--- a/philip_20190224.xml	Tue Mar 05 22:39:41 2019 +0000
+++ b/philip_20190224.xml	Wed Mar 06 19:58:42 2019 +0000
@@ -64,35 +64,44 @@
 what is now his spiritual home.</p>   
    <div>
     <title>Where Philip is now</title>
-    <p>Very engaged in a practical sense:  I'm the LM treasurer, I've been to
-Area Meeting when I can, I'm organising the new monthly MfW in Dunfermline. 
-Being in the meeting has become an important strand of what keeps me well.  I
-do still struggle to define simply what it is, what I get from it.  I'm
-getting better at living with being unable to do that.  I'm fortunate that ByM
+    <p>He's very engaged with Friends in a practical sense:  he's the Central
+Fife LM treasurer, he goes to
+Area Meeting when he can, he's organising the new monthly MfW in Dunfermline. 
+Being in the meeting has become an important strand of what keeps him well.  He
+does still struggle to define simply what it is, what I get from it, but he's
+getting better at living with being unable to do that.  He feels fortunate that
+Britain Yearly Meeting
 is part of the 'liberal' Quaker tradition.  Sitting in silence
 <emph>and</emph> going regularly to the discussion groups are both part of
-what has become a very big piece of the jigsaw which makes me who I am.</p>
-   <p>I needed to check one last time, it seemed, and went to the local
-Episcopal service, and I had to leave halfway through: this was not for me.  I
-am home, with people who accept me for who I am.  All views are heard.  I
-don't feel any expectation to say something clever.  When ministry comes, it
-will be given to me.  Membership is an outward symbol of commitment, a pledge.
-It is a kind of label, but the symbolism of offering myself to this part of my
-life is in making a deeper commitment.  And, that I have something to offer,
-as I've already begun to do.</p>
-   <p>I sometimes regret our inability to broadcast what we have to offer more
+what has become a very big piece of the jigsaw which makes him who he is.</p>
+   <p>He did feel the need need to check one last time, it seemed, about
+whether Quakers were the right answer for him, and so went to the local
+Episcopal service, and realised halfway through that this was not for him.  He
+is at home in the Meeting, with people who accept him for who he is.  All views
+are heard.  He doesn't feel any expectation to say something clever.  When ministry comes, it
+will be given to him.</p>
+    <p>For him, membership is an outward symbol of commitment, a pledge.
+It is a kind of label, but the symbolism of offering himself to this part of his
+life is in making a deeper commitment.  And, that he has something to offer,
+as he's already begun to do.</p>
+   <p>He sometimes regrets our inability as Quakers to broadcast what we have to offer more
 effectively.  You don't have to adhere to a set of rules, which is so
-refreshing.  I'm loving that I've find a community where I can feel safe and a
-part of.  What binds us together is the style of worship, the way we agree on
+refreshing.  He's loving that he's found a community he can be a
+part of and where he can feel safe.  What binds us together is the style of worship, the way we agree on
 business, viewing what people say without blame or criticism.</p>
-   <p>I couldn't fit myself to the mode of all the other churches I looked at,
+   <p>He couldn't fit himself to the mode of all the other churches he looked at,
 whereas Quakerism offered a place to just be, without signing a declaration
 that you believe certain things.</p>
 </div>
-   <p>HST: what about MfWfB?  P: not consensus, not a vote, but where the spirit leads.  Not
+   <p>When asked about Meeting for Worship for Business, Philip noted that we
+didn't seek consensus, nor did we vote, but looked for where the spirit leads.  Not
 "this is right, this is wrong", but being in the moment, being led to take a
 particular path at this time.  We all take responsibility.</p>
-   <p>L: Touched about the sense of journey from a base that you've expressed.</p>
+   <p>The visitors let Philip know that they were touched by the sense of
+journey from a base that he had expressed, and grateful that they had shared it
+with him.  We closed with a comfortable silence, in no doubt that Philips
+membership in our Society was already a reality, now ready for recognition by
+Area Meeting.</p>
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