us?
David Brown’s new booklet What does love require of us? Quaker promptings towards love in action, another in the excellent series produced by the Kindlers, is a gem.
Images of Christ: Christ amid the cabbages
On 8 August 1932 a group of fifty Protestant fundamentalists descended on a small Cornish church – St Hilary’s, near Penzance – and proceeded to lock up the vicar and trash the church interior. It is a reminder of how recently Christian art was a subject of passionate feelings in Britain, for what...
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New York talks on a nuclear-free world
There is a Quaker presence at the historic talks being held at the United Nations in New York to create a world free of nuclear weapons. Tim Wallis, peace and disarmament programme manager for Quaker Peace & Social Witness and author of The Truth about Trident, is observing the talks...
International Quaker presence at Yearly Meeting Gathering
Cecile Nyiramana from Rwanda, who was prevented from coming to co-deliver the Swarthmore Lecture at Yearly Meeting last year, has confirmed that she will be attending Yearly Meeting Gathering (YMG) at the University of Warwick in the summer.
Peace Museum launches schools programme
The Peace Museum in Bradford has announced that from September it will launch a new primary schools programme.
Spotlight on ‘internal refugees’
Christian Aid is urging world leaders to provide more support for the 40.3 million people forced to flee their homes within their own countries due to violence and conflict.
Trident and the threat of cyber-attack
Quaker Paul Ingram, executive director of the British American Security Information Council (BASIC), is one of the co-authors of a new report that highlights the potential for a cyber-attack on Britain’s nuclear weapons system.
Quaker clock donated to school
A traditional Quaker clock manufactured in Sibford Ferris in the 1870s has been donated to Sibford School near Banbury in memory of a former scholar.
Reflections on the ‘Red Book’: Sources of the Light
Be aware of the spirit of God at work in the ordinary activities and experience of your daily life. Spiritual learning continues throughout life, and often in unexpected ways. There is inspiration to be found all around us, in the natural world, in the sciences and arts, in our work...
from ‘Written on Light’
Such a delicate cusp this evening: the sky, the sea and the barely discernible hinge between them. No, I don’t believe in Judgement but yes, we will be held ...
Eye - 23 June 2017
Bartram’s botany An eighteenth century Friends’ botanical adventures have been highlighted by Kew Gardens. In the autumn edition of Kew magazine Tony Kirkham penned a piece about ‘the Franklin tree’, otherwise known as Franklinia alatamaha. Six of these unusual trees were planted at Kew Gardens last year.
Letters - 23 June 2017
People power While Sylvia Boyes’ letter (9 June) about the Imperial War Museum’s charges of £10 plus concessions saddens me, nevertheless, when I talked with a friend about it she observed that it is usual for museums to charge for special exhibitions. Perhaps the wider point might be that the board...