At the 5 pm Quaker meeting in Cambridge, the person deputized to close things out invited people to share any thoughts/etc. they had during the meeting that did not rise to the level of a message. Notable first because that isn’t generally done at the 5 pm, unless I’ve been missing it — perhaps just her taking some healthy (and un-Quakerly!) executive initiative.
But also notable because she gave it a specific name: “afterthoughts,” saying the word deliberately, as in, “An afterthought is when…” rather than merely conversationally (e.g. “does anyone have any afterthoughts or things they’d like to say?”). I’m sure that’s nothing new in itself, but given that this isn’t a widely formalized practice, it’s interesting to note how it’s done in different places…
If there are any Quakers reading, do they do that in your meeting? What is it called?
