Equality

Being and doing – this is the Quaker way. Marian Liebmann finds it is a powerful combination

by Marian Liebmann 1st October 2009

I’ve often envied people who have ‘thunderclaps’ of spiritual insights, revelations that clarify the whole of life and point in new directions. It hasn’t been like that for me. It’s been more of a gradual journey, to arrive on a path that feels right for me and has some spiritual meaning.  As a child of Jewish refugees from Nazi Germany, I was always aware of the Holocaust and its effects. How could any group of people perpetrate such crimes on any other group, let alone people who had done nothing wrong? I grew up determined to try to prevent anything similar happening, and joined many initiatives to combat racism against black people.