📣 New video! Can you be socially anxious and still be a Quaker? I’m exploring the positives and challenges of Quaker meetings for socially anxious people, with practical advice for taking that first step. #quakers #anxiety #quakerism #britishquakers youtu.be/yOKF4UIE51A

Just received proofs for The Routledge Handbook of Ecotheology. We have an incredible group of scholars and it was a privilege to work with each one. Take a look at the TOC. We’re hoping it’ll be out this autumn.

The discipline of giving up our narrow and self-centred interests in obedience to the leadings of the Spirit may seem oppressive. However, this is the path that leads to real freedom and well-being, not just for us, but for all living things. Tangled Roots, p.125.

Becoming Friends aims to help provide the next stage of learning and support for newcomers who have begun to explore Quakerism, whether by attending learning sessions, Quaker meeting online or in person, or those who are curious about doing so. For more information visit https://ow.ly/oPqW50ZuBsK

Today I went to Quaker meeting for worship for the first time in ages. I spent the hour wrestling to keep my focus on God, using the Lord's Prayer as an anchor. Towards the end of meeting I found myself drawn to the Jesus prayer. I can't say I ever reached a point of stillness, but I'm ok with that.

We *can* all do something (not spark wildfires, for example). But asking individual citizens to solve systemic problems is peak neo-liberalism. Not watering our gardens isn’t going to fix pipes or build reservoirs. Government needs to do more than ban barbecues and send scary alerts. NOW.

We're just putting together our emergency grab bag incase the woods across the road burn, when our phones start screaming the national emergency alert. Now's as good a time as any to reflect on Jesus's words about possessions.

We are looking for someone to support our Head of Community and Engagement with this varied and exciting role. You will contribute to a wide range of activities and projects, as well as taking on deputy management responsibilities. Apply now: www.woodbrooke.org.uk/vacancies/

This session is an introduction to disability liberation theology, drawing on the work of disabled theologians, activists, and their allies. We will share some context about this field, where disabled-led and critical disability theology are beginning to shine. https://ow.ly/1ope50ZxEgz

📣 New Video! What on earth was one of the most famous philosophers of all time doing spending time with the Quakers? What did he think of them? What would he make of us today? You guessed it, it's finally time for VOLTAIRE AND THE QUAKERS! #quakers #quakerism #voltaire youtu.be/z6hHoReQZ7Q

Today I'm trying to work out where on the Pelagius-Augustine scale 19th-century Quaker JJ Gurney falls. Annoyingly, it appears to be complicated.

Curious about Ignatian Spiritual Exercises? Wondering if they might be useful to you? Explore Ignatian prayer practices, gain an understanding of the arc of the retreat journey and delight in the fact that discernment is central to both Jesuit and Quaker traditions! See https://ow.ly/QsvL50Zx1Fh

How can you be sustained in a deeper way as you face the state of the world? How can spiritual practice nourish a more rooted approach to justice-making? This course will be a journey exploring resilience, spirituality, and activism. For more information visit https://ow.ly/NuLV50ZuBxi

Join me this autumn for an online learning community to help us face the world we're in.

Woodbrooke@woodbrooke.bsky.social · 2w ago

How can you be sustained in a deeper way as you face the state of the world? How can spiritual practice nourish a more rooted approach to justice-making? This course will be a journey exploring resilience, spirituality, and activism. For more information visit https://ow.ly/NuLV50ZuBxi

Zack Polanski delivers ‘reality check’ to Burnham over ‘biggest crisis since WWII’ after summer of extreme heat

This is hands down the best opinion piece you will read on the Arday case. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

The takedown of Jason Arday has overjoyed the right, and must be a wake-up call for the left | Jason Okundaye

The Cambridge academic has rightly now resigned. But that won’t end the targeting of senior black figures or the lazy way institutions promote faux equality, says Guardian columnist Jason Okundaye

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New Video! Can Quakerism thrive in the digital age? I sat down with JON WATTS, founder of QuakerSpeak and Thee Quaker, to talk about ministry, storytelling, social media, and what the future might hold for Quakerism online. Come join us! #quakers #quakerism #britishquakers youtu.be/r5toaO5PTGY

When Quakerism Met The Internet w/ Jon Watts

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A new version of Margaret Fell's Women's Speaking Justified, its 17th-century English updated for modern reading sensibilities, "lets Fell’s personality shine through the prose, faithfully conveying her intelligent, courageous, and resourceful style of writing."

