Pipeline

Pipeline is the newsletter of the Wellspring Community. It is produced every two months. Some recent issues are:

2010

June - (4.4mb)

  • The Neglected Relationship Between Science and Spirituality (Alan Gijsbers)
  • Test of Faith dvd
  • The NOT neglected relationship between science and spirituality (Bonita Frank)
  • Out of Darkness(Mary Gilchrist)
  • Dawkins , Birch and Religion: Same evolution, very different outcomes (Peter Fensham)
  • An Introduction to Cosmology (Louise Mattay)
  • Pilgrimage to North America: in search of Integral Spirituality (Di Shearer)
  • TAIZé Pilgrimage (Georgie Lewis & Laura Baird)
  • Meditation and Health
  • Common Dreams 2 Conference (Jenny Burns)
  • Bits & Pieces (Mary Gilchrist)
  • An Interesting Week (Jill Robertson)
  • Gathering 2011

March - (6.9mb)

  • Reflections on the Parliament of World’s Religions held in Melbourne, November 2009 (Jonathan Inkpin)
  • How are we to live? (Jenny Burns)
  • Make a world of difference (Valerie Shevels)
  • Glimpses from the parliament of world’s religions (Doug Hewitt)
  • Book Review: ‘A Century of Influence’ (Clabon Allen)
  • Why be a Christian? Summary of ideas from 'The Heart of Christianity' by Marcus Borg (June Mills)
  • New Wellspring Council Secretary - Alan Bawden

2009

December - (4mb)

  • Hearing each other: healing the land -- Palestine/Israel (Doug Hewitt)
  • Leader's Letter (Mary Gilchrist)
  • Update on Goolwa (Fiona Cockington)
  • Are there any safe places? (Bonita Frank)
  • Visiting Kiribati (Jenny Burns)
  • Prayer from mad women
  • Soil is Alive (Lisa Wriley)
  • Book Review : Following Jesus in Invaded Space (Clabon Allen)
  • Bits & Pieces (Mary Gilchrist)
  • Hearing Each Other -Listening to the Land (Merilyn Tandukar)
  • Controversial Ideas ? Sustainable Life on Earth (Will Robertson)
  • Ideas in Passing ‘Seduced by the Good’ by Joan Chittister (Isobel Bishop)
June - (4mb)
  • A More Multicultural Church (Mary Gilchrist)
  • Christ Through Culture (Clabon Allen)
  • Wellspring Offers a Prophetic Voice (Alison Atkinson-Phillips)
  • Interview with Trish Watts (Alison Atkinson-Phillips)
  • Palestine Visit by Australian Church Leaders (Jenny Johnston)
  • New Administrator - Jan McEvoy
  • Fencing Working Party
  • A Felicitous Coincidence (Mac Nicoll)
  • Another Doug is Dreaming (Doug Golding, a response to Doug Hewitt's article in the March edition of Pipeline)
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  • Book/DVD Review: The Life of Christ by John Dickson & Greg Clarke (Margaret Holm)
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March - (1.4mb)
  • 'a more perfect unity': 2009 - a time for unity and for healing of the nations (Peter Millar)
  • Letter from the leader (Jill Robertson)
  • Word From the Editor (Bonita Frank)
  • Dreaming of Christian Unity (Doug Hewitt)
  • Dispersed Community (Di Shearer)
  • Economics and Theology (Paul Oslington)
  • Council News (Mary Gilchrist)
  • Margaret Holm's Book Reviews: "Plan Be" & "People of Compassion" (both by Dave Andrews)
  • Linking with Eremos (Jenny Johnston)
  • Who Are We? (Peter Fensham)
  • New Beginnings - new dimensions (David Woods)
  • Enhanced Rehabilitation: a More Perfect Unity Between Prison Policy and Practice (Margaret Holm)
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  • Book Review (Margaret Allen) and Reply from Col Jennings
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  • Wellspring's letter to Hon Jenny Macklin and her reply
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2008

