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Tim Gee @timquaker.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

I was moved by this account of of the last days of Jim Palmer, (pictured below, centre) of Australia Yearly Meeting and treasure the memory of visiting his home around this time last year. australianfriend.org/dear-friend-...

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westminsterparrot.bsky.social @westminsterparrot.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

@quaker.org.uk @quakeroc.bsky.social @quakers.bsky.social check out the BlueSky account of The Westminster Parrot - the Newsletter of Westminster Meeting

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Rhiannon Grant @rhiannonbookgeek.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

I'm Rhiannon. My current writing project is a nonfiction book about Quakers and what the Quaker tradition might help with today. It's got a fair amount of autobiographical content and I'll also be mentioning lots of other LGBTQ+ Quakers one way or another.

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Simple. Radical. Spiritual. @quakers.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Robin Hart, Elder at Sudbury, Suffolk Meeting, passed away last night. A life well lived and worth celebrating.

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Quakers in Britain @quaker.org.uk · 25/05/2026

Benjamin Lay dramatically disrupted Quaker meetings to get people to take the immorality of enslaving people seriously. Susan Seymour reviews the new film Becoming Benjamin Lay www.quaker.org.uk/blog/a-disowned-p…

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A disowned prophet: learning about Benjamin Lay

Susan Seymour reviews the film Becoming Benjamin Lay, as well as other recent work on this radical prophet who was disowned but is now being reclaimed.

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Stuart Masters @stuartkmasters.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Early Quaker meetings may have started in silence, but worship lasted for many hours, and when the Spirit began to move among the gathered people, it prompted ecstatic and emotional responses, reminiscent of the events described at Pentecost… Tangled Roots, pp.72-73.

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Early Quaker meetings may have started in silence, but worship lasted for many hours, and when the Spirit began to move among the gathered people, it prompted ecstatic and emotional responses, reminiscent of the events described at Pentecost… Their opponents viewed such charismatic behaviour as a mark of dangerous religious extremism, and lurid accounts of Quaker gatherings were circulated in an effort to discredit the movement.

Tangled Roots: Navigating the Complex Legacy of Early Quakers, pp.72-73.

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Religion Wire @religionwire.net · 26/05/2026

63 years ago, the Quakers stood up for gay dignity & they’re still fighting for our LGBTQ+ rights flip.it/WzI_Hm

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63 years ago, the Quakers stood up for gay dignity & they're still fighting for our LGBTQ+ rights - LGBTQ Nation

The group was contrarian from the start.

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Quakers in Britain @quaker.org.uk · 22/05/2026

warned the EHRC against producing guidance that could lead to suspicion and policing of people's gender expression, risking harassment and distress for all. Unfortunately this risk remains in the new draft. We will take some time to fully review the new draft and respond in due course. 2/2

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Quakers in Britain @quaker.org.uk · 22/05/2026

There are many trans and non-binary Friends who be may be feeling sad, angry or scared today. The new draft EHRC guidance does not change our unwavering commitment to upholding and affirming trans and gender diverse Friends. In our consultation submission last year we 1/2

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Quakers in Britain @quaker.org.uk · 21/05/2026

The rise in antisemitism and Islamophobia in this country should trouble us all. As with all of us, Muslims and Jews in Britain should be able to live in freedom and safety. Nobody should be targeted, discriminated against, attacked or hated because of who they are. www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-eve...

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Quaker statement on antisemitism and Islamophobia

We believe that every human being is entitled to a space in the world which enhances their dignity - Australia Yearly Meeting epistle 2003

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Quakers in Britain Peace Team @peace-campaigns.quaker.org.uk · 21/05/2026

Found this Max Porter lecture really powerful. 'This is the golden era of peace-washing'. In an era of upheaval and conflict, Porter asks what place the English PEN's Charter’s principles hold in our society, reflecting particularly on its phrase “in time of peace”. www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmY5...

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The 2026 PEN Lecture with Max Porter

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Quakers in Britain @quaker.org.uk · 20/05/2026

We've joined over 100 organisations calling for the release of Daria Egereva and Natalia Leongardt imprisoned in Russia for their work defending Indigenous rights and the climate. www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-eve...

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Quakers back jailed Indigenous climate leaders

Quakers in Britain has signed an international statement calling for the release of two women imprisoned in Russia for their work defending Indigenous rights and the climate.

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Simple. Radical. Spiritual. @quakers.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Credit needs to go to what was inspiring the Quakers back then, the teachings of a simple Galilean teacher. Those same teachings got twisted away from equality, truth, peace, etc., towards a male hierarchy used to control people that became the institutional church.

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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 19/05/2026

Somehow, 375 years ago, the Quakers developed a religion whose core principles align well with the pillars of modern parenting research. In 2025, Gail Cornwall wrote about what parents of any faith—or none—can learn from them:

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Quaker Parents Were Ahead of Their Time

The nearly 375-year-old religion’s principles line up surprisingly well with modern parenting research.

