Welcome to the podcast series from Nayler, from Yearly Meeting Gathering 2011, the annual meeting of Quakers in Britain. This podcast contains an extended interview with John Marsh, who has a concern about finance and how we use our Meeting Houses. Thanks for listening! Click here to listen to podcast #5.
Welcome to the podcast series from Nayler, from Yearly Meeting Gathering 2011, the annual meeting of Quakers in Britain. There’s an interview with Harry Albright from Friends World Committee for Consultation, recorded last week, and Hannah from Young Friends General Meeting talks about Quaker Business Method. Thanks for listening! Click here to listen to podcast…
The 2011 Swarthmore Lecture by Pam Lunn , reviewed by Jez Smith. Costing not less than everything: sustainability and spirituality in challenging times, the Swarthmore Lecture 2011. “The task may appear impossible We must take the first step.” Australia Yearly Meeting epistle 2011, paraphrasing Pablo Casals. When hundreds or thousands of Quakers gather for their Yearly…
Welcome to the podcast series from Nayler. This podcast doesn’t have any updates from Yearly Meeting Gathering 2011, the annual meeting of Quakers in Britain. Instead, there is an extensive interview with Geoffrey Durham, author of Being a Quaker: a guide for newcomers, published by Quaker Quest. Being a Quaker is launched at Yearly Meeting…
Welcome to another podcast from Nayler. This podcast features more material from Quakers in Britain and their Yearly Meeting Gathering 2011. Laura Wirtz is my guest as we discuss arrivals day at Yearly Meeting Gathering and I meet another Laura who cycled to Canterbury from London. Finally, there is an interview with Tony Stoller, editor…
Welcome to the first Nayler podcast, published for the beginning of Yearly Meeting Gathering 2011. This podcast is available for download. This podcast features a discussion with my guest Oliver Robertson. We talk about what we’re looking forward to with the Quaker event Yearly Meeting Gathering and we consider whether Young Friends can play a…
by Michael Bartlet I was aware of the danger of global warming from childhood. An inspiring geography teacher taught us about the dangers of the destruction of the Amazonian rain forest. I first experienced it for myself, in 1988, on a visit to the Central Bank’s national gallery in Quito, Ecuador. We had been walking…
Over 1,500 Quakers will descend on Canterbury on Saturday for their annual meeting to discern the way ahead for Quakers in Britain. The eight-day programme for all ages, called Yearly Meeting Gathering, is set to be an inspiring mix of worship, learning, celebration, business, spiritual growth and fun – including a ceilidh and making patchwork…
The European Court of Human Rights has affirmed the right to conscientious objection to military service in a judgment that has been published this month. This is the first time that the right of Conscientious Objectors (COs)Â has been explicitly recognised under the European Convention on Human Rights. The judgment came in the case of Bayatyan…
Friends House in London is set for refurbishment with £4.25m coming from the sale of Courtauld House on a long lease, as trustees seek to maintain the usage of the building while improving the design and making it greener and more accessible to all (images and video in linked page). The sale of Courtauld House on…