by David Swain | 28 Feb, 2015
Jackie Perkins, Administrator, Quaker Service Australia In Tamil Nadu, South India, homestead gardens are traditional sources of herbal plants for the production of local remedies, as well as providing raw material for the local healers who use traditional medicines...
by David Swain | 28 Feb, 2015
This book by Deepak Chopra is actually about ten people : Job, St. Paul, Shankara, Rumi, Julian of Norwich, Giordano Bruno, Anne Hutchinson, Baal Shem Tov and Rabindranath Tagore. The book has two main arguments. The first is that our understanding of God evolves,...
by David Swain | 28 Feb, 2015
Adventures in the Spirit: Stories of Australian Quakers 1770-2014 by Roslynn Haynes and Lyn Dundas is a learning resource launched at AYM 2015. It is a resource for teaching Quakers about themselves. While most of the stories are written for children and from a...
by David Swain | 28 Feb, 2015
“Eldership is about nurture, nurture and nurture” (from Chapter 13 “What is required of us”). The most significant “thing” at AYM for me, was the visible presence of designated Elders. I noticed that there was less “cross” talk and chatter during sessions; very little...
by David Swain | 28 Feb, 2015
This is our regular feature in which we briefly record interesting publications and websites that have come to our attention. Inclusion of an item in this format does not preclude a possible longer review in a later issue. We welcome suggestions for inclusion. This...
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