September - (5mb)
  • Our dream for 2020 (Jill Robertson)
  • Sally Horne: New Wellspring Administrator
  • We are God's Dreaming (Bonita Frank)
  • The Best Yakfest & Hullabaloo in Town (Stephen Leeder)
  • Strengthening Communities & Supporting Families (Margaret Holm)
  • World Youth Day (Gillian Hunt)
  • Welcoming Wild Winds (Michelle Coram)
  • Hope (Merrilyn Tandukar)
  • Refreshing Retreats (Fiona Cockington)
  • Creating for Life by Col Jennings (Book review by Margaret Allen)
June - (5mb)
  • Restoring Our Land - A Spiritual Journey (Eugene Stockton)
  • This Land is Beautiful - Kaye's Poem (Anonymous)
  • Rahner, Persons and the Environment (Mary Gilchrist)
  • Why Save a Species? (Doug Bickerton)
  • Neither Here nor There (Michelle Coram)
  • Greening the Church (Helen Weavers)
  • Going to Galong (Jeannie Walker)
  • Offsetting My Car and House Emissions (Neil Holm)
  • Law of Cycles (Yves de Morsier)
  • Crossing Borders (book review by Margaret Ford)
  • Restoring the Land (Gillian Hunt)
  • Urban Pilgrimage in Western Sydney 17-21 October 2008 (Jenny Johnston)
  • Photos of Wellspring Community Council & Contacts 2008 - (2mb)
March - (700kb)
  • Walking the way of the Cross: Death & Resurrection (Anne McPherson)
  • Book Review/Launch: Campfires and Wellsprings in surprising places by Anne McPherson (Review by Margaret Allen; Launch Report: Bonita Frank)
  • Easter reflections: change is not easy (Jill Robertson)
  • Easter: stillness & Silence (Bonita Frank)
  • Stillness (artwork by Margaret Nicoll)
  • The Day We Said Sorry: Honouring our Indigenous Peoples Eyewitness accounts from Canberra (Gillian Hunt, Jim and Marjorie Houston)
  • Book Review: Carpentaria by Alexis Wright (Review by Jeannie Walker)
  • A Wee Small Biography by the Editor (Bonita Frank)
  • Page 11
  • Centenary of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity (Jenny Johnston)
  • Around the World in Search of Enlightenment (Doug Golding)
  • Meeting the Black Panther (Peter Millar)
  • Prayer for the Journey of Healing (NATSIEC)

2007

December - (2.1MB)
  • Fool Hardy Faith (Jill Robertson)
  • Faith Under Challenge (Doug Hewitt)
  • Kairos Outside # 1 Perth (Fiona Cockington)
  • SIEV-X National Memorial (Gillian Hunt)
  • Kariong Eco Garden (Lisa Wriley)
  • Insititutional Anarchy (Michelle Coram)
  • Gathered & Scattered - Neil Paynter (Book Review)
  • Iona: Images & Reflections - Neil Paynter (Book Review)
September - (2MB)
  • Commitment to a Common Task Builds Community (Peter Millar)
  • Leader's Letter (Mary Gilchrist)
  • Reflection at Nara Park (Gillian Hunt)
  • Teaching English in China (Marjorie Houston)
  • Six Weeks in North America (Bill & Ruth Thomas)
  • Areas of Concern in the Blue Mountains (NSW) Cell Group
  • Australian Light, Australian Tree (Song by Jim Tulip & Douglas Simper)
National Gathering 2007 Issue - (3MB)
  • Contains photos, summaries of Kathy Galloway's talks. Complete copies of the talks are available on the Wellspring Gatherings page of this website.
February - (2MB)
  • Living the Beatitudes (Ruth Dunnicliff-Hagan)
  • Concerning and Discerning Leadership (Neil Holm & Peggy Goldsmith)
  • Beatitudes and Walking the Edge (Ailsa Maley)
  • Hungering for Justice (Christa Megaw)
  • Cursed and Blest (Marilyn Obersby)
  • Final Judgement (a poem by Kathy Galloway)
  • Harmony of Life (a poem by Ailsa Maley)
  • Seeds of Peace (a poem by Merrilyn Tandukar)
  • What is the Dayspring Community?

