Upcoming: Storytelling From the Frontlines Launch Event (qcea.org) This online event is the presentation, of QCEA’s new publication ‘Storytelling from the Frontlines: Forefronting the voices of communities most affected by climate and militarism’, bringing a selection...
The purpose of these weekly zoom gatherings is to build a community of practice and compassion, to live and act with integrity to our individual and unique spirituality by discovering and experiencing wisdom of nonviolent communication to build connection with sSelf,...
QUNO Geneva is looking for its next leader to take over from Jonathan Woolley who will be retiring later this year. If this opportunity is attractive to you or might be to someone you know, please consult the announcement and the application pack linked below. The...
What do Friends mean by “right ordering”? Here are two definitions given by Friends. Right ordering – done in the correct manner, in keeping with Quaker tradition and practice. A body of wisdom and insights that has evolved over three hundred years of...
At this Spiritual Deepening session participants shared thoughts on migration as well as reactions to the Quaker Statement on Migration (8/12/2020) issued by a number of Quaker organizations. This note outlines some of the main issues arising, which included thoughts...
This text was contributed by Ed Dommen. Thank you Ed! The session brought together participants from all over francophone Europe and Quebec. The discussion was lively, solidly grounded and well-focused. One outcome is that some terms seem ripe for adoption by GMM, in...
source – https://www.wbcsd.org/Programs/Climate-and-Energy/Climate/Climate-Action-and-Policy We welcomed Julian Rees of Loughborough meeting who came to speak to us about the Sustainability Handbook recently created by that meeting. The handbook...
David Sunderland invited us to sing two Taizé songs and told of his experience there. Others who had also been to Taizé shared their experience as well. The Taizé Community in Eastern France is known for its distinctive worship involving a mix of repetitive chants,...
Death always walks among us, but these pandemic times have made us even more aware of the fragility of our physical bodies, and forces us to even if we do not directly experience death to support those around us who are. We welcomed Judith Brown of Toulouse meeting...
Our discussion was facilitated by Art Funkhouser from the Quaker group in Bern. A practicing Jungian analyst, he has a particular interest in contemplation and mysticism as well as dreamwork and OBE (out of body experiences). We began by considering the definition...
