Sacred Compass

The Way Of Spiritual Discernment

BY J. BRENT BILL
A compass makes a good metaphor for our spiritual lives and the work of discerning God's will for them. the divine compass points us the mind and love of God. Our sacred compass operates in our souls and calls us to life with God. The sacred compass leads us on a life of pilgrimage - a hike to wholeness and holiness. Keeping our soul's eyes on the sacred compass leads us to the holy discovery that we can move through life with purpose and promise, even in those times when we may not sense with certainty what that purpose and promise are. "Brent Bill has written one of the finest books on discernment and divine guidance that I have seen in a very long time." -Richard J. Foster

Paraclete 2008 190 PP. Cloth

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The Sacred Harp

1991 Revision

EDITED BY HUGH MCGRAW, ET AL
A "shape note" singing classic considered to be the best collection of sacred songs, hymns, odes, and anthems ever offered the singing public for general use. First compiled in 1844 by Benjamin Franklin White, it has been revised only four times.

Sacred Harp 1991 573 HYMNS Cloth

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Sacred Necessities

Gifts For Living With Passion, Purpose And Grace

BY TERRY HERSHEY
What makes life worth living? What makes the everyday world numinous? If we want to be truly alive there are a few sacred necessities: Amazement, Sanctuary, Stillness, Grace, Simplicity, Resilience, and Friendship. But if we are willing to accept rather than grasp at them, they will come to us as felicitous gifts waiting to be experienced and practiced. This is not simply a prescription for the good life; it is a gentle nudge to live with an open heart and a willing spirit.

Sorin Books 2005 195 PP. Paper

$14.95 (low stock)

Sacred Ordinary

Sermons And Addresses

BY ARTHUR O. ROBERTS
A celebration of nearly forty years of public ministry, bringing together pulpit and pen, to offer the eyes what was previously presented to the ears. Throughout the fifty sermons and addresses you will find idealistic reflections alongside down-to-earth, practical advice, followed by plain-speaking poetic verse.

Barclay Press 2006 313 PP. Paper

$19.00 (in stock)

Sadhana

A Way To God - Christian Exercises In Eastern Form

BY ANTHONY DEMELLO
The author presents a series of spiritual exercises for entering the contemplative state - blending psychology, spiritual therapy, and practices from both Eastern and Western traditions.

Image Books 1984 140 PP. Paper

$11.95 (low stock)

Safe Sanctuaries For Youth

Reducing The Risk Of Abuse In Youth Ministries

BY JOY THORNBURG-MELTON
A resource designed to help religious groups assess risk and implement processes to help members take steps to reduce the likelihood of abuse in their meetings. Unique features include: suggested process and tools for developing and implementing policy; guidance in recruiting, screening, and hiring workers or volunteers; basic procedures for safe ministry with youth; how to handle issues related to camping, retreats, mission trips, lock-ins, and other settings; how to develop a plan to respond to allegations of abuse; suggested training model for youth ministry workers; service and stories of healing; sample forms.

United Methodist Church 2003 96 PP Paper

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Safe Sanctuaries 10th Anniversary Edition

Reducing The Risk Of Abuse In The Church For Children And Youth

BY JOY THORNBURG MELTON
Brings together in one volume resources and training suggestions to safeguard both Children and youth - and the adults working with them. Also shows how to respond to allegations of abuse. Today it remains the only resource of its kind to offer the all the tools necessary to train members of a church or Quaker Meeting. This new updated volume also includes a new section on internet predators, and widens its brief to vulnerable adults. Many reproducible sample forms.

Discipleship Resources 2008 144 PP. Paper

$25.00 (in stock)

Sails On The Horizon

A Novel Of The Napoleonic Wars

BY JAY WORRALL
In 1797 Napoleon Bonaparte is fighting England on land and sea. 25 year-old Charles Edgemont is 2nd lieutenant aboard the British ship Argonaut. When orders come for the Argonaut to attack, he leads his gun crews bravely-until the deaths of the other officers elevate him to commander. For refusing to yield to enemy fire, Charles is promoted, becoming wealthy beyond his wildest dreams. Yet upon his return home, his newfound riches prove no help when it comes to winning the heart of Quaker Penelope Brown, who regards war as sinful and soldiers as little better than murderers. Changing Penelope's mind may just be the hardest battle Charles has ever fought and it could change his life.