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Quakers in Britain @quaker.org.uk · 15/05/2026

Hope is everywhere! Up and down the country there are people building and enriching communities through kindness, love and compassion. Quaker Voluntary Action have gathered some of these stories here. 💛 qva.org.uk/million-acts-of-hope

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A Million Acts of Hope: Quaker Volunteering Stories

Our Act of Hope: sharing your volunteering stories Quaker Voluntary Action (QVA) is an official partner of A Million Acts Of Hope and this blog post […]

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Stuart Masters @stuartkmasters.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

"You that deny Women's Speaking, answer: Doth it not consist of Women, as well as Men? Is not the Bride compared to the whole Church? And doth not the Bride say, Come? …And doth not the false Church go about to stop the Bride's Mouth?" Margaret Fell - Women's Speaking Justified (1666)

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Simple. Radical. Spiritual. @quakers.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Quakerism originally rejected all holy days, why do modern Christian Quakers celebrate the Nativity and Easter but not the Ascension? The answer is cultural drift & money, not theology. Christmas & Easter have massive cultural, finalncial and social pull. The Ascension, lacks commercial viability.

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Mark D Russ @markdruss.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

I guess Pentecost is a key moment for Quaker theology and the Ascension occurs as a precursor to this. The Risen Christ ascends in his particularity in order to be present universally. He ascends in his resurrected Jewish flesh in order to be poured out on all flesh.

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Simple. Radical. Spiritual. @quakers.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

You are observing the logical outcome of early Quakerism’s complete deconstruction of traditional Church mechanics. Quaker theology is built on the opposite mechanism, not the disappearance of Jesus, but the immediate, continuous, unmediated presence of Christ within the individual the Inward Light.

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Woodbrooke @woodbrooke.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

As Britain Yearly Meeting moves to continuing Yearly Meeting sessions, the way we gather to make decisions together is changing. This session offers a helpful introduction for Friends who want to understand what these changes will mean in practice. Find out more: ow.ly/CnWY50YYHuO

Britain Yearly Meeting: What’s Changing and Why 1 Tuesday 23 June Monday 29 June Wednesday 1 July 19:00-21:00 (UK time) Pay as Led in partnership with Quakers in Britain

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Quakers in Britain Peace Team @peace-campaigns.quaker.org.uk · 14/05/2026

A Quaker researcher has helped expose an illegal arms shipment from the UK to Israel, which has been seized by Belgian authorities and is now the subject of a criminal investigation >>> www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-eve...

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Quaker research helps trigger seizure of UK arms bound for Israel

A Quaker researcher has helped expose an illegal arms shipment from the UK to Israel, which has been seized by Belgian authorities and is now the subject of a criminal investigation.

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Simple. Radical. Spiritual. @quakers.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

The national Silent Quaker Walking Vigil for Peace will take place in London on Saturday 19 September 2026, the weekend closest to the United Nations International Day of Peace. Information taken from the Ipswich Quaker Meeting House Facebook Page. More in the picture ALT text.

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Friends Journal @friendsjournal.org · 11/05/2026

"I can describe who Quakers are: their history, important figures, different types of worship, and even their principles," Lola Ruiz Castañeda writes. "But what does it really mean to be a Quaker? What does it mean for me to be a Quaker? That’s the question I find difficult to answer."

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Making My Life a Testimony

Reflections from a young Mexican Friend in Canada.

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Rachel Shabi @rachelshabi.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

Honoured to deliver the Quaker's Salter lecture this year. It was about the moral catastrophe in Gaza and catastrophes across the Middle East and you can watch it here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Awa...

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The Middle East: a moral catastrophe? – Rachel Shabi | Salter Lecture 2026

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Greenbelt Festival @greenbeltfestival.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

Anything you can give will support women like Fridah in Nairobi, as she cultivates crops for her family. So please give, act and pray this week. Whether in your churches, your families or your communities. We’ve got seven days. Let’s make each one count. caw.christianaid.org.uk

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Christian Aid Week 2026 - 7 days to make a difference | Christian Aid Week

Join Christian Aid Week 2026. Fundraise, donate and take action to create lasting change for people living in poverty worldwide.

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Greenbelt Festival @greenbeltfestival.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

We’re choosing to stand together with our festival partners @christianaiduk.bsky.social for dignity, equality and justice. #CAWeek26 kicks off today. It’s seven days to focus our fight together against extreme poverty. Every gift, act and prayer made this week counts.

A person wearing a red "Christian Aid" shirt stands at an outdoor event with a crowd seated on grass. Bunting decorates the trees; the scene feels communal and supportive.

