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
Hiking Naked
Hiking Naked is a sparkling new memoir about a family who leaves their normal life behind for a year on a remote island, where they discover more clearly who they are and what they love. Continue reading
Posted in All of Life is Sacred, Facing Life with Faith, Quaker Faith Today
Tagged burnout, calling, family, Iris Graville, leadings, Stehekin, still small voice
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Looking at the Shadow that Blocks the Light
Facing the shadow in ourselves and in our country can ultimately free us for lives of greater love, and release the divine power available to deal with our challenges. Continue reading
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