Random House 2006 284 PP. Paper

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Saint Francis Of Assisi

A Life Of Joy

BY ROBERT KENNEDY JR, ILLUSTRATED BY DENNIS NOLAN
Francis of Assisi turned away from his life of wealth and privilege to live with lepers, the "untouchables" of his society. He preached the idea of the sanctity of all life, becoming an advocate of animal rights and environmentalism in a time when even human life often had little value. He found joy in owning nothing, and giving everything away. The story of Saint Francis of Assisi's life is inspiring and radical. It bears important messages for American children living in a culture of casual abundance and waste. Francis of Assisi's life has been an inspiration to Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and in this book he re-tells Francis's life to inspire his own children and children everywhere.

Hyperion 2005 32 PP. Cloth

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Saint Francis Sings To Brother Sun

A Celebration Of His Kinship With Nature

BY KAREN PANDELL, ILLUSTRATED BY BIJOU LETORD
More than eight hundred years ago, a privileged young man cast off his worldly possessions to live an austere life amid nature, where his gentleness and compassionate words drew even wild creatures to his feet. The now-legendary Saint Francis of Assisi receives a fitting tribute in this elegant, inviting volume, in which stanzas of the "Canticle of Brother Sun" are interwoven with nature tales about the man who composed this sacred song and followed by an author's note, biography, bibliography, and source notes. Illustrated by Bijou Le Tord in delicate, graceful charcoal drawings highlighted with gold, reflecting both the saint's simplicity and his joyous spirit.

Candlewick 2005 64 PP. Cloth

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Salsa Stories

BY LULU DELACRE
Welcome to Carmen Teresa's festive home, where relatives, friends, and neighbors from all over Latin America gather to celebrate New Year's Day. Dona Josepha gives Carmen Teresa a blank notebook, and everyone suggests that she fill it with stories that the guests remember from childhood. So begins a unique collection of tales told by a charming cast of characters. In the end, Carmen Teresa decides to create a cookbook filled with recipes for the dishes mentioned in each story.

Scholastic 2000 105 PP. Cloth

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The Sanctuary Of The Soul

Selected Writings Of Thomas Kelly

EDITED BY KEITH BEASLEY-TOPLIFFE
This book is a selection of short excerpts from Kelly's works appropriate for devotional use or as an introduction to his writing. Excerpts include `Experiencing the Presence,' `The Nature of Holy Obedience,' `Insights from George Fox,' and `Five Varieties of Prayer.'

Upper Room 1997 72 PP. Paper

$5.00 (in stock)

Sarah Mapps Douglass, Faithful Attender Of Quaker Meeting

View From The Back Bench

BY MARGARET HOPE BACON, FOREWORD BY VANESSA JULYE
Understanding the past is often key to changing the present. After 165 years the legacy of Sarah Mapps Douglass, African American scholar, educator, abolitionist, artist and faithful attender of Quaker meeting has much to say to Friends in the 21st century, especially those concerned with racism and the lack of racial diversity within the Religious Society of Friends. In the foreword Vanessa Julye places the lessons from Sarah Mapps Douglass' life in a vivid and painful contemporary context. In the biography that follows Margaret Hope Bacon explores Sarah's life.

Quaker Press of FGC 2003 34 PP. Paper

$10.00 (in stock)

Sarah's Story

BY BILL HARLEY
Sarah can't think of a story to tell her class - until a talking ant leads her to its anthill and the ant queen sends her on a mission. A story by New England Friend and acclaimed storyteller Bill Harley. For ages 3 -8.

Ten Speed Press 2006 32 PP. Paper

$6.99 (in stock)

Saving Erasmus

A Novel

BY STEVEN CLEAVER
A modern-day Jonah tries desperately to save the small town of Erasmus only to discover that he, himself, is the one who needs saving. "Saving Erasmus had me hooked from the very first page. Clever, witty, and profound, everything a good book should be." - Philip Gulley

Paraclete 2007 182 PP. Cloth

$21.95 (low stock)

Say Something - Paperback

BY PEGGY MOSS, LEA LYON
At this school there are some children who push and tease and bully. Sometimes they hurt other kids by just ignoring them. The girl in this story sees it happening, but she would never do these mean things herself. Then one day something happens that shows her that being a silent bystander isn't enough. Will she take some steps on her own to help another kid? Ages 4-8.

