Beyond Consensus: Salvaging Sense of the Meeting

Pendle Hill Pamphlets

by Barry Morley

Is it too late for Friends to recover a gift intended for them? That gift is a sense of meeting in a meeting for business. That gift is not consensus. Barry Morley discusses three essential components in dis- covering a sense of meeting: release, long focus, and transition to Light all of which are nuturuted by worship. Rich stories of life experience illustrate the process in a pamphlet that offers a true gift back to Friends.

32 pages, Kindle Edition

First published April 26, 2015

Reviews

[beverly g · Rating 5 out of 5]

I re-read this every few years. It is important to me and how I live in the world.

[Barbara Harrison · Rating 5 out of 5]

The world systems are threatening destruction both of themselves and the world about them. This 32 page pamphlet offers an antidote.
I read the actual pamphlet borrowed from my Meeting library, but it is also available as an ebook.

[Ruthie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Should be required reading for every Quaker clerk, particularly for our business meetings, but also for our other committees. "More poser flows through a Religious Society of Friends than can be generated by an Ethical Society of Friends." Need to remember this and not be shy about it.

[Alan Fricker · Rating 5 out of 5]

A really helpful book. The issue maybe that some who would benefit from ot would likely never read it

[Kate · Rating 5 out of 5]

An important exposition of the ideal of Quaker business meetings, illustrated with very clear examples of both consensus and sense of the meeting.