{"id":2563,"date":"2022-02-24T16:34:11","date_gmt":"2022-02-24T16:34:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/?page_id=2563"},"modified":"2022-02-28T01:13:00","modified_gmt":"2022-02-28T01:13:00","slug":"march-2022","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/march-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"March 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Screen-Shot-2021-05-10-at-8.46.42-AM.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1199\" src=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Screen-Shot-2021-05-10-at-8.46.42-AM-1024x808.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"474\" height=\"374\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Screen-Shot-2021-05-10-at-8.46.42-AM-1024x808.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Screen-Shot-2021-05-10-at-8.46.42-AM-300x237.jpg 300w, https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Screen-Shot-2021-05-10-at-8.46.42-AM-768x606.jpg 768w, https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Screen-Shot-2021-05-10-at-8.46.42-AM-1536x1212.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Screen-Shot-2021-05-10-at-8.46.42-AM.jpg 1714w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"fasc-button fasc-size-medium fasc-type-glossy fasc-rounded-medium\" style=\"background-color: #0315a3; color: #ffffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Forty-Three-Newsletter-March-2022-final.pdf\">Click to Download PDF Version<\/a><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-2583 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/final-2-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\"><b><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/march-2022\/quakerisms-muscular-social-and-political-roots\/\">Quakerism&#8217;s Muscular Social and Political Roots<\/a><br \/>\nDenise Cullington<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Pacificism may need to be aligned with the preparedness for muscular action and risk.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-2606\" src=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Rock4-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\"><\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/march-2022\/heretic\/\">Heretic<\/a><br \/>\nCharles Worth<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Look into a new-born baby\u2019s eyes. What do you see?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-2594 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Kerala-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\"><\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/march-2022\/blessing\/\">Blessing<\/a><br \/>\nJill Green<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">The second night there I was sleeping moderately well in my comfortable side-room when I must have turned over, dislodging the oxygen mask, so sending my O2 levels down very rapidly.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-2598 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Unfinished-Business-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\"><\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/march-2022\/unfinished-business\/\">Unfinished Business<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Michael Hughey<\/strong><br \/>\n<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">I have loads of unfinished business that needs attention. My guess is that we all do.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/hellebore.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-2709\" src=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/hellebore-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/march-2022\/young-adult-friends-yaf-all-age-meeting\/\">Young Adult Friends (YAF) All-Age Meeting<\/a><br \/>\n<\/b><b>Tas Cooper<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Everyone will be welcome on 7 March!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-2603\" src=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Screen-Shot-2022-02-27-at-5.46.07-AM-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\"><\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/march-2022\/book-review-the-bride-of-almond-tree\/\">Book Review: The Bride of Almond Tree<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Jean Moir<\/strong><br \/>\n<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">The book is beautifully written, with great immediacy and vividness.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-1760\" src=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Screen-Shot-2021-08-29-at-3.56.07-PM-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\"><\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/march-2022\/age-between-11-and-18\/\">Age Between 11 and 18?<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Matthew Gee<\/strong><br \/>\n<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Friends&#8217; Southern Summer Gathering<\/p>\n<p>Friends&#8217; Southern Senior Conference<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-2615 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Role-Pla7-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\"><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/march-2022\/monthly-appeal-march-2022\/\">Monthly Appeal<\/a><br \/>\nHealing and Rebuilding our Communities (HROX)<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">A Quaker initiative developed in Rwanda and Burundi<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-2620\" src=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Sky2-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\"><\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/march-2022\/consequences\/\">Consequences<\/a><br \/>\nCharles Worth<br \/>\n<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">Uncle Danny with green hair met Shirley from Strictly.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-2626 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/blue-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/blue-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/blue-578x576.jpg 578w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/march-2022\/ukraine\/\"><strong>Ukraine<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">Friends are aware that the people of Ukraine are in urgent need of aid.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-2678\" src=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Lakey-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\"><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/march-2022\/why-are-quakers-pacifists\/\"><strong>Why are Quakers Pacifists?<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n<strong>George Lakey &#8211; Quaker Speak<br \/>\nVideo<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">Quaker Speak on why Quakers are nonviolent, pacifism and nonviolence (also known as nonviolent action).<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-2680\" src=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Keefe-Perry-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\"><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/march-2022\/why-im-not-a-pacifist\/\"><strong>Why I&#8217;m not a Pacifist<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Kristina Keefe-Perry &#8211; Quaker Speak<br \/>\nVideo<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">\u2018When Quakers say we want to work for peace, does that just mean the lack of war? Or is it something greater? \u2018<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-2679\" src=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Holmes-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\"><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/march-2022\/seeing-that-of-god-in-your-children\/\"><strong>Seeing That of God in Your Children<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Scott Holmes &#8211; Quaker Speak<br \/>\nVideo<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">\u2018\u2026if you think about our testimonies\u2013 peace, simplicity, truth, and integrity \u2013 there\u2019s really no stronger test of those than dealing with a crying infant or an angry two-year old\u2026\u2019<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-2666\" src=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Screen-Shot-2022-02-27-at-4.31.24-PM-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/march-2022\/community-noticeboard-march-2022\/\">Community Noticeboard Online, March 2022<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>From the Office<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/september-2021\/from-quaker-faith-and-practice-september-2021\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1158 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Screen-Shot-2021-04-28-at-4.52.50-PM-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/march-2022\/from-quaker-faith-and-practice-march-2022\/\"><strong>From Quaker Faith and Practice<br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>24.58<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><em>Our consideration of international affairs has brought us into the presence of human tragedies, for which only the things of the spirit can offer consolation.<\/em><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/september-2021\/meetings-for-worship-september-2021\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1199 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Screen-Shot-2021-05-10-at-8.46.42-AM-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/march-2022\/meetings-for-worship-march-2022\/\"><b>Meetings for Worship<\/b><\/a><br \/>\n<strong>March 2022<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"fasc-button fasc-size-medium fasc-type-glossy fasc-rounded-medium fasc-ico-before dashicons-arrow-up-alt fasc-style-bold\" style=\"background-color: #0315a3; color: #ffffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/february-2022\/\">Back to March 2022 Newsletter Main Page<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em>Forty-Three<\/em> Newsletter \u2022 Number 515 \u2022 March 2022<br \/>\n<\/strong>Oxford Friends Meeting<br \/>\n43 St Giles, Oxford OX1 3LW<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"mailto:newsletter@oxfordquakers.org\">newsletter@oxfordquakers.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Copyright 2022, Oxford Quakers<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Click to Download PDF Version Quakerism&#8217;s Muscular Social and Political Roots Denise Cullington Pacificism may need to be aligned with the preparedness for muscular action and risk. &nbsp; Heretic Charles Worth Look into a new-born baby\u2019s eyes. 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