Rally round: Gerard Guiton’s Thought for the week

24 Aug 2023 | by Gerard Guiton

‘When we say “That of God” in someone, we cannot mean “a bit of”.’

'The circle is also point zero, a representation of that which is Eternal, in which there is only now, no past or future.' | Photo: by Patrick McManaman on Unsplash

Early Quaker William Britten called Meeting for Worship a ‘gift’; it was, he wrote, ‘a wonder to the world’. For me ‘worship’ means loving with One-der – and Meeting often takes place in a symbol of Oneness, a circle. Facing each other offers possibilities for unveiling the love within everyone present. It is one way Love enters our individual and collective reality. ‘I am in you and you in me’, wrote William Blake, ‘mutual in love divine.’

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