Bullies and other Difficult Friends (conversation notes)
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Notes of a conversation among Friends in the West on February 16, 2017, concerning ways that Quaker meetings can resolve conflicts with difficult individuals.
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Notes of a conversation among Friends in the West on February 16, 2017, concerning ways that Quaker meetings can resolve conflicts with difficult individuals.
Recording of a conversation among Friends in the West on February 16, 2017, concerning ways that Quaker meetings can resolve conflicts with difficult individuals.
We simply can’t always speak out. But there are critical times within Friends’ communities when failing to speak truth can cause great damage. Trying not to offend, trying to maintain a surface calm, can cause a disastrous loss of trust and can betray our commitment to answering the Light in everyone. Often it enables cruel behavior to continue.
