by David Swain | 3 Mar, 2019
Barrie Pittock OAM, Victoria Regional Meeting Barrie is now 81 years old and has a little memory loss. However, here is brief account of why he received an OAM award for his work on Indigenous matters. He is probably better known for his climate science work, but he...
by David Swain | 4 Jun, 2018
Barrie Pittock I came in touch with Quakers when called up for National Service Training in 1956. I was brought up attending a Presbyterian Sunday school, but came into conflict with the minister over the fact that Jesus said to “love your enemies”, yet Scots Church...
by David Swain | 3 Dec, 2017
George Fox asked the question “What canst thou say?” In this issue we look at what the Religious Society of Friends in Australia can say today. This year we have made some important corporate statements, and we have included three of them in this issue, with some...
by David Swain | 4 Dec, 2016
Sally Hertzfeld, Western Australia Regional Meeting AVP has been conducting workshops in Western Australia since 1995. One of our first workshops was done with Aboriginal Social workers. The facilitators were worried that they might make cultural mistakes and...
by David Swain | 4 Sep, 2016
At the Manchester Conference in 1895, William Charles Braithwaite made a suggestion that must have astonished many faithful Quakers – that it was possible that “in the fields of music, art and literature and in others, Friends may witness to the Glory of God and...
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