As a person called to the contemplative life I wonder how I am meant to witness to some of our Quaker concerns. My daily life revolves around the healing of those who are led to seek out my giftedness. This happens on a oneone basis and in workshops and on retreats and has led to the offering of silent retreats in parallel with the Ministry of Listening and Care concern. By helping facilitate a process which enables people to more fully know who God made them to be I am making a small contribution to our Testimony on Peace. I deliberately state this as a question for that is all that it is to me at this stage.
Quakers are a passionate people.
Our channelled passion enables us to be involved in an incredible range of activities that contribute to the growing health of this place. While there is still much to do there is much for us to celebrate. I felt our passion blinded us to the celebration and we could only see what needed to be done. This resulted in a sense, at times, that we were not doing anything, that we didn't care, that we were blocking the ministry. This experience, and from some of my conversations with Friends during YM, made me wonder if we listen to each other enough.