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Preparing for the Swarthmore Lecture: Tracing the Threads of Quaker Community

In this blog, Emily Provance, 2025 Swarthmore Lecturer, shares insights from the research behind her upcoming Lecture, drawing on Quaker texts from across traditions to explore how we live and…

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Grounded in Love

In this blog, Wendy Pattinson reflects on the vital role of soil in our connection to the Earth and the importance of caring for it as an act of love…

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Meet the 2025 Eva Koch Scholars

The 2025 Eva Koch Scholars share their backgrounds and what they are exploring in their scholarship. Hezron Masitsa Hezron Masitsa is a Quaker, a member of Nairobi Yearly Meeting, Kenya….

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Tracing the Quaker Origins of The Archers

As an Archers devotee for more than 40 years, I was fascinated to discover recently that the original idea for this dramatic story of a farming community has two significant…

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Preparing for the World Quaker Plenary: Quaker Voices from Around the World

Worldwide Quakerism can be seen as an extended family tree – with many branches spreading out in different directions and bearing different fruit. But when we come down to it,…

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Earth Day and ecological homecoming

On Earth Day 2024, Kim Harrison reflects on the importance of ecological homecoming after her recent Glenthorne retreat. The sense of ecological homecoming that we can feel in nature is…

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The Anti-Monopolist Origins of Monopoly – Games and Quakerism

Woodbrooke’s Communications Officer Aled Vernon-Rees explores the unlikely anti-monopolist and Quaker history of Monopoly and asks if we can still see these roots in todays game. I have always felt…

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Visioning for Climate Justice

Last year Amanda Jones completed the yearlong Exploring Faith and Climate Justice course run in partnership by Woodbrooke and Quakers in Britain. At the Climate Justice Gathering which followed, a…

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Centering Prayer: Encounter and Experience

The great revelation of 17th century Quakers was their lived experience of direct immediate contact with God. Even though we may now use different terms to describe our sense of…

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Accessible learning: speech and closed captions on Zoom

The spoken word is a vital part of our communication with participants in live sessions, and as teachers or facilitators we are probably already aware of the need to speak…

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