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The Active Life

A Spirituality Of Work, Creativity, And Caring

BY PARKER PALMER
Friend Palmer's graceful exploration of a spirituality for the busy, sometimes frenetic lives many of us lead. Telling evocative stories from a variety of religious traditions, Palmer shows that the spiritual life does not mean abandoning the world but engaging it more deeply through life-giving action.

Jossey-Bass 1999 162 PP. Paper

$16.95 (in stock)

Courage To Teach Guide For Relection And Renewal

With A 70 Minute Dvd

BY PARKER PALMER
This guide is a welcome resource for those who wish to extend their exploration beyond just reading "The Courage to Teach," individually or within a study group. Includes a DVD featuring an interview with Parker Palmer discussing the crisis in education, the heart of a teacher, ways of knowing, and more.

Jossey-Bass 2007 176 PP. Paper

$18.95 (low stock)

A Hidden Wholeness

The Journey Toward An Undivided Life + Circles Of Trust Dvd

BY PARKER PALMER
Friend Parker Palmer seeks to help us "rejoin soul and role," so that individuals and communities can be healed from the ravages of consumerism, injustice and violence. In his classic style, the task is fleshed out with stories, poems, personal confessions and a plan - concrete steps for creating "circles of trust" where honest, open sharing allows each person's "inner teacher" to show up - places where we can sit and wait for our souls to tell the truth. For the paperback edition a DVD about these circles has been added.

Jossey Bass 2009 260 PP & DVD Paper

$19.95 (in stock)

Let Your Life Speak

Listening For The Voice Of Vocation

BY PARKER PALMER
A deep and compassionate guide to seeking your true calling in life by listening to the voice within. In this honest and compelling meditation, Friend Palmer reflects upon vocation, spirit and the life journey with a depth of insight that will touch anyone yearning for an authentic way of standing and serving in the world.

Jossey-Bass 1999 112 PP. Cloth

$18.95 (in stock)

Meeting For Learning

Education In A Quaker Context

BY PARKER PALMER
"Much of what I want to say about education in a Quaker context can be organized around one of Quakerism's most central, concrete, yet spacious images: the image of "meeting." Among Friends, of course, there is first the meeting for worship, but then there is the meeting for business, the meeting for marriage, the meeting on the occasion of a graduation , the meeting in memorial of one who has died.... Friends made a simple and compelling point: The common element in both worship and business should be the search for truth - and the expectation that, if we give it space and time, truth will come to us." - Palmer, from the pamphlet

Friends Council on Education 2007 13 PP. Paper

$4.50 (in stock)

The Promise Of Paradox

A Celebration Of Contradictions In The Christian Life

BY PARKER PALMER
First published in 1980-and reissued here with a feisty new introductory essay-The Promise of Paradox launched Parker J. Palmer's career as an author and his ongoing exploration of the contradictions that vex and enrich our lives. In this probing and heartfelt book, the distinguished writer, teacher, and activist examines some of the challenging questions at the core of Christian spirituality. How do we live with the apparent opposition between good and evil, scarcity and abundance, individuality and community, death and new life? We can hold them as paradoxes, not "either/ors," allowing them to open our minds and hearts to new ways of seeing and being.

Jossey-Bass 2008 192 PP. Cloth

$18.95 (in stock)

To Know As We Are Known

A Spirituality Of Education

BY PARKER PALMER
Palmer offers a vision of teaching and learning that engages the whole person. Provides teachers with concrete suggestions for the classroom and addresses their need for spiritual formation.

HarperSF 1983 125 PP. Paper

$13.95 (in stock)

An Undivided Life

Seeking Wholeness In Ourselves, Our Work And Our World

BY PARKER PALMER
What does it mean to live "an undivided life"? For Quaker Parker Palmer, it means living a life of authenticity in which "soul and role" are fully aligned. Here he offers heartwarming stories, insightful reflections, and poetic wisdom from his lifetime of work. He explores: How we can choose an undivided life in a world riddled with divisions; Why we need to "act in every situation in ways that honor the soul"; How authenticity, connectedness, and the "inner teacher" are critical for living more deeply and finding fulfillment; Why we need true community, a "circle of trust", to take an inner journey toward wholeness.Nearly 6 hours of audio.

Sounds True 2009 5.5 HOURS Disk

$34.95 (low stock)

Parker Palmer