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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: Working for Peace and Justice
When the Healers are Sent Away, the Prophets Must Rise
In May 2025, Crozer-Chester Hospital closed, affecting over half a million people and resulting in many job losses. The Crozer 8, a group of advocates, staged a peaceful, prophetic protest to demand justice in healthcare, emphasizing the need for reform against corporate greed. Their actions highlight a broader national crisis in access to essential medical services. Continue reading
Posted in All of Life is Sacred, Following a Leading, Radical Christianity, Taking a prophetic stand, Working for Peace and Justice
Tagged corporate greed, Crozer 8, Crozer Chester Medical Center, health, health-insurance, healthcare, healthcare is a right, Luke 18:1-8, Martin Luther King Jr., news, Nonviolent Medical Army, Prospect Medical Holdings, the poor widow, the unjust judge
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Choose Life: the Global Climate Strike
When I arrived at the Sept 20, 2019 Global Climate Strike, my first sight of the crowd lifted my spirits in a way I hadn’t expected. All the images of the planet, most on handmade signs, made me realize that … Continue reading
Posted in All of Life is Sacred, environmental activism, Facing Life with Faith, Quaker Faith Today, Working for Peace and Justice
Tagged choose life, climate change, climate justice, Deuteronomy 30:15. Deuteronomy 30:19-20, Global Climate Strike, global consciousness, global warming, Paris Climate Accord, Philadelphia, planetary consciousness, Sabirah Mahmud, schoolchildren
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A Leading of the Spirit: Witness to Peacemaking and War
Lyndon Back’s life was happily settled. But everything changed in 1993, when a beautiful old bridge collapsed. Until then, the war in Bosnia had been a distant event seen on the nightly news. After she watched the Stari Most Bridge shatter, she suddenly needed to … Continue reading
Posted in Facing Life with Faith, Following a Leading, Quaker Faith Today, Working for Peace and Justice
Tagged accompaniment, Balkans Peace Team, Belgrade, Bosnia, clearness committee, Community of Bosnia Foundation, concern, God, grace, leading, leading of the Spirit, Lyndon Back, ministry of witness, NATO bombing of Kosovo, Quakers, Serbia, Stari Most, Treading Water at the Shark Cafe, Tuzla, Yugoslavia
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Openings to the Way of Nonviolence
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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