Graham Dawson read this month’s query from the 2017 PYM Faith and Practice.
Grounding for Transformed Lives: Integrity and Simplicity
What is the interplay between simplicity and integrity in the life of our meeting?
How does our meeting embody simplicity and integrity in its structures and practices?
How has our meeting considered humanity’s impact on the earth’s ecological integrity and the ways in which violence and injustice exacerbate this impact?
How do I strive to achieve harmony between my inner and outer commitments in my spiritual journey, my work, my family and my other responsibilities?
Am I temperate in all things?
Am I open to counsel regarding addictive behavior?
Am I involved only with those organizations and activities whose purposes and methods complement my integrity?
Am I careful to speak truth as I know it and am I open to truth spoken to me?
Am I mindful that judicial oaths imply a double standard of truth?