Author: Wendrie Heywood
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AdventWord 2023: Laughter
I think we need more love in the world. We need more kindness, more compassion, more joy, more laughter. I definitely want to contribute to that. Ellen DeGeneres Tweet Photo by Priscilla Du Preez 🇨🇦 on Unsplash Right sort of Laughter Laughter, for me, should be full of love, compassion and acceptance for both the
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AdventWord 2023: Hasten
Haste Makes Waste I’m sure you’ve heard that phrase before. To hasten is to do something or go somewhere quickly. Or to cause something to happen before it was planned. Usually that last has a negative connotation. All too often people presume my organisational skills and love of a good to-do list means I’m always
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AdventWord 2023: Glory
Photo by Cristian Palmer on Unsplash Living out our Testimonies As a Religious Society of Friends we see the … environmental crisis is at root a spiritual and religious crisis; we are called to look again at the real purpose of being on this earth, which is to till it and keep it so as
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Quaker A-Z: Y is for You!
You being a finite resource So often when I meet with a new or prospective client they start by explaining how hard they are working and yet they’re still not managing to do xxxxx. I like to remind them that they should consider rest as productive and feel capable of telling their appointing body that
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AdventWord 2023: Grace
What is Grace? Grace is such an unassuming word – comes from the Latin grātia and has interesting definitions… Grace – unearned favour from someone, often more powerful (human or divine!) Grace – can be unearned favour from and to yourself – accepting that you are human and imperfect. Grace – a title given to
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AdventWord 2023: Wind
AdventWord 2023: Wind As I write this my conservatory office is being buffeted by gusts of wind, the trees outside swaying and branches scraping, as well as losing leaves which I can hear spattering against the roof along with rain. It’s dark, so I can’t see much outside, but I can hear it. I know tomorrow
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Quaker A-Z: X is for Xerophilia
Xerophilia From the Greek xēros ‘dry’, and philos ‘loving’ This was a new word for me – I put out a prompt on Facebook asking for ideas for the clerk’s A-Z and Rhiannon Grant offered this lovely word for archives and record keeping. Photo by Wolfgang Hasselmann on Unsplash So what is a xerophile? A xerophile is
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World Toilet Day
Toilet Twinning From the World Toilet Day website: “A toilet is small but mighty – just like a hummingbird! The hummingbird is the symbol of World Toilet Day and World Water Day 2023. In the ancient story, a hummingbird does what she can to fight a great fire – carrying droplets of water in
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Quaker A-Z: W is for Worship
Foundation not garnish… Quakers hold and make decisions at their Business Meetings – more formally called ‘Meetings for Worship for Business’, sometimes called ‘Meetings for Worship with a concern for Business’. But whatever you call it is the foundation not a garnish or decoration like the flowers on the clerks’ table above. Every business meeting begins
