Where is God living?
“To seek our divinity merely in books and writings is to seek the living among the dead: we do but in vain seek God many times in these, where his Truth too often is not so much enshrined, as entombed: no; intra te quære Deum, seek for God within thine own soul…. That is not the best and truest knowledge of God which is wrought out by the labour and sweat of the brain, but that which is kindled within us by an heavenly warmth in our hearts.”
— John Smith, 1660
English religious philosopher
Today’s Invitation
Seek for God within thine own soul.
This Week’s Query
When has your Quaker faith come into contrast or conflict with the practices or expectations of the wider world?
What did you learn about yourself and your faith?
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