Faith, discernment and trust
Roy Stephenson reflects on what it means to him to be a Friend today
What does it mean to be a Quaker today? Where does our special contribution to the life of faith lie? It is the radical manner of our living, out in the world but primarily between ourselves, which should mark us out. It is crucial that this has a lived validity that we ourselves cherish both as individuals and as a community. Through attending to the discipline of silent waiting and stilling, in the faith that light will be given, we may gradually begin to learn our true self’s value. This is part of the legacy that early Quakerism has left to us all, that we may come to understand something of our divine value, through silent worship; and that our lives may then be an outpouring from this knowing.
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