Healing ministry

Hilary Painter reflects on the importance of healing in Quakerism

'The Friends Fellowship of Healing works with the inner world...' | Photo: Photo: Trish Carn.

The subject of healing in Quakerism was raised in a recent article in the Friend (21 June). It is, unfortunately, a fact that many Quakers regard healing as a ‘flakey’ occupation and that the idea of healing has been conflated with new age weirdness rather than simply being what we do. All of us. Often.

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