Listen To The Wind

The Story Of Dr Greg & Three Cups Of Tea

BY GREG MORTENSON
Greg Mortenson stumbled, lost and delirious, into a remote Himalayan village after a failed climb up K2. The villagers saved his life, and he vowed to return and build them a school. The remarkable story of his promise kept is now perfect for reading aloud. Told in the voice of Korphe's children, this story illuminates the humanity and culture of a relevant and distant part of the world in gorgeous collage, while sharing a riveting example of how one person can change thousands of lives. "This moving story will amaze and inspire young readers." - School Library Journal

Dial 2009 32 PP. Cloth

$16.99 (in stock)

Listening For God

Religion And Moral Discernment

BY HOWARD LESNICK
After an autobiographical examination, the author explores issues of how religion can be thought of in a world that has often used religion to justify inhuman acts. Professing a profound respect for other traditions, as well as atheists, he discusses how religious language, metaphor, and images can serve as an aid to finding moral truth, rather than a metaphysical system. A reflection on the power and meaning of religious faith by one who travelled from complete alienation to religion to a reengagement with Judaism.

Fordham 1998 248 PP. Paper

$7.50 (in stock)

Listening For God Story Materials

For Faith & Play

BY FAITH & PLAY CREATIONS
The materials needed for the "Listening for God" story. Underlay with ribbons, seven people figures, shell, cinnamon stick, wooden dish for salt (bring your own salt!) stone -amethyst or calcite, miniature desert box (bring your own sand) and a container for the sand. Elegantly produced by hand by Faith & Play Creations.

Faith & Play Creations 2009 ZIPLOC BAG Boxed

$49.00 (out of stock but can be backordered)

Listening For The Voice Of Truth

Bible Lessons From The 2009 Gathering

BY PATTY LEVERING
In five brief lessons, Patty Levering invites us to a way of reading the Bible with out whole body so that we listen for the voice of capital 'T' Truth - a Truth that has more to do with love than with correctness, more with wisdom than with facts. It can't be contained by words. It doesn't fit in boxes - mine or yours. Guiding the reader into selected passages, Levering shares her own experience, offers new insight into familiar passages, and encourages readers to look at scripture - including difficult passages - with an open mind and heart.

Quaker Press of FGC 2009 36 PP. Paper

$8.00 (in stock)

Listening Hearts

Discerning Call In Community

BY SUZANNE FARNHAM, ET AL
This important book draws on classic Christian literature and "the silence of prayerful listening" to show how to recognize and define God's call. The authors emphasize the importance of faith community as a source of spiritual and practical support. Designed for use in prayer and meditation and as the basis for group discussion. It provides suggestions on forming discernment groups and ministries and questions to raise in discerning call.

Morehouse 1991 143 PP. Paper

$14.00 (in stock)

Listening Spirituality, Volume 2

Corporate Spiritual Practice Among Friends

BY PATRICIA LORING
Reprinted by a new publisher -hence the steep rise in price-"This volume examines the ways in which our communal practice in meeting and other gatherings is a spiritually formative influence on us, both as individuals and as a corporate body. Our communal practice is also an expression of the transformed life we seek to lead together. This volume is devoted to major ways in which Friends have sought to enter as a body into the presence, guidance and service of God." - Pat Loring, from her introduction

Lulu for Openings Press 2009 320 PP. Paper

$35.00 (in stock)

Listening Spirituality, Volume 1

Personal Spiritual Practices Among Friends

BY PATRICIA LORING
This is an essential Quaker spiritual formation text, which grew out of workshops that Pat Loring led for Friends for years. In this volume, Loring explores many personal practices which can help to sharpen one's perception of God. She suggests setting aside time each day for spiritual refreshment, "'a time of retirement' from outward concerns and activities, to attend exclusively to the movement of the Spirit." She explores many possible practices and offers ingredients for Friends to make time for the holy in one's daily life. She offers a feast from which we can discover a rich daily meal.

