Good News Associates

Noah Baker Merrill Speaking

Noah regularly travels in the ministry to offer addresses, reflections, devotions, or to bring messages in diverse contexts across the branches of Friends, as well as in more ecumenical Christian and interfaith contexts. Most frequently, Noah speaks as he is led by the Spirit out of a time of waiting silent worship in the Friends tradition, but he is also flexible to respond to the practices and requirements of the context, including submitting advance texts for translation, projection, or worship planning.

While Noah values deeply the importance of “speaking to the condition” of the people gathered, bases on their needs and present experience, common topics and themes in the past have included deepening and encouraging the spiritual life of the community; personal discernment; faithfulness to God; spiritual practice for transformation; the connections between Scripture, the Friends tradition, and contemporary experience, including work for social justice and peace; and the future of Friends.

Good News Associates asks that hosts provide Noah with travel expenses and an honorarium as resources allow. For more information on availability, logistics, and discernment, you can email Noah at noah@goodnewsassoc.org.

Selected Audio

“To Walk Humbly with Our God”
Joint plenary with Margery Post Abbott & Noah Baker Merrill.
Richmond, IN. Ohio Valley Yearly Meeting Sessions 2011. Part 1 of 2.

“To Do Justice, and to Love Mercy”
Joint plenary with Margery Post Abbott & Noah Baker Merrill.
Richmond, IN. Ohio Valley Yearly Meeting Sessions 2011. Part 2 of 2.

“Together to the Faithful Edge“
Pendle Hill, Wallingford, PA. Summer Speaker Series 2011.

“When the Hound of Heaven is on your track: Leadings, Vocation, and Surrender”
Pendle Hill, Wallingford, PA. Summer Speaker Series 2009.

Selected Video