Unless One is Born Anew

First of all, if there is any question of a need for revitalizing the Society of Friends, it must be true that there is something wrong with us – some symptoms of decline. In preparing my thinking for this occasion, I have inquired of some trusted Friends what these symptoms might be, as they see them. I shall just mention three, and please don’t be angry but hear me out.

The first symptom, I’m told, is that we sit well clothed, well fed, and well educated, in our Meetings for Worship, wors...