What is the place for Outreach among Quakers today?

What is the place for Outreach among Quakers today?

John Michaelis, University Monthly Meetin, Seattle, USA We all know that our membership and the number of attenders and associates are shrinking. The rate we are shrinking is exponential and a primary cause is aging and death. The total number of Australian members...
Conscientious objection 

Conscientious objection 

David Purnell, Canberra Regional Meeting, and Quaker Peace and Legislation Committee The Quaker United Nations Office (QUNO) has recently released a publication on International Standards on Conscientious Objection, by Laurel Townhead. Here is a summary and some notes...
Quaker Meeting

Quaker Meeting

  Silence No sound. Presence permeates space, gentles anxiety, Lifts all our stumblings From the week that’s past and offers us new possibilities. We hold each other in this tender Light, and know Julian of Norwich spoke the truth, “All will be well.”...
“Let Your Lives Speak” Quaker Peace Video Project

“Let Your Lives Speak” Quaker Peace Video Project

Adrian Glamorgan, West Australia Regional Meeting Many Friends know that our first peace testimony was declared to Charles II and Parliament in 1660.    But how has peace prospered in Australia since that first day in 1770, when Scottish Quaker Sydney Parkinson,...
Book Review: Thy Kingdom Come – A Quaker`s View of Jesus.

Book Review: Thy Kingdom Come – A Quaker`s View of Jesus.

Ingmar Hollsing is a Swedish Friend, a teacher, and holds a Bachelor of Divinity from Uppsala University which specialises in the historical Jesus. He reads English and German, so is able to access sources in those languages, as well as his native Swedish. This book...