Category: Quakers
Quaker specific content, theology, worship, training, community, both relating to Britain Yearly Meeting and the wider Quaker family.
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Quaker A-Z: B is for Books
Photo by Jonas Jacobsson on Unsplash Books… B is for Books. For goodness sake, write it down! In this blog, we are taking inspiration from John McCutcheon’s storytelling folk songs: “Write it down so we’ll remember What is was we said I believe we really need to Summarize what we’ve agreed to Pass that paper
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Quaker A-Z: A is for Accountability & Authority
Accountability Counts Both Ways I find many people find these two words hard to deal with, especially Authority, ‘Quakers don’t deal well with authority’, ‘I don’t like authority’, or ‘I don’t want authority’ I get told. When I ask about Accountability – they often tell me they don’t like that for them. However they often
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Quaker A-Z: Z is for Zeal, Zest & Zen
Z words can be tricky After all, there are only between 426 (Scrabble dictionary) and 693 (Word Finder site) words beginning with Z in English. This is why I am going for Zeal, Zest and Zen. Plus, for each A-Z series, by the time I get to Z, it is not only the end of
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AdventWord 2024: Fruit
Fruit of the Spirit So many of my memories of Christmas include food. There are baked goods, savoury dishes, seasonal treats and of course the nuts and satsuma or orange in the toe of my stocking. When I’ve managed to grow or produce something for the Christmas meal, or another meal during the seasonal period
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AdventWord 2024: Come
The Advent Invitation to Come and Find Rest This is one of my favourite Bible verses. I like it in all translations, and have meditated on it and studied it many times. I tend to combine it and read 28 – 30 as a complete piece. When I learned that the yoke mentioned would link
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AdventWord 2024: Shine
Shine: The Power of Light December always brings a need for light and warmth, and today’s advent word captures that perfectly. For me, “shine” takes me back to 1997 and the Eurovision Song Contest. I was just a child when Katrina and the Waves performed Love Shine a Light, but I’ve never forgotten that moment.
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AdventWord 2024: Lifted
Lifted for the Holidays: Embracing the Season with Joy and Purpose As a business owner, a military wife, and a mum of three, the holiday season brings unique joys and challenges. Every year, the lead-up to Christmas can feel like a whirlwind, with an endless list of to-dos, both at home and at work. But
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AdventWord 2024: Mercy
Mercy is Undeserved If you’ve been reading along you may recognise this photo. I’ve shared before in this year’s humility post, that this is one of my favourite Bible verses. I’ve even talked about humble and reflected on this verse in an AdventWord post back in 2019. One of the reasons I enjoy this annual
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AdventWord 2024: Love
Love is a Verb The word LOVE is quite odd. People often treat it as if it is a noun, or a pronoun if they’re in the habit of calling you ‘love’. But of course in English we use the word love for many many things. You may have heard that the Ancient Greeks have
