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Quakers set for #bym13
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Bad Boys access Friends House restaurant
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Nayler podcast #15
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1944 – Man, Society and Religion
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Move your money event in London
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Archive for the ‘Celebration’ Category
Two real Quakers
by Valerie Graves I joined Friends with my husband in the 1960s. I had been a rather lukewarm Anglican and he was fleeing from the rigours of a very stern Baptist Church – everything nice was forbidden and there was no rejoicing in anything. We had been much impressed by a publication called Quaker View [...]
Why do we blame the victim? In defence of James Nayler
by Stuart Masters Advices and Queries no.35 – Respect the laws of the state but let your first loyalty be to God’s purposes. In the authorised version of Quaker history it is received wisdom that James Nayler, although a man of deep spirituality with a significant gift for preaching and writing, was an unstable and [...]
James Turrell: working in the Light
by Jay Clark James Turrell is a light artist and an architect. He is also a Quaker, and created one of his skyspace installations for Live Oak Friends Meeting in Houston, Texas. His installations are site specific, and often change with the time of day. People often say that they are hard to describe, and [...]
Celebration: Alfred Salter
by Brian Beecroft Alfred Salter was a man of principles – a pacifist, a teetotaller, and determined to improve the lives of the poor in Bermondsey. He preached and put into practice these principles. He was active in temperance movement as a result of his experiences as a doctor, work on the Board of Guardians [...]
Friends of peace
David Bucura is a Rwandan pastor and is clerk of the Africa Section of Friends World Committee for Consultation. Involved with many peace and reconciliation programmes, he has recently been appointed as part-time coordinator for Central Africa for the African Great Lakes Initiative. What is the role of the clerk of the Africa Section [...]
Geoffrey Durham, Quaker, magician
Back page interview, from the Church Times ‘I found myself staring at this Quaker poster every day for three weeks’ Geoffrey Durham Quaker, magician I went straight into working as an actor in Glasgow after leaving university, and then became a theatre director at the Everyman, Liverpool. Through a series of accidents, I found that [...]