My First Quaker Meeting For Worship

Paula Christophersen recalls how, when she first walked into a Quaker meeting in the UK, as a “spiritual but not religious” person just over half a decade ago, “It almost felt as if… this faith I was discovering fell cleanly through my head and into my heart.”It didn’t insult my intelligence,” she adds.

“It didn’t discourage me from questioning. It allowed me to think about it deeply, and to explore—and at the same time, it felt right, from the very start.”

“I found it surprisingly easy to settle into the silence,” Paula says. “Usually, meditation is very hard for me; I have a very active ADHD brain… and just being present on my own is hard. But being in that silence, I felt so comfortable, so calm, so held.”

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