02/09/2026
"We are in a very holy time because times of crisis are the times when we are moved from our comfortable complacency and become seekers for a larger truth that can speak to our condition. It is the time when society becomes open to a larger vision. George Fox did not live in a comfortable time. For those tender to, open to, the crisis that is upon us we may well feel overwhelmed by an ocean of darkness. Yet, my friends we live in an ocean of light. We, and almost all other living beings, are born of that light. We are sprung from that holy ground. Let us, like our Quaker predecessors, speak out against our modern-day steeple house, the blind and self-serving religion of economics which ignores the priceless, the community and the environment. But let us even more let our lives be a testimony to the presence and the power of the light. We are entering a time of darkness and despair where Quaker joy and hopefulness coupled with openness and stubbornness will be great contributions on the path ahead."
Tony McQuail, 1999: Faith and Practice, Canadian Yearly Meeting
