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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.

Online Meeting for Worship: Keith’s experience

21st November 201915th November 2019 by Jon Martin

Keith Harding shares his experience of online meeting for worship  We live almost a two-hour drive from our meeting and cannot get to meeting for worship as often as we would like, especially in winter.  Imagine, therefore, how … Read more

Spiritual joy – Games and Quakerism

16th September 201913th September 2019 by Jon Martin

Quaker author and Woodbrooke associate tutor, Jennifer Kavanagh, didn’t expect to be making games but now having created Journey Home and The Prayer Game she shares their origins and impact.  A few years ago a friend of mine … Read more

Bringing social justice to life – Games and Quakerism

13th September 20196th September 2019 by Jon Martin
A picture of a board game, the board is a military base with wooden people disarming planes

Jessica Metheringham, creator of the Quaker inspired board game “Disarm the Base”, explores the learning and campaigning potential of games. This summer, I’ve been working on a creative response to the arms trade. It’s called “Disarm the Base”, … Read more

Experiments in faith: finding a meeting-centred approach

21st June 201921st June 2019 by Sandra Berry

Quaker communities across Britain will be supported in new ways thanks to some bold changes in the way we work writes Woodbrooke’s Director Sandra Berry in this joint blog with Paul Parker, Recording Clerk of Britain Yearly Meeting. … Read more

Testimony – because we can do no other

7th November 20192nd May 2019 by Maud Grainger

Maud Grainger, our Faith in Action programmes coordinator shares her thought on the changing nature of Testimony. As soon as I hear ‘Quakers have testimonies’ I feel my heart sink a little. It bothers me more than I … Read more

Brexit, the EU and You

9th April 2019 by Maud Grainger

From the 26th – 31st March I helped lead the study tour organised by Quaker Council for European Affairs (QCEA) and Woodbrooke. When we planned the tour we had expected that the UK would leave the EU during … Read more

Answering That of God in Everyone?

15th February 201915th February 2019 by Mark Russ

On the 18th-20th January, around sixty Friends gathered at Woodbrooke for ‘Answering That of God in Everyone’: A Diversity and Inclusion National Gathering. Friends were offered the thought-provoking insights of three non-Quaker keynote speakers – exploring what it … Read more

The Publishers of Truth

24th January 201924th January 2019 by Woodbrooke

Quakers have always identified themselves as being a prophetic community, asserting that their faith is ‘not a notion, but a way’. Typically, Friends see action as being the primary response to their deepest spiritual experiences. In this blog … Read more

Let Your Life Preach

5th March 201918th December 2018 by Woodbrooke

The phrase ‘let your life speak’ is a common one among Quakers, but where does it come from and what does it really mean? It is little known that the original form of words used by George Fox … Read more

UoB Students Delve into the History of Woodbrooke

27th November 201827th November 2018 by Jon Martin

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

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