Swedish Friends ponder neighbourhood questions

Peaceful living

by Sarah Coote 23rd June 2010

In May, Swedish Friends gathered at Svartbäcksgården, the retreat centre near Rimbo, for their seventy-sixth Yearly Meeting. The multifaceted theme for the weekend was peace; two local speakers put the Quaker peace declaration to Charles II in historical and philosophical context, and explored the difficulty of being peaceful in daily life: how our thoughts and actions can subject us and others to violent behaviour and painful consequences.