04/06/2026
The Puritans in Massachusetts viewed the Quakers as so powerful a threat to the stability of their colony that they had passed legislation forbidding Friends within their borders upon pain of death. Mary Dyer kept coming back, "willing to suffer, as her Brethren did," and was publicly executed in 1660.
In this week's Look to the Light message, we remember Mary and other Friends who have come into conflict with the state because they followed God's leading.
https://quaker.org/2026/03/23/god-has-opened-my-ear/