Give Over your Willing
“Hope can arise from places undreamed of. Hope is the intersection of the dreams of ordinary people and the promise of something new that permeates our tradition. Hope can carry a person through fear, past the very real dangers of this world, in ways I don’t pretend to understand.”
— Margery Post Abbott, 2018
Quaker minister and writer
Quoting Christine Betz Hall, 2018
Way of the Spirit program founder
Today’s Invitation
Open yourself to hope.
This Week’s Query
Who are you trying to impress?
Read the source of today’s quote
Paul Buckley is a member of Clear Creek Friends Meeting in Richmond, Indiana. For the last 40 years, he has traveled extensively among North American Friends offering a variety of workshops, seminars, retreats, and short courses. He has published books and articles on Quaker history, faith, and practice. His most recent publication is a Pendle Hill pamphlet, Teach Us to Pray.
On Wednesday afternoons for the last five years, he has sent a Midweek Meditation (a short Quaker quote) by email to a couple hundred Friends around the world. To be added to the distribution list, send him an email (bucklpa@earlham.edu).
