2 2 September September 2016 2016 £1.90£1.90 thethe DISCOVERDISCOVER THE THE CONTEMPORARYFriend CONTEMPORARYFriend QUAKER QUAKER WAY WAY The joyous burden of love The Spirit of Love the Friend INDEPENDENT QUAKER JOURNALISM SINCE 1843 COntents VOL 174 NO 36 3 Thought for the Week: A concern arose… that I might feel The Spirit of Love and understand their life and the Spirit Andrew Edis they live in, if happy I might receive instruction from them, or they be in any 4-5 News degree helped forward by my following the 6 Spiritual discernment leadings of Truth amongst them. Janette Denley John Woolman 1720-72 7 Who do we care about? See pages 10-11. Peter Staples 8-9 Letters 10-11 The joyous burden of love Paul Parker and Deborah Rowlands 12-13 Turning faith into fiction Peter Parr and Mike Brooks e apologise to our subscribers for the late delivery of the 14 The spirit of friendship WFriend last week. John Tittley This was due to two machines at our printers, Headley Brothers, 15 q-eye: a look at the Quaker world taking an early break for the bank 16 Friends & Meetings holiday. Cover image: Visiting the Friends Committee on National Legislation (FCNL). Left to right: Diane Randall, FCNL executive secretary; Paul Parker, recording clerk of Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM); and Deborah Rowlands, clerk of BYM. Photo: FCNL. See pages 10-11. The Friend Subscriptions Advertising Editorial UK £84 per year by all payment Advertisement manager: Editor: types including annual direct debit; George Penaluna Ian Kirk-Smith monthly payment by direct debit
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