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Quaker recognised as leading social entrepreneur

Quaker Jo Poole, founder of The Dress Doctor, has been announced as one of the Future 100 Young Social Entrepreneurs of the Year on Social Enterprise Day during Global Entrepreneurship Week 2011. This is a worldwide movement of entrepreneurial people, with millions unleashing their talents and turning their ideas into reality. It began as Enterprise…

a testimony to peace, today

by Jan Arriens On Sunday 6 November Jan Arriens gave this Pause for Thought on BBC Radio Shropshire: In a few days time it will be Remembrance Day. I have come into the studio wearing both a red and a white poppy. The red one is, of course, to remember and honour those who made…

A bee reaching for a flower. Photo: aussiegall/flickr CC

Finding Friends

By Hayley Fern At all of my first dozen meetings, someone new has asked me how I came to discover Quakers.  My reply is always the same: I happened to read a book which talked about it with such agreeable descriptions that I became curious.  The book was Notes from an Exhibition by Patrick Gale. …

People in Madagascar walking in a mist

Prophetic Voices #1: Yearly Meeting Gathering

The text below was prepared as ministry for the British Quakers’ Yearly Meeting Gathering event in 08/2011. by Maud Grainger Words such as connectedness, love, sharing, testimony – words  are easy to say, words fly out of our mouths all the time. We speak, write, listen and think words. Its easy to say what we…

Spirit Rising book editors stood in a group outside a building

Spirit Rising

Harriet Hart is one of the editors of Spirit Rising, an anthology of Quaker youth ministry. She talked to Nayler about the book and her own experience of being involved in the project. You’re one of the editors of the Spirit Rising. What is it and why should people read it?   Spirit Rising is…

A scene from the garden at Maison Quaker, Geneva.

My faith and action

In 06/2011 David Atwood retires from the Quaker United Nations Office in Geneva. He came to QUNO to lead the peace and disarmament programme and was later appointed as director. Thirteen years ago he was invited to address Switzerland Yearly Meeting on the subject of Faith and Action. David has offered his ministry to Nayler. Friends,…

Clouds edged with silver light seen through a skyspace

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…

A person in a field waching a bubble.

Soulcraft for men

From 10-12 June, Woodbrooke Quaker Study Centre will host a Soulcraft weekend for men, led by Peter Fishpool and David Williams. Peter Fishpool has led groups and arts work in many contexts. He has written in The Friend about men’s rites of passage and on accompanying his wife, Jenny, to her death from brain tumours.…

A street scene in Geneva where an artist has made a physical light experiment

Experiment with Light epistle

Epistle of the Experiment with Light conference, Glenthorne, 13-16 May 2011 To Friends Everywhere, We have come together to discern how Experiment with Light might be integrated into Britain Yearly Meeting so that it can be supported and further developed, both within Britain Yearly Meeting and beyond. Experiment with Light is a practice that was…