Roll with it: Anne Watson’s Thought for the Week

‘Can knowing where the loo rolls are kept be our version of washing each other’s feet?’

by Anne Watson 31st October 2025

When I sat as an elder for the first time in my current Meeting, I had already been an elder elsewhere, so thought that I understood the job. I came out of worship wondering if I had truly done my best to ‘hold’ it in the Spirit, and whether some of the old-timers would have anything to say. One approached me, so I prepared myself to receive some gentle suggestions. She said, ‘Do you know where the loo rolls are kept?’