On prayer

Susan Highwood considers the nature of prayer

by Susan Highwood 19th October 2018

If someone asked: ‘Do Friends pray and, if so, why, and how?’my answer would be: ‘Yes, they do pray.’ There are interesting, anonymous, contributions on this subject in the small booklet Twelve Quakers and Prayer produced by Quaker Quest. There are differing opinions regarding this practice. Some letters to the Friend have focused on ‘reading during worship’, with some contributors being tolerant and others less so. My own view is that if the reading matter is of a spiritual nature that is acceptable and not to be frowned upon. Or am I missing something?