Openings 1997 208 PP. Paper

$18.00 (in stock)

Listening To The Light

How To Bring Quaker Simplicity And Integrity Into Our Lives

BY JIM PYM
This book is an essential contemporary introduction to Quakerism written by a noted British Friend. Using many quotations from Britain Yearly Meeting's Faith and Practice and other prominent sources, Pym summarizes Quaker thought and spiritual practice without over-simplifying it. This book is a useful guide both for inquirers and seasoned Friends who long for an accessible, clear and contemplative presentation of the core elements of our faith today. Includes advices and queries, a fine bibliography and other resources in the appendices.

Rider Books 1999 192 PP. Paper

$19.95 (in stock)

A Little Book Of Forgiveness

Challenges And Meditations For Anyone With Something To Forgive

BY PATRICK MILLER
"When first published in 1994, this was a book whose ideas and message were ahead of its time. . . Since 1996 I have directed the Stanford Forgiveness Projects, a series of research endeavors that helped substantiate the power of forgiveness to reduce hurt, depression, anger and stress in people who hold grudges. . . In addition to this research I also have taught forgiveness to thousands of hurt and angry people. What I find fascinating is that the things I taught, researched and proved to be true, D. Patrick Miller already knew. . ." Frederic Luskin, Director of Stanford Forgiveness Projects. This is the 10th anniversary edition.

Fearless Books 2004 91 PP. Cloth

$15.00 (in stock)

The Little Book Of Restorative Discipline For Schools

Teaching Responsibility; Creating Caring Climates

BY LORRAINE AMSTUTZ
Two educators show how restorative justice principles can be applied in schools, at all grade levels. The book provides applications and story illustrations which model this hopeful and effective approach to school discipline.

Good Books 2005 88PP. Paper

$4.95 (in stock)

The Little Book Of Conflict Transformation

BY JOHN PAUL LEDERACH
The author prefers the word transformation to resolution. This book incluces all the key ideas and thinking in how to transform a conflict - how to end something destructive and create something desired. Lederach examines both the long and short term and avoids idealism in favor of practical detail.

Good Books 2003 64 PP. Paper

$4.95 (in stock)

The Little Book Of Strategic Negotiation

Negotiating During Turbulent Times

BY JAYNE SEMINARE DOCHERTY
Most books on negotiation assume that the negotiators are in a stable setting but what about those far thornier times when negotiation needs to happen while other fundamental factors are in violent change, from deciding which parent will have custody of their child while a divorce is underway; bargaining between workers and management during the course of a merger or downsizing to establishing a new government as a civil war winds down.

Good Books 2005 90 PP. Paper

$4.95 (in stock)

The Little Book Of Cool Tools For Hot Topics

Group Tools To Facilitate Meetings When Things Are Hot

BY RON KRAYBILL
Some subjects seem too hot for a group to discuss sanely, but this book shows how to help people hear each other when they feel like shouting; how to focus on the issues at stake rather than having a war of personalities; how to employ actual practices for better understanding (interviews, small-group discussions, role-reversal presentations); and how to move a group toward making a decision that all can honestly support. Cool Tools is rich in anecdotes and practical how-to for any group faced with tension-filled decision-making.

Good Books 2006 90 PP. Paper

$4.95 (in stock)

The Little Book Of Dialogue For Difficult Subjects

A Practical Hands-on Guide

BY LISA SCHIRCH AND DAVID CAMPT
The word "dialogue" suffers from over-use, yet its practice is as transforming and as freshly hopeful as ever. Authors Schirch and Campt demonstrate dialogue's life and possibilities in this clear and absorbing manual: "Dialogue allows people in conflict to listen to each other, affirm their common ground, and explore their differences in a safe environment."

Good Books 2007 80 PP. Paper

$4.95 (in stock)

The Little Book Of Strategic Peacebuilding

BY LISA SCHIRCH
"Strategic Peacebuilding" recognizes the complexity and the effort this elusive ideal requires. Schirch singles out four critical actions that must be undertaken if peace is to take root at any level: 1) Waging conflict nonviolently; 2) Reducing direct violence; 3) transforming relationships; and 4) Building capacity. She never imagines this to be quick-or an individual-task. Her clear and incisive strategy encourages enabling many approaches to peace, honestly assessing who holds power, and persuading and coercing, but always with keen judgment and precise timing.

