Being Nurtured by the Landscape, Supported by the Community

Being Nurtured by the Landscape, Supported by the Community

Susan Clarke, Queensland Regional Meeting This past year I have lived at Silver Wattle Quaker Centre, volunteering as cook for our small permanent community of four, the Friends in Residence, Elders, course facilitators, participants in courses, and guests for the...
A nurturing AYM Committee

A nurturing AYM Committee

Julie Webb, South Australia Regional Meeting After attending the Meeting for Learning Retreat in 2006, I was one of six Adelaide Friends who decided to study Quaker Basics together as one of our projects for the year. We met once a fortnight, starting with a shared...
The James Backhouse Lecture 2014

The James Backhouse Lecture 2014

‘Our life is love and peace and tenderness’: Bringing children into the centre of Quaker life and worship  We are facing a time of great change and Quakers are called to respond to the impending crisis. But we are unable to act with strength because our...
Know one another: A long love affair with Quakers

Know one another: A long love affair with Quakers

David Purnell, Canberra Regional Meeting  I have had a long love affair with Quakers. I was brought up within the Congregational tradition, which had a strong sense of independence of thought and action. When I first attended the Canberra Quaker Meeting in the...
Reporting Radioactive Peace: From Yeerlirrie to Fukushima

Reporting Radioactive Peace: From Yeerlirrie to Fukushima

Adrian Glamorgan and Elizabeth PO’, Western Australia Regional Meeting  Dawn, Fukushima City.  Alarms break into our sleep.  Rescue services ring out below, along city streets, rattling urgency.  Is something serious happening?  We are foreigners, not knowing rules. ...

Book Review: Words, Images and Heart’s Wine

Ros Haynes, Tasmania Regional Meeting Words, Images and Heart’s Wine: A Gift Book by Alison McConnell Imbriotis is subtitled ‘not another cookbook’. As someone who is incredulous and dismayed at the tidal wave of cookbooks that shows no sign of abating, I was...