REVEIWED: Margaret Fell’s Women’s Speaking Justified in Modern English

Translated and annotated by Paul N. Anderson. Barclay Press, 2026. 76 pages. $31/hardcover; $19/paperback. In 1968, I took a job…

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Reflecting that when liberal Quakers see belief in God as optional, we forget that our beliefs about God also shape our beliefs about what it means to be human. No shared theology means no shared theological anthropology. Which makes many ethical questions difficult to engage with as a community.

Every time I teach on the Quaker Renaissance my understanding it shifts. More and more I think the most interesting aspect of this period is how modernity shaped Quaker theology, even though Quakers at the time saw it as a return to their roots (which is itself a modern impulse).

Woodbrooke@woodbrooke.bsky.social · 3w ago

In the 1880s, Quakers in Britain were a broadly evangelical movement, wary of liberal thought. By the 1930s, they had embraced the discoveries of modern theology and science. This course explores how this dramatic shift occurred. Book your place: https://ow.ly/CnBl50ZrV1z

In the 1880s, Quakers in Britain were a broadly evangelical movement, wary of liberal thought. By the 1930s, they had embraced the discoveries of modern theology and science. This course explores how this dramatic shift occurred. Book your place: https://ow.ly/CnBl50ZrV1z

"[It] certainly provides an accessible introduction for those looking for texts for students or to get a decent overview of this tradition." Dr. Paul Hedges – British Association for the Study of Religions Bulletin, 148 (May 2026)

Toady in my niche #Quaker #theology world, I began drafting an article on the 19th C evangelical Quaker Joseph John Gurney, why he has more in common with early Friends than usually thought, and how he still has his problems.

Happy "people are still reading my book and enjoying it" day to me 🥰 #Authors #Writing #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #WriterSky

Jason Terry@jttnncdcmd.bsky.social · 3w ago

what a lovely dispensation of woo woo universalism. also I nearly fell out of my chair when I read, “The cross shows that God is against those who crucify.” thanks, @markdruss.bsky.social

what a lovely dispensation of woo woo universalism. also I nearly fell out of my chair when I read, “The cross shows that God is against those who crucify.” thanks, @markdruss.bsky.social

Wow, it's done. The first 45,000 word draft of my queer intro to the Bible is done! Still needs a bit of work, but it's wonderful (and a relief!) to have got to this point.🍾🥳 #Authors #Writing #WritingCommunity #WriteLife #WriterLife #AmDrafting #WriteSky #WriterSky

Every now and then I have a phase of listening to Poulenc's opera "Dialogues des Carmélites" on repeat. Such a phase has begun once more. Sometimes I just need all those yummy chords, harp flourishes and ecstatic nun choruses.

A tree is known by its fruit; a man by his deeds. A good deed is never lost; he who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness gathers love. Saint Basil the Great

1/4 In 1655, Quaker & chemist Edward Bourne witnessed a conversation in which George Fox spoke of 'the Glory of the first body, & of the Egiptian Learning, & of the Language of the birds'. Bourne concluded that Fox had 'Deep & wonderfull understanding in naturall but especially in spirituall things'

Ben Wood@cosmichope.bsky.social · 4w ago

"The inner man stood in heaven; his essences were the Paradise; his body was indestructible. He knew the language of God & the angels, & the language of nature, as may be seen by Adam giving names to all creatures, to each according to its own essence & quality' (Jakob Böhme, "Psychologia Vraeria")

Quakers in Bristol have issued a formal apology for their role in the transatlantic trafficking and chattel enslavement of more than 13 million Africans, as part of a growing Quaker movement towards reparation. https://ow.ly/fP5L50Zt2sa

Bristol Quakers apologise for role in enslavement

Quakers in Bristol have issued a formal apology for their role in the transatlantic trafficking and chattel enslavement of more than 13 million Africans, as part of a growing Quaker movement towards reparation.

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