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Australian Friend Committee
Purpose
The Australian Friend Committee publishes the Australian Friend both online and in print on a quarterly basis. The Committee is appointed at Yearly Meeting under the care of a Regional Meeting. The editor (or co-editors) comes from that committee itself, or not, as the committee decides.
The purpose of The Australian Friend is to keep Friends in touch with activities of the Society and each other, to share spiritual insights and practical Concerns and to stimulate awareness of the wider witness of Quakers in Australia and beyond.
The Australian Friend is published on-line on the first Monday of March, June, September and December each year at http://australianfriend.org. It is also available as a printed journal, free to members of Australia Yearly Meeting, and on subscription to others. PDF versions of the printed version can be accessed by clicking on "Past editions" in the dark blue strip near the top of this page.
We welcome contributions (articles, photos, poems, drawings) which are consistent with the purpose of The Australian Friend. Contact us through the form on the website. Articles should be attached as Word documents and generally should not exceed 1500 words. We like to have a photograph of the author (head and shoulders), as well as other photographs relevant to the article. Further information for contributors is available at https://australianfriend.org/for-contributors/
Articles in the December 2024 issue of The Australian Friend include:
- In search of Kurt Muenz
- Answering the call in a time of constant crises
- Thoughts on the Backhouse Lecture 2024
- A child's recollections of Devonshire Street Meeting
- Two experiences of grace
- Know thy Friend
- Answering the Call -- Quaker perspectives
- Answering the Call -- Zoom meeting with Friends
- QSA Notes
- 'Sleepwalking into war?'
- Respectful of all people
- Poetry: Invitation to become by Rosemary Longhurst. Meditation: Chimney as meditation for worship by Charles Stevenson
- Introduction to James Parnell
- Alexander Solzhenitsyn
- Book review: Unconventional Women by Sarah Gilbert
- Yearly Meetings 2025