A Call to Friends

Faithful Living in Desperate Times

Marty Grundy, Charles H Martin

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Inner Light Books
31 July 2020

Quakers (Religious Society of Friends); Christian life & practice; Personal Christian testimony & inspirational works; Christian social thought & activity

Looking at the ills of our times--the horrible things humans inflict on themselves, on almost all living things, and on the Earth itself--it seems that early Friends had the antidote that is so desperately needed today. They experienced the simple but extremely difficult Truth that we are loved unconditionally and are called to live lives of integrity and love--and to do this together in community. They understood this required surrendering their self-will in order to discern and obey the Inward Guide teaching them how to create a more just and loving society. Perhaps too many Friends today have forgotten or lost sight of the radical call of these life-changing experiences.

In A Call to Friends: Faithful Living in Desperate Times, Marty Grundy argues that we need to envision a different way to organize society that is not inherently exploitative, hierarchical, racist, and patriarchal. New economic and political systems can evolve from a Spirit-inspired vision of a different social system.

To better understand this deeper relation with the Spirit that inspires a new vision, Grundy suggests that we go back to the early Friends. They summarized their experience, which they shared with anyone who would listen, as Christ having come to teach his people himself. To more clearly understand this, we need to look at what Jesus of Nazareth was teaching the people of his time in Palestine under the crushing power of the Roman Empire. This is our call and our challenge, individually and together: to listen to that Inward Light, to keep close to what it shows us, and to come into obedience to its guidance--as a gathered body.

By: Marty Grundy
Edited by: Charles H Martin
Imprint: Inner Light Books
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 6mm
Weight: 245g
ISBN: 9781734630060
ISBN 10: 173463006X
Pages: 58
Publication Date: 31 July 2020
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Marty Grundy was born into a Quaker family with roots going back to the 1650s. As a teenager Marty Grundy loved reading about early Friends. The thing that amazed her was that they seemed so alive and on fire; that they willingly risked and endured small and large deprivations and sufferings for Something so much bigger than themselves that was obviously filling them with joy and courage. Thus, Marty began a long and meandering journey to learn more about her spiritual ancestors. This involved learning to read seventeenth-century handwriting in order to decipher old meeting minutes. She became able to translate old grammar and syntax. Then it became necessary to learn their language of metaphor, which was based on the Bible. So, she read and studied the Bible. She read the writings of more recent Friends as well as earlier ones. Marty has written for both scholarly and religious publications. In particular, she has written a number of articles and more than sixty book reviews for Friends Journal. Marty is a member of Wellesley Meeting, New England Yearly Meeting. She is married to Ken Grundy, and they have three grown children and a pair of grandtwins.