What Some Friends Find Unpalatable
“This may be what some modern Friends find unpalatable – that they may be asked to endure the prophetic or teaching ministry of gifted ministers who have actually been given permission by the meeting to tell us when we fall short in our faithfulness.”
— Johan Maurer, 2000 (source)
Quaker minister
Today’s Invitation
Consider how your community has responded to those who said it had fallen short. Was the message welcome? Do you consider it ministry?
This Week’s Query
How can we prepare the way for powerful ministry?
Banner image: Joey Hartmann-Dow
This week’s messages are guest edited by Ashley M. Wilcox, Quaker minister, best-selling author of The Women’s Lectionary, and founder of Public Friends, a new nonprofit created to support Quaker ministers. Find out more about Ashley.
