Book Review: Celebrating the Quaker way by Ben Pink Dandelion

I have always liked the Quakers and have a few times on my journey considered becoming one. In fact I have written a few times in The Call, a Primitive/Plain Quaker Journal and once in The Friend. I have also studied a module on the Early Quakers and stood side by side with Friends at vigils and protests. This book is more for insiders and says so on the cover. However, I still found it insightful despite being someone who has hardly been to meetings and mostly read historical accounts rather than contemporary accounts on Quakerism. The book is short which I like. It openly states it is aimed at a more liberal Quakerism, but at the same time it talks of God and Jesus and refers to scripture in a positive way. I am still exploring Quakerism and am still devoutly a follower of Jesus with Anabaptist, Evangelical (Menno Simons definition) and Reformed (as in Salvation by Grace) ideals, but recognise a strong connection to the idea of being contemplative, of having silence, of being outwardly faithful aswell as inwardly, and in agreement with the Peace Testimony. DL Moody once said something along the lines of "I could never use a gun, in this sense I am Quaker." That resonates with me and so does this little book, even if it is more aimed at insiders and those of a liberal Quaker leaning. I do wonder if there is or isn't a Quakerism compatible with my other deeply held views. A question for me to ponder. Either way I admire Quakers and this nice little book.