Marriage And Commitment

Includes Sections On Separation And Divorce

BY SOUTHEASTERN YEARLY MEETING
A statement of the Quaker belief in inclusiveness, SEYM takes into consideration the total range of couplings, consideration for children, concern for step-children, first and consecutive marriages, same-sex and different-sex unions, separations and divorce. SEYM was the first yearly meeting affiliated with FUM (2006) to be so inclusive. FGC Friends have applauded this section, as have some American Conservative Friends. SEYM feels blessed to have a wealth of experience that includes the vibrancy of new Friends and the wisdom of old Friends from the FGC, Conservative and FUM traditions. Excerpted from SEYM Faith and Practice.

Southeastern Yearly Meeting 2006 28 PP. Paper

$4.00 (in stock)

Marriage Certificate Partially Pre-printed

PHILADELPHIA YEARLY MEETING
Partially pre-printed marriage certificates are 17" x 28".

Philadelphia YM Blank

$20.00 (low stock)

Martin Luther King

An Inconvenient Hero

BY VINCENT HARDING
Harding sees a tendency to freeze an image of King from the period of his early leadership of the Civil Rights movement, the period culminating with his famous "I Have a Dream Speech." Here Harding writes passionately of King's later years, when his message and witness became more radical and challenging to the status quo at every level. In those final years before his assassination King took up the struggle against racism in the urban ghettos of the North; he became an eloquent critic of the Vietnam war and he laid the foundations for the Poor People's Campaign.

Orbis Books 1996 146 PP Paper

$16.00 (low stock)

Martin Luther King - Mulberry Books

BY ROSEMARY BRAY, ILLUSTRATIONS BY MALCAH ZELDIS
The Martin Luther King in this book emerges both as a hero and as a human being. That he accomplished so much in thirty-nine years is remarkable; that he died so young is a tragedy. Both ideas infuse the text. Interpreting his biography in folk-art style adds a larger-than-life quality suited to his impact on the latter part of the twentieth century. Verbal descriptions are given visual power by the illustrations on the opposing pages.For ages 4 - 12.

Mulberry Books 1997 48 PP. Paper

$4.50 (in stock)

Martin Luther King, Jr. - Great Civil Rights Leader

A Graphic Biography

BY JENNIFER FANDEL AND BRIAN BASCLE
In an accessible and dramatic graphic cartoon format this book details Martin Luther Kings life, concentrating on his activism. It has key excerpts from Kings Speeches and sets his life and work firmly in the larger social movements of his day. There are some pages with further information and reading suggestions and there is a useful index. For ages 9 and above.

Capstone Press 2007 32 PP. Paper

$7.95 (in stock)

Martin's Big Words

The Life Of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

BY DOREEN RAPPAPORT, ILLUSTRATED BY BRIAN COLLIER
"This picture book biography provides an ideal introduction to this leader and his works. Juxtaposing original text with quotes from King's writing and speeches, Rappaport's narrative offers a pastiche of scenes from King's life, beginning with his childhood experience of seeing 'white only' signs sprinkled throughout his hometown. He Questions his mother about their meaning, and she assures him, 'You are as good as anyone.' Listening to his father preach, the boy asserts that 'When I grow up, I'm going to get big words, too.' The author relies on her subject's own words, and his power, passion and pacifism shine through."-Publishers Weekly. Ages 5-9.

Jump at the Sun 2001 40 PP. Cloth

$15.99 (low stock)

Martin's Big Words - Paperback

The Life Of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

BY DOREEN RAPPAPORT
"This picture book biography provides an ideal introduction to this leader and his works. Juxtaposing original text with quotes from King's writing and speeches, Rappaport's narrative offers a pastiche of scenes from King's life, beginning with his childhood experience of seeing 'white only' signs sprinkled throughout his hometown. He questions his mother about their meaning, and she assures him, 'You are as good as anyone.' Listening to his father preach, the boy asserts that 'When I grow up, I'm going to get big words, too.' The author relies on her subject's own words, and his power, passion and pacifism shine through." - Publishers Weekly

Jump at the Sun - Hyperion 2007 32 PP. Paper

$6.99 (in stock)

Mary Dyer, Biography Of A Rebel Quaker

BY RUTH T. PLIMPTON
Plimpton examines the reality of religious freedom and tolerance in the American colonies in light of the life of Mary Dyer. A moving, question-filled book.

Branden 1994 247 PP. Paper

$21.95 (low stock)

Mary Fisher Story Materials

For Faith & Play

BY FAITH & PLAY CREATIONS
A set of beautiful yet simple storytelling materials: A large light blue felt sea, a boat for Mary Fisher, the Sultan his two attendants a carpet and his throne. For use in telling the Mary Fisher Story in "Faith and Play".

