Illustration by Garth Williams

Born again Quaker?

An Hour of Patience

“Be still and cool in thine own mind and spirit.”

— George Fox, Founder of the Society of Friends

I attended Quaker Meeting in West Falmouth, MA, for the first time on Sunday. This new attention to the religious life came about when I discovered that on my maternal grandmother’s side, my first “American” ancestors, were born over 390 years ago…