Issue 02-07-2010
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Quakers defend BP investment
Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM) has defended its investment of over half a million pounds in BP. BYM, the organisation of Quakers across England, Scotland and Wales, has a higher proportion of its investments in the oil giant than in any other business. BYM say it has engaged with BP on…
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Power, peace and Palestine
The 2010 Anna Lindh Memorial Fund award was given this year to distinguished Quaker peace activist Jean Zaru. Jean is presiding clerk of the Friends Meeting in Ramallah and has dedicated her life to work for peace, justice and a nonviolent solution in Palestine. Described by the award committee as…
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Quaker Quest: if we can do it…
Cockermouth Meeting in West Cumbria took a deep breath towards the end of 2009 and decided to run a local Quaker Quest (QQ) event in our Meeting house. We gained so much from earlier events that the leap of faith needed for a small Meeting to organise QQ seemed the…
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Letters – 2 July 2010
Christian discipline? I’d like to invite Ruth Milne (‘Christian Discipline?’, 25 June) to come to weekly Meetings for Worship and get involved in her local Quaker community. There she might find quiet reflection, not on theology, but on the things that Jesus found important: whether it’s possible to be both… -
Letting go and taking up
Recently a group of older Friends from my Meeting talked about the wisdom they had discovered. The same themes reoccurred: living in the present; slowing down; giving up. You can find an echo in Advice 28: Attend to what love requires of you, which may not be great busyness.
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Proud Quakers: Q-Eye – 2 July 2010
Quakers at the PRIDE London march on Saturday will have a brand new banner to walk behind, thanks to the creative efforts of Quaker artist Caroline Jariwala and her helpers Mark Russ and Neil Sawyer.
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Shadows of creation
In America in 1985 Ronnie Lee Gardner was condemned to death for murder. This year, having spent 25 years in solitary confinement, he was given an option as to how he preferred to die: by firing squad or lethal injection. On 18 June he was hooded, strapped to a chair… -
‘It is a budget lacking in compassion’
Quaker groups have criticised the government’s emergency budget, suggesting that the most vulnerable people will be hit the hardest. Ministers are also under fire for continuing with high levels of military spending while cutting public services. ‘It is a budget lacking in compassion and not grounded in an understanding of… -
Letting go and taking up
Recently a group of older Friends from my Meeting talked about the wisdom they had discovered. The same themes reoccurred: living in the present; slowing down; giving up. You can find an echo in Advice 28: Attend to what love requires of you, which may not be great busyness. -
Quakers join anti-arms trade protests
Quakers join a protest outside UK Trade and Investment, the government office responsible for promoting arms exports. Last week, minister Peter Luff said that the government had no ‘embarrassment’ about supporting arms dealers, as campaigners joined actions across the UK to mark Stop the Arms Trade Week. -
The new Scrooges
Once upon a time, ethics were considered an essential part of civilisation. Now they are taken to be something you add on as an after-thought (like green issues) once you have made your money and damaged whatever environment (physical and social) you operate in. Rewards are given to those who… -
On being a Quaker in business
Friends’ history and that of commerce in this country have been peppered with great names – Cadbury, Barclay, Abraham Darby (ironmaster), Fry, Lloyd, Rowntree. Where are the new names going to come from? Certainly not from my generation (born in 1949). There are simply not many of us about and… -
The future of education?
As you entered the school you would be struck by the design of the building. Light would pour through the many windows, connecting the children with the outside environment. Power would be sustainable: solar, wind, geothermal and biofuel used to best advantage. Rainwater harvesting would be the norm. Toilets would…
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