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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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Tag Archives: Matthew 5:48
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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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
Posted in Learning from Early Friends
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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A Whole Heart 