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‘The onus is no longer on me to perceive God in someone else.’

Play it by ear: Anne M Jones’ Thought for the week

‘The onus is no longer on me to perceive God in someone else.’

by Anne M Jones 2nd September 2022

A starting point for many Quakers is ‘finding that of God in everyone’ (I know nontheists who interpret it as ‘seeing Good in everyone’). It served me well for a long time, but there came a point where I needed to look further into our theology and I went on a non-Quaker retreat to better understand.