Eye - 4 August 2023

From Friendly variety to Will this have you in stitches?

Friendly variety

How Quakerism is presented to the world can reflect the complexities we find within our community surprisingly succinctly, as David Fish, of Rugby Meeting, found.

He told Eye: ‘I have been following Quaker thinkers like David Harris (“more time to nurture spirituality”) and, more recently, Stephen Petter and many others asking about the words we use from within our spirituality. Many Quakers start from “Quakers have no creed”.’

So he looked at Wikipedia to see what seeking surfers might be presented with. When he found, at the bottom, ‘Theology – Variable; depends on meeting’… [he] ‘smiled broadly’.

Penning a piece

If something moves or inspires you, it is likely to resonate with other Friends too. Have you considered writing an article to share your story with our community?