Loving Earth Project: South Belfast Meeting’s story
Bronwen Haire shares her experience getting involved in the Loving Earth Project, sharing how South Belfast Meeting used Loving Earth to bring them together in lockdown I was fortunate to…
By: Jon Martin
Statement 13 August 2020: Onsite Activity Update
Updated 24 November 2020 After careful deliberation, we have decided to extend our suspension of the majority of our onsite activity at the Woodbrooke Centre until November. We are not…
Stronger Together – a Quaker reflection on Pride
In the midst of lockdown, pride season looks very different to normal for Mark Russ, who reflects on its meaning for him as a white male gay Quaker. June is…
Woodbrooke to offer 2020 Swarthmore Lecture online
Woodbrooke is delighted to announce that the 2020 Swarthmore Lecture; Openings to the Infinite Ocean: A Friendly Offering of Hope by Tom Shakespeare, will be live-streamed on Saturday 1 August…
Statement 8 June 2020: Our learning in 2020
We want to share with you our plans for our learning programme for the remainder of the year. After careful consideration we have made the decision that we will only…
Online worship – Britain Yearly Meeting and the pandemic
How have Quaker meetings responded to the pandemic? Rhiannon Grant uses our latest research to shine a light on the online worship landscape. At the end of March 2020, when…
Towards Quaker Ecotheology – James Nayler and Climate Crisis
Stuart Masters suggests early Quaker writings can offer us spiritual insights as we respond to the climate crisis. In response to an intensifying environmental crisis that threatens life on earth…
Paradise Lost
What’s the significance of Paradise Lost? Why is it of interest to Quakers? Mart Layton looks forward to the return of his course ‘Paradise Lost: an introduction’ How do you…
What can we learn about ourselves and the planet during lockdown?
Maud shares her response to how Covid-19 is impacting the environment and ourselves. Some say it is quiet outside, and it is, except I hear the sirens, that seem ever…
Prayer and change
Rhiannon wonders about the changing world created by Covid-19 and the place of prayer in her new routines. “Come regularly to meeting for worship even when you are angry, depressed,…
