‘Like light through glass, the divine presence can be felt and experienced throughout our lives.’ Photo: Stained glass at Buckfast Abbey
Thought for the week: Barrie Mahoney’s window of opportunity
‘The excited chatter from my pupils immediately ceased.’
by Barrie Mahoney
12th January 2024
Glass, with its transparent quality, can serve as a metaphor for clarity and purity, and the interplay of light and glass has long captivated human imagination. In many spiritual traditions, including Quakerism, light symbolises the presence of God – the Light. Symbolically, it represents the clarity that spiritual seekers strive for in understanding the mysteries and purpose of existence.
