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Remembering Srebrenica: 30 years on
Friday 11 July 2025 will mark 30 years since the massacre at Srebrenica, when over 8,000 Bosniak (Bosnian Muslim) men, and boys over 12, were murdered in the town in the worst single event of the Bosnian civil war of 1992–1995. Churches have come together to organise events to mark this anniversary, and we encourage Quakers to support them.
Remembering Srebrenica: 30 years on
Quaker witness in the criminal justice system
National Prisons Week (in England and Wales) runs from October 12-18 and has been established for nearly 50 years. We as Quakers are encouraged to consider the criminal justice system (CJS) in its widest sense.
Quakers and Prisons Week
A disowned prophet: learning about Benjamin Lay
If you have visited Friends House in Euston, you may have been in the Benjamin Lay conference rooms. They have not been there for long, which matches the reality that this outspoken, eccentric dwarf is a long-forgotten Quaker prophet who, as prophets do, made people most uncomfortable. In his case, it was the Friends in the early eighteenth century enriching themselves from the transatlantic economy based on chattel slavery who were upset. He was one of the first abolitionists calling for the complete eradication of the enslavement of people.
A disowned prophet: learning about Benjamin Lay
Tangled roots: personal reflections on the Swarthmore Lecture
In the recent Swarthmore lecture, I explored how the complex mix of characteristics visible in the early Quaker movement continue to present us with important challenges and dilemmas today. In doing this, I didn't really talk about my personal response to these issues. However, in the book to accompany the lecture, I offer a number of personal reflections. In this blog, I will touch on some of these observations and share four short passages from the book, in the hope that this will encourage reflection not only about how the lecture relates to the Quaker way generally, but also to our individual experiences as Friends.
Tangled roots: personal reflections on the Swarthmore Lecture