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Isaac Penington (person)

A Weekend with Isaac Penington

Our Life is Love - Review

• Authored by:
• Carol Chatfield

The title of Marcelle Martin’s newly published book, Our Life is Love, echoes Isaac Penington’s well-known 1667 quotation, “Our life is love, and peace, and tenderness; and bearing one with another, and forgiving one another, and not laying accusations one against another; but praying one for another, and helping one another up with a tender hand . . . ” Martin’s book is about the transformative path taken by fervent men and women refined by the fire of truth, and the tender help from one another they receive along their way. It is the sharing of the many struggles and rewards experienced by early seekers of the Spirit, as well as contemporary followers of the Light.

On Heritage (July 2016)

Calls to the Annual Sessions 2019

• Authored by:
• Molly Wingate,
• Sandy Kewman,
• Lucretia Humphrey

June 9-16, 2019; Ghost Ranch, Abiquiu, NM

On Water (March 2019)

The Meaning of Life in Twenty Words

• Authored by:
• Bob Runyan

“There is that near you, which will guide you; oh! wait for it, and be sure ye keep to it.” - Isaac Penington (1616-1679)

On Deception (November 2013)

The Narrow Gate

• Authored by:
• Julie Peyton

On Children (September 2018)

On Seeds

• Authored by:
• Mary Klein

The only promise Life makes is this: Things will change. And when they do, we can try something new. We will still be we. But we will be different.

On Seeds (November 2023)

On Insight

• Authored by:
• Mary Klein

Dear Friends: Each one of us has been evicted from the nice, cozy home of our mother’s womb. Howling at the shock of it, we plunged naked into the winds of change. A newborn who isn’t howling is cause for concern; so rightfully, we voiced our complaints, strangers in a strange land. And over the years, sometimes more, sometimes less, we still feel the sting of it – free-market swindles, red-tape regulations, wage theft, job theft – we feel the sting on the left and the right.

On Insight (March 2017)

Eastern Light - Review

• Authored by:
• Irene Webb

Eastern Light: Awakening to Presence in Zen, Quakerism and Christianity

On Beginning (March 2016)

A Language for the Inward Landscape (review)

• Authored by:
• Emily Garrison,
• Rocky Garrison

E.L. Doctorow once said, “Writing is like driving a car at night: you never see further than your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way.” Reading A Language for the Inward Landscape was a similar self-actualizing experience. Like a coastal sailor navigating through a fog, the reader discovers more about their journey as they take it. The fog lifts, the sailor sees a familiar landmark. By taking a compass bearing on this landmark, the sailor has a better idea of their location: the bearing defines a line and the boat is somewhere on this line. There is a feeling of safety with this bit of clarity. The fog may return, but the sailor proceeds, a bit more confident in their journey.

On Garbage (November 2017)