Thought for the week: Frances Voelcker fires the engine

‘We have to acknowledge our privilege and redouble our effort right away.’

by Frances Voelcker 21st June 2019

The Quaker machine is one with very small units of energy at the periphery, some whirring away, others with almost flat batteries. Some of that energy gets directed towards Area Meeting. Then the Area Meeting whirrs, more or less speedily depending on its size and complexity. In turn, some of that energy gets directed towards Meeting for Sufferings. And so on, into the Central Committees. At each level, some energy goes up, and when there is enough energy arriving at the centre, it can serve the whole. But currently our Quaker machine operates at slightly less than steady state.