Mosedale Meeting House (and coffee shop).
Mosedale Meeting House (and coffee shop).
As a historian, I believe that if you ask the right questions, you will get the right answers. I want to apply this maxim to the future of Meeting houses.
The debate about this has been going on for a long time, without a coherent, agreed strategy emerging. The issues are, of course, complex and nuanced. We must chart a path between lots of different opposites, with a balanced, middle view not always being the most appropriate. For one, we need to discern whether these buildings are spiritual places or income-generating locations.
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