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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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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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Complete, United With God’s Love
Perfection as complete union with God’s love is not an element of the journey so much as a state toward which we are moving, a condition toward which God is drawing us, day by day. Continue reading
Posted in Learning from Early Friends, Quaker Faith Today
Tagged Abraham Maslow, compassionate, complete, Friends, goal, God, Jesus, love, Matthew 5:48, oiktirmon, perfect love, Quaker, spiritual journey, telios, united with God, wholeness
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