30. Panel - Unity is not Unanimity

In the 30th episode of the Western Friend Podcast for this new year, we travel back to 2018 to revisit a panel of speakers discuss the topic of “Unity is not Unanimity”, examining ways to keep our communities together despide disputes and disagreements within. Friends discuss:

• Ways to work through conflict, based in love and spirituality 
• The process of decision making when there may be disagreement
• The importance of eldering as spiritual guidance and/or spiritual mentoring

Remember, you can check out the archive of all 30 episodes wherever you listen to podcasts, and NEW EPISODES are released the first Saturday of each month.

The Western Friend Podcast
The Soul Force Ones

Chapters

• 0:00 Introduction
• 3:31 Unity is not unanimity - Example 1
• 6:40 Example 2
• 9:20 Example 3
• 12:35 A mindful quote
• 13:18 Example 4
• 15:08 Reflection on “Standing Aside” clause
• 16:07 Example 5
• 18:12 Example 6
• 20:14 Reflection on Quaker Decision Making
• 22:04 Overcoming ”the tyranny of the majority"
• 23:12 Understanding the inner voice and the divine
• 24:38 Dealing with conflict
• 25:45 Example 1
• 26:55 Example 2
• 28:36 Example 3
• 30:44 On separating and/or taking separate paths
• 45:35 On separating from something we love
• 47:29 On Eldering
• 50:55 Outro