has been proposed by Friends World Committee for Consultation, as you can see here. FWCC is the place where Quaker groups from all over the world come together, including the Friends Churches, the unprogrammed meetings, etc.
I serve on the Social Concerns Committee of Langley Hill (VA) Monthly Meeting, and next week we are going to discuss the queries proposed by FWCC. I offer them here for your consideration, even if your own approach is not derived from a religious or spiritual orientation.
I invite you to keep reading, and explore the 6 queries as we will explore them beginning with an organizing meeting next week. As a point of information, it is a regular part of Quaker practice to reflect, as individuals and within community, upon queries of various sorts, intended to help us focus attention on how we live, act and speak.
Please keep reading.
1. How has global change affected our communities and ourselves?
2. What actions have we taken in response to global change as experienced in our area, to express our responsibilities towards all creation? In what ways have my own community or those of my community contributed to positive or adverse local and global change?
3. How do changes around us affect our relationship with God? How does my relationship with God affect my responses to the changes around us? What role does faith have in my life and in the life of my community? In what ways do I and my meeting community bear witness to our testimonies in our daily llivesd?
4. What stories or experiences from past times of catastrophic happenings -- perhaps from Scripture, perhaps from the record of local or regional events -- might inspire us to respond to the changes the world is facing today?
5. How can we bear witness to the abundance God offers us and testify to the world about ways in which justice, compassion, and peace may address significant disruptions, stress, and tensions?
6. How can we support one another in rekindling our love and respect for God's Creation in such a way that we are messengers of the transforming power of love and hope?
I will be happy to engage in dialog if anyone is interested, so feel free to post your comments.
I believe most of these, if not all, can be addressed in communities organized around principles other than that of religion.
Peace.