Joanna Godfrey Wood
Auteur van In step with Quaker testimony : simplicity, truth, equality and peace - inspired by Margaret Fell's writings
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Joanna Godfrey Wood has been a Quaker all her life and she attended a Quaker school. She recently took the Equipping for Ministry course at the Woodbrooke Quaker Study Centre in Birmingham, England, which gave her a chance to study the works of Margaret Fell. In her local Quaker meeting her toon meer particular ministry is facilitating study groups. She has also written Travelling in the Light: how Margaret Fell's writings can speak to Quakers today, (The Kindlers, 2019) and in STEP With Testimony: Simplicity Truth, Equality and Peace - inspired by Margaret Fell's Writings (Christian Alternative Books, John Hunt Publishing, 2021). Joanna spent her working life as a book editor. toon minder
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In step with Quaker testimony : simplicity, truth, equality and peace - inspired by Margaret Fell's writings (2021) 16 exemplaren
Quaker Quicks - In Step with Quaker Testimony: Simplicity, Truth, Equality And Peace - Inspired By Margaret Fell's… (2021) 15 exemplaren
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In Search of Stillness: Using a Simple Meditation… door Joanna Godfrey Wood
How can we find inner stillness in our lives today? What is it for and how can we use it? Inspired by the fiery writings of early Quakers, such as George Fox and Margaret Fell, this book calls on their advice to go within and wait, adapting it to create a modern, relatable method for finding stillness and peace. This meditation is for us to use however we most need it, whether to explore and heal the self and others or to help us be more effective in the wider world.
Margaret Fell was an inspiring and practical leader in the early Quaker movement in 17th-century England. Remembered as the wife of George Fox, her writings have been largely forgotten. This book brings them to life again, with excerpts and reflections structured around the four testimonies that have continued to shape Quaker witness to this day: Simplicity, Truth, Equality, and Peace. To do this, Joanna Godfrey Wood follows each passage with a modern adaptation of Fell's words and then explores her responses from a 21st-century perspective.… (meer)
"Margaret Fell was an inspiring and practical leader in the early Quaker movement in 17th-century England. Remembered as the wife of George Fox, her writings have been largely forgotten. This book brings them to life again, with excerpts and reflections structured around the four testimonies that have continued to shape Quaker witness to this day: Simplicity, Truth, Equality and Peace. (from World Catalogue)
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