Thought for the Week: Acceptance and hope

A prisoner reflects on the impact of reading Quaker faith & practice

by A prisoner at HMP Full Sutton 13th November 2015

As a prisoner with an indefinite sentence, I came to prison with a lack of direction, little to aspire to in the way of positive role models, and a pro-criminal attitude that I had built up over many years. However, I had always known, above all my many flaws that I needed to address, that I had good inside me, which longed for nurture to flourish. I found the very thing I craved through Quakerism. I truly believe God found me. Why?