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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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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A Contemporary Peace Pilgrimage
This week a stranger stayed with us for two nights along her way from New England to Georgia. Sheila Garrett, a member of Putney Friends Meeting in Vermont, is acting on her leading to walk from New England to the … Continue reading
Following Leadings Today
As many as are led by the Spirit of God, are the sons of God. Romans 8:14 In the late 1980s, young urban professionals Scott and Mary Ann Savage experienced an unexpected call. In the midst of a booming material culture, … Continue reading
Posted in Learning from Early Friends, Quaker Faith Today
Tagged Africa, Appalachia, call, Chestnut Hill Meeting, clearness committee, climate change, climate justice, concern, Conservative Friends, discernment, Eileen Flanagan, God, Keystone KL pipeline, leading, mountantop removal, oversight committee, peer groups, Quaker, Scott Savage, simple living, Spirit, testimonies, witness
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A Whole Heart 