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Editorial June 2026

The focal theme for this issue is SimplicityThe Australian Friend- June 2026 Issue. The focal theme for this issue is Simplicity. The Quaker Testimony of Simplicity, affirms the need to lead a life...

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Eden Within: Hope and Liberation

Eden Within: Hope and Liberation

GAN-CĒḎEN IS Hebrew for ‘God’s delighting’ and for me it represents an inward experience with the Spirit that is indeed always ‘deLightful’. This Light is without limits and the great thing is that...

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Dear Friend Dear Friend

Dear Friend, Dear FriendLet me tell you how I feelYou have given me such treasureI love you so. I love you so. I’ve never cared for this song. But many Australian Quakers seem to love it, and so I...

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Turning Point

Turning Point

Jim can trace his Quaker ancestry on his mother’s side back to the seventeenth century. He grew up in Sydney, and when he was young his mother occasionally took her two sons to Meeting at Devonshire...

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Clerking Britain Yearly Meeting

Clerking Britain Yearly Meeting

Adwoa Burnley is the current clerk of Quakers in Scotland (QIS). For the previous nine years, she was engaged with the clerking of Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM), first within two three-year...

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Nuclear Justice Peace Pilgrimage

Nuclear Justice Peace Pilgrimage

Response to Pacific Islands’ Ocean of Peace DeclarationOn 11 September 2025 Pacific leaders endorsed the Blue Pacific Ocean of Peace Declaration.  This  affirms Pacific Islands’ support for a...

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World Quaker Day October 2026

World Quaker Day October 2026

World Quaker Day, 4 October 2026: Let Peace Be Among Us  The theme for World Quaker Day on 4 October 2026 is Let Peace Be Among Us, with the supporting Bible passage Hebrews 12:14, ‘Make every...

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Attitudes

A war doesn’t stop with a ceasefire A war carries on in the mind Waiting a chance to grab more for me And harm the other side   Attitude changes come ever so slowly Take generations or more Till the...

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