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.
Woodbrooke offers Student Placements to history students who are studying at the University of Birmingham. Daniel has been fortunate to delve into the weird and wonderful collection of Rendel Harris. He has been assisting with cataloguing the items … Read more
‘Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me; for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls’ Matthew 11:29 When we take time to stop and look around at the … Read more
How do we navigate life? What does it mean to be spirit-led? I’m looking forward to engaging with these questions with participants on the Standing in the light and sitting in the dark course, 8th-10th February 2019 at … Read more
In February 2018, Woodbrooke ran a six week long online course on ‘A Quaker Response to Animal Suffering.’ Its aim was to engage Friends with an important issue that is all too often ignored, trivialised or met with … Read more
Can God be found in the movies? Is it possible to discern the work of the Spirit within such a consumerist and populist art form? Does a theological response to film even have relevance in this secular world … Read more
The prophet Jeremiah lived through traumatic times. He saw the city of Jerusalem destroyed, and two waves of exiles, the Judean king among them, forcibly marched off to Babylon. His prophecies attempt to find meaning amid this devastation. … Read more
Barriers to the Bible I love the Bible. I find it endlessly fascinating, troubling and inspiring. But I didn’t always feel this way. I grew up in a non-religious home, and, although I was familiar with a few … Read more
What’s in a name? Well, quite a lot it would seem when it comes to dissenting religious movements. Early Quakers called themselves ‘friends of the truth’ but their opponents called them Quakers ‘in scorn’ due to the physical … Read more
In March 1995, I prepared for my interview for a post at Woodbrooke by travelling from Aylesbury up to London to visit the library at Friends House. One book I picked up that day opened up a world … Read more
Friends have a continuing commitment to corporate decision-making and arguably this is most evident in the way they conduct their meetings for business. Indeed, William Taber describes the Quaker business meeting as ‘that place through which we learn … Read more