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‘Perhaps some will just feel glad to be alive.’

Pop the question: our worship is distinctive, says Rosemary Wells

‘Perhaps some will just feel glad to be alive.’

by Rosemary Wells 16th June 2023

Quaker Meeting for Worship is unique among all forms of worship. Even within the monastic tradition of silence, there isn’t the opportunity for, or expectation of, the personal sharing our worship allows. There, the prayers are liturgical, and, although lay people can join in, monks and nuns are committed full time. But in Quaker worship anyone from the newest-comer to the longest-standing Friend can offer spoken ministry, given out of experience, insight, knowledge, desire to share, and response to God.

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Wayfaring: A Guide To Guidance

"If you truly want to be led you must put yourself in a position that allows following" (PYM)

Though written within a Quaker and Christian context, this book can be used by anyone of any religious faith or secular inclination. The only requirement is a desire to follow, to be guided by, to align with the richness of the ineffable, which this book calls "the Way". This book seeks nothing less than to aid readers in aligning their lives with the same power and richness that animated the life of Jesus of Nazareth.

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