by David Swain | 1 Jun, 2015
Gerry Guiton, NSW Regional Meeting A recent article in the Australian Friend (March, 2015) strongly advised Quakers to “drag themselves into the 21st century”. The author seemed to suggest we have some outdated beliefs and recommended nontheism if not as a complete...
by David Swain | 1 Jun, 2015
Mary Grbavac, Queensland Regional Meeting Friends, I have been contemplating the issue of the word “God” quite a lot lately. This has been triggered by being gently chided a couple of times for using the word “God” and being told that Quakers don’t use it anymore. I...
by David Swain | 1 Jun, 2015
Salt crusted bleached bones, skeletons of long dead forest giants, tangle as high-tide driftwood along the sugar cane coast. Upturned tree stumps like deep sea squid clutch, with bone-dry roots, weathered black basalt rocks. We walk, as two. My only first marriage...
by David Swain | 1 Jun, 2015
These reflections from facilitators and participants may inspire you to think about Meeting for Learning as an option in the coming years. Meeting for Learning is a year-long process under the care of Yearly Meeting’s Quaker Learning Australia Committee. It...
by David Swain | 1 Jun, 2015
Geoffrey Ballard, Canberra Regional Meeting In September 2014 Canberra Regional Meeting endorsed me to be a volunteer chaplain at the Australian National University (ANU). I am a former Anglican priest with a degree in theology, along with the necessary education and...
by David Swain | 1 Jun, 2015
Bev Polzin and Maxine Cooper, Victoria Regional Meeting We responded to an invitation to participate in AVP workshops in Nepal, issued through Friends Peace Teams Asia-West Pacific Section (FPT-AWP), by John Michaelis (Sydney) and Subhash Kattel (Nepal). As explained...
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