2006

December - (802KB)
  • Advent: Journey & Transformation (Ruth Dunnicliff-Hagan)
  • Flannel Flowers in Advent (Peggy Goldsmith)
  • Desert Journeys in Three Voices (Ian Robinson)
  • Walking the Edge: Visit to Palm Island (Helen Weavers)
  • Grounded (Mac Nicol)
  • Journey into Life (poem by Merrilyn Tandukar)
October - (775KB)
  • Living as Community
  • Generations X, Y & Z? (Jim Tulip)
  • Walking the Edge Imaginatively (Neil Holm)
  • Dancing Peace: Awakening Spirituality (Judith Keller)
  • Walking with the elderly (Jenny Johnston)
  • Walking the Edge as a Stranger (Mary Gilchrist)
  • The Stone the Builders Rejected (a prayer by Kathy Galloway)
August - (1024KB)
  • Walking the Edge (Ruth Dunnicliff-Hagan)
  • Iona, Corrymeela and the Australian Experience (Peggy Goldsmith)
  • Blessed are the Edges of the Map (Jonathon Inkpin)
  • Walking the Edge while Remembering the Centre (Doug Golding)
  • Walking the edge - Central Coast NSW Reflection
June - (607KB)
  • Respecting our Brothers and Sisters
  • The Rule of Benedict (Russell Montgomery)
  • Mahatma Gandhi (Dallas Elvery)
  • Poetry as Prayer (Lucy Jones)
  • A church for All Ages (Jill Robertson)
  • East Timor (Sue Stuckey)
  • Rediscovering Prayer (Jane Pitman)
  • The Heart of Christianity (Peter Beale)
  • A Year to Live/Recognising Spiritual Needs in People (Alison Tulloch)
April - (647KB)
  • World Council of Churches Brazil 2006 (Jenny Johnston)
  • Report on the WCC Assembly (Isabel & Doug Hewitt)
  • Visiting Victoria (Clabon Allen)
  • Youth at the WCC (Emma Schubert, Lauren Fee, Jonathan Hirt)
  • Reflection on WCC Assembly (Peter Millar)
  • Book Review: 50 Things You Wanted to Know about World Issues by Keith Suter
February - (762KB)
  • Some of our Wellspring Mates (Neil Holm)
  • Deputy Leaders and Treasurer (Clabon & Margaret Allen)
  • Western Australia -- Daytime Nightmares (Brian Holliday)
  • Leader's Letter (Peggy Goldsmith)
  • Tasmania (Isabel Telford)
  • South Australia -- Resurrection (Howard Groome)
  • Victoria -- Art & CS Lewis (Mac Nicoll)
  • Australian Capital Territory (Ruth Dunnicliff-Hagan)
  • Queensland (Doug Golding)
  • Northern Territory (David Woods)

2005

December - (626KB)
  • Incarnation (Geoff Stevenson)
  • Leader's Letter: Incarnation (Peggy Goldsmith)
  • Book Review: Surrender All (Geoff Stevenson)
  • Living an Incarnational Life (Ursula de Morsier)
  • Some Prayers & Liturgies for Christmas (Keree Louise Casey)
  • Kariong Eco Garden (Lisa Wriley)
October - (505KB)
  • Empowerment through Community - Brother Roger of Taize
  • Leader's Letter - The Hope behind Empowerment (Neil Holm)
  • Empowerment through Kairos
  • Empowerment in the Neighbourhood (Buffy Bennett)
  • Empowerment and the Circle of Friends (Christa Megaw)
  • Empowerment and F.I.S.H.
  • Dancing with God
August - (1,803KB)
  • Aspirational Christians
  • Using the Prayer Card to Build Community
  • Leader's Letter (Peggy Goldsmith)
  • Book Review : The Spiritual Staircase - Karen Armstrong
  • Building Community
June - (2,694KB)
  • Taking Up the Challenge: Micah Challenge
  • Leader's Letter: A Salty Community (Neil Holm)
  • Sustainability and Community (Lisa Wriley)
  • Confrontation with Myself (Mac Nicholl)
  • SA Wellspring Retreat & Sevenhill Psalm (Val Bennett/Jan Duggan)
  • Micah Challenge
April - (4,646KB)
  • Leader's Letter: Canberra Gathering (Peggy Goldsmith)
  • Easter Reflection (Peter Millar)
  • Spirituality & Science (Peter Fensham)
  • Sustaining Hope (Doug Hewitt)
  • Celtic knots (Isobell Hewitt)
  • Rachael Kohn Address (Valerie Bennett)
  • Drinking Deep Draughts of God (Neil Holm)
  • Spirit of Place (Fiona Cockington)
  • Sustainability & Theology (Pat McKenzie)
  • Multi-Faith Prayer (Doug Golding)
  • Music (Carole Burnard)
  • Aboriginal Spirituality (Clabon Allen)
  • Labyrinth (Lawrie Cowell)
  • Spirituality & Australian Literature (Margaret Allen)
  • Faith & Culture (Keith Weavers)
  • Spirituality & Multifaith Australia (Barbara Cowell)
  • Book Review: Knock Em Down Moon by Jack Goodluck (Trafford) (Val Bennett)
  • Acting for Peace (Margaret Chase)
  • Thin Places (Janet Watts)
February - (927KB)
  • Leader's Letter: A Reflection on the Tsunami (Neil Holm)
  • Wonder: A Way to God (Eugene Stockton)
  • Love is His Meaning (John Connor)
  • Time in the Wilderness (Mac Nicholl)
  • What About a Spirituality of the City? (Keith Weavers)

