Finding the Light Within Us: Queries for Quaker Families

Vocations and Gifts

Parents:

• Is your work compatible with your values?
• Is the life of the business/institution for which you work broadly in line with the Quaker values of peace, justice, equality, simplicity, integrity, and community?
• Do you listen inwardly for new leadings which may impact your job choices?
• Do you share your understanding of the spiritual component of your work?
• Do you recognize the spiritual imperative of following a leading?
• Do you listen attentively to your children for possible evidence of leadings and early “promptings of the heart” naming and validating their unfolding spiritual life?
• Do you regard the measure of the Light in your children as just as genuine, vital, and informative as that of any adult?

Youth:

• Do you stay attuned to the ability of experiences, like hiking in nature, meditating, or creating art or music, to open you to the divine?
• Can you identify times when your schoolwork, a project, or an activity just felt right?
• Do you have a sense of some vocation you are especially good at or care about?
• Can you try out a possible vocation through volunteering or other community service work?

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Finding the Light Within Us: Queries for Quaker Families