The Friends Quarterly

The Friends Quarterly is a quarterly journal that aims to illuminate, educate and inspire.

It offers substantial articles by experts in their field, dealing with issues affecting Friends, current topics of concern, and thorough analysis of many aspects of Quakerism.

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2024 Issue 3: Eva Koch scholarship
  • Meetings for Nourishment in a Time of Climate Crisis by Naomi Richards
  • Anti-Racism Work at Britain Yearly Meeting by Kate McNally
  • Cultivating the Spirit of Accompaniment for Quakers: Climate Justice is feminist, anti-racist and anti-ableist by Ruth Kettle-Frisby
  • A Call to Right Order, ‘No Justice, No Peace’ by Meredith Freeman
  • Plus discussion questions for study groups, for Meetings and other gatherings.
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2024 Issue 3: Eva Koch scholarship
  • Meetings for Nourishment in a Time of Climate Crisis by Naomi Richards
  • Anti-Racism Work at Britain Yearly Meeting by Kate McNally
  • Cultivating the Spirit of Accompaniment for Quakers: Climate Justice is feminist, anti-racist and anti-ableist by Ruth Kettle-Frisby
  • A Call to Right Order, ‘No Justice, No Peace’ by Meredith Freeman
  • Plus discussion questions for study groups, for Meetings and other gatherings.
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2024 Issue 2: Membership matters
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2024 Issue 2: Membership matters
  • ‘Belonging’ in Britain Yearly Meeting, 2023 by Shena Deuchars
  • Why belonging matters: A young Friend’s thoughts on Membership by Michael Forde
  • A personal journey: Out, in, and out of membership by John Hall
  • What is the meaning of Quaker membership for me today? by Daniel Clarke Flynn
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2024 Issue 1: Articles of Faith
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2024 Issue 1: Articles of Faith
  • Interfaith Work: Going for the jugular or peace in our times? by Marigold Bentley
  • A Pantheistic Prayer For These Chaotic Times? by Paul Hodgkin
  • Others’ Faiths by Eleanor Nesbitt
  • Faith and Myth by Richard Seebohm
  • The Future of Religion: A global perspective by Peter Varney
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Take a break with the FQ
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Take a break with the FQ

The Friends Quarterly is an inspiring resource for learning, exploring and sharing.

Each issue has four thought-provoking essays on one theme, written by different contributors from across the wider community of Friends.

We are offering readers of the Friend a special offer of all four issues from 2023 for only £18 (inc. p+p), a saving of £6 on buying them all separately!

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2023 Issue 4: Good grief
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2023 Issue 4: Good grief
  • On living with death: A reflection by Rosemary Daley
  • Liberal Quakers and life after death by Kersti Wagstaf
  • End of life: journey and legacy by Wendy Pattinson
  • Taking the non-problem seriously by Judith Moran
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2023 Issue 3: Outreach
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2023 Issue 3: Outreach
  • Redefining successful outreach: How can more people find a home in Quaker communities? by Naomi Major
  • Facing the outreach quandary: How to be seen by Annette Gamblin
  • Quaker Outreach: Connecting with the community by Chapt GPT
  • Hospitality and the pilgrim: A reflection on communion and community by Harvey Gillman
  • Being who I am by Anthony Gimpel
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2023 Issue 2: Preparing for Yearly Meeting
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2023 Issue 2: Preparing for Yearly Meeting
  • A more nimble approach to being Quaker by Beth Allen
  • Reflections on the Peace Testimony in our time by Till Geiger
  • A plea for the plundered by Edward Dommen
  • To arrive where we started: approaching nonduality by Abigail Maxwell
  • David Blamires (1936-2022) A tribute
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2023 Issue 1: Feeling our way
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2023 Issue 1: Feeling our way
  • Although I walk through the valley of the shadow of death by Hilary Johnson
  • Centering Prayer: A contemplative gift for Friends? by Rosemary Field
  • Exploring and navigating fear: An essential element of our spiritual journey by Kate Graham
  • Is love infinite? by Priscilla Alderson
  • Walking the labyrinth by Andy Stoller
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2022 Issue 4: What on Earth?
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2022 Issue 4: What on Earth?
  • Idolatry and covenant: Naming spiritual aspects of the Earth crises by Paul Hodgkin
  • Addressing our worst global nightmares while managing our righteousness by Paul Ingram
  • Poem: A land not mine, still by Anna Akhmatova
  • All change! Making paths on shifting ground by Living Witness Gathering
  • Is private property compatible with climate justice? by Frances Voelcker
  • The Quaker spiritual journey: Towards a new creation by Stuart Masters
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2022 Issue 3: Truth & justice
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2022 Issue 3: Truth & justice
  • Truth, justice and the Spirit by Jan Arriens, Martina Weitsch, and Gerald Hewitson
  • Dancing through the darkness: Toward spirit-led foreign and security policy by Gordon Matthews
  • Poem: There is a better country by Christina Rossetti
  • The spiritual heart of our shared humanity by Howard Grace
  • What does it mean to be anti-racist? by Kate McNally and Rachael Swancott
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