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changeset 158:a7a34b7fa0ae
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| author | Henry Thompson <ht@markup.co.uk> |
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| date | Fri, 15 Mar 2019 19:36:19 +0000 |
| parents | 77c17553b938 |
| children | 172b0f3a4ccd |
| files | philip_20190224.xml |
| diffstat | 1 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/philip_20190224.xml Fri Mar 15 19:33:33 2019 +0000 +++ b/philip_20190224.xml Fri Mar 15 19:36:19 2019 +0000 @@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ Henry S. Thompson </author> <date> -15 March 2019 +24 February 2019 </date> </head> <body> @@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ there was usually some vagueness, along with some explicit negatives. He had looked at Quakers quite early on, along with Humanism, Buddhism and meditation. It took a long time to get to the -point of attending a MfW, as Philip felt he needed to be hopeful it +point of attending a Meeting for Worship, as Philip felt he needed to be hopeful it was going to work, and also that it would be OK with his husband. Mark was unconditionally supportive of Philip's search, and on sending an enquiring email, Philip received a positive response from Laurie @@ -115,8 +115,8 @@ <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 and he's -organising the new monthly MfW in Dunfermline. Being in the meeting +Fife Local Meeting treasurer, he goes to Area Meeting when he can and he's +organising the new monthly Meeting for Worship in Dunfermline. Being in the meeting has become an important strand of what keeps him well. He describes Quakerism as an anchor to come back to when he gets worried or things get too much "a way to reflect and re-energise". He does still @@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ have to offer more effectively. He's loving that he's found a community he can be a part of and where he can feel safe and where you don't have to adhere to a set of rules, which is so refreshing. He -recognises that we can blunder and we're fallable but the intention is +recognises that we can blunder and we're fallible but the intention is always to connect, however you describe it. What binds us together is the style of worship, the way we agree on business, viewing what people say without blame or criticism. @@ -179,11 +179,11 @@ </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. +The visitors let Philip know that they were touched by the sense of a +journey from a base that he had expressed. They were grateful that +they had been able to share it with him. We closed with a comfortable +silence, in no doubt that Philip's membership in our Society was +already a reality, now ready for recognition by Area Meeting. </p> </div>