Thought for the Week: Dancing with God

Stephen Feltham shares an encounter in the 'Thought for the Week'

by Stephen Feltham 30th March 2018

How often do we hear familiar words of advice and, perhaps because of their familiarity, take them for granted? Familiar words are familiar because they are repeated so often. Is this because of their deep spiritual meaning or perhaps their poetic resonance? Nonetheless, when life jumps up and hits you square in the face, it is a jolt that brings with it not just the joy of realising what wonderful words and wisdom is offered us within Quakerism, but the bliss, almost euphoria, of having experienced it. My simple experience was over in a flash but, even so, lasting in its effect.