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Editorial
In this issue, as we approach George Fox’s 400th birthday, we look back to past spiritual guides, and forward to see how our ancient testimonies can be applied to the current state of the world....
Devoted Friends: glimpses of QUNO Geneva in its 75th year
Adrian Glamorgan, West Australia Regional Meeting and Asia West Pacific Secretary for the Friends World Committee for Consultation Quaker United Nations Office is now officially 75 years young, with...
Rudi Lemberg: A seeker in three countries
David Swain, New South wales Regional MeetingWahroonga Meeting House sits in a block of over an acre, most of it covered in native forest. To understand how this Meeting came to be so blessed, we...
Quakers Australia Annual General Meeting
Quakers Australia Annual General Meeting The Formal AGM session is at 2:30pm AEDT on Saturday 20 January 2024 online at this Zoom link...
Meet Trish Johnson from the Atherton Tablelands Worshipping Group
Trish Johnson Judith Pembleton, Queensland Regional MeetingTrish Johnson was born in Pietermaritzburg in Natal, South Africa, during the apartheid era and her family's commitment to social justice...
Remembering Rufus Jones
Anne Udy, New South Wales Regional Meeting This article is based on a talk given by Anne to the Wahroonga Local Meeting There is a misunderstanding about my connections with...
Know thy Friend: Harold Wilkinson
Harold Wilkinson Peter Jones, Tasmania Regional MeetingHarold Wilkinson was born in Western Australia, coming from a farming family there. His father, Laurie, was an Anglican while mother, Nancy,...
A vibrant exchange
Young Israel Izere, Kwibuka Yearly Meeting, BurundiWe rarely include items from overseas, but we thought this article provided a good insight into different Quaker traditions in different parts of...
Doubt
Noël Staples, Peterborough Meeting, Cambridgeshire Area Meeting, UKI don’t suppose any of us would claim to be without doubt. The 18th century French philosopher René Descartes said there was only...
Yearly Meeting 6-13th July, West Beach, Adelaide SA
Jo Jordan, South Australia and Northern Territory Regional MeetingFriends have been eagerly awaiting the next face to face Yearly Meeting and it is on the way! It will be in winter, at the same site...
QSA Notes: Reflections on the 2022/23 project year: Highlights and priorities
Fleur Bayley, QSA Project ManagerThe year ending June 2023 was another busy but successful year for QSA's international development projects focused on the interrelated areas of poverty reduction,...
Now more than ever: the ocean of light and love
Margaret Clark, Canberra and District QuakersTwo weeks after Hamas brought death to the Supernova music festival at Kibbutz Be’eri, I attended a bat mitzvah at the local synagogue. When commencing...
Book Review: Killing For Country by David Marr
This is a remarkable piece of writing and history. It helps fill the gap in knowledge of the frontier wars, especially in Queensland in the 19th century. Starting from curiosity about his own...
Book review: Tomorrow there will be Apricots. An Australian Diplomat in the Arab World by Robert Bowker
The title of the book is a Syrian saying roughly equivalent to the English expression "Pigs might fly." Bowker writes that it gives appropriate weight to the human qualities of the Arab world. It...
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