Good Books 2004 89 PP Paper

$4.95 (in stock)

The Little Book Of Trauma Healing

BY CAROLINE YODER
Ideas for those who have been traumatized by terrorists or tsunamis, by unsafe and ongoing occupation or oppression. The primary premise is that traumatic events and times have the potential to awaken the human spirit and the global family, but this requires acknowledging our own history and that of the enemy, honestly searching for root causes, and shifting our emphasis from national security to human security. A startlingly helpful approach.

Good Books 2005 90 PP. Paper

$4.95 (out of stock but can be backordered)

The Little Book Of Restorative Justice

BY HOWARD ZEHR
A primer on the idea of restorative justice, with helpful illustrations, tables, and lists.

Good Books 2002 76 PP. Paper

$4.95 (in stock)

The Little Book Of Family Group Conferences

A Hopeful Approach When Youth Cause Harm

BY ALLAN MACRAE AND HOWARD ZEHR
Since their introduction in New Zealand, Family Group Conferences have been adopted and adapted in many places throughout the world. They have been applied in many arenas including child welfare, school discipline, and criminal justice, both juvenile and adult. In fact family group conferences have emerged as one of the most promising models of restorative justice. This little book describes the basics and rationale for this approach to juvenile justice, as well as how to conduct a family group conference.

Good Books 2004 76 PP. Paper

$4.95 (in stock)

The Little Book Of Circle Processes

A New/old Approach To Peacemaking

BY KAY PRANIS
Our ancestors gathered around a fire in a circle, families gather around their kitchen tables in circles, and now we are gathering in circles as communities to solve problems. This peacemaking practice draws on the ancient Native American tradition of a talking piece and combines that with concepts of democracy and inclusivity. Peacemaking circles are used in neighborhoods to provide support for those harmed by crime and to decide sentences for those who commit crime, in schools to create positive classroom climate and resolve behavior problems, as well as in the workplace and in social services. The circle process hinges on storytelling.

Good Books 2005 80 PP Paper

$4.95 (in stock)

The Little Book Of Biblical Justice

BY CHRIS MARSHALL
This book identifies characteristic features of the Bible's teaching on justice and addresses the many complexities that surround it. It also explores the Bible's shaping effect on Western political and judicial thought.

Good Books 2005 88 PP. Paper

$4.95 (in stock)

The Little Book Of Victim Offender Conferencing

Bringing Victims And Offenders Together In Dialogue

BY LORRAINE STUTZMAN AMSTUTZ
Victim offender dialogues have been developed as a way to hold offenders accountable to the person they have harmed and to give victims a voice about how to put things right. Rooted in the practices of native peoples, "conferencing" addresses victims' discomfort with the idea of "reconciliation." It avoids the connotation that victims may negotiate their losses when they hear the term "mediation." "Conferencing" acknowledges the participatory nature of the process. And it gives flexibility about who is included, making room for members of the larger community if appropriate. A useful little book on restorative justice.

Good Books 2007 80 PP. Paper

$4.95 (in stock)

The Little Book Of Peace

EDITED BY PATRICIA CHUI
This great little book gathers together over 400 quotes of wisdom from political and spiritual leaders. The words are thought-provoking and comforting, advocating world and inner peace alike. Contributors include Gandhi, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Anne Frank, Vaclav Havel, Buddha, Joan Baez, Martin Luther King, Jr. and many, many more. A portion of the proceeds will benefit the American Friends Service Committee.

Lyons Press 2002 233 PP. Paper

$5.00 (in stock)

The Little Book Of Contemplative Photography

BY HOWARD ZEHR
Restorative justice pioneer Howard Zehr is also an accomplished photographer. Here he encourages his readers to couple photography with seeing and thinking more deeply while working for peace and justice. In each chapter he offers a Purpose, a problem, and an activity with a camera in order to practice mindfulness His chapter-by-chapter exercises are aimed at heightening visual awareness and imagination, seeing wonder, exploring metaphor and making meaning. You do not need a fancy camera, but if you have one it won't hurt.

