Now more than ever: the ocean of light and love

Now more than ever: the ocean of light and love

Now more than ever: the ocean of light and love Margaret Clark, Canberra and District Quakers Two weeks after Hamas brought death to the Supernova music festival at Kibbutz Be’eri, I attended a bat mitzvah at the local synagogue.  When commencing the service, the...
A Circle of Love

A Circle of Love

A Circle of Love Kaye Wright, Victoria Regional Meeting We were on the bus, heading home.  There were two more clients to drop off, Geoffrey and Jacqui who both live with dementia.  Jacqui and Geoffrey’s conversation in the bus goes something like this: Geoffrey:...

Who Is My Friend?

Who Is My Friend? LOVE IN THE TIME OF CORONA (in the manner of Ecclesiastes Chapter 3)  Does he unburden to me all his woes? Does she sparkle when I enter the room? Does he drape me with light? Does she air-kiss my cheek? Does his tail wag when I speak? Does she...

Belief is a Solo Journey

David Evans, South Australian and Northern Territory Regional Meeting Dame Naomi James was the first woman to sail solo around the globe, circumnavigating the world in a yacht by herself, putting together her love of sailing with her hope to achieve, and faith in her...

Young Love Awakened

On a delicate autumn day I play Nat King Cole, and the fifties come back, and the world is young again. Light yellow leaves fall on the footpath, the warm wind shifts its direction, and memories seep back, young love not then drenched with sex, tender, lyrical,...