Remembering Jordans
Janet Hyland looks back on an adventure that introduced her to a world of endless possibilities
My first experience of Quakers was in the 1970s when I was about seventeen. A girl invited me to a village bonfire party, at a place called Jordans in Buckinghamshire, but I had no idea she was a Quaker and that this had been a Quaker community since 1688 and the burial place of William Penn, who had founded Pennsylvania. It felt like a great adventure: ‘There is inspiration to be found all around us, in the natural world, in the sciences and arts, in our work and friendships, in our sorrows as well as in our joys. Are you open to new light, from whatever source it may come? Do you approach new ideas with discernment?’
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