The challenge for me as the facilitator was to create a process that would allow participants to reflect on why certain Quaker terms, concepts, or practices left a bad taste in their mouth and then move them towards considering those same things in a new light. In turn, that led to a short conversation about our spiritual development as Friends and how many of us are moving from being a “spiritual refugee”—running from a religious tradition—to being a “spiritual citizen”—consciously moving into, adopting, and integrating a new faith tradition for ourselves.
