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: Quaker Faith Today
Giving Birth to Christ in Our Time
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
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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An Ancient Forest and the Ground of Being
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
Posted in All of Life is Sacred, Contemplative spirituality, Quaker Faith Today, Radical Christianity, spiritual practices
Tagged Cook Forest, gathered worship, God, Ground of Being, hemlock, Joan Maloof, Lenni Lenape, meeting for worship, old-growth forest, Oneness, Pendle Hill, white pine
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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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The Best of A Whole Heart
In celebration of five years of writing A Whole Heart, I’ve looked at my WordPress statistics that show which blog posts have been most popular. The blog was created in November 2012, in a burst of intense inspiration, just before … Continue reading
Posted in All of Life is Sacred, Facing Life with Faith, Learning from Early Friends, meditation, Quaker Faith Today, Radical Christianity, spiritual practices
Tagged A Whole Heart, blog post, creative energy, divine Wisdom, editor, guided meditation, heart opening, inspiration, revisions, statistics, whole-heartedness, writing
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