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: Pendle Hill
An Ancient Forest and the Ground of Being
We had waited a long time to walk among those ancient trees. Finally we rented a cabin in Cook Forest State Park, and there we were, walking between towering pines and hemlocks. Some are as old as Quakerism, having gotten … Continue reading
Posted in All of Life is Sacred, Contemplative spirituality, Quaker Faith Today, Radical Christianity, spiritual practices
Tagged Cook Forest, gathered worship, God, Ground of Being, hemlock, Joan Maloof, Lenni Lenape, meeting for worship, old-growth forest, Oneness, Pendle Hill, white pine
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A Faithful Friend
As we drove to Ohio for Katharine Jacobsen’s memorial service, my husband and I remembered her loving friendship and the radiant, welcoming smile with which she greeted us when we came to visit. Katharine and her husband, Ken, had invited … Continue reading
Opening to Divine Guidance
We each have an amazing inner connection to divine wisdom and guidance, always available. The challenge is to turn our attention toward it and stay focused long enough to receive benefit. Here is a link to a guided meditation to help us focus on situations in our lives that require more understanding. Continue reading
Posted in Contemplative spirituality, Learning from Early Friends, meditation, Mysticism, Quaker Faith Today, spiritual practices
Tagged A Meditation to Reveal and Heal, divine guidance, divine Light, Experiment with Light, free gift, guided meditation, Inward Teacher, John 1:9, Light of Christ within, Pendle Hill, turning within
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Prayer of the World
Each time I’ve seen the Prayer of the World, I’ve felt shaken out of a certain dull habituation with this world to see more clearly God’s awesome handiwork. Each time it has been breathtaking to recognize more clearly the wisdom and healing power present in Creation. The world is alive to its sacred source and it is calling us to wake up to the sacredness of our own nature and to our interconnection with Spirit and with all created things. Its message for humanity is an urgent one, calling us to awaken. Continue reading
Shifting to the Heart
“Meeting for worship is a Quaker technology for shifting levels of consciousness,” Bill Taber sometimes explained. Descriptions of gathered worship reveal that the divine Presence is revealed when the mind is still, and this opens the heart.
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Posted in Contemplative spirituality, Learning from Early Friends, Mysticism, Quaker Faith Today, Radical Christianity
Tagged Bill Taber, contemplation, Divine presence, early Friends, Eternal Stream, Francis Howgill, gathered meeting, George Fox, God, heart opening, hearts on fire, Holy Spirit, inward Light, Isaac Penington, Kingdom of Heaven, Light of Christ, meeting for worship, Pendle Hill, silence, spiritual power, waiting upon God
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Streams of Living Water
In April 2015, Pendle Hill conference center offered an extraordinary opportunity for a merging of the Christian contemplative tradition and the faith and practice of Quakers. Fifty people desiring to immerse themselves more fully into the waters of the Spirit … Continue reading
Posted in Contemplative spirituality, Learning from Early Friends, Quaker Faith Today, Radical Christianity
Tagged Centering Prayer, Centering Prayer and Inner Awakening, contemplative practice, Cynthia Bourgeault, George Fox, kenosis, meeting for worship, Paulette Meier, Pendle Hill, The Wisdom Jesus, Timeless Quaker Wisdom, transformation of consciousness, unified consciousness, union with God
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Now Abiding in Divine Love and Power
As we grow in faith, we learn to look for God and rely on God in every circumstance; we learn to abide in divine love and power. Continue reading
