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The Secret Tradition Of Mary Magdalene, The Companion Of Jesus
BY MARVIN MEYER AND ESTHER DEBOER The Gospels of Mary presents English translations of the earliest and most reliable texts that shed light on Mary Magdalene, collected here for the first time. As Marvin Meyer states in his Introduction, these texts unveil her importance as Jesus' beloved disciple and an apostle and evangelist in her own right, a figure whose importance for Christianity is only now emerging from the shadows of history. Included are selections from the New Testament Gospels and from the Gnostic Gospels and other texts, including the Gospel of Mary, the Gospel of Thomas, and the Gospel of Philip. Esther de Boer sets Meyer's translations in the context of the latest scholarship.
HarperSanFrancisco 2006 144 PP. Paper
$12.95 (in stock)
Thoughts On Faith
BY ANNE LAMOTT Whether she's writing about her unsuccessful efforts to get her money back from an obstinate carpet salesman, grappling with the tectonic shifts in her relationship with her son as he matures, trying to maintain her faith and humor during politically challenging times, or helping a close friend die with dignity, Lamott seeks out both the divinity and the humanity in herself and everything around her. Throughout these essays, she writes of her struggle to find the essence of her faith, which she uncovers in the unlikeliest places.
Riverhead Books 253 PP. Paper
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The Waking Of A Woman's Voice
BY HEIDI HART "Hart's lyrical memoir shifts seamlessly back and forth through time as she traces her often-tortuous path toward spiritual grace. Raised and married in the Mormon faith, she found herself becoming a reflection of her own mother, a woman [with] no individual voice. As she became increasingly disillusioned with the direction of her own marriage and with the male-dominated and male-oriented [Mormon church], she found. solace in the diary of an early-nineteenth century kinswoman.. Drawing strength from [this communication], Hart was able to honestly evaluate her own past and find the inspiration to leave the [Mormon church] and become a member of the community of Quakers."-Booklist
Univ. of Utah 2004 230 PP. Cloth
$21.95 (in stock)
BY DOUGLAS WOOD, ILLUSTRATED BY PATRICK JAMES LYNCH "Wood tackles the enormity of death and the meaning of prayer in a way that is both accessible and meaningful. A boy walks with his grandfather, who is his best friend. As they stroll through woods and past streams, the boy asks those questions that grandparents are on earth to answer 'Why' 'What if?' and about prayers. Lucidly, the grandfather explains that trees 'pray' as they reach for the sky, that waters pray, that the wind prays and sings at the same time." - Kirkus Reviews
Candlewick 1999 32 PP. Cloth
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BY BECKY BIRTHA, ILLUSTRATED BY COLIN BOOTMAN Every summer, Mama, Sister, and Sarah Marie take the bus down south to visit Grandmama. The three of them sit in the back of the bus, because, as Mama says, it is the best seat Throughout the summer, Aunt Maria teaches Sarah Marie how to read. Then Sarah Marie notices signs in town she hadn't been able to read before, like the one on the bathroom door that says, "White Women" and another that says "Colored Women." Sarah Marie faces a hard realization about the segregated South. But in the fall she reads about events happening in places like Clinton, Tennessee, and Montgomery, Alabama. And by the next summer, when they go back to visit Grandmama, they all sit in the front of the bus.
A. Whitman 2005 32 PP. Cloth
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An Aesop's Fable Revisited
BY NIKKI GIOVANNI Every year the Grasshoppers sing and play their instruments and the Ants work in rhythm to the music. The crops come up smoothly, and the Ants bring in the harvest to the Grasshoppers' beat. But when winter comes, the Ants turn their backs on the Grasshoppers, and Jimmy Grasshopper finds this unfair. He hires lawyers to sue for a half share of the harvest and some respect. But will a jury of his peers (or at least other woodland creatures) agree about the worth of art?
