Thought for the Week: Speaking of love and truth

Geoffrey Durham reflects on how 'love and truth together are the vital force for change'

by Geoffrey Durham 25th May 2012

On the odd occasion that I miss my weekly Quaker Meeting, I get edgy around day eight. My family spots it before I do, but three days on we have all noticed. My emotions are nearer the surface. I veer just a little off-centre. I lose the harmony.  My first Meeting followed a sudden, intense experience of God. It was a hot flash, a moment of humility in which I felt my blessing and knew my insignificance. I needed somewhere to sit, a place to be with these unlooked-for sensibilities, and Quakers provided it. But they did so much more. They treated me like a Quaker. Within months, I was hooked.