Faith & Play Creations 2009 ZIPLOC BAG Blank

$59.00 (in stock)

Matthew 18, Wisdom For Living In Community

Php 399

BY CONNIE MCPEAK GREEN AND MARTY PAXSON GRUNDY
Friends are called to live in community, but difficult interactions with others challenge us to wrestle with our personal strengths, weaknesses, & former experiences. The authors have spent years exploring the 18th chapter of the gospel of Matthew, which contains Jesus's advice to his disciples about how to get along with one another. Living in accordance with this guidance may be the most difficult thing they have ever tried to do, but they've found the instructions straightforward & suffused with love. In this essay, they describe what they've learned from their efforts to be faithful & demonstrate one way of studying & using the Bible. Discussion questions included.

Pendle Hill Pamphlet 2008 36 PP. Paper

$6.50 (in stock)

Maverick Marine

General Smedley D. Butler And The Contradictions Of American Military History

BY HANS SCHMIDT
The son of Quaker parents from West Chester Pennsylvania, he enlisted at 16 by lying about his age and had a stellar career in the Marines, fighting in China, S America, The Caribbean . However he came to feel that American military force was being used merely to profit big business and subsequently wrote and lectured extensively against its excesses. His book "war is racket" is still a classic of anti militarism.

University Press of Kentucky 1998 292 PP. Paper

$19.95 (in stock)

Meaning Of Life

BY TERRY EAGLETON
Terry Eagleton is that rare thing a philosopher (well OK Literary Theorist) who can actually explain modern philosophy so you can understand it. His sense of humor and Marxist background are here applied to that great question "The meaning of Life". Is it a meaningless question like "what is the taste of algebra?" and even if you could begin to answer it, where does that take you.

Oxford University Press 2007 187 PP. Cloth

$6.00 (in stock)

Meaning Of Membership

BY PHILADELPHIA YEARLY MEETING
This pamphlet excerpts the sections on membership from Philadelphia Yearly Meeting's Faith & Practice. Each (fewer than 10) $.50, Each (multiples of 10) $.35, Each (multiples of 100) $.15

1996 5 PP. Tract

0-10 $0.50, 10-100 $0.35, 100 or more $0.15 (in stock)

The Measure Of My Days

One Woman's Vivid, Enduring,celebration Of Life And Aging.

BY FLORIDA SCOTT - MAXWELL
Playwright and Jungian analyst Florida Scott-Maxwell explores the unique predicament of one's later years: when one feels both cut off from the past and out of step with the present; when the body rebels at activity but the mind becomes more passionate than ever. I believe she was a regular attender at quaker Meetings during the time she lived in Britain.

Penguin 1968 150 PP. Paper

$14.00 (low stock)

Mediation Within

A Path To Inner Peace

BY LAURA WARD HOLLIDAY
One of the many challenges confronting us as humans is how do we exist in a fast paced, chaotic world and maintain a level of peace within ourselves. With the pressures of daily living, people are constantly searching for skills and techniques that can be utilized to deal with stress and conflict that arise in their lives. Mediation Within is a guide that can be used as a model by individuals to assist them in solving problems and reducing conflict.

Holliday 2006 52 PP. Paper

$10.95 (in stock)

Mediator's Handbook

Developed By Friends Conflict Resolution Programs

BY JENNIFER BEER AND EILEEN STIEF
An excellent manual which includes advice for mediation sessions, supporting people, controlling the process, solving the problem, and informal mediation. Revised and expanded third edition.

New Society 1997 168 PP. Paper

$21.95 (in stock)

Meditating With Children

The Art Of Concentrationand Centering - A Workbook On New Educational Methods Using Meditation

BY DEBORAH ROZMAN
A holistic educator shares her techniques for teaching the art of concentration and centering to children. The aim is to add balance and self-esteem, improve decision making, and put children in touch with their deeper core values. Children should love these simple, fun techniques that develop concentration, stimulate creativity, balance their mental, emotional, and physical natures, and build self-security. Used by educators nationwide.

Integral Yoga Publications 2002 153 PP. Paper

$17.95 (low stock)

A Meditation On The Prayer Of St Francis

Php 369

BY ANNE CURO
Starting with the metaphor of the self as a musical instrument on which God performs, the author reflects on the beloved prayer of St. Francis as an instruction for a life of Christian peacemaking. She uses examples from her experiences in homeless activism and her study of various faith traditions to explore the wisdom in the prayer line by line.

Pendle Hill Pamphlet 2003 32 PP. Paper

$6.50 (in stock)

Meet Jesus

The Life And Lessons Of A Beloved Teacher

BY LYNNE TUTTLE GUNNEY, ILLUSTRATED BY JANE CONTEH-MORGAN
Meet Jesus is a picture book that introduces young children (ages 4-8) to Jesus and his lessons of love, kindness, forgiveness and peace. Meet Jesus emphasizes the humanity rather than the divinity of Jesus, giving the story broad appeal for liberal or progressive Christians and non-Christians alike. The text includes Bible references with corresponding Bible passages in the back of the book.