Candlewick 2008 56 PP. Cloth
$7.50 (in stock)
An Approach To Life In Fullness
BY BROTHER DAVID STEINDL-RAST, FOREWORD BY HENRI NOUWEN All prayer is essentially an act of gratitude. Even the prayer of petition that boils up from some agonizing personal need includes, if it is authentic, a stated belief that "God's will be done" - an expression of our utter dependence on God's mercy. "To bless whatever there is, and for no other reason, but simply because it is, that is what we are made for as human beings," says David Steindl-Rast. This book is about prayer and about gratitude. It is also about awareness, and our ability to see into things, discovering the grace that awaits us in everyday life. When we bless things simply because they are, we live life in it's fullness.
Paulist Press 1984 224 PP. Paper
$13.95 (in stock)
A Journey Through The Modern Funeral Industry To A Natural Way Of Burial
BY MARK HARRIS Grave Matters follows families who found in "green" buriala more natural, economic, and ultimately more meaningful alternative to the tired and toxic send-off on offer at the local funeral parlor. Eschewing chemical embalming, fancy caskets, and elaborate funerals, they have embraced a range of natural options that are redefining a better way of death. Mark Harris examines this new green burial underground, leading you into natural cemeteries and domestic graveyards, taking you aboard boats from which ashes and memorial "reef balls" are cast into the sea. Appendices detail everything you need to know, from exact costs and laws to natural burial providers and their contact information.
Scribner 2008 205 PP. Paper
$15.00 (low stock)
Reviving Faith And Politics In A Post-religious Right America
BY JIM WALLIS What can we do about extreme and needless poverty, global warming and environmental degradation, terrorism and the endless cycle of violence, racism, human trafficking, health care and education, and other pressing problems? While Washington offers only the politics of blame and fear, Jim Wallis has traveled the country and found a nation hungry for a politics of solutions and hope. He shows us that a revival is happening, as people of faith and moral conviction seek common ground for change.
HarperOne 2008 352 PP., Cloth
$25.95 (low stock)
Seven Ways To Change The World
BY JIM WALLIS What can we do about extreme and needless poverty, global warming and environmental degradation, terrorism and the endless cycle of violence, racism, human trafficking, health care and education, and other pressing problems? While Washington has only offered the politics of blame and fear, Jim Wallis has traveled the country and found a nation hungry for a politics of solutions and hope. He shows us that a revival is happening, as people of faith and moral conviction seek common ground for change.
HarperOne 2009 352 PP. Paper
$15.99 (in stock)
BY KATE DICAMILLO, ILLUSTRATED BY BAGRAM IBATOULLINE It is just before Christmas when an organ grinder and monkey appear on the street corner outside Frances's apartment. Frances can see them from her window and, sometimes, when it's quiet, she can hear their music. In fact, Frances can't stop thinking about them, especially after she sees the man and his monkey sleeping outside on the cold street at midnight. When the day of the Christmas pageant arrives, and it's Frances's turn to speak, everyone waits silently. But all Frances can think about is the organ grinder's sad eyes - until, just in time, she finds the perfect words to share.
Candlewick 2007 32 PP. Cloth
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A Story For Anyone Who Thinks She Can't Save The World
BY SHARON MEHDI A moving and enchanting story of two grandmothers who, by standing in the park all day long-"not speaking, not looking at squirrels, not munching on coconut candy"-soon have everyone in town talking. A young girl informs the stumped observers shyly, "They're saving the world". These simple acts and words have an enormous impact on the town and soon on towns all over the world. At a time when the news is bad and many people feel powerless, this story of two women who do something so simple that at first no one takes them seriously, but soon, when they are joined by other women, and then many more women, shows their simple act of caring has the power to transform the world. Pocket sized
Viking 2004 48 PP. Cloth
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The Heroic Men Who Starved So That Millions Could Live
BY TODD TUCKER Tells the harrowing story of thirty-six young men who willingly and bravely faced down profound, consuming hunger. As conscientious objectors during World War II, these men were eager to help in the war effort but restricted from combat by their pacifist beliefs. So, instead, they volunteered to become guinea pigs in one of the most unusual experiments in medical history -- one that required a year of systematic starvation.
