by Rae Litting | 24 Feb, 2025
Forgiveness Wahroonga Local Meeting I have been thinking a lot about forgiveness lately. There seem to be so many awful things happening in the world, and I feel that without a great deal of forgiveness these wrongs will fester over many generations. On...
by Rae Litting | 24 Dec, 2024
Editorial pReading the articles in this issue of the Australian Friend reminded me of my favourite Backhouse Lecture; George Ellis’ “Faith, hope and doubt in times of uncertainty”. Ellis writes that “there is a moral reality as well as a physical and a mathematical...
by Rae Litting | 2 Jun, 2024
Quakers and Sin Rae Litting, New South Wales Regional Meeting Quakers 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 practices that we would consider perfectly normal. I...
by Rae Litting | 5 Mar, 2023
The Brothers and Sisters of Jesus Rae Litting, New South Wales Regional Meeting I believe that religious art has influenced the way we imagine Jesus more than we realise. If we read the Bible, it is clear that Jesus came from a large family. But we never see images...
by Rae Litting | 4 Sep, 2022
On “Holding the Meeting in the Light” Rae Litting, New South Wales Regional Meeting I am grateful to have been part of the eldering team at Yearly Meeting. The dedication of the eldering team impressed me greatly. They put enormous mental effort into “holding the...
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