by Mark J | 5 Sep, 2013
This month’s Australian Friend has been guided by the skills and vision of our guest editor, Gerry Guiton. The editorial panel of the Australian Friend thank Gerry both for his time and gift of contribution, and for the wisdom he has given and sourced about the topic...
by Mark J | 5 Sep, 2013
Janet K. Ruffing. (Dr. Janet K. Ruffing, RSM, Professor of the Practice of Spirituality and Ministerial Leadership at Yale Divinity School in New Haven, CT. Previously she chaired a program in spirituality and spiritual direction at Fordham University in New York from...
by Mark J | 5 Sep, 2013
Noël Staples reflects on Quakers and spiritual direction. (Noel is a Friend of Peterborough Meeting, Britain.) At Britain Yearly Meeting in 2012, by pure coincidence (or synchronicity), I sat next to London Friend in one of the sessions where we shared, for a...
by Mark J | 5 Sep, 2013
Gerard Guiton, New South Wales Regional Meeting. QUAKERS HAVE HAD spiritual directors since the first Friends gathered around George Fox on Firbank Fell in 1652, although they never used the term “spiritual director”. At the time, others were also giving freely of...
by Mark J | 5 Sep, 2013
Joy Bowles, New South Wales Regional Meeting. Labyrinth walking can be a form of contemplative practice, or meditation. The design we will be using at our Summer School seminar is taken from Chartres Cathedral in France, a beautiful Gothic cathedral that was designed...
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