Free Press 2006 259 PP. Cloth
$8.50 (in stock)
The Beginnings Of Our Religious Traditions
BY KAREN ARMSTRONG Karen Armstrong traces the development of today's religious ideology, examining the contributions of such figures as Buddha, Socrates, Confucius, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, the mystics of the Upanishads, Mencius, and Euripides. She looks at how similar ideas inspired different religions across the world as they developed from 1600 years before Christ to the present day. Her gift makes the complex maze understandable and gives hope for interfaith initiatives. This large format paperback makes the writing even more accessible with larger maps and tables easier to follow.
Knopf 2006 469 PP. Paper
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The Beginning Of Our Religious Traditions
BY KAREN ARMSTRONG In this book Karen Armstrong reveals how the sages of this pivotal "Axial Age" can speak clearly and helpfully to the violence and desperation that we experience in our own times. Armstrong traces the development of the Axial Age chronologically, examining the contributions of such figures as Buddha, Socrates, Confucius, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, the mystics of the Upanishads, Mencius, and Euripides. With regard to dealing with fear, despair, hatred, rage, and violence, the Axial sages gave their people and give us, Armstrong says, two important pieces of advice: first there must be personal responsibility and self-criticism, and it must be followed by practical, effective action.
Anchor Books 2007 565 PP. Paper
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From Empire To Earth Community
BY DAVID KORTEN Korten argues that global corporate consolidation of power is but one manifestation of what he calls "Empire" - the organization of society by hierarchies of dominance that have held sway for the past 5,000 years. Empire has always resulted in misery for the many and fortune for the few. Now it threatens the very future of humanity. The Great Turning traces the ancient roots of Empire and charts its long evolution from monarchies to the transnational institutions of the global economy.
Berrett-Koehler Publishers 2007 408 PP. Paper
$19.95 (low stock)
BY DEMI Emperor Ping, the boy emperor known for his love of harmony, sets a challenge to the children of his kingdom: show him the greatest power in the world. "To know the greatest power in the world is to know the greatest peace," Emperor Ping announces. "Whoever knows this harmony will become the new prime minister." The children get to work right away and have many bright ideas. But as a young girl named Sing reflects upon the challenge, she wonders how any of those things, which cannot last forever, could be the greatest power in the world. She is certain there is something even more powerful, and the source of this power will surprise and delight her.
Margaret McElderry 2004 40 PP. Cloth
Sharing The Approach And The Experience
BY WANGARI MAATHAI The Green Belt Movement, begun by Wangari Mathai, inspired local African women to plant and nurture seedlings to try to reforest Kenya. Rewarded for the efforts by small amounts of cash and the trees' produce, it has been a tremendous success. Millions of trees and life opportunities have grown out from the seedlings of trees.
Lantern Books 2003 117 PP. Paper
$16.00 (low stock)
Understand The Bible's Powerful Message For The Earth
FOREWORD BY DESMOND TUTU A nicely presented bible (NRSV) with the added bonus that verses that relate in anyway to the environment are shown in green, there is a special index for them and a "Green bible trail" is plotted. Includes 126 pages of essays from folks such as N. T. Wright, Brian McLaren and Wendell Berry. Cotton/Linen cover, recycled paper, soy based ink.
HarperOne 2008 1440 PP. Paper
$29.95 (in stock)
How One Solution Can Fix America's Two Biggest Problems
BY VAN JONES Media star and poster child for Green thinking Van Jones details here his ideas and plans for growing a sustainable green economy- whilst the old oil based one expires. It is what many people hope the new administration is planning to do. Though it may seem like common sense, Van Jones takes the ideas to a higher level and he also looks at what is stopping them from happening - sometimes those are mindsets unnoticed but rooted in even the most progressive thinker.
HarperOne 2009 238 PP. Cloth
$20.00 (in stock)
BY SUE PEARSON Ages 4 - 8. The huge green turtle that glides swiftly through the water is painfully slow on land. It has a special place in Thornton's grandfather's heart. Long ago, on the day his mother died, there it was on the beach in front of him, nudging at his toes and inviting him to play. Sue Pearson is a Norfolk Islander of Pitcairn descent. The illustrations are a reflection of her British/Tahitian heritage and pride in her beautiful home.
