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Encuentro Con Las Escrituras

Como Los Primeros Amigos

BY MICHAEL BIRKEL, TRANSLATED BY DINORA UVALLE-VAZQUEZ
This is an abridged translation of Engaging Scripture: Reading The Bible With Early Friends, in which Michael Birkel invites readers into the meditative way early Friends read the Bible through a close study of early Quaker writings. His own experience encourages contemporary readers to enter scripture through this contemplative Quaker approach, which - like the ancient practice of lectio divina - challenges the reader to be not only informed, but transformed.

Friends United Press 2007 67 PP. Paper

$15.00 (in stock)

Engaging Scripture

Reading The Bible With Early Friends

BY MICHAEL BIRKEL, FOREWORD BY BASIL PENNINGTON
In Engaging Scripture, Michael Birkel invites readers into the meditative way early Friends read the Bible through a close study of early Quaker writings. His own experience encourages contemporary readers to enter scripture through this contemplative Quaker approach, which-like the ancient practice of lectio divina-challenges the reader to be not only informed, but transformed.

Friends United Press 2005 152 PP. Paper

$12.00 (in stock)

Genius Of The Transcendent

Mystical Writings Of Jakob Boehme

TRANSLATED BY MICHAEL BIRKEL AND JEFF BACH
Quaker scholar Michael Birkel turns his attention to Jakob Boehme (1575-1624) a mystic, like Meister Eckhart, who pushed language to its limits to describe an experience that happens above and beyond rational thought. George Fox read him and his influence is to be seen in many of the early Quakers, and in modern Frthe German Romantics, Pietism, various American utopian experiments, and in the European mystics who came after him. The great scholar of mysticism Evelyn Underhill called him "one of the most astonishing cases in history of a natural genius for the transcendent." This is a translation to modern English with an excellent introduction from the translators.

Shambala 2010 240 PP. Paper

$17.95 (in stock)

The Messenger That Goes Before

Reading Margaret Fell For Spiritual Nurture - Php 398

BY MICHAEL BIRKEL
Michael Birkel has discovered in the letters of Margaret Fell a "treasure trove" of wise and loving counsel for those on the spiritual journey. In a careful exploration of passages from some of these letters, he shows modern readers how to find the gems of wisdom embedded in the rich language of early Friends, the unique use of Biblical imagery, and the meditative practice of "reading within." Margaret Fell's guidance is rich in good advice for the spiritual seeker and for those called to nurture others in their spiritual lives. Discussion questions included.

Pendle Hill Pamphlet 2008 36 PP. Paper

$6.50 (in stock)

Mysticism And Activism

Learning From John Woolman

BY MICHAEL BIRKEL
"First we'll look at some passages from [Woolman's] writings to see how he finds the spiritual life to be a unity, an integrated life of both inward experience and outward action for social change. Next, we can turn our attention to the resources he finds for this integrated spiriutal life. Then we'll see how he takes the language he uses to describe his inward experience of worship and applies it to his outward labors for a just human society....Finally we can consider how his work might inspire us to a unified life, one in which service is an expression of worship and worship is a form of action." -The author, from his opening statements

Southeastern Yearly Meeting 2002 21 PP. Paper

$5.00 (in stock)

A Near Sympathy

The Timeless Quaker Wisdom Of John Woolman

BY MICHAEL BIRKEL
A Near Sympathy is an invitation to a friendship with John Woolman, as well as an invitation to consider what John Woolman has to say to us today. Michael Birkel, professor of religion at Earlham College, acquaints readers with the spiritual disciplines and resources that nurtured John Woolman's empathy with the stranger. Woolman's deep spiritual life empowered him to engage the world as a witness on behalf of the disenfranchised, and for the earth and all its creatures. The book includes a group discussion guide.

Friends United Press 2003 140 PP. Paper

$15.00 (in stock)

Silence And Witness

The Quaker Tradition

BY MICHAEL BIRKEL
This is a meaty and inviting introduction to Quaker thought and spiritual life. The detailed examination of discernment about when to speak in meeting and other leadings is worth the cover price. His chapter entitled 'The Facing Bench' lifts up well selected quotations of prominent Friends on topics such as 'The Immediate Presence of God,' 'The Universal Light of Christ,' and 'The Spiritual Basis of Peace.' His chapter on the inward experience of worship is both an excellent introduction and a seasoned examination of centering techniques. This is a book that belongs in every meeting house and in every new attenders' home.

Orbis 2004 144 PP. Paper

$18.00 (in stock)

Michael Birkel