2004

December - (2,337KB)
  • Leader's Letter: Being Part of Community (Peggy Goldsmith)
  • Walking in the Steps of Jesus: a report on a study tour of Egypt (Doug & Isabel Hewitt)
  • Welcoming the Child: an experimental liturgy from the Anglican Parish of Gosford permitted by the Bishop of Newcastle (Penny Jones)
  • Welcoming Child and Mother: a tired mother's thoughts, late at night (Lisa Wriley)


June - (824KB)
  • As the War Goes On (A song of lament from the Iona Community and Mennonites)
  • Leader's Letter: Is Jacob's Kitchen Church? (Neil Holm)
  • God Only: Pondering the Desert Experience (Brian Stitt)
  • Julian Centre: a place for spiritual direction, healing and reconciliation
  • Liturgy of the Eucharist (Peter and Christine Fensham)
  • Liturgy for AGM of Wellspring Community (Anne McPherson)
  • Why a New Zealander Belongs to Wellspring (Alison Tulloch)


April - (98KB)
  • Taking Islam Seriously (Doug Golding)
  • Leader's Letter: Inter-faith Issues (Peggy Goldsmith)
  • Summer School in Morpeth (Jon Inkpin & Judith Keller)
  • Wellspring Retreat (including reflections by Libby Mortimer & Val Bennett) (Fiona Cockington)
  • A Plea for Respect (Dennis Ryle)
  • Ecumenical Summer School Blessing (Jill Tabart/Christine Fensham)


February - (512KB)
  • Life Thread (Cheikh Kone and Alicia Flack)
  • After the Heroism and After the Wonderment (Neil Holm)
  • Meeting with a Refugee Family at Baxter Detention Centre (John and Fiona Cockington)
  • Circle of Friends (Paul Winderlich)
  • Time to Remember the Forgotten Isles (Jenny Johnston)
  • Victorian Celtic Pilgrimage (David Sloane)

2003


December - (90KB)
  • Incarnation (Peggy Goldsmith)(Anne McPherson)
  • Wellspring Community: fellow pilgrims sharing how we respond to God (Jack Goodluck)
  • A Special Person: Frank (Jeannie Walker)
  • Incarnation to the Environment (John Martin)
  • Incarnation in a Multi-Faith World (Mary Pearson)
  • The Waiters' Union (Dave Andrews)
  • Practical Reconciliation (ANTaR NSW)

October - (531KB)
  • Reflections on the Pilgrimage (Anne McPherson)(Brian Ball)
  • Nourishment (Neil Holm)
  • Walk Around Uluru (Louise Mattay)
  • Street Retreat (Linda Blagg)
  • Reflections (Gillian Hunt)(Judith Kohlhagen)
  • Evaluations (Jack Goodluck)(Margaret Chase)
  • Pilgrim Notes (Alex Nelson)
  • Visiting Santa Teresa (Alison Croft)
  • Some Sisters Go Walkabout (Penny Jones)

August - (164KB)
  • Why the Wellspring Community is Needed in Australia Today (Peter Millar)
  • Leaders' Letter and Introduction of New Leaders Peggy Goldsmith and Neil Holm
  • Wonder and Will to Care (Margaret Ford)
  • Seven Weeks on Iona: Experiences of an Aussie Volunteer (John Connor)
  • Campfire in the Heart

June - (157KB)
  • Making Peace with Conflict (Janet Watts)
  • Leader's Letter: What Does it Mean to be a Member of the Wellspring Community? (Anne McPherson)
  • Street Retreat (Joy Crawford)
  • Finding Peace in South Africa (Geoff Harris)
  • Prayers of the People (Peggy Goldsmith)

April - (158KB)
  • Marches for Peace: Sunday February 16, 2003
  • Leader's Letter: Peace (Anne McPherson)
  • Celtic and Aboriginal Spirituality: Is There a Connection? (Robert Hoskin)
  • Book Reviews: 1. Living with a Neighbour who is Different (Keith Rowe) reviewed by Jeannie Walker. 2. Finding Hope Again (Peter Millar) reviewed by Helen Weavers

February - (159KB)
  • Leader's Letter: Peace (Anne McPherson)
  • Pilgrimage: Seeking the Place of One's resurrection (Neil Holm)
  • Volunteering on Iona and Getting to Iona (Helen Weavers)
  • Exchange Ministry in Scotland (Mary Pearson)

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Wellspring Book Publication
"Campfires and Wellsprings", a great read to supplement the urban pilgrimage.