Our Life is Love: the Quaker Spiritual Journey
Marcelle Martin's new book has just been published! It 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 to explore the experience of these elements 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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A Faithful Friend
As we drove to Ohio for Katharine Jacobsen’s memorial service, my husband and I remembered her loving friendship and the radiant, welcoming smile with which she greeted us when we came to visit. Katharine and her husband, Ken, had invited … Continue reading
A Movement of Love, For Life
The recent U.S. election offered a choice between very different approaches to government. The majority of American people want good public services, peace, and a hopeful future for their children and grandchildren. The new administration’s policies toward the environment, however, lead toward death. The good news is that the election ignited a mass movement. We can still choose life, if we allow ourselves to be guided by divine love, and filled with the power of the Spirit. Continue reading
Posted in All of Life is Sacred, Facing Life with Faith, Quaker Faith Today, Radical Christianity
Tagged 2017 election, Bernie Sanders, choose life, climate change, discernment, environment, For Life, God's will, leadings, love, love your neighbor, Philadelphia, Pro Life, Quaker, Women's March
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Say the Wrong Thing
My brother-in-law Barry married into our family about twenty years ago. I met him long before that, when he and my sister Cindy were high school sweethearts. But it was only this past year that I initiated a conversation with … Continue reading
Opening to Divine Guidance
We each have an amazing inner connection to divine wisdom and guidance, always available. The challenge is to turn our attention toward it and stay focused long enough to receive benefit. Here is a link to a guided meditation to help us focus on situations in our lives that require more understanding. Continue reading
Posted in Contemplative spirituality, Learning from Early Friends, meditation, Mysticism, Quaker Faith Today, spiritual practices
Tagged A Meditation to Reveal and Heal, divine guidance, divine Light, Experiment with Light, free gift, guided meditation, Inward Teacher, John 1:9, Light of Christ within, Pendle Hill, turning within
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Standing Rock: Hope and a Call to Action
Several people I know have made the journey to Standing Rock Reservation in North Dakota, where thousands of Native Americans and their allies have been prayerfully endeavoring to protect the Missouri River from the dangers posed by the installation of … Continue reading
Prayer of the World
Each time I’ve seen the Prayer of the World, I’ve felt shaken out of a certain dull habituation with this world to see more clearly God’s awesome handiwork. Each time it has been breathtaking to recognize more clearly the wisdom and healing power present in Creation. The world is alive to its sacred source and it is calling us to wake up to the sacredness of our own nature and to our interconnection with Spirit and with all created things. Its message for humanity is an urgent one, calling us to awaken. Continue reading
I See You
I was excited by the racial and ethnic diversity of my neighborhood when I moved to West Philadelphia in 1989. My neighbors were African-American, Asian, and white. I didn’t feel safe, however, walking alone in the city at night. Encountering … Continue reading
