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. It is a great resource for study groups to explore these elements of spiritual experience in our own lives. See the Publication page for more information. * * * * * * * * Marcelle is available to lead workshops and retreats and to give talks. See the Teaching and Upcoming Workshops page.-
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Opening to Our Direct Connection with the Divine
When I was in my mid-twenties, my graduate school program was not meeting my great longing to understand the nature of reality. I began to seek inwardly. Yearning to know what life was about, I paid attention to my inner … Continue reading
Eating for the Planet
When I was a teenager, I was inspired by Frances Moore Lappe’s book Diet for a Small Planet. I read it as part of my research for the high school debate team; that year the nation-wide topic was how to … Continue reading
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Healing the Disconnect and Going Deeper Together
When I’ve been invited to give a talk, teach a class, or facilitate a workshop or retreat, a powerful inner, creative, spiritual process is often set in motion. In many cases, the process surely begins long before the invitation arrives … Continue reading
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Tagged creative inspiration, giving a talk, spiritual companions
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Stay With Me
On the night of this year’s Presidential election, I joined three different online vigils with Friends. Four years ago, I had spent many difficult hours alone on election night before the results were clear. This time around, there were again … Continue reading
Posted in Contemplative spirituality, Facing Life with Faith, Living in a Time of Pandemic, Quaker Faith Today
Tagged 2020 election, election night, election results, Grass Valley Meeting, meeting for worship, New England Yearly Meeting, Pendle Hill, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, prayer vigil, vigil
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Interviewing EarthQuaker Carl Magruder
Recently I had the opportunity to interview an extraordinary Friend, Quaker hospice chaplain and traveling minister Carl Magruder. At the time of our interview, more than 500 wildfires were raging in the state of California, where he lives. He spoke … Continue reading
Healing Prayers for the Nation
At my house, for half a year we’ve been watching the evening news daily. We’ve discovered that doing so fosters an underlying sense of agitation, which makes it harder to retain a calm, clear connection to God’s love and guiding … Continue reading
Posted in All of Life is Sacred, Facing Life with Faith, healing, Living in a Time of Pandemic, prayer, Quaker Faith Today, spiritual practices
Tagged divine reality, divine Wisdom, election, healing, healing prayer, meeting for prayer and healing, one nation under God, peace, prayer, presidential election, Quaker, Spirit of Truth
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The Power and Potential of Faithfulness Groups
A couple of hours before my faithfulness group met, an unexpected event triggered strong emotions. I had waited a few months for my turn to give a presentation, and I was dismayed to be in such an emotional state when … Continue reading
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Tagged evolutionary potential, faithfulness group, honesty, mutual spiritual accountability, prayerful accompaniment, small group, spiritual potential, Spiritual practice, trust, vulnerablity
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Creating Loving Community by Supporting Faithfulness
When I prayed about my Pendle Hill lecture in advance–held it in the Light and listened inwardly for God’s guidance–two strong messages came to me. The first was to let the event BE what it was talking about. This meant … Continue reading
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Tagged A Guide to Faithfulness Groups, clearness committee, facing climate change, faithfulness group, holding in the Light, Marcelle Martin, minute of religious service, mutual spiritual accountability, Pendle Hill, Pendle Hill lecture, spiritual support, supporting calls and leadings, Swarthmore Meeting
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A Whole Heart 