Impressions from a course at Woodbrooke Quaker Study Centre Jan 2011 Sufi gathering reciting ‘Allah, Allah’ we know God is Here Samosas, sweet tea, ‘How did you come to Islam?’ We listen and learn. lacking mutual words some matters of the spirit remain unshared Stephanie Grant

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‘In the bag’ I imagine must have come from hunting. The gilly, I suppose, carried the bag with all the birds that the hunters had shot. It makes me think about our attitude to hunting and how it has changed. In the nineteenth century and the beginning of the twentieth there was a frenzy of [...]

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It’s Christian Aid Week (May 15th – 21st) and while there are Quakers who would shy away from being considered ‘Christian’, Christian Aid’s declared aims – put human life first, struggle for justice, speak out courageously, treat everything against experience, could come straight out of the handbook Quaker Faith and Practice. At 8am communion (I’m [...]

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I’ve been in use as a Friends Meeting House since 1931. Week by week, the Friends come every Sunday and sit quietly, patiently, waiting. Sometimes someone stands and speaks briefly, or even at length. Sometimes they are all silent for a whole hour. Over the years various people have joined the group and stayed or [...]

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In a few weeks time a 32-page questionnaire will land on doormats throughout the Watford area. Like it or not, you must complete all 32 pages or you could face a £1,000 fine and be saddled with a criminal record. Completing the census is a civic duty – the data it provides is vital for [...]

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