By Paul Levy For me being a Quaker is about thinking about others and the world when I make decisions, not something I find easy, I think that in me there is a very selfish person whom Quakerism helps keep in check. I found Quakerism because of spending a life changing two weeks with a…
By Chris Diskin Before arriving at the Quaker United Nations Office Summer School in early July 2012 I was unsure of quite what to expect of the course, the QUNO staff or the other participants. I had worked for Friends House in London for a couple of years and while I thought I had a…
By Andrew Williams In June 1660 Margaret Fell delivered to Charles II a paper directed to the king and both houses of parliament, making clear the corporate testimony of Friends ‘against all strife and wars.’ Introduction to 19.46, Quaker Faith and Practice Earlier this year Meeting for Sufferings received an invitation from Buckingham Palace to…
The thirteenth Nayler podcast is a discussion with Paul Parker about ‘Whoosh!’ and how Quakers in Britain can share their faith vibrantly in the 21st century. Click here to access the podcast. Nayler podcasts are also available on itunes (Nayler’s posterous).
Friday 13th of 4th month was a lucky day for staff at Kaimosi Friends Hospital as they took delivery of over £500 worth of equipment donated by British Quakers. The equipment included stethoscopes, thermometers and surgeons’ boots as British Friends arrived in Kenya for the World Conference of Friends, which took place in Kenya from 17/04 to 25/04.…
 “For us it is about creating heaven here… not about an insurance policy to make it better in the next lifeâ€, says Marigold Bentley, speaking about being a Quaker on 4thought.tv. Being a Quaker “give me access to be surrounded by radical thinkers and radical activists.†Many years ago Marigold Bentley went to work in…
By Michael Jardine  The Friends Meeting House by Hubert Lidbetter (William Sessions Ltd, 1961, 2nd Ed. 1979). This book is concerned with the history and descriptions of Meeting Houses and burial grounds, and covers the British Isles and the United States, but principallyEngland. Its author was the architect responsible for the post-Blitz reconstruction of the…
By Simon Best If my article in Friends Quarterly and my George Gorman lecture could have one outcome it is that we talk more as Friends, in our meetings and in other Quaker groups. I believe that all Quakers need to talk about the issues I have raised, but most importantly we need to talk…
Although the legislation allowing civil partnerships to take place on religious premises is due to come into force on Monday 5/12/2011, the law is not yet entirely safe from being annulled. The change in the law allowing civil partnerships to take place on religious partnerships is part of the Equality Act 2010 but it is…
Welcome to the podcast series from Nayler. In this podcast the focus is on Occupy and there’s an hour long talk with Ian from Westminster Quaker Meeting talking about how he got involved in Occupy. It was recorded at Westminster Meeting House in eleventh month 2011. Ian’s talk is followed by a recording of the…