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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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Hiking Naked
Hiking Naked is a sparkling new memoir about a family who leaves their normal life behind for a year on a remote island, where they discover more clearly who they are and what they love. Continue reading
Posted in All of Life is Sacred, Facing Life with Faith, Quaker Faith Today
Tagged burnout, calling, family, Iris Graville, leadings, Stehekin, still small voice
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A Movement of Love, For Life
The recent U.S. election offered a choice between very different approaches to government. The majority of American people want good public services, peace, and a hopeful future for their children and grandchildren. The new administration’s policies toward the environment, however, lead toward death. The good news is that the election ignited a mass movement. We can still choose life, if we allow ourselves to be guided by divine love, and filled with the power of the Spirit. Continue reading
Posted in All of Life is Sacred, Facing Life with Faith, Quaker Faith Today, Radical Christianity
Tagged 2017 election, Bernie Sanders, choose life, climate change, discernment, environment, For Life, God's will, leadings, love, love your neighbor, Philadelphia, Pro Life, Quaker, Women's March
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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
Surrendering Our Selves to God
“Come join me on the cross,” Jesus seemed to say. Continue reading
Posted in Learning from Early Friends, Quaker Faith Today
Tagged Christ, cross to the will, crucifixion, Friends, Gerald Hewiston, God, going to the cross, Jesus, leadings, living in the cross, Peaceable Kingdom, Quaker, resurrection, Steven Davison, suffering, surrender, Swarthmoor lecture 2013
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Living in the Cross
Following the leadings of the Light ultimately brings joy and many other spiritual blessings, but early Quakers referred to following God’s promptings as living in “the cross.” The power they found in practicing their faith came from surrendering their own wills to the Love and Truth and Power of God, to the inward guidance of Christ. <a href="”> Read More…
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Posted in Learning from Early Friends
Tagged Christ, Devil, God, God's will, Isaac Penington, leadings, Light of Christ, lusts, Margaret Fell, obedience, persecution, Power of God, Quaker, self-will, the cross, the cross of Christ
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Gathered into Community Today
I’ve been thinking about how God gathers us today and pondering the experiences and questions sent by a few readers. A few days ago at West Richmond Meeting (in Indiana), I heard two different Quaker meetings share stories of faithful … Continue reading
Posted in Learning from Early Friends, Quaker Faith Today
Tagged Adelphi Friends Meeting, Book of Discipline, community, corporate body, faith in action, gay, God, God's Love, Indiana Yearly Meeting, leadings, lesbian, same-sex marriage, welcoming and affirming, West Richmond Friends Meeting, witness, Yearly Meeting
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A Whole Heart 