Authentic prayer, authentic witness

“We need both a deeper spirituality and a more outspoken witness. If our spirituality can reach the depths of authentic prayer, our lives will become an authentic witness for justice, peace and the integrity of creation, a witness which becomes the context for our prayer. Out of the depths of authentic prayer comes a longing for peace and a passion for justice. And our response to violence and injustice is to pray more deeply, because only God can show us the way out of the mess that the world is in. And only God gives us the strength to follow that Way.”

— Gordon Matthews, 1989
Quaker peaceworker

Let your life become an authentic witness for justice, peace, and the integrity of creation.

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How would your life change if you considered yourself a prophet?

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  • Gordon Matthews is a lifelong Quaker who has been a peaceworker for Pax Christi and a Joint Representative of the Quaker Council for European Affairs, where his work focused on Israel and Palestine. He now lives in an ecumenical intentional community in Germany.

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