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CONTENTS VOL 169 NO 44 3 Thought for the Week: Our challenge Nigel Norie 4-5 News 6 That of God in everybody Alice Harlan 7 ‘There will be no funeral!’ Michael Yates

The Riots: After the Clean-Up 8-9 Respect and responsibility David Beale 10-11 Where do we go from here? Howard Grace

12-13 Experiment with Light: A spiritual practice Gerald Hewitson 14 Letters 16 q-eye: a wry look at the Quaker world 17 Friends & Meetings

Cover image: Community clean-up. Photo: claudeprecourt / flickr CC See pages 8-11.

Post-it notes on a boarded up shop front in Wood Green.

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