Tilbury House Publishers 2010 32 PP. Paper

$7.95 (in stock)

Say To This Mountain

Mark's Story Of Discipleship

BY CHED MYERS, CYNTHIA MOE-LOBEDA, STUART TAYLOR, JOSEPH NANGLE, MARIE DENNIS
Along with the editor Ched Myers, former Director of Programs, American Friends Service Committee, Pacific Southwest Regional Office, Pasadena, the team of authors represented here share a conviction that Mark's story has a great transforming power as it intersects with our own life-stories and the broader story of the times in which we live. An attempt to popularize Myers book,Binding the Strong man: A political reading of Marks Gospel.

Orbis 1996 238 PP. Paper

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The Sayings Of The Desert Fathers

TRANSLATED BY BENEDICTA WARD
This book is a classic of Christian mysticism-the collected words of the 4th century ascetic monks who fled to the desert to discover closeness with God.

Cistercian 1984 269 PP. Paper

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Schweitzer

A Biography

BY GEORGE MARSHALL AND DAVID POLING
An accomplished organist and interpreter of Bach, a crusader for world peace, and a winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, Schweitzer made his philosophy of "reverence for life" an ethic for the world. The hospital he founded in Lambarene (still in operation in present-day Gabon) is a model of what Europeans might have given to Africans throughout colonial history. This biography probes beyond his timeworn image as "the old man in the pith helmet" to portray the philosopher, scholar, husband, father, humanitarian, and liberal rebel within a conservative church.

JohnsHopkins 2000 348 PP. Paper

$6.00 (in stock)

Science And The Unseen World

BY ARTHUR STANLEY EDDINGTON
George Ellis has written a new introduction to the Swarthmore lecture from 1929. Quaker astronomer Eddington contends that when we ask the question "What are we to think of it all? What is it all about?" that the answer must embrace, but not be limited to, the scientific answer. His lecture explores this in a delightful way, that remains fully relevant today.

Britain Yearly Meeting 2007 48 PP. Paper

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Science In Faith And Hope

An Interaction

BY GEORGE ELLIS
In May 2004, the South African cosmologist George was awarded the Templeton Prize for progress toward research or discoveries about spiritual realities. On his visit to London to receive the prize, he gave a talk about the interaction of science and religion, at an event organised by Quaker Quest at Friends House. This pamphlet is an edited version of the talk. Physics alone cannot account for intentional factors in everyday life. So how do theories of the universe relate to human ethics and values, to faith and hope? "His is an open and expanding vision rather than a closed and final one" -John Cornwell, The Tablet

Britain YM 2004 44 PP. Paper

$5.00 (in stock)

Sea Of Faith

Islam And Christianity In The Medieval Mediterranean World

BY STEPHEN O'SHEA
From the 6th through the 16th centuries, the faiths of Islam and Christianity contended for primacy in the Mediterranean world. At times acrimonious, at other times harmonious, the encounter between the two creeds in the Middle Ages provides a backdrop to much of what informs, and misinforms, public opinion on present-day conflicts. Recounting seven major battles encircling the Mediterranean-Yarmuk, Poitiers, Manzikert, Hattin, Las Navas de Tolosa, Constantinople, and Malta-Stephen O'Shea shines vital new light on the distant past while offering invaluable perspective on the two faiths' ongoing contest for spiritual and political primacy.

Walker Books 2006 410 PP. Paper

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The Search For A Nonviolent Future

A Promise Of Peace For Ourselves, Our Families And Our World

BY MICHAEL NAGLER
Beginning with the achievements of Mahatma Gandhi, and following the legacy of nonviolence through the struggles against Nazism in Europe, racism in America, oppression in China and Latin America, and ethnic conflicts in Africa and Bosnia, Michael Nagler unveils a hidden history. Nonviolence, he proposes, has proven its power against arms and social injustice wherever it has been correctly understood and applied. Nagler's approach is not only historical but also spiritual, drawing on the experience of Gandhi and other activists and teachers. Individual chapters include `A Way Out of Hell,' `The Sweet Sound of Order,'' and `A Clear Picture of Peace.' New edition of his earlier book.

