Reflections on the ‘Red Book’: Beyond words
Alison Leonard concludes her two part-series
In the article last week I outlined the problem: that we are followers of early Friends, who heard the voice of God, opened their hearts to it, accepted it and followed it; yet we live in a secular and scientific age where the ‘voice of God’ is cited by criminals, terrorists, and people we deem in need of psychiatric treatment. Despite the difficulties, we know that the writings of early Friends contain essential truths. But we also know that these truths must, in our age, be either expressed in other ways or be approached from a different angle.
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