by David Swain | 2 Dec, 2018
In our last issue we considered our Yearly Meeting, a time when Friends come together to strengthen their spiritual bonds and to ask how the Truth is prospering amongst us. In this issue we look at how Friends go out into the world to live our testimonies. Wies...
by David Swain | 2 Dec, 2018
Wies Schuiringa, New South Wales Regional Meeting The conference was organised by the World Council of Churches, Geneva (WCC) and the Vatican City Department for Promoting Integral Human Development and the Department for Promoting Christian Unity, and was Held in...
by David Swain | 2 Dec, 2018
Sejin Pak, South Australia and Northern Territory Regional Meeting I thought I had thought about this matter many times, but when I sat down this time to write about it, I found that it is not so simple. A simple version of the story, commonly understood by others who...
by David Swain | 2 Dec, 2018
David Swain, New South Wales Regional Meeting We went to North Korea, or the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), not knowing what to expect. We knew from history that the Korean Peninsula had been controlled by Japan from 1910 until the end of World War II...
by David Swain | 2 Dec, 2018
Dale Hess, Victoria Regional Meeting In October 2018 I was privileged to be part of a group of twelve Quakers and non-Quakers who travelled to North Korea. We had heard that the American Friends Service Committee had a farm project there and we wanted to learn more...
by David Swain | 2 Dec, 2018
Silver Wattle Quaker Centre A Retreat and Conference Centre Calls upon the diversity of gifts which have been given to each of us. This special property has risen out of the needs around and within us. Let’s embrace the opportunities it offers to enrich the lives of...
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