The “G” word

Mary Grbavac, Queensland Regional Meeting Friends, I have been contemplating the issue of the word “God” quite a lot lately. This has been triggered by being gently chided a couple of times for using the word “God” and being told that Quakers don’t use it anymore. I...

Reflections on AYM

Gretchen Castle, FWCC General Secretary, World Office in London I am a Quaker. I am part of a world-wide Quaker community, and I inhabit that knowledge daily. It helps me live the way I want to. The knowledge and reality of that community membership informs my life...

Supporting and Empowering Our Teens and Youth

Sally Kingsland, Canberra Regional Meeting The place of young people in our Australian Quaker community has been of great interest, and some concern, to me for many years. It has been a question of direct personal relevance as I have journeyed as a committed spiritual...

Quaker rhyme

The time I’ve spent, the paper – acres To write a poem fit for Quakers; A poem so vulpine and Foxlike, The thing that aging Quaker crocks like. The strain of it my greying locks tell, I’ve even sought out help from Foxtel; And once I thought I had it right – Until I...