A proper balance
Janet Quilley reflects on achieving a proper balance at Yearly Meeting
Jan Arriens’ interesting reflections on Yearly Meeting (7 June) are very relevant to Agenda Committee’s ‘Manner of Holding Yearly Meeting’ exercise and need proper consideration. Jan raises a spectre of Yearly Meeting without time for discernment – lacking in passion and radicalism – with an overemphasis on managerialism. I agree that we need to be ever watchful for this. We need to be creative in finding ways to counter this drift. I do not, however, fully share his pessimism.
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