Moving beyond difference
Gretchen Castle reflects on the recent FWCC World Plenary in Peru
At the World Plenary Meeting I had the distinct feeling that we, as Friends, are evolving. Someone described our time together in Pisac, Peru, as ‘soft’, as an experience of Friends being very open to one another, marked as much by the absence of consternation as by an active longing to simply experience each other. A culture of curiosity superseded our human tendency to judge others, and worship from the four Friends World Committee for Consultation (FWCC) Sections, each colourful and varied, drew us into the circle of family, of love and of God’s invitation.
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