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Editorial
Reg Naulty, quoting from Thomas Kelly’s A Testimony of Devotion, asks how we can become “a blessed community”. This theme of a blessed, and inclusive community is raised in a number of this month’s...
50 years supporting the rainbow community
Roger Sawkins, Queensland Regional Meeting In January 1975, nearly fifty years ago, Quakers were the first Australian religious body to publicly support the gay community. As with all Quaker...
In conversation: Jessica Morrison (Quaker Peace Worker) and Margaret Clark (Australian Friend Committee)
Margaret ClarkCongratulations, Jessica, on your appointment as the new Quaker Peace Worker! I know that QPLC is really looking forward to the energy and experience that you bring to the role.Thanks...
Happy 400th George!
Tony D'Sousa, Finchley Meeting, UKHappy 400th Anniversary George Fox! George Fox was a truly great man. I know this because his spiritual discoveries have transformed my life, but it is only now,...
Know thy Friend: Esther Hill
Peter Jones, Tasmania Regional MeetingEsther with her daughter Eliza and dog Eric.Esther Hill is the new principal at Friends School since January, having moved from Perth. Esther was born in Kirkby...
Backhouse Lecture: “Diverse liveries: Quakers responding to disability and difference”
Jackie Leach Scully, 2024 Backhouse LecturerThe Lecturer Jackie Leach Scully has been involved with Quakers for over 40 years, first in the United Kingdom, then Switzerland, again in the UK and now...
QSA Notes: Food Security
Ai Leen Quah, QSA Project OfficerRecently, QSA was invited to talk about food security at an evening event for Women in Aid and Development in Sydney. The following is a summary of my presentation....
Australia Yearly Meeting 2024: June Update
Jo Jordan, South Australia and Northern Territory AYM Organising CommitteeOver 200 Friends have registered to attend Yearly Meeting 2024 in Adelaide. Over 120 Friends will be arriving from around...
Aotearoa New Zealand Yearly Meeting
Margaret Clark, Canberra and Region QuakersWhen Yearly Meeting Nominations Committee asked me to serve as the 2024 Quakers Australia representative to Aotearoa New Zealand Yearly Meeting I thought...
Being Nudged
Kaye Wright, Victoria Regional MeetingIt was an ordinary work day. I had to hurry to get ready to leave home but there was a whisper to send a card to a friend. I put it to one side, as I had...
Children: Our Hope for Peace
Taisoo Kim Watson, Queensland Regional MeetingAll life is interrelated. Each individual plant and animal has its own needs and is important to others.”~ Australia Yearly Meeting, Advices and Queries...
The Grays of Grasmere, Killora, Bruny Island
Liz Field, New South Wales Regional MeetingOn a recent trip to Hobart, I visited the Quaker section of the Cornelian Bay Cemetery and found the graves of Frederick Simmons Gray (1853-1933), Bithiah*...
Quakers and Sin
Rae Litting, New South Wales Regional MeetingQuakers don’t like the word “sin”. Perhaps this is because it has become closely connected to the word “sex”, and applied to a number of sexual...
On Atheism
Peter H Bennett, Victoria Regional Meeting.I have yet many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now. Jesus of Nazareth. John 16:12 (RSV) Richard Dawkins published his widely acclaimed...
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