Harper (Australia) 2000 32 PP. Cloth
BY SUZANNE COLLINS As the plague in The Underland spreads, Gregor begins to understand his role in the Prophecy of Blood, and must summon all of his power to stop the biological warfare that is spreading a plague through the Underland. "Non-sexist, non-racist, Collins provides mayhem and violence, but the abhorrence of the outcome promotes the wisdom of non-violence enough to satisfy thrill seeking children as well as their pacifist parents." -Lynn Cope.
Scholastic 2006 358 PP. Paper
$6.99 (low stock)
BY MARY BUSHKOVITCH Large heavy (3 lb !) novel based on the life of the Grimke sisters of S Carolina. The author spent 20 years researching the sisters lives before writing this-her first and only novel. Good condition with torn dust jacket.SECOND HAND BOOK
Southern Historical Press 1992 695 PP. Cloth
$16.00 USED - availability checked Mar 19th 10:39am CDT
Foundations Of Quaker Discipleship - 2007 Swarthmore Lecture
BY BETH ALLEN Beth Allen offers her understanding of faithful discipleship, starting with how we experience and think about God. She explores how we can think and worship today in integrity to our inner selves and to our knowledge of the world, and takes a practical approach to theological and philosophical concepts, from her Quaker and Anglican experience. The author contends that we need a solid foundation to ground us as we reach for the ideals, the actions which will make peace and justice real today. The cool stillness of the Spirit is the source of enormous, exuberant life.
Britain Yearly Meeting 2007 128 PP. Paper
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Discernment For Group Deliberations
BY SUZANNE FARNHAM, ET AL Powerful, prayerful and practical guide from the authors of Listening Hearts. Teaches groups to incorporate silence, imagination, intuition, attentive listening, scripture and prayer into meetings, working retreats, and decision making.
Morehouse 1996 94 PP. Paper
$13.00 (low stock)
Care And Nurture In Friends Meetings
EDITED BY PAT MCBEE A fundamental element of the life of a Friends meeting is a longing to care for one another in ways that are deeply grounded in love and in the presence of the Spirit. This collection of essays is a thematic arrangement of the Pastoral Care Newsletter with each article addressing a challenge or question that pastoral caregivers will face in their work. Caregivers and the people who are members of ministry and care, ministry and nurture or worship and care committees can use this book to enhance their skills. Includes questions for discussion, bibliography, index.
Quaker Press of FGC 2002 288 PP. Paper
$19.95 (in stock)
The Wisdom Of Spiritual Listening - Php 373
BY DAPHNE CLEMENT Coming together to share and listen within a Spiritual Nurture Group, members connect on a deep level of the Spirit. The silence of Quaker worship is at the heart of the process. This essay by Daphne Clement, an experienced facilitator of such groups, is both an introduction to this kind of spiritual nurture and a guide for those interested in creating a group.
Pendle Hill Pamphlet 2004 32 PP. Paper
$7.00 (in stock)
A Garden Walk, The Backhouse Lecture 2004
BY UTE CASPERS German Friend Ute Caspers says that friendship has special importance for her because she never experienced the normal development of family relations due to World War Two and its aftermath. She writes: "Let us start by looking at the notion of friendship in general. If I were to weave a definition...then friendship could be a place of acceptance, where you don't have to pretend. It would be an empowering experience, with a good balance of giving and taking, and a place where you are supported and held with your spiritual or emotional doubts and findings."
Australia Yearly Meeting 2004 62 PP. Paper
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BY BARBARA CALDWELL AND DOROTHY REICHARDT Nine lessons on meeting for worship, meeting for business, membership, community, equality, harmony and simplicity. Intergenerational opening exercises.
Phialdelphia YM 1994 Looseleaf
Philadelphia YM 1984 Looseleaf
$7.00 (low stock)
Fit For Freedom, Not For Friendship - Paperback
Faith And Practice Of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting (paper)
Celebrating The Quaker Way
Friends For 350 Years
Four Doors To Meeting For Worship
Give A Goat
Einstein's God
Amish Grace
The Florist's Daughter
Early Zimbabwe
