And possibly, if you’re up early in the UK, on Radio 4 tomorrow morning 7 December on BBC Sunday at 7.10-7.54pm UK time (unlikely to be near beginning of programme) p see further note at bottom below.

“Disagreement among Friends

The future of British Quakerism is up for debate, as the movement updates its most important text. The biggest question: keep or dilute God?”

News from ‘Quake!’ (BYM 30 October)
Quake! bills this as ” • Prospect Magazine – Quakers discuss faith and practice” under Quakers in the media with no further comment.
https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/71397/disagreement-among-friends-why-quakers-are-questioning-god

Whilst it is a discussion (by one author with numerous quotes or references) and does deal at some length with ‘Book of discipline revision’, it also talks about same sex relationships, Quaker history,  god language and nontheism with references to one of NFN’s founders (Miriam Yagud), and cites NFN’s aims.

It is quite a searching account of ‘The biggest question: keep or dilute God?’ and quotes Paul Parker (BYM Recording clerk), Ben Pink Dandelion (Quaker theologian and Woodbrooke tutor) and Ben Wood (Quaker theologian and blogger that I’m doing a Woodbrooke online course with tomorrow night – Halloween – on ‘Quakers and the supernatural’). (written on 30 October)

NFN is further cited in “a report by the Nontheist Friends Network suggested that for some Quakers, a “religious vocabulary” centring on God is “problematic”. It hoped that the new book would reflect that “we are no longer an exclusively Christian church but an inclusive religious Society, a society of active seekers rather than satisfied finders.” ”

There is also an interesting closing section on ‘A new cohort of young people – looking for a definitively religious community’.

The author is Grace Spencer who must be (or have been?) a member of BYM, although I have not come across her before.

I will try and get this on the NFN website asap with a more carefully thought out comment and will also bring it to the attention of further NTF Friends in America through the google group and by email. – not more carefully thought out, sorry, but maybe timely?

It is an article well worth reading for all Friends and especially nontheists.

As a result of this article, Tim has been contacted by BBC Radio 4 for a possible interview which MIGHT  be broadcast on BBC Sunday at 7.10 am tomorrow morning 7 December. It may be possible to hear it later on ‘catchup’ on BBC Sounds app (or BBC News app internationally).
Trevor