Tag Archives: Centering Prayer

The Offering of Emptiness

Posted on June 25, 2018 by friendmarcelle

A recent week-long silent retreat allowed me to enter more deeply into the prayer of emptiness–the prayer in which I quiet my mind and open to the presence of God. 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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Awakening Today

Posted on January 22, 2013 by friendmarcelle

In an age of great change, there was world-transforming power in the early Quaker movement; in our day the need for God’s in-breaking is at least as great.  People all over the planet now have been waking up to the … Continue reading →

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