A quiet word: Charles Stevenson has a little help from a Friend

‘Whoever we might be, none of us is blameless.’

'With my own ears in the Meeting for Business I heard a dominant Friend being thanked for what Una Landers had clearly suggested.' | Photo: by Priscilla Du Preez on Unsplash

When I was new in membership of the Society of Friends, and becoming more involved, my dear mentor, Ethela Goodhardt, took me aside to a coffee lounge. She spoke gently to me. She didn’t accuse me, but I knew my rash enthusiasm was being cautioned.

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