Patricia Loring

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Patricia Loring

Patricia Loring (1936-2016) was a Quaker author, teacher, and retreat leader, most active in her related work in the 1980s and 1990s. She was the author of a widely read Quaker spiritual guide, "Listening Spirituality, vols. 1 and 2." For eight years her ministry was supported by Bethesda Friends Meeting, Bethesda, Maryland.
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Listening as Love

"To be truly listened to is often experienced as being loved, being loved more profoundly than most of us ever experience being loved. We all hunger for unconditional... Read more.

The Heart of Quaker Spirituality and Practice

"Spiritual discernment lies at the heart of Quaker spirituality and practice. It's grounded in the central Quaker conviction of the availability to every person... Read more.

Iconography as a Starting Point for Prayer

I have occasionally found the experience of sitting before an icon to be startlingly similar to the experience of intentionally opening myself before God in prayer... Read more.

What Discipline is Right for You?

It is part of our formation in a listening spirituality to find which practices, at this time in our lives, are most supportive of our inward listening for the word,... Read more.