Our Life is Love: the Quaker Spiritual Journey
Marcelle Martin's new book has just been published! It explores ten elements of the spiritual experience of Quakers, both in the 17th century and in our time. It makes a great resource for study groups to explore the experience of these elements in our own lives. Available from Inner Light Books. For more information, go to the Publications page. * * * * * * * * Marcelle is available to lead workshops and retreats and to give talks. See the Teaching and Upcoming Workshops page to learn more.-
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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
In Order to Give Our Gift
I pray that we Friends grow increasingly able, faithfully, to play our part in the birth of a new, more conscious, connected humanity, a birth now reaching a painful stage of labor. Continue reading
Posted in Learning from Early Friends, Quaker Faith Today
Tagged catastrophe, dream, extinction, faithfulness, God, God's plan, liberal Friends, prayer, shift of consciousness, vision
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Perfection (in One’s Measure)
The first Quakers did not want to postpone perfect faithfulness until after death. They sought a surrendered life, a life in union with God. They experienced the Spirit of Christ within them, teaching them, step by step, how to become perfectly responsive to God’s will and free from the compulsion to sin. In doing so, they became joined with the Fountain of Love. Continue reading
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Tagged Christ, Christian perfection, faithfulness, freedom from sin, George Fox, God, Isaac Penington, James Nayler, Matthew 5:48, perfection, purification, Quaker, Rebecca Travers, refiner's fire, Sarah Chevers, state of perfection, the Light, union with God
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Being Gathered into Community
After several years of mostly solitary and intensely inward spiritual experience, I began to worship with Quakers. At that time I dreamed I had been swimming laps in a big pool, developing strength, and now I was being put on … Continue reading
