Living in Dark Times

by Rex Ambler

Overview

In this essay based on his talk at the 2016 Friends General Conference Gathering, Rex Ambler reflects on the current "dark" world situation and what he believes is needed to effect positive change. Citing William Penn, he urges readers to avoid objectifying the world, focus within, and live lives that reflect the truth they discover. Discussion questions included.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940161931035
Publisher:	Pendle Hill Publications
Publication date:	07/24/2018
Series:	Pendle Hill Pamphlets , #447
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	108 KB

About the Author

Rex Ambler is known for his search to experience and understand the Light and the workshops he developed and materials he wrote to share what he discovered. He taught theology for over thirty years at Birmingham University in England and has more recently traveled extensively to teach Quaker meditation, or “Experiment with Light,” helping those interested to set up “light groups” to practice it. See www.experiment-with-light.org.uk. His many publications include Light to Live By: An Exploration in Quaker Spirituality; Seeing, Hearing, Knowing —Reflections on Experiment with Light; The Quaker Way: A Rediscovery; Truth of the Heart (an anthology of the writings of George Fox); and The Light Within: Then and Now (Pendle Hill Pamphlet 425). He has run for Parliament in Britain as a Green Party candidate.

This pamphlet is an edited version of the plenary talk given to Friends General Conference Gathering in Minnesota in July 2016. The theme of the gathering was be humble, Be Faithful, BE BOLD. Rex Ambler gave the talk extemporaneously. A video of the talk is available at the FGC website. This revision is based on the transcript of that recording.