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Woodbrooke @woodbrooke.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

This year’s Swarthmore Lecture focused on the faith and practice of the first Friends and explored how their complex legacy presents Quakers today with a range of challenging choices and dilemmas. Join these day events to explore the main lecture themes in more detail. ow.ly/xmo350YSs5Q

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Tangled Roots: Engaging with the 2026 Swarthmore Lecture Edinburgh Saturday 4 July 10:00-16:30 (UK time) 40 Oxford Saturday 11 July 10:00-16:30 (UK time) with Stuart Masters

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NakedPastor @nakedpastor.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

People love celebrating historic protests while ignoring that real change was never polite. Civil rights, anti-apartheid, justice movements… they all required people willing to make noise, cause waves, and disrupt the status quo.

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Quakers in Britain @quaker.org.uk · 06/02/2026

Quaker worship involves spending an hour sitting still, in silence, waiting to see if anyone speaks. While daunting for some, Rhiannon Grant explores why it might be rewarding. Read more: www.quaker.org.uk/blog/scary-silenc…

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Scary silence? 3 ways Quaker meeting for worship is both easy and hard

Quaker worship could easily sound weird or off-putting. Rhiannon Grant explores why it might also be attractive. CW: suicidal thoughts

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Stuart Masters @stuartkmasters.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

For Friends, one of the most important ways in which individual freedom and agency is directly related to communal order and identity is through the discernment and application of gifts and ministries. Tangled Roots: Navigating the Complex Legacy of Early Quakers, p.46.

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For Friends, one of the most important ways in which individual freedom and agency is directly related to communal order and identity is through the discernment and application of gifts and ministries. Within the Quaker way, it should be possible for everyone to have a ministry, broadly defined as service given for the benefit of the community and the world, rooted in a person’s unique gifts.

Tangled Roots: Navigating the Complex Legacy of Early Quakers, p.46.

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Woodbrooke @woodbrooke.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

Stuart Masters The 2026 Swarthmore Lecture - Tangled Roots: Navigating the Complex Legacy of Early Quakers

It is interesting to note that, at root, the governance of the Quaker community has represented a unique and distinctive combination of theocracy, where God is meant to rule in and through the group, and anarchy, where all human power and authority is surrendered, so that this divine rule is not constrained or forsaken.

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Simple. Radical. Spiritual. @quakers.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

Apologise that this account has not been in use. I am carer for my terminal ill father, who is far too active for someone with Stage 4 cancer, on chemo, who was predicted to be dead by now. It is a joy to care for him, but time consuming. Thank you for understanding, and holding us in the Light.

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Simple. Radical. Spiritual. @quakers.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

Let us turn the world the right side up. Thank you, Stuart.

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FCNL @fcnl.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

This week, we crossed a dangerous threshold into a world without nuclear arms control. This moment must be a wake up call that spurs a renewed commitment to cooperation over catastrophe. There is no time to lose. The stakes are far too high for inaction.

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This Week in the World: We Must not Accept a World Without Nuclear Arms Control | Friends Committee On National Legislation

Alex Pretti was killed this past weekend by an out-of-control immigration enforcement apparatus. His death, along with that of Renee Good, and at least 53 other deaths in Immigration and Customs…

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Martin Kelley @martinkelley.com · 06/02/2026

From Craig Barnett on #Quakers: “It is important that we start to tell ourselves a true story about what is happening now.” A lot of Friends brushed off the decline for the last few decades so my default state is skeptical but I have been hearing a lot of stories like this from over.

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The end of decline

Some Quaker meetings are not just growing but getting younger

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Dublin Area Quaker Community @daqcfriends.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

"What is within the power of each one of us is to focus, over and over, on smaller areas within our reach rather than on the entirety of our society."

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Simple. Radical. Spiritual. @quakers.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

“Do not be daunted by the enormity of the world’s grief. Do justly, now. Love mercy, now. Walk humbly now. You are not obligated to complete the work, but neither are you free to abandon it.” See "Wisdom of the Jewish Sages" for attribution.

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Quakers in Britain @quaker.org.uk · 26/01/2026

Could you help support our peace work? We're looking for a well-organised and experienced Administrative Support Officer to work across our peace and social witness projects. Full details at: www.quaker.org.uk/our-organisa...

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Quakers in Britain: Job opportunities

Find a range of jobs with Quakers in Britain. With a 1:4 ratio between our highest and our lowest paid staff, we are a Living Wage employer.

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Quakers in Britain @quaker.org.uk · 26/01/2026

"In the Quaker tradition, we affirm that there is a divine spark in every person. To have that Light extinguished by agents of the state is a grave moral failure." A statement and call for justice from US Quakers:

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Mark D Russ @markdruss.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

Here's a little taster of a great course I've got coming up with @cosmichope.bsky.social @woodbrooke.bsky.social. Do join us on a journey with the Christian mystics! In this taster I ponder how the Song of Songs gave mystical men the opportunity to get homoerotic. jollyquaker.com/2026/01/08/j...

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Journeys in Christian mysticism: a taster

This February, fellow Quaker theologian Ben Wood and I are leading a five-week online course, journeying through Christian mysticism. We’ll be reflecting on the ‘negative theology&#8217…

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