Courting rendition
Sue Curd recommends a gripping novel set in 2030
Respect the laws of the state but let your first loyalty be to God’s purposes. If you feel impelled by strong conviction to break the law, search your conscience deeply. Ask your Meeting for the prayerful support which will give you strength as a right way becomes clear.
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The ugliness of our society is on full display in Calais as the inhumane treatment of immigrants is played out. Our government doesn’t recognise ‘that of God in everyone’ – but we do. We begin by holding the situation in the Light and we gather ourselves in expressing our Quaker concern and what might be done. It seems to me that those fleeing from war by default must be for peace. Let’s welcome them. Luke 12:48 says: ‘From those whom much is given, much is expected.’ And so, surely, there will be a blurring of the boundary. We need to discern when our path is to respect the state or move instead towards God’s purposes.
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