I first observed the seating—The Church of the Apostles located on the outskirts of Lancaster, PA—was arranged in a semicircle. As a Quaker Attendee—a term attributed to those who participate in Quaker worship but who hold a non-member status—I felt nevertheless spiritually drawn to the space. In Quakerism, the concept of commonality is held in veneration. Tracing back to a line attributed to Quakerism's founder, George Fox: "There is that of God in all of us...", definin

As a follower of Christ, I believe there is a call to shed light upon the world (Mat 5.14). It is our burden to look forward and upward—to act with innovative mindfulness whilst seeking wisdom from the antiquity of our textual history. Christ challenges us to set aside our pre-dispositions—to imagine a world through His Divinely inspired Grace, that we may answer His call to peace (John 20:21). By deepening our contextual understanding of the Gospel, we are answering Christ’s