November 2023 – Worship Worship is the response of the human spirit to the presence of the divine and eternal, to the God who first seeks us. The sense of wonder and awe of the finite before the infinite leads naturally to thanksgiving and adoration.
January 2023 – Hope New Year is often a time people make resolutions, changes to their life style or hatch new plans. Sometimes these ideas can take hold and flourish but often plans don’t last beyond mid-January. After the excitement of the Christmas season, this month can feel a bit bleak, with the weather to … Read more
December 2022 – Midwinter Winter is a time of darkness, shorter days and possibly shorter outdoor playtime, and, as John Betjeman’s poem Advent 1955 reads ‘dark at breakfast, dark at tea’. On the face of it, this season can appear gloomy and we look forward to lighter days. However, the darkness of this time of … Read more
Recording of the Blacklash Blues by The Sirens. Originally performed by Nina Simone. The Sirens includes Helen Minnis who performed the song during her 2022 Swarthmore Lecture, you can find out more about this here.
September 2017 – Hope in Turbulent Times – Developing Spiritual Practices This month’s issue is based on the idea that we can find hope, and build resilience and strength through Quaker worship. To do this effectively we need to understand what worship is and how we can practice this well.
July 2017 – QFP – Approaches to God, worship and prayer This edition of Journeys in the Spirit looks at chapter two of Quaker faith & practice – Approaches to God, worship and prayer. It continues this series reflecting on Quaker faith & Practice as adults have been doing in their meetings.
Summaries of Postgraduate Theses on Quaker Topics, including Social Sciences – Quakers today; Quaker History – Stories of the Past; Theology – what did and do Quakers believe?
The radical mysticism of Quakerism, which is based on the idea that God can be experienced without the mediation of priest or text at any time, in any place.
November 2014 – Living as a Quaker – Equipping children for ministry Woodbrooke has a course for adult Friends called ‘Equipping for Ministry’. This enables Friends to explore and develop what ministry is for them. The writer of this issue wanted to offer ways to explore a similar approach with children.
The 2014 Swarthmore Lecture explores the theme of transformation, ending with a call for us as Quakers to return to a transforming and transformational faith.
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