The Hardest Lesson

“Love is the hardest lesson in Christianity; but, for that reason, it should be most our care to learn it.”

— William Penn, 1693 (source)
Early Quaker and founder of Pennsylvania

Practice one element of the lesson of love.

How do you nurture your close relationships?

What do you need from them? What do you have to give? Is there a connection between the love you feel for others and the love you feel for Spirit?

Share your response!

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  • William Penn (1644 – 1718) was an English writer, religious thinker, and influential Quaker who founded the Province of Pennsylvania during the British colonial era. He was an advocate of democracy and religious freedom. Penn was also an enslaver.

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