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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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Category Archives: Stories that Heal
Fighting for Life on this Planet: Two Movies
Two powerful films highlight the danger of climate change and the sources of hope for the future of life on this planet. Continue reading →
She Lived in a Tree: The Spirit-Led Witness of Julia Butterfly Hill
At age eighteen she opened a restaurant, but a serious car accident three years later changed Julia Butterfly Hill forever. She needed to find a deeper purpose in life than running a successful business. She traveled to California and encountered … Continue reading →
Posted in All of Life is Sacred, environmental activism, Facing Life with Faith, Following a Leading, Stories that Heal
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Tagged activists, clear cutting, Earth First!, environmental activism, following a call, Humbolt County, Julia Butterfly Hill, logging, Luna, Maxxam Corporation, old-growth forest, Pacific Lumber Company, prayer, redwood trees, Stafford, The Legacy of Luna, tree sit
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The Overstory: a Novel
I‘ve read many of the best novels ever written. The Overstory, by Richard Powers, may be the most eye-opening of all. In the first section of the book, in eight short stories, Powers creates diverse, interesting characters who are all impacted … Continue reading →
Red Alert for the Earth
At an encampment to listen for God’s leading to a prophetic response to climate change, I was given an image to keep in my mind both our extreme danger and the availability of God’s guidance. Continue reading →
Posted in All of Life is Sacred, Facing Life with Faith, Quaker Faith Today, Radical Christianity, Stories that Heal
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Tagged armband, climate change, Creation, divine guidance, divine Light, drought, fossil fuels, global warming, God's steadfast love, James Hansen, prophetic, Rachel Carson, rising sea levels, Silent Spring
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Beckoned by Trees
The first tree that beckoned me, long ago, was a sapling on the far side of my grandmother’s lawn. Sensing that it was silently calling me, I went to investigate and discovered that it was being strangled by an orange … Continue reading →
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Tagged communication with trees, community of trees, human prejudices, living trees
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Theater of Witness: The Healing Power of Telling and Witnessing True Stories
Recently I had the privilege of attending a workshop with Teya Sepinuck, the creator of Theater of Witness, in which she guided us to share intimate truths: about ourselves, our ancestors, and life itself. We uncovered stories that needed to … Continue reading →
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Tagged ancestors, domestic violence, healing, police, prisoners, refugees, terrorism, Teya Sepinuck, Theater of Witness, TOVA, trauma, true stories, Truth
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