Inner Ocean 2004 336 PP. Paper

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Searching For The Real Jesus

Php 330

BY ROLAND WARREN
For early Friends truth meant that Jesus had come to put humans in contact with God. Roland Warren, with reverence for scripture, explores the thinking of contemporary scholars who debate the historical veracity of Jesus.

Pendle Hill Pamphlet 1997 36 PP. Paper

$6.50 (low stock)

The Second Period Of Quakerism

BY WILLIAM BRAITHWAITE
Sequel to The Beginnings of Quakerism , this volume covers the years 1660 to 1725. Second edition revised by Henry J. Cadbury.

Sessions of York 1979 607 PP. Paper

$28.00 (in stock)

The Secret Gospel Of Thomas

New Perspectives On His Message

BY ELAINE PAGELS
This is the audio record of Pagels' lecture to Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Friends at Arch Street Meetinghouse in May of 2005. Disc 1 features the entirety of the prepared talk in which Pagels shared her `scholar's journey,' various stages of her research into the Gnostic writings found at Nag Hammadi, and a detailed look at John and its approach to the apostle Thomas. Included are ten minutes of her replies to questions from the floor. In disc 2 Pagels responds to written questions from the audience. Also included is a downloadable .pdf file containing translations of the Gospels of Thomas and Mary.

Philadelphia Yearly Meeting 2005 2 AUDIO CDS Audio

$20.00 (in stock)

Secret Of Saying Thanks

BY DOUGLAS WOOD, ILLUSTRATED BY GREG SHED
In the inspirational text that made him a bestselling, internationally acclaimed author, Douglas Wood offers a spiritual homage to nature and the world. Greg Shed's stunning portraits of the natural world tenderly portray all of the many ways in which we can say thanks for the wonders we sometimes take for granted in life.

Simon & Schuster 2005 32 PP. Cloth

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The Secret Spiritual World Of Children

BY TOBIN HART, FOREWORD BY JOSEPH CHILTON-PEARCE
"Adults too often mistakenly believe that to be considered spiritual a child must understand the tenets of a particular religion. In fact, says Hart, children are far more likely to experience [a] `personal religion' (an intimate knowledge of God)... After learning that his six-year-old daughter often saw angels, psychologist Hart embarked upon a five-year study of children's spirituality. Defining spirituality as an intimate and direct influence of the divine in our lives, Hart interviewed more than 100 children and adults about their experiences. The inspiring accounts he reports reveal that children enjoy rich and rewarding relations with the spiritual side of life."-Booklist

Inner Ocean 2003 256 PP. Paper

$16.95 (backorder)

Secrets In The Dark

A Life In Sermons

BY FREDERICK BUECHNER; FOREWORD BY BRIAN MCLAREN
Buechner's words, both written and spoken, have the power to revolutionize and revitalize belief and faith. He reveals the presence of God in the midst of daily life. He faces and embraces difficult questions and doubt as essential components of our lives, rather than as enemies that destroy us. "Listen to you life!" is his clarion call. Reflecting Buechner's exquisite gift for storytelling, Secrets in the Dark may inspire laughter, hope, and bring great solace. "An elegant and life-giving memoir." - Publishers Weekly

HarperSanFrancisco 2007 320 PP. Paper

$13.95 (low stock)

The Seed Cracked Open

Growing Beyond Racism

BY VANESSA JULYE
In this keynote address for the July 2005 New York Yearly Meeting annual sessions, Vanessa Julye addresses the reality of racism within the Religious Society of Friends. Stories from generations of her family, and the experiences of other Black Friends across time, make vivid the sense of isolation and barriers people of color face in the white, middle-class Friends culture. Vanessa Julye goes beyond critique, however, to present significant questions and additional resources as a ministry to heal and to empower Friends to "move further along the spectrum of racism."

Quaker Press of FGC 2006 32 PP. Paper

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