Defining creepy
The resolution of the meetingâs longâstanding conflict with âQâ in âChallenging Conflicts in Our Meetingâ in the December 2017 issue illustrates a fundamental question about Quaker meetings: Are they for the one lost sheep or for the ninety and nine of us, safe and comfortable in our spiritual community? The resolution described in the article took care of the meeting but not of Q, who remains unable to express himself effectively and caught up in anger. The fear that Qâs angry words caused in Friends is also troubling, because a peacemaker who is frightened byđ
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