Category Archives: Quaker Faith Today

The Gift of Deeper Listening

Posted on January 8, 2020 by

The best gifts can’t be wrapped. Being lovingly present with another person in a way that helps them attend more deeply to themselves and to the presence of God with them is a better gift than any material object.  Certain … Continue reading →

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An Introduction to Faithfulness Groups: a book, video, and online workshop

Posted on October 21, 2019 by

Participating in an ongoing faithfulness group has provided crucial accompaniment in my spiritual journey. This practice can be of great value to anyone seeking to follow God’s guidance in their lives, anyone wanting to live according to their deepest purpose, … Continue reading →

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Choose Life: the Global Climate Strike

Posted on September 26, 2019 by

When I arrived at the Sept 20, 2019 Global Climate Strike, my first sight of the crowd lifted my spirits in a way I hadn’t expected.  All the images of the planet, most on handmade signs, made me realize that … Continue reading →

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An Australian Quaker’s Transforming Encounter With Jesus

Posted on April 5, 2019 by

David Johnson seems an unlikely person to write a book about the Gospel of John. He had a long career as a geology professor and co-authored a standard textbook on the geology of Australia. His book reveals that when he … Continue reading →

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Giving Birth to Christ in Our Time

Posted on December 25, 2018 by

As Christmas nears, I often think of words by Meister Eckhart, a radical 14th-century Dominican priest, who said, We are all meant to be mothers of God. What good is it to me if this eternal birth of the Divine … Continue reading →

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A Leading of the Spirit: Witness to Peacemaking and War

Posted on December 14, 2018 by

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 →

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An Ancient Forest and the Ground of Being

Posted on November 17, 2018 by

We had waited a long time to walk among those ancient trees. Finally we rented a cabin in Cook Forest State Park, and there we were, walking between towering pines and hemlocks. Some are as old as Quakerism, having gotten … Continue reading →

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