Today, while sitting at breakfast in the sunroom of our B&B in Victoria, BC (in a quiet residential neighborhood a block from the beach end of Beacon Hill Park), I saw an elderly woman walking down the sidewalk with a sign pinned to the neck of her blouse.

“War Is Dysfunctional”

I ran out and stopped her to tell her how much my wife and I enjoyed seeing her sign, and found to my delight that she was a Friend too, from the Victoria Monthly Meeting. So although we missed worship in the manner of Friends on Sunday, due to our schedule and an inability to connect with the Waldron Island Worship Group, I got a Friendly moment anyway. Definitely a small and synchronous world!