What’s the point of a leaf?

Tim Nicholls reflects on the recent Quaker Peace & Social Witness Spring Conference

by Tim Nicholls 28th April 2017

During the Saturday afternoon break, while drinking a cup of tea sitting on the lawn in the sunshine, the clerk to the conference asked me what expectations I had come with. The honest answer was none, which I think was a surprise to her. I recounted that when deciding whether to take a place on the weekend, my partner had reminded me of the advice that when you are faced with two roads to choose from, you should take the road you cannot see down. That had led me to join the weekend.