Category Archives: Reflections

Children’s Voices

A contribution from Tracy Bourne:
It seems to me that Quakers are great at nurturing children as people in the light of God: Great at loving them for who they are in the moment. Many inspirational discussions and artwork develop into challenging and exciting ideas in children’s meetings all over the country. I wonder [...]

Living peacefully

A contribution from Brian Connor:
I must admit that I was a bit overwhelmed by the content and the unfiltered list of issues which we face as a human race. I spent 12 months helping with the organisation of probably Australia’s first Sustainable Expo over 10 days in March 2007 and now have just returned from [...]

Quaker questions and Quaker Voices

It seems to be a perennial question—what is it that Quakers have in common with each other?  Can Quakers, as a Society, be said to believe anything when creeds and dogmas (so it is said) are neither stated nor enforced?
In the early days of the Quaker movement, there were obvious universal beliefs among Quakers.  Quakers [...]