by David Swain | 28 Feb, 2015
Carol Holden, Victoria Regional Meeting The word mandala comes from Sanskrit meaning, “circle” and it is usually represented as a picture of the “Wheel of Life.” Painting, colouring or drawing mandalas, and exploring different patterns and colours, allows...
by David Swain | 28 Feb, 2015
Many Friends know me as Jo Juchniewicz, married to Joseph. When people saw the name Juchniewicz before meeting me in person, they assumed I could speak Polish. I can’t. So when I became a teacher and then a civil celebrant, for practical purposes I decided to use to...
by David Swain | 28 Feb, 2015
Geoffrey Ballard, Canberra Regional Meeting This article stems from the workshop looking at the non-traditional Quaker colours, that I co-facilitated with Peter Williams at the 2015 YM Summer School. We attended a Share and Tell session on Non-Theism at the 2014 YM,...
by David Swain | 28 Feb, 2015
Peter Williams – Canberra Regional Meeting Background In Britain there have been a number of recent surveys on the beliefs and practices of Quakers. Ben Pink Dandelion ran the first survey in 1990 and some findings from the third survey in 2013 are available here....
by David Swain | 28 Feb, 2015
Dawn Joyce, Queensland Regional Meeting The Brisbane Commonwealth Games protests in 1982 proved a turning point for first nations peoples. Wayne Wharton, a Kooma man from the Cunnamulla region of south-western Queensland and veteran activist and sovereignty...
by David Swain | 28 Feb, 2015
Sally Kingsland, Canberra Regional Meeting The place of young people in our Australian Quaker community has been of great interest, and some concern, to me for many years. It has been a question of direct personal relevance as I have journeyed as a committed spiritual...
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