Spirituality and sexuality are two themes that frequently, but subtly, spiral their way into my poetry. When I was asked to come up with a “word of the day” for my episode on Broccoli Production’s Anthems podcast for Pride month, I wanted to take a word that I felt touched many aspects of my life. … More Some Musings on Stillness
Traffic Lights You watch the city serenely crumble the binary of Utopia and Dystopia, and hear its humming as you walk and weave between all those faces. It somehow smells of loving, and loneliness, and loss. All at once and not at all. The Light at noon is crisp, cold, cutting through the smog. You, … More Two Poems by Ella Otomewo
Last year, I read “Breakthrough To Unity” by Roswitha Jarman in a small “book club” with two Quaker friends of mine. The book helped me on my journey with the Quaker tradition of mysticism, discernment, and living out my beliefs and I think it is a great introduction to reading mystic thought and learning more … More Book review: “Breakthrough To Unity”
A Friend once shared an expert of her art journal with me. Intimate expressions of self, composed by taking what already was and arranging it into something new, something profound and beautiful. She inspired me to give collaging a try. My first collage was a tourist magazine glossy picture of a Moroccan mosaic cut out … More Creating Stories – Geschichten erschaffen
I found myself reflecting on the way in which music acts as a restorative for me. I listened to the Brandenburg Concertos again and was aware of the stimulation to my own central nervous system. But then I noted that Frank Sinatra singing ‘New York, New York’, or Shirley Bassey singing ‘Don’t cry for me … More A Quaker playlist
German and Italian below Today, we are sharing two texts in three languages, written by two different generations of Quakers responding to the same writing prompt: The texts are in response to the request of Chiara, the director of the “Italia per passione” Italian language school who asked her students (including our guest author Dan): … More Little notes of happiness – Kleine Glücksnotizen
German below Dear Reader, I am writing to you from my home in Manchester, England, to introduce myself as the newest member of the Willy & Penn editorial team. I stumbled upon the Quakers when I first moved to Manchester as a student six years ago; a friend and I decided that we would visit … More Introduction of a new Editorial Team Member
Today we’re releasing the list of recommendations from the Book & Poetry Recommandations Session that took place during our Annual Meeting in November 2020. … More Book & Poetry Recommendations
I would like to talk about my experience with the regular practice of epilogue today, and start a conversation about how we, as young and busy people, can make space in our daily lifes for quiet contemplation and expectant waiting. … More The Practice of Epilogue
German below, Dutch version published in “De Vriendenkring” This article is a cooperation between QCEA and Willy&Penn and is published on both the QCEA blog and here. If you have the time, check out the QCEA blog for inspiring posts about European policy, human rights and peace work: https://qceablog.wordpress.com/. When I was reflecting on my … More Hospitality at Quaker House / Gastfreundschaft im Quäkerhaus
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