Good Books 2005 80 PP. Paper

$4.95 (in stock)

A Little Journal Of Devotions Out Of Quaker Worship

An Experiment With 104 Entries Across Two Thousand Miles

BY FRANCIS HOLE AND ELLIE SHACTER
Written by two Friends in different parts of the country in an informal and prayer full style that is accessible to all. Perfect as a gift to yourself or for a F/friend.

Quaker Press of FGC 2001 112 PP. Paper

$10.95 (in stock)

A Little Peace

BY BARBARA KERLEY
"A Little Peace" gives a richly evocative and thought-provoking view of the world our children will inherit. Wise words and moving images offer a unique and enriching experience for every young reader. According to author Barbara Kerley, "I believe that peace doesn't just rest in the hands of politicians and world leaders. We all have the power to make the world more peaceful." The book juxtaposes photographs from around the world with a simple, reflective message about our responsibilities for finding and keeping peace on the planet. All the photography is reproduced in miniature at the back of the book with geographic, historic, and cultural context and details explained.

National Geographic 2007 32 PP. Cloth

$16.95 (in stock)

The Little Quaker Book Of De-clutter

BY ELLIE CALDWELL
The world needs much work from us as members of the Religious Society of Friends, to care for others and care for the earth. Our seas are polluted, our forests are disappearing, and refugees wander the earth. Poverty rates rise daily. We need health care, world care, earth care, and care of each other. And we can't do any of that without self care. Good care of ourselves is about physical health, but also about emotions, spirit, finances, relationships, work, and households. We cannot serve as we are needed without being fit inside and out & what about the health of our home environment?

SEYM 2010 48 PP. Paper

$6.00 (in stock)

The Liturgies Of Quakerism

BY BEN PINK-DANDELION
In The Liturgies of Quakerism Pink-Dandelion explores the nature of liturgy within a form of worship based in silence. Tracing the original seventeenth-century Quakers' understanding of the `liturgy of silence,' and what for them replaced outward forms used in other parts of Christianity, this book explains how early Quaker understandings of `time,' `history,' and `apocalyptic' led to an inward liturgical form. The practices and understanding of twenty-first century liberal Quakers are explored, showing that these contemporary Quakers maintain the same kind of liturgical form as their ancestors but understand it in a different way.

Ashgate 2005 150 PP. Paper

$39.95 (in stock)

Live The Questions

Write Into The Answers - Php 354

BY BARBARA PARSONS AND MARY MORRISON
"Through journal writing and other forms of personal writing we are able to take our own life story seriously, to work with our experiences and search through them as we explore the questions that confront us every day. We share here some of our experiences and ideas for [living the questions and writing into-someday-the answers]." - from the foreword

Pendle Hill Pamphlet 2001 40 PP. Paper

$7.00 (in stock)

Lively Faith

Reflections On Iowa Yearly Meeting Of Friends ( Conservative)

BY CALLIE MARSH
The Conservative Friends of Iowa have a unique story. It is a chronicle of how one group of Quakers has held fast to its roots against the winds of change, while simultaneously grappling with and responding to the modern world. Iowa Yearly Meeting (Conservative) stands its own ground, fitting neither into the liberal nor orthodox Quaker camps, yet with connections to both. Callie Marsh entered this community as an adult seeker and made it her home, taking part in identity-wrenching struggles, such as their understanding of Christianity and the question of same-gender marriage. (Also available as an ebook. Enter the title in the search field at left to find electronic editions.)

Quaker Press 2011 81 PP. Paper

$14.95 (in stock)

Lively Faith, Epub Ebook

Reflections On Iowa Yearly Meeting Of Friends ( Conservative)

BY CALLIE MARSH
This is a ePub formatted version of the book. Download to your computer and then upload from there to any E reader device except a Kindle. WE WILL EMAIL YOU A LINK TO DOWNLOAD THE BOOK ON THE NEXT WORKING DAY AFTER RECEIVING YOUR ORDER. The Conservative Friends of Iowa have a unique story of how one group of Quakers has held fast to its roots against the winds of change, while simultaneously grappling with and responding to the modern world. They fit neither into the liberal nor orthodox Quaker camps, yet with connections to both.(Enter the title in the search field at left to find print and mobi editions.)

Quaker Press of FGC 2011 81 PP. E Book

$11.95 (in stock)