Finding Dear Friends

by Jan Blakeney TRM and FORM | 24 Feb, 2025

Finding Dear Friends “Qui bene cantat bis orat” (They who sing pray twice) – St. Augustine Quakers in Australia do not regularly include singing in Meetings for Worship. Unlike many of our American counterparts, we reserve singing for special occasions such as...

Desert or Wasteland: the Choice for Friends in Response to Secularisation.

by Mark J | 16 Nov, 2012

Mark Johnson, New South Wales Regional Meeting. In the larger religious arenas beyond those of Friends secularisation is a major concern, and much effort is poured into combatting what is seen by assorted religiously based cultural warriors  as a “desert-like” space...

Sexism in the Senate – my Experience.

by Mark J | 8 Nov, 2012

Jo Vallentine, West Australian Regional Meeting. Many Friends would have been distressed to witness the degree of vitriol in our Parliament lately. It’s embarrassing, and it’s demeaning for all concerned. Whether you think Julia Gillard’s stirring fifteen minutes of...

Salt and Light.

by australianfriend | 13 May, 2012

Pradip Lamichhane, Nepal Friends Evangelical Church. This is an edited extract from a talk given by Pradip at this year’s FWCC conference in Kenya. When I first heard the theme of the world gathering I found it difficult to understand. After long silence and...

Where is the Light Leading Friends? Engaging With Friends in the World.

by australianfriend | 1 May, 2012

Valerie Joy, Queensland Regional Meeting. Friends that I meet in several countries are actively engaged in practicing our beliefs, conversing on the things we hold in common, and sometimes too on where we diverge. Face to face conversations are sublimely better than...