Nudged by the Spirit : Stories of People Responding to the Still, Small Voice of God

by Fardelmann, Charlotte Lyman

• ISBN13: 9780875749389
• ISBN10: 0875749380
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-08-01
• Publisher: Pendle Hill Pubns

Summary

Discernment is the spiritual practice among Quakers that empowers their service in the world. This anthology shares the stories of individuals whose lives use that practice in a wide variety of professions. These stories are teaching tools that expand the possibilities that may open to us.

Table of Contents

Foreword	ix
Marty Grundy
Preface and Acknowledgments	xiii
Introduction	xvii
Seed Money	1	(14)
The author and two friends create a fund to provide financial and prayer support for people responding to the nudges of the Spirit.
Spiritual Discernment	15	(24)
William and Frances Taber discern the best way to use a sabbatical year of reflection, prayer, writing, and service.
The Call	39	(20)
Lucy McIver receives a death-bed request to carry on a Friends' ministry and finds that saying ``yes'' begins a life transformation which leads to becoming a movement therapist.
Prayer and Contemplation	59	(20)
Kathryn Damiano is called into contemplative living and teaching others in a ministry of prayer and learning.
Support From Faith Community	79	(16)
Jill Horton-Lyons and Jim Lyons find their struggle to create an educational farm and teach children and adults about sustainable agriculture is supported by their Quaker meeting community.
Mentors	95	(16)
Faith Lowell is inspired by her mentor into leading therapy groups for women in a Vermont prison.
First Small Steps	111	(20)
Tom Goodridge teaches mentally retarded children in a public school in Harlem.
Pilgrimage	131	(18)
Martha Penzer's personal history resonates with invitation to join a peace pilgrimage beginning at Auschwitz, Poland.
The Struggle for Justice	149	(22)
Elaine Bishop moves to northern Canada to join the Lubicon people's struggle to resist oppression.
Burn Out and Recovery	171	(22)
John Calvi `s heavy schedule of massage and energy work with victims of abuse, torture, and AIDS, leads to burn out and learning how to pace himself.
Creativity and Healing	193	(22)
Arla Patch finds the therapeutic art workshops for breast cancer survivors are healing for herself as she facilitates the process of healing for others.
Singing	215	(16)
Jackie Coren brings new singers into the joy of participating in a chorus.
Awakening	231	(20)
Pamela Meidell creates and leads a pilgrimage to Hiroshima and Nagasaki to awaken people to the danger of nuclear weapons.
God's Timing	251	(18)
Barbara Bazett represents Quakers on the World Council of Churches where she finds herself in the right place at the right time to respond to a call to action, after which she feels released to pass on her work responsibilities to others.
Conclusion	269	(4)
Bibliography	273