The Quaker Approach to Service
“If there is an identifiable Quaker approach to service, we could hope that it is embodied in this: that as in worship we follow the leadings of the Spirit and the Light faithfully, we are prepared to be led where it takes us — to let go of comfortable certainties and be taken into new knowledge, and also into painful and difficult experiences.
The journey is not a comfortable one for the most part — it can be terrifying at times and often leads close to despair. If we accept that there is that of God in everyone, others cannot be objects of charity. We go prepared to encounter their full reality, and to be taught and changed by it.”
— Mark Deasey, 2002 (source)
Quaker humanitarian relief worker
Today’s Invitation
Let go of comfortable certainties. Go prepared to encounter the full reality of others and to be taught and changed by it.
This Week’s Query
How have you seen Quaker faith and process meet the challenges of our time?
If the world could learn one thing from Quakers, what would it be? How would that change the world?
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