Spirit-led writing – time to reflect

by | 1 Sep, 2019

Henry Esbenshade, Western Australia Regional Meeting My life – so much has passed, but more ahead. The thought of taking “time off” for Meeting for Learning in September 2018 was readily decided upon – how nourishing and peaceful it was to spend a week in the...

Peri Coleman’s Leading to live sustainably.

by | 22 May, 2013

Peri’s story below comes from a taped interview with Peri conducted by AYM Secretary Susan Addison in October 2012.   Peri Coleman (SANTRM) owns and operates Delta Environmental Consulting, which provides environmental services in the areas of coastal ecosystems,...

Leadings and Wilfulness.

by | 21 May, 2013

Wies Schuiringa, NSW Regional Meeting. “Going forward in Faith and Clarity”, (Elaine Polglase, Wahroonga Local Meeting). The relationship between leadings and wilfulness is intriguing as well as contentious. Are they twins, siblings, second cousins or distant...

How do I know?

by | 15 May, 2013

Kerry O’Regan, South Australian Regional Meeting.   I must confess that the notion of “leading” is something I’ve struggled with. In fact it’s one of the things that scared me away from Quakers at one stage. I had discovered among Friends an insistence on the...