Come home to within

Many people, today, are ‘seekers’. Quakerism can offer them a spiritual home. Beth Allen shares a personal letter to an imaginary seeker.

by Beth Allen 30th September 2011

Dear Lee   I was touched when you told me last Sunday that, as you sat in your first Quaker Meeting for Worship a few weeks ago, you felt you had come home. Many of the early Quakers used to say to newcomers ‘Come home to within’ – it was William Penn who first used the phrase – and you can unpack so many layers of meaning in this encouraging invitation.