‘We want it to be authentic and coherent: clear, straightforward, welcoming and authoritative.’

‘We know that we want everything we write to be grounded in our spiritual experience.’

Brought to book: Rosie Carnall on the process of revising Quaker faith & practice

‘We know that we want everything we write to be grounded in our spiritual experience.’

by Rosie Carnall 2nd December 2022

In January 2019, as one of the co-clerks of the new Book of Discipline Revision Committee, I attended a meeting of Britain Yearly Meeting central and standing committee clerks. It was a day for learning, reflection and building community. We began, of course, with a period of worship. Paul Parker, the recording clerk, spoke, and while he did he reached for a copy of Quaker faith & practice, to read aloud.