by David Swain | 4 Jun, 2018
The 2018 Backhouse Lecture will be given by Cho-Nyon Kim, a Quaker from the Daejon Quaker Meeting in South Korea. He is a professor of Sociology. He edits a magazine on Ham Sok Hon, the prominent Korean Friend known internationally for his peace and justice witness....
by David Swain | 4 Jun, 2018
Jan de Voogd, New South Wales Regional Meeting I have a beautiful watercolour of flowers painted and given to me by a friend for my birthday. The big bunch of flowers is an extravagant and exuberant expression of love. There are many ways that we express love. It...
by David Swain | 4 Jun, 2018
Steven Pinker, has written an amiable, good natured book. Reasonable optimism breaks out everywhere. The title, though, is a little misleading. It brings to mind someone like Buddha and his kind of enlightenment. It isn’t about that, it’s about the historical...
by David Swain | 4 Jun, 2018
Rosemary Longhurst, West Australia Regional Meeting Rosemary has prepared a booklet covering the Quaker Testimonies – the ‘Spices’ – Simplicity, Peace, Integrity, Community, Equality and Sustainability. The booklet’s introduction, a short overview of the Testimonies,...
by David Swain | 4 Jun, 2018
Suppose all planets were created by trainee angels in an expansionist universe wherein senior angels check periodically to ensure all is proceeding well in the new worlds. And suppose one trainee angel of particularly creative bent came up with the idea of leaving a...
by David Swain | 4 Jun, 2018
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. Love...
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