Bill reads a lovely poem that touches on some of the core elements of Quaker worship and community:
A Way Forward
There is that of Christ
in each of us
but none
has the whole.
Therefore, we must listen,
listen to discern
what part we speak
what part we hear
what part is left unspoken.
We must not think
our part is whole,
nor another’s part
nor the part left unspoken.
But searching our soul,
open to discovery
of something new
about ourselves,
hearing something new
from another,
being aware of something
yet to be spoken,
will lead us forward.
And what new thing
might we discover?
What fear uncover,
that leads to deafness
and to judgment—
of ourselves or of another?
And how might owning
that part of us
and sharing
in faith
that we will be heard
and held as human,
show us the Spirit
and the way forward?
