What Now? Interruption, Integration, & Transfiguration

May 5, 2021 | Publications Videos

The 2021 Walton Lecture, with Emily Provance

We’re in the midst of a time that’s anything but normal. We’re doing things differently, like it or not, and almost all of us are grieving: grieving loved ones, grieving predictability, grieving the condition of the world. We’re also hoping: hoping to reunite with dear ones, hoping for growth and new opportunities, hoping for something that feels like normal.

What we know for sure is that God continues to be present, and we continue to be a people, even when we’re apart. We know that everyone, not just Friends, is experiencing something meaningful right now. We are being changed.

What chapter of the story are we in? We don’t know, but this April, we’ll come together, and we’ll share our stories so far, and we’ll rejoice in each other’s presence, and we’ll ask, “Okay—what now?”

What’s different? What’s not? Where do we find Life? What does Spirit say? What are our next steps as a people?

Join us, as we find our way together.

Emily Provance is a traveling minister, author, retreat leader, lecturer, and member of Fifteenth Street Meeting, NY. She is passionate about making Quaker faith and practice more visible and accessible for anyone seeking a deeper spiritual journey. Her focus is on ministry, multi-age inclusion, outreach, Young Adults, leadings, spiritual gifts, and community.

Emily is engaged in various spiritual accompaniment and social media-based ministries, and she travels with a minute from her monthly and yearly meetings. On her blog Turning, Turning, she explores an outreach model for Quaker meetings that is geared towards the experience of seekers.