Simon Jenkins is so consistently, catastrophically, comically wrong that the best thing to do is head in the opposite direction. If he said tomorrow would be sunny and dry, and I would equip myself with a waterproof and an umbrella.

Ben, I needn't trouble you with speaking to Mark (though I think that the fact that he blocks me on this site does him no credit). I read his blogpost about the course, and decided that it was not for me, so I have cancelled my booking.

Thanks for this excellent article.

Have a Happy New Year nevertheless!

I would go further and ask: what spiritual space and welcome does Quakers give to those (also protected under the Equality Act) who are sex realist/ gender critical?

I think of the infinite library of John 21.25 as a kind of inversion of, but also antidote to, Borges's Library of Babel. Also an antidote to Ecclesiastes 12.12.

Thanks Ben. On that basis, I have now signed up for the course. You might suggest to Mark that in the circumstances it would be appropriate - and f/Friendly - for him to unblock me on this site.

Thank you!

Quakers in the eastern DRC are calling for prayers and peace.

We echo those calls and share this first-hand account of the situation in and around the city of Uvira.