I Will Hold You in the Light:
Brooklyn Meeting’s Email Light List

by Linda Gnat-Mullin
Brooklyn Meeting

The Quaker practice of holding people and situations in the Light has been described as imagining those named enveloped or bathed in Light and Divine Love, without seeking a specific outcome. Each of us may have a different approach to “holding in the Light.” We are trusting the Light with those we care for and love. 

Epistle on Integrity

11th-12th grade and Young Adults

This epistle was written by young adults at a recent Powell House conference for 11th-12th grade and young adults. The conference was called SPICES: Integrity, and was held December 1-3, 2023

This was a weekend about integrity. We had good food and played games. Here are the queries we talked about:

Pacing Poetry

by Nichole Nettleton
Ithaca Meeting

To the ghostly midnight rambler

Pacing poetry

Into the lines you’ve worn on your heart’s floor,

Walking the beat of a dryer’s reverberating metallic tone

While others sleep.

While they wait for the sun

You stride patience down an emotional street,

Graffitiing your story on history’s canvas.

Or, the journal kept hidden beneath your socks.