Conflict in the Meeting
What do you do when a member of your worshipping community is out of sync with the rest? David Jeffery shares his story of how he responded
Sitting at peace in Meeting for Worship my thoughts and ponderings were with Friends around the country, both those I have had the pleasure of meeting and knowing and those for whom this is still to come for me. These thoughts included the amazing ability that Friends have to discern, quietly and with loving care, considering how we can find the way to reach a conclusion that Friends, with perhaps a few exceptions, are content to own. It is this shared ownership of these deliberations that makes our Meetings the special places that they are. That there seems no limit to this ability; even being able to move forward when faces outside of our Meetings are turned against us gives an even greater strength. We can still walk bravely across the world, and we do!
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