The Power of Vision in our Peace Witness          

 David Purnell, Canberra Regional Meeting The Quaker peace testimony offers a remarkable vision – of a world where we deal with each other and the planet with love, respect and trust. It emerged at a time of serious civil strife, division and violence. Yet it...

Quakers and education

Peter D. Jones. The Friends’ School, Hobart Quaker attitudes to education have obviously evolved over time, so a quick look at how these have changed is a good start. Initially in England and Ireland, the first schools reflected the period they were set up in. For a...

Know Thy Friend: Robin McLean

Interviewed by Pamela Leach, Tasmania Regional Meeting AF: What does it mean to you to be a Friend today? To me the Quaker community is a warm family of like-minded people of all ages, surrounding and helping me in my spiritual growth. The belief that each person has...

Book review: Waging Peace.

Waging Peace is a wonderful, inspiring, hope-filled memoir about one man’s life dedicated to nonviolent resistance to war. David Hartsough, a Quaker well known to many of us in Australia, was seven years old when he first felt stirrings to love his enemies. On a...

Epistle from Australia Yearly Meeting 2014

To friends everywhere Greetings from Australian Friends, meeting in the undulating bushland setting of the Nathan campus of Griffith University in Brisbane, situated on the traditional lands of the Yuggerah people. The temperature on the day of arrival for our Yearly...