Take time for joy

“I am learning to offer to God my days and my nights, my joy, my work, my pain and my grief. I am learning to use the time I have more wisely…. And I am learning to forget at times my puritan conscience which prods me to work without ceasing, and instead, to take time for joy.“

— Elizabeth Watson, 1979
Quaker feminist theologian

Today’s Invitation

Take time for joy.

This Week’s Query

Where do you find joy as you get older?

What about life has gotten sweeter?

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  • Elizabeth Watson

    Elizabeth Grill Watson (1914 – 2006) was an American Quaker minister, curator, and feminist theologian. Her theological writing focused on multiple subjects, including women in the Bible, liberation theology and feminist theology. Watson was more generally known as an activist for social justice, including for racial equality.

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