Friends reflect on whether Quakers should celebrate Holy Days.

Actress Sheila Hancock shares about her experience of losing faith and rediscovering a sense of comfort and purpose in her life as a Quaker.

It's very understandable if sitting in silence for an hour sounds daunting. Here's some alternatives for enjoying the peace and stillness of a Quaker Meeting without compromising on comfort.

Writing from his experience of imprisonment, Isaac Penington’s emphasis on living with integrity is still relevant today.

Friends reflect on what ‘That of God in Everyone’ means to them.

This article weaves together reflections from a few Friends on this rather unique aspect of Quaker practice.

Quaker Week runs from September 28th to October 6th. What's it about and what events are on?

The year 1652 is etched in the minds of Quakers. We ask Geoffrey Durham why.

Rhiannon Grant shares on BBC Radio 2’s Pause for Thought how living her life in harmony with the Quaker value of simplicity prompts her to consider her everyday choices.

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Following on from her first post about learning in the stillness, Ruth Tod shares her thoughts on the Quaker testimony of sustainability and how our urge to expand leads to exploitation and domination.

Lucy Faulkner-Gawlinski shares how she has developed a habit of sitting in Quaker meeting with the Lord’s Prayer, that was ‘drilled into her’ at school, and how she has adapted it to provide meaning and guidance.

Rhiannon Grant reflects on BBC Radio 2’s Pause for Thought how creating the perfect garden is not as simple as it appears if we wish to share it and treat every being with equality and fairness.

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In the fourth part of the Exploring Quaker Experiences short podcast series on the theme of ‘Beyond Meditation…’, Liz Rees responds to questions about how meditation and Buddhist teaching compare to Quaker meeting and stillness.

Ruth Tod expands on her post on coming to stillness to share how a Quaker meeting is a learning experience where we find guidance and insight.

In the third part of the Exploring Quaker Experiences short podcast series on the theme of ‘Beyond Meditation…’, Liz Rees responds to questions about how what she experiences affects her life, how it relates to ministry and what she does when it doesn’t work.

Wondering who George Fox was and why he and others challenged the existing church?

In the second part of the Exploring Quaker Experiences short podcast series on the theme of ‘Beyond Meditation…’, Liz Rees expands on how she developed her toolkit and how it feels when she is able to let her thoughts pass.

Ruth Tod shares her experience of Quaker meeting and describes the approaches she uses to from daily life into the collective stillness.

In the first part of this Exploring Quaker Experiences series on the theme of ‘Beyond Meditation…’, Liz Rees shares how she first came to Quakers and how she developed a toolkit to help her find stillness in Quaker meeting.

Quakers often use the words values and testimonies interchangeably. Craig Barnett explains the subtle difference between the two.