Just back in the office catching up today after a hard-working weekend in Belgium - the rather splendid old abbey in Kortenberg being our venue. There's a short a report and photos of the meeting at:
http://www.fwccemes.org/news/quaker-groups-meet-in-kortenberg
Sometimes these meetings can feel a bit in need of direction. There was a strong sense of purposefulness on this occasion though. We live in challenging times, and, as Marisa writes in her report:
"We contemplated the dark clouds that continue to haunt our world – the threats of global change, high tech wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, continuing tensions in many parts of Africa and, closer to home, the rise of intolerance, xenophobia and violence towards immigrants.
"In worship, we drew strength from George Fox’s own experience that the Ocean of Light flows over the ocean of darkeness, and that, when we let our life speak, we can be like crystals in a chandelier, letting the Light shine through, reflecting it and refracting it to the world around us."
