Simple, active and present

Jane Mace looks at minute taking and the spirit of Quaker business

by Jane Mace 1st March 2013

Two years ago I began a study asking: how do Quakers and their clerks produce minutes? As time passed, the research broadened in scope and, a few months ago, I published a book on understandings of the divine, discipline, discernment and decision-making generally in Quaker Meetings for Worship for Business, with clerking and minute-writing as part of that.  What about the original question? This piece offers an answer: namely, that our Quaker approach to producing minutes shows a commitment to our testimonies to simplicity and equality – and, as such, needs to be treasured.