‘Quakers do not have a unique claim to silence.’ Photo: by Kristina Flour on Unsplash
‘Quakers do not have a unique claim to silence.’ Photo: by Kristina Flour on Unsplash
Over forty years ago, one of my daughters, then aged eleven, asked if she could bring a schoolfriend to Meeting for Worship. Of course I said yes, but left it to her to explain to her friend what Meeting was. After Meeting I asked the friend how she had found it and she replied, ‘Terrifying’. Apparently she had asked my daughter what would happen in the silence, and got the answer ‘nothing’.
"If you truly want to be led you must put yourself in a position that allows following" (PYM)
Though written within a Quaker and Christian context, this book can be used by anyone of any religious faith or secular inclination. The only requirement is a desire to follow, to be guided by, to align with the richness of the ineffable, which this book calls "the Way". This book seeks nothing less than to aid readers in aligning their lives with the same power and richness that animated the life of Jesus of Nazareth.
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