Forgiveness and mercy

Laurie Andrews writes about life, love and forgiveness

by Laurie Andrews 26th May 2017

In a New Statesman article last month about her life as a peace campaigner, Sheila Hancock wrote: ‘As a Quaker, I aspire to be a pacifist.’ She considered whether, with a gun in her pocket, she would refrain from using it to save someone from being murdered. Would she, as she hoped, find the courage to reason with the attacker? I share her honest doubts for, as a Friend, I aspire to be a Quaker.