Description: Prophetic work starts with self-knowledge and personal healing. The Light, is a powerful instructor about the way forward, is also relentless in allowing us to see the painful corners of our attitudes and behaviors. Peace is not just about opposing war but is also about establishing justice, and it is initially felt within each heart and soul
Brief description: Margery Post Abbott is a member of Multnomah Monthly Meeting in Portland, Oregon, where her ministry has been formally minuted. She has been traveling and writing in the ministry for over twenty years. Marge has served as clerk of Friends Committee on National Legislation. Her numerous writings include Walk Worthy of Your Calling: Quakers and the Traveling Ministry and To Be Broken and Tender: A Quaker Theology for Today. In 2016, she presented the Backhouse Lecture for Australia Yearly Meeting. She also spoke that year at Aotearoa/New Zealand Yearly Meeting. Marge's ministry seeks to connect Friends of different traditions. She believes we grow more fully as we engage across our traditions.