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the Friend INDEPENDENT QUAKER JOURNALISM SINCE 1843

CONTENTS VOL 170 NO 17

3 Thought for the Week:

Letter from Kenya Trish Carn 4-5 World Conference of Friends 6-7 News 8 Quilted greetings Elinor Smallman 9 ‘Being Salt and Light’ 10 What makes a Quaker community? Alison Leonard 11 The Bible: Cracking stories John Anderson 12-15 Quakers in the World: Africa

Unity in diversity Ian Kirk-Smith and Trish Carn 16-17 Keeping an open mind Don Mason 18-19 Letters 20 q-eye: a look at the Quaker world 21 Poem: A bird meditation Michael Searle 22 Friends & Meetings

A market in Nakuru town, Kenya. Photo: Trish Carn

World Conference of Friends 2012

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Cover image: Pelicans in Nakuru, Kenya. Photo: Ai@ce / flickr CC. See pages 3-5

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