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23 Feb 2023 | by Bob Ward

‘What canst we say?’

‘It was a privilege to be on hand at a moment of need.’ | Photo: by Henry & Co. on Unsplash

For a long while, a valued activity in our Meeting has involved some Friends getting together once a month before Sunday Worship. We enjoy a simple breakfast, followed by discussion of a shared text. During the pandemic, of course, we’ve had to make do with encounters on Zoom, wielding coffee mugs, but we continue to engage one another seriously and hope to meet up again soon. Currently, we are taking turns to select passages from Quaker faith & practice that speak to us particularly. When we read them, Fox’s challenge arises: what canst we say?

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