Category Archives: Quaker Faith Today

A Contemporary Peace Pilgrimage

Posted on September 7, 2015 by friendmarcelle

This week a stranger stayed with us for two nights along her way from New England to Georgia. Sheila Garrett, a member of Putney Friends Meeting in Vermont, is acting on her leading to walk from New England to the … Continue reading →

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Streams of Living Water

Posted on May 20, 2015 by friendmarcelle

In April 2015, Pendle Hill conference center offered an extraordinary opportunity for a merging of  the Christian contemplative tradition and the faith and practice of Quakers. Fifty people desiring to immerse themselves more fully into the waters of the Spirit … Continue reading →

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Gathering in the Divine Mystery

Posted on May 12, 2015 by friendmarcelle

In the Quaker practice of group worship on the basis of silence come special times when an electric hush and solemnity and depth of power steals over the worshippers. A blanket of divine covering comes over the room, and a … Continue reading →

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A Story of Renewal

Posted on April 22, 2015 by friendmarcelle

On Earth Day I would like to tell you about a wonderfully informative, inspiring, and funny book, Renewable, by Eileen Flanagan, a Quaker friend of mine whose life was renewed at the age of 49. Flanagan captured my attention in the opening paragraph, … Continue reading →

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Listen to Your Children Praying

Posted on January 19, 2015 by friendmarcelle

My experience at Tribe 1’s anniversary concert helped me recognize that I needed to attend the special January 10th “called meeting” of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting to address racism. Continue reading →

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Prayer of Gratitude

Posted on December 17, 2014 by friendmarcelle

Give thanks in all circumstances…  (1 Thessalonians 5) During a long, stressful move from Indiana to a new home in Pennsylvania, I had a beautiful experience of whole-hearted prayer.  With help from my fiancé, Terry, and several friends, I had been packing my … Continue reading →

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Entering into Transformation

Posted on October 23, 2014 by friendmarcelle

Spiritual transformation begins in the daily circumstances of seemingly-ordinary lives. At the same time, God also invites us to stretch beyond the comfortable circumference within which many of us live, to serve the needs of those beyond our immediate circles. Continue reading →

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Evolving Faith

Posted on October 6, 2014 by friendmarcelle

At a gathering for people who nurture the spiritual lives of others, many of us present were uncomfortable with James Mulholland’s suggestion that agnosticism (or atheism) is a more mature spiritual stance than faith in God. Continue reading →

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Where Christ Meets Us

Posted on August 12, 2014 by friendmarcelle

Being part of a faith community has always been essential grounding for the faithful life, and the prophetic life. Continue reading →

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Openings to the Way of Nonviolence

Posted on July 31, 2014 by friendmarcelle

In this time of anguish about the terrible conflict and bloodshed in Palestine and Israel, I feel moved to share how two Friends received openings when they wrestled with the peace testimony. Continue reading →

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