A row of lit tealights in the dark. Photo: By Esaú Fuentes González on Unsplash.
Light reading: Caroline Jones on a special evening
‘We met around a week before the longest night.’
by Caroline Jones
13th February 2026
The idea for a Quaker evening with readings on the theme of light and darkness came to me while attending a Christmas Eve service with my sister and her family at their Anglican church. The candlelit setting gave a special atmosphere, and I began to think about how this might be translated into an event which would be meaningful for Quakers.
