Welcome to Woodbrooke’s blog.
This blog is contributed to by our Programmes Team and Associate Tutors. It is a space to share ideas, to explore, to learn and to be inspired to put your faith into action focused on Woodbrooke’s mission to foster ‘a vital Friends’ ministry’, where ministry encompasses faith, witness, love and service.
To learn more about the learning events on offer at Woodbrooke, please take a look at our current programme of courses and retreats.
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 be asked by Ireland Yearly Meeting to be … Read more
Mark Russ shares his experience of the challenges of being in community and how he came to appreciate ‘Blessed Community’. As Quakers we hope for a world where everyone’s inherent worth is recognised, and where everyone lives in … Read more
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 over, and in the US that means Pride … Read more
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 Britain was locked down due to the pandemic, … Read more
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 as we know it, there is a growing … Read more
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 reconcile your faith in a God of peace … Read more
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 more regular. We are now in the fourth … Read more
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, tired or spiritually cold.” – Advices & Queries … Read more
Mark Russ doesn’t think Quakers have to choose between political activism and spiritual depth. Has Quakerism become too concerned with political activism at the expense of spiritual depth? Or are Quakers spending too much time navel gazing rather … Read more
Katie Evans discusses the importance of Retreats and how to reshape our relationship with time. A parachute slows its user down. It would be absurd to jump from a plane saying: ‘I can’t use my parachute, it will … Read more