Our Life is Love: the Quaker Spiritual Journey
Marcelle Martin's book, Our Life is Love: The Quaker Spiritual Journey, explores ten elements of the spiritual experience of Quakers, both in the 17th century and in our time. It makes a great resource for study groups who want to explore these elements of spiritual experience in our own lives. Available from Inner Light Books. For more information, go to the Publications page. * * * * * * * * Marcelle is available to lead workshops and retreats and to give talks. See the Teaching and Upcoming Workshops page to learn more.-
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Category Archives: Facing Life with Faith
A Leading of the Spirit: Witness to Peacemaking and War
Lyndon Back’s life was happily settled. But everything changed in 1993, when a beautiful old bridge collapsed. Until then, the war in Bosnia had been a distant event seen on the nightly news. After she watched the Stari Most Bridge shatter, she suddenly needed to … Continue reading
Posted in Facing Life with Faith, Following a Leading, Quaker Faith Today, Working for Peace and Justice
Tagged accompaniment, Balkans Peace Team, Belgrade, Bosnia, clearness committee, Community of Bosnia Foundation, concern, God, grace, leading, leading of the Spirit, Lyndon Back, ministry of witness, NATO bombing of Kosovo, Quakers, Serbia, Stari Most, Treading Water at the Shark Cafe, Tuzla, Yugoslavia
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The Light That Shines in the Darkness
On a dark, starry night, in a year of whole-hearted seeking, inner senses opened and divine Reality was suddenly revealed. I experienced a Light that flows through everything and a Power that can heal anything. Continue reading
Posted in All of Life is Sacred, Contemplative spirituality, Facing Life with Faith, Mysticism, Quaker Faith Today, Radical Christianity, spiritual practices
Tagged awareness, collective spiritual practices, concepts of God, consciousness, divine Power, Existentialists, faithfulness, God, inner senses, John 1:5, Mysticism, Oneness, Quakers, Reality, revelation, Spirit-led, spiritual practices, the Light, transformation of consciousness, ultimate truth
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Faithfulness Groups
Participating in an ongoing Faithfulness Group helps me sense more clearly God’s call on my life. We offer each other a form of prayerful attention and companionship that helps us remember, again and again, that God is always present, ready … Continue reading
Posted in Facing Life with Faith, Quaker Faith Today, Radical Christianity, spiritual practices
Tagged Divine presence, faith community, Faithfulness Groups, God, holy accompaniment, mutual spiritual accountability, peer groups, Shalem Institute, spiritual accountability, spiritual practices
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