by David Swain | 31 May, 2020
There is language which describes an experience. Have you ever been to Florence? There are fountains and sculptures everywhere you look, stone castles and vineyards occupying the surrounding countryside, ornate churches, murals painted on unsuspecting walls…. Then...
by David Swain | 1 Dec, 2019
Richard Dawkins is undoubtedly one of the great science communicators of our age. Starting with The Selfish Gene in 1976, he has produced a veritable library of books describing evolution in a range of vivid metaphors. Unfortunately along the way he inevitably...
by David Swain | 1 Sep, 2019
Animating Freedom: Accompanying Indigenous Struggles for Self-Determination, delivered by by Jason MacLeod This Lecture represents the results of a decade of reflection, practice, reading, conversations and walking. Since Jason’s first visit to West Papua in 1991, his...
by David Swain | 1 Sep, 2019
I was impressed with the enthusiasm with which Yearly Meeting 2019 tackled Earthcare and climate change. I was, however, was somewhat perturbed with the haste with which the Meeting supported the suggestion that future Quaker gatherings be fed only vegetarian or...
by David Swain | 2 Jun, 2019
The 2018 Quaker Lecture (Aotearoa/New Zealand) – Can Religion Speak Truth? – was written and delivered by Elizabeth Duke. Elizabeth has a distinguished ecumenical and Quaker heritage. She was born into an Anglican family but joined the Religious Society of Friends in...
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