Background
Margaret Morley was born on October 24, 1951, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. She is the daughter of John Marshall Bullitt (a professor of English) and Sarah (Cowles) Doering (a meditation teacher).
2007
Margaret Bullitt-Jonas
2016
Margaret Bullitt-Jonas wins 2016 Steward of God's Creation Award.
2016
Margaret Bullitt-Jonas wins 2016 Steward of God's Creation Award.
Stanford University,Stanford, California, United States
Margaret studied at Stanford University and received a Bachelor of Arts (with distinction) in 1974.
Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Margaret got from Harvard University her Master of Arts in 1977 and Ph.D. in 1984.
Episcopal Divinity School, New York, United States
Margaret finished Episcopal Divinity School with Master of Divinity in 1988.
Margaret Bullitt-Jonas
Margaret Bullitt-Jonas
Margaret Bullitt-Jonas
Margaret Bullitt-Jonas
Margaret Bullitt-Jonas
Margaret Bullitt-Jonas
(In this wrenchingly honest, eloquent memoir, Bullitt-Jona...)
In this wrenchingly honest, eloquent memoir, Bullitt-Jonas describes a childhood darkened by the repressive shadows of her alcoholic father and her emotionally reclusive mother, whose demands for excellence, poise, and self-control drove Bullitt-Jonas to develop an insatiable hunger.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0375700870/?tag=2022091-20
2000
(Margaret Bullitt-Jonas not only takes us to the foot of t...)
Margaret Bullitt-Jonas not only takes us to the foot of the cross of Jesus, she invites us to consider the breadth of Christ's healing, saving love for us, for those we love, and for the whole creation. Each reflection is followed by a series of prayer-provoking questions designed to draw us deeper into the mystery of extravagant generosity.
https://www.amazon.com/Christs-Passion-Our-Passions-Reflections-ebook/dp/B00DHCM272/?tag=2022091-20
2003
(The reflections and scripture passages in this 2nd editio...)
The reflections and scripture passages in this 2nd edition of Joy of Heaven, to Earth Come Down call us to both a daily practice of prayer grounded in the reverence for the earth and to intentional living in harmony with the natural world. Revised with additional meditations and photos for use every Advent.
https://www.amazon.com/Joy-Heaven-Earth-Come-Down/dp/0880283416/?tag=2022091-20
2013
(Rooted and Rising is an edited volume intended for reader...)
Rooted and Rising is an edited volume intended for readers who are concerned about the climate crisis and who thirst for the wisdom and spiritual resources of fellow pilgrims grappling with despair. In anticipation of the 50th anniversary of Earth Day in 2020, authors Leah Schade and Margaret Bullitt-Jonas have assembled a volume of essays that bring together a diverse range of voices that speak to the spirituality and faith perspectives that sustain our climate activism. The book seeks to highlight individuals who have found religious practices and perspectives that renew their capacity for compassionate, purposeful, even joyful action.
https://www.amazon.com/Rooted-Rising-Voices-Courage-Climate/dp/1538127768/?tag=2022091-20
2019
Margaret Morley was born on October 24, 1951, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. She is the daughter of John Marshall Bullitt (a professor of English) and Sarah (Cowles) Doering (a meditation teacher).
Margaret studied at Stanford University and received a Bachelor of Arts (with distinction) in 1974. She also got from Harvard University her Master of Arts in 1977 and Ph.D. in 1984. Besides, she finished Episcopal Divinity School with Master of Divinity in 1988.
Margaret started as a teaching fellow at Harvard University, Cambridge during 1977-1982. Later, she was a curate at Christ Church, Andover, Massachusetts during 1988-1991. During next year she was an associate priest at Emmanuel Church, Boston.
Since 1986 Margaret has led retreats and conferences around the country for dioceses, congregations, and clergy, and for parish groups, religious communities, recovering addicts, women’s groups, and young adults. Topics have ranged from clergy wellness to intimacy with God, from reconciliation to methods of prayer, but now her primary focus is on encountering God in the natural world and on cultivating wisdom, compassion, and courage in an age of climate change.
She served as a priest associate at Grace Church, Newton during 1992-1996, at All Saints Parish, Brookline during 1996-2004. Since 2005 she was at Grace Church, Amherst.
Her first work was published in 1998, it was Holy Hunger: A Memoir of Desire.
Besides, Margaret served as a lecturer of pastoral theology at Episcopalian Division School, Cambridge during 1991-1992, and then continued during 1994-2005.
Margaret finished her spiritual memoir, Holy Hunger, in 2000. Besides, she is principal author of “To Serve Christ in All Creation: A Pastoral Letter from the Episcopal Bishops of New England” (2003), the Episcopal Church’s first environmental pastoral letter, and a lead author of a pastoral letter on the environment released by Episcopal Bishops in the West Coast area of the U.S.
In 2007-2009 Margaret served on the steering committee of the Genesis Covenant, an interfaith initiative by which faith groups across the country commit at a national level to cutting in half the carbon footprint of their facilities within ten years.
(In this wrenchingly honest, eloquent memoir, Bullitt-Jona...)
2000(The reflections and scripture passages in this 2nd editio...)
2013(Margaret Bullitt-Jonas not only takes us to the foot of t...)
2003(Rooted and Rising is an edited volume intended for reader...)
2019Margaret Bullitt-Jonas seeks to inspire and support a wave of religious activism to address the climate crisis, deepen reverence for God’s creation, and create a more just and sustainable society.
Margaret is a member of Spiritual Directors International.
On October 25, 1986, Margaret married Robert Alan Jonas (a retreat leader and writer). They have children: Christine Jonas Labich (stepdaughter), Samuel Bates, Rebecca (deceased).