Unitarian Universalist Association 2007 40 PP. Cloth

$12.00 (in stock)

The Meeting Experience

Practicing Quakerism In Community

BY MARTY WALTON
This lovely glimpse into meeting life reflects on creation, meeting for worship, meeting communities, committee work, obedience to the Light, and difficult words for Friends.

Argenta 1997 46 PP. Paper

$4.00 (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)

Meeting House And Counting House

The Quaker Merchants Of Colonial Philadelphia 1682-1763

BY FREDERICK TOLLES
Uses primary sources to document the economic, social, and intellectual life of Friends between 1682 and 1763. He has drawn a thoroughly uncompromising picture of what happened to this religious community with the achievement of prosperity, social prestige, and political power. William Penn's 'holy experiment' failed, but Quaker contributions to medicine, government, and education cannot be underestimated, and this chapter of colonial history is of immense importance to a fuller understanding of American character and society. First published in 1963.

WW Norton 2007 324 PP. Paper

$24.00 (in stock)

Meeting Jesus Again For The First Time

BY MARCUS BORG
An inspirational account of the historical Jesus which urges readers, especially those who have found no meaningful image of Jesus, away from confessed doctrines and toward a relationship with the Spirit of God.

HarperSF 1995 150 PP. Paper

$14.95 (in stock)

Meeting Tips

Thirteen Short Introductions To Meeting For Worship

BY MARTHA SMITH
Marty Smith has compiled thirteen brief (no more than 5 minutes) introductions to meeting for worship for 4th through 8th grade students. Many helpful tips for preparing for worship are compiled here. Included are "The Way you Sit makes a Difference," "Emptying your Mind," "Centering Down," "Looking into a Pond is like Centering," "Looking for the Light in Others," "Meeting is Like a Window," "When to Speak in Meeting," and "What We Contribute to Meeting."

Martha smith 2007 14 PP. Looseleaf

$10.00 (in stock)

Meetinghouse Sign

BY FRIENDS GENERAL CONFERENCE
White enamel on aluminum with reflective black paint. Measures 12" by 18". Text reads: "QUAKER MEETING / RELIGIOUS SOCIETY OF FRIENDS/ ALL WELCOME"

Quaker Press of FGC Blank

$35.00 (backorder)

Members One Of Another

The Dynamics Of Membership In Quaker Meeting - Php 371

BY TOM GATES
"In Quaker faith and practice, the individual and the meeting are in a dynamic, mutually supportive, and reciprocal relation." In this essay Tom Gates examines many of the factors affecting the relationship between the Seeker and the Meeting, before and during membership. While a person may be drawn to Quakerism for a particular reason, over time the individual's needs, and the way in which the Meeting community is able to meet them, change. Tom Gates examines the many aspects of membership and the obligations it may impose on us, individually and as a faith community.

Pendle Hill Pamphlet 2004 40 PP. Paper

$6.50 (in stock)

A Memoir Of Daniel Wheeler (543)

With An Account Of His Gospel Labors In The Pacific Islands

BY DANIEL WHEELER AND ABRIDGED AND EDITED BY HIS SON
SECONDHAND BOOK. Fair condition but with some spotting and water marking, timny book and small typeface. Daniel Wheeler (1771-1840) was an amazing convinced British Quaker, befriending the Russian Czar in 1814 he managed farms and marsh drainage for him near St Petersburg, he was a missionary to Polynesia and Australia and also travelled in N America.

Book Association of Friends 1885 250 PP. Cloth

$18.00 USED - availability checked Mar 18th 3:39am CDT

The Memory Of Old Jack

BY WENDELL BERRY
First published in 1974 - ninety two year old Jack, living in a hotel in Port William, Kansas in the early 1950's reflects back constantly on his life and the deep relationship with his farm and his land as well as his fierier youth, his courtship of his wife and their barren marriage.

Counterpoint 1999 176 PP. Paper

$14.95 (in stock)

A Mercy - A Novel

BY TONI MORRISON
In the 1680s the slave trade in the Americas is still in its infancy. Jacob Vaark is an Anglo-Dutch trader and adventurer, with a small holding in the harsh North. Despite his distaste for dealing in "flesh," he takes a small slave girl in part payment for a bad debt from a plantation owner in Catholic Maryland. This is Florens, who can read and write and might be useful on his farm. Rejected by her mother, Florens looks for love. A Mercy reveals what lies beneath the surface of slavery. But at its hearit is the ambivalent, disturbing story of a mother and a daughter - a mother who casts off her daughter in order to save her, and a daughter who may never exorcise that abandonment.

Vintage 2009 224 PP. Paper

$15.00 (in stock)

The Message

The Bible In Contemporary Language

BY EUGENE H. PETERSON
Includes the New Testament and the Psalms in contemporary English.

NavPress 2007 416 PP. Paper

$10.00 (low stock)