To Be Broken and Tender: A Quaker Theology for Today

I am reading this book slowly, trying to digest her story and experience. I like it so far.

Margery Abbott's book  To Be Broken and Tender: A Quaker Theology for Today  is a valuable resource to deepen understanding of Quakerism as well as stimulate exploration of personal beliefs. It's especially powerful in its combination of Quaker history, theology, and Marge's personal narrative of her spiritual journey. Fortunately for readers, that journey led Marge to an awareness, in mid-life, that she was called to a ministry of writing and speaking. She describes her experience as, "Slowly I came to see what it means to say that when words or actions arise out of the Spirit, they echo in other souls. That such words and actions open the heart and reduce fear. That words can have the power to heal and to encourage growth." I'm grateful Marge has heeded her call to ministering with words and for sharing her own story of "being broken open by God's love." Through her writing, I have a companion on my own journey, and a guide as I risk being broken and tender.

This is an open and honest account of one woman's spiritual journey. I was very moved by it. I know I will be dipping into it again and again.