‘Quakers do not have a unique claim to silence.’ Photo: by Kristina Flour on Unsplash
‘Quakers do not have a unique claim to silence.’ Photo: by Kristina Flour on Unsplash
Over forty years ago, one of my daughters, then aged eleven, asked if she could bring a schoolfriend to Meeting for Worship. Of course I said yes, but left it to her to explain to her friend what Meeting was. After Meeting I asked the friend how she had found it and she replied, ‘Terrifying’. Apparently she had asked my daughter what would happen in the silence, and got the answer ‘nothing’.
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