Being Ready for the Seekers

I wrote the intro­duc­to­ry col­umn for the June/July issue of Friends Jour­nal, which is devot­ed to revivals.

It’s my pet the­o­ry that Quak­erism is always dying and simul­ta­ne­ous­ly always being reborn. It’s been a messy process with lots of hurt feel­ings. Many peo­ple have left Friends, and there are a bewil­der­ing num­ber of insti­tu­tion­al schisms still divid­ing us. But to para­phrase Mark Twain, the rumors of our death have been great­ly exaggerated.

Being Ready for the Seekers
Being Ready for the Seekers 

When seek­ers arrive, are Friends ready? Explore ways to deep­en out­reach, live the Quak­er faith, and grow vibrant…

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