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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We Work Through Prayer
For more than two and a half decades, I’ve held the intention of following God’s purpose–or will–for my life. And all of that time, I’ve struggled with a strong desire to do things my own way. When confronted with the … Continue reading
The New Birth
The ten elements of the Quaker spiritual journey which I have been describing in this blog are all elements of that process of spiritual rebirth which the first Quakers courageously witnessed not only in their preaching and writing, but more importantly, in their transformed and transforming lives. Continue reading
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Tagged Book of Life, born again, Christianity, early Friends, Francis Howgill, George Fox, God, Jesus, Light of Christ, Mary Fisher, New Birth, Quaker, Quakerism, regeneration, salvation, spiritual journey, spiritual rebirth, traveling ministers, William Dewsbury
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Becoming Whole-Hearted in the Midst of Division
Through study of the charismatic beginnings of Quakerism, I have received a key to the Quaker spiritual journey that can help us respond to the extraordinary demands of our time and truly become the needed agents of God’s healing we are now called … Continue reading
