by David Swain | 6 Jul, 2011
By Lorel Thomas, Victoria Regional Meeting Definitions for the word ‘peace’ include ‘safety in matters of social or economic welfare,’ ‘the absence of mental stress or anxiety’ and ‘the general security of public places’. If we accept that peace means more than the...
by David Swain | 6 Jul, 2011
By Dale Hess, Victoria Regional Meeting. On 6 – 8 May 2011, 17 Friends, West Papuans and social change and peace educators (and one dog) gathered at the Silver Wattle Quaker Centre for a peace-building conference to discover ways that we might address the most...
by David Swain | 6 Jul, 2011
By Jim Palmer, Victoria Regional Meeting. This year, the long weekend of Easter and Anzac Day brought F/friends of all ages to Silver Wattle. The event was billed as ‘No Time for War: the Easter Story and Anzac’. The program was designed to be inclusive of all ages,...
by David Swain | 6 Jul, 2011
Friends from across our FWCC ‘section’ came together for a Triennial Gathering in Manila in April. FWCC divides the world into four sections. Three sections — Europe & the Middle East, Africa and the Americas are fairly clearly defined. Our section, the Asia West...
by David Swain | 6 Jul, 2011
By Ian Hughes, New South Wales Regional Meeting The Australian Friend is changing. Is this the movement of the Spirit? In the December 2010 issue of The Australian Friend, Susan Addison wrote that ’writing from a spiritual base’ was a phrase the editors stumbled over....
by David Swain | 5 Jul, 2011
By Sue Parritt, Victoria Regional Meeting One of my most poignant childhood memories is of my father sitting in his chair by the dining room fireplace staring into the glowing coals. Minute after minute, hour after hour, barely moving, his eyes riveted to flame and...
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