What do Friends mean by “right ordering”? Here are two definitions given by Friends. Right ordering – done in the correct manner, in keeping with Quaker tradition and practice. A body of wisdom and insights that has evolved over three hundred years of...
At this Spiritual Deepening session participants shared thoughts on migration as well as reactions to the Quaker Statement on Migration (8/12/2020) issued by a number of Quaker organizations. This note outlines some of the main issues arising, which included thoughts...
This text was contributed by Ed Dommen. Thank you Ed! The session brought together participants from all over francophone Europe and Quebec. The discussion was lively, solidly grounded and well-focused. One outcome is that some terms seem ripe for adoption by GMM, in...
source – https://www.wbcsd.org/Programs/Climate-and-Energy/Climate/Climate-Action-and-Policy We welcomed Julian Rees of Loughborough meeting who came to speak to us about the Sustainability Handbook recently created by that meeting. The handbook...
David Sunderland invited us to sing two Taizé songs and told of his experience there. Others who had also been to Taizé shared their experience as well. The Taizé Community in Eastern France is known for its distinctive worship involving a mix of repetitive chants,...
Death always walks among us, but these pandemic times have made us even more aware of the fragility of our physical bodies, and forces us to even if we do not directly experience death to support those around us who are. We welcomed Judith Brown of Toulouse meeting...
