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I’m dealing with Parkinson’s Plus and for forty years I’ve been a Quaker (The Religious Society of Friends). My Quaker belief is that my life itself is a gift: precious, freely given, unearned. And further, that everything in my life is a further gift: health, abilities, family, valued friends. I’ve earned none of these. They’re gifts. And after my initial diagnosis, I came to view Parkinson’s as a gift as well. I

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The Australian Friend is now online at AustralianFriend.org, as AYM agreed during Yearly Meeting in January 2012 in Perth.

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! This is our 3rd annual Peace Month, and our theme this year is "SPICE: the Friends Testimonies" (Simplicity, Peace, Integrity, Community, Equality).

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I have been enjoying reading Pat Dallmann's The Word Within. I have known Pat for a number of years, so her fresh insights and the depth she brings to her essays are what I would expect, though I can't always anticipate her conclusions.

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Quakerism clearly isn't centered on smuggling people, and even as I watch various conflicts today I wouldn't claim this country resembles Atwood's Republic of Gilead. Are we ready, though, to help those in need?

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With all the Jungian and Zen and Teilhard de Chardin references flying about the conferences, I remember feeling grateful for a little confirmation that we had not entirely left the Quaker orbit! But most of all, I loved this little pamphlet for its passionate testimony to the reality of whole-group encounter with God.

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Reviews Temple Grandin's "Thinking in Pcitures" and Paul Collins' "Not Even Wrong: Adventures In Autism"

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