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”
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
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
Today we publish the second part of the pictures and texts you sent to us made during the Willy&Penn workshop at our Special gathering 2020. … More Objects that meant something to us during lockdown │ Part II
door/by Mieke van Opheusden Jump to English translation Een Vriend uit Nijmegen nam deel aan de internationale actieweek van Extinction Rebellion (XR) in oktober 2019 in Amsterdam. Op de laatste dag werd hij gearresteerd voor het blokkeren van een brug. Ik interviewde hem over zijn motivaties en ervaringen. Extinction Rebellion Hoe en wanneer ben je … More Gearresteerd voor het blokkeren van een brug – een interview | Arrested for blocking a bridge – an interview
Today we publish the first part of the pictures and texts you sent to us made during the Willy&Penn workshop at our Special gathering 2020. … More Objects that meant something to us during lockdown │ Part I
As this article deals with small, poetic alterations to an English original, we have decided not to translate it. However, if you would like some help with understanding the text, please contact the editorial team. We’re all very friendly and one of us is a (now qualified!) English-As-A-Foreign-Language Teacher who loves explaining things to people. … More Three New Versions Of A Hundred-Year-Old Quaker Poem
Door/by/von Lisette Nijboer English below, German even further down below We schrijven mei 2020, en we weten (net als altijd, eigenlijk) niet hoe we over vijf, tien of honderd jaar terug zullen kijken op deze tijd. Wat we wel weten, is dat het geschiedenis is. Het is een rare, unieke tijd en ik wil het … More We schrijven mei 2020 | We write May 2020 | Wir schreiben Mai 2020
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
German below Today, we share another contribution from the EMEYF gathering in last Autumn. This limerick was written by Marcie Winstanley. Her prompt was: “What does the Soul look like?” There was a dove from everywhere To remind us that someone else cares As humans we know When we let our love show It’s from … More A Limerick | ein Limerick
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