My grandparents helped established the Friends' meeting house in Canberra and I'd be taken there by my mother as a child.
The Quakers have an inward looking form of religious service, which seemed more like meditation to a kid obsessed with Japan.
It wasn't until I studied North American history in Year 12 that I appreciated their empowering notion of God residing within us, as well as why it was considered dangerous enough to be expelled from Britain.
In recent years I think I've moved from being an atheist to being a pantheist and opened myself to the idea there's a spiritual element aspect to life.
If the Quakers were represented in my regional community then I might consider attending service again.
I have many fond memories of hearing people moved to share their spiritual experiences each week.
