Nancy has an article in the current issue of Friends Journal called “A Love Letter to My Meeting.” With a title like that, it could be overly sappy but I found it tender and deep, a reflection on her changing roles and relationships.
In the video interview we talk about navigating controversies—a fight over carpets in the past and struggling with wildly divergent attitudes around COVID policies more recently. I was most interested in how she’s changed over the years. How do you go from a newcomer still trying to understand Quaker lingo to a pillar of the meeting, the kind of person who steps in when something needs to be handled (the short answer is that this happens over time).
YouTube As an editor I often trim away bullet-point “listicles” in article. They often feel like they’re a remnant of the outline the author used to construct the story. Nothing is lost if I select them a delete. But Nancy’s list at the end really felt like the message I think many of us could take to heart when tempers run high:
- Stick around. It gets better, and you help make it happen.
- Love anyway, and forgive. It’s the only way.
- Nurture each other tenderly, and listen to each other. We are all carriers of Truth.
- Know that the Spirit is present and will transform us as we are open.
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