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09 November 2007

Reflection

On returning to Sufferings - preview

Chas Raws gives a very personal response to Meeting for Sufferings

It was my first return four years after my last stint as a member and it was encouraging because the new mandate seems to be working and the interaction between Sufferings and trustees demonstrated generally positive attitudes on both 'sides'
  • The sense of business being conducted on the basis of worship was very real and the clerk's lightness of touch in handling a long agenda added to the positive character of the day which opened with a disciplinary reading from Advices and queries (Quaker faith & practice 3
  • 10) and some helpful ministry arising from the silence

  • Chas Raws

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