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Prayers for daily life
Many of us find difficulty with prayer. We want to give thanks. We hope for peace and for an end to the sufferings of others. We may find it easy to offer up spontaneous thanks to God for the blessings of this world, but to engage in daily prayer is… -
Nonviolence for a change
Ten years have passed since the original Turning The Tide video Nonviolence for a Change was published. As this updated DVD vividly illustrates, more than just the technology has changed in the intervening decade. Anti-Trident protesters will be glad to see that footage of that topic has survived into the…
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Friendly work with violent people
Love was the first motion’ that prompted John Woolman to make the perilous journey recorded in his journal to an area where Native Americans and settlers were at war. That love gave rise to ‘a concern … to spend some time with the Indians, that I might understand their life…
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Stuffed and starved
This book will make you angry. And if you still have any illusions that the majority of those who process and manufacture our food have our best interests at heart, then they will be dispelled. Today on this planet, 800 million people are hungry, and they are outnumbered by one… -
Drawing infinity
These are the words of one Harrogate Young Quaker reporting back to the main Meeting on their Sunday morning activity. Robin Wilson had been enthusing them with his fascination for infinity and he has now written a short and wonderful book entitled Of Infinite Beauty: a Quaker explores infinity.
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Simplicity made easy
Simplicity. What does it mean? This has been a challenge to me for many years. Some people seem to feel that it is a movement backwards towards an older, supposedly simpler, way of living – growing our own food, avoiding electrical equipment such as computers and so on. For me,… -
And furthermore
This is not an autobiography. ‘I have neither the time nor the skill to write one.’ So begins And furthermore, Judi Dench’s new book. However, she warns, it is not the last word as I have ‘often expressed the wish to emulate my dear friends and mentors, John Gielgud and…
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‘Not my best side’
‘Not my best side, I’m afraid The artist didn’t give me a chance to Pose properly, and as you can see, Poor chap, he had this obsession with Triangles, so he left off two of my Feet.’ -
The Spirit of the Quakers
In compiling this collection, Geoffrey Durham has taken on a gargantuan task: almost like producing Quaker faith & practice (Qf&p) alone. Starting from scratch, he has selected works from a wide range of Quaker writing from the seventeenth century to the present day. At its heart are Advices and queries…
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No more chocolates for Quakers
The last year has seen two sharp signals of the final departure of the traditional Quaker enterprise. The takeover of Friends Provident by Resolution pretty much marks the end of Quaker participation in the banking and financial sectors; and the takeover of Cadbury by Kraft Foods breaks the last trading…
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