Coals Of Fire

BY ELIZABETH HERSHEERTER-BAUMAN, ILLUSTRATED BY ALLAN EITZEN
A children's classic since 1954, Coals of Fire offers 17 true stories about returning love for hate, good for evil, taken from various cultures and time periods, that will challenge readers, regardless of their age.

Herald Press 1954 128 PP. Paper

$7.99 (in stock)

The Color Of Home

BY MARY HOFFMAN
This remarkably moving picture book follows first-grader Hassan through his first few days at school. Hassan has only recently arrived in the United States after he and his family were forced to flee Somalia, and he deeply misses the colorful landscape of his former home in Africa. But with the help of his parents, an understanding teacher, and a school art project, Hassan finds that by painting a picture of his old home and sharing his story, his homesickness and the trauma of leaving a war-torn country are lessened. And he finds that there are many things to like about his new home in America.

Dial 2003 32 PP. Cloth

$15.99 (low stock)

The Color Of Wealth

The Story Behind The U.s. Racial Wealth Divide

BY MEIZHU LUI, BARBARA ROBLES, BETSY LEONDAR-WRIGHT
For every dollar owned by the average white family in the United States, the average family of color has less than a dime. Why do people of color have so little wealth? Written by five leading experts on the racial wealth divide who recount the asset-building histories of Native Americans, Latinos, African Americans, Asian Americans, and European Americans, this book is a uniquely comprehensive multicultural history of American wealth. Published in conjunction with United for a Fair Economy, The Color of Wealth suggests that until government policy tackles disparities in wealth, not just income, the United States will never have racial and economic justice.

New Press 2006 326 PP. Paper

$19.95 (in stock)

Come Join The Circle

Lessonsongs For Peacemaking - Audio Cd

BY PAULETTE MEIER, ARRANGEMENTS BY DAVID ARCHER
A fun and musical way for children to learn life long skills for building better relationships! Parents, teachers, counselors, youth ministers and recreational leaders recommend it as a wonderful tool that helps children express their feelings about everyday issues and learn concepts and skills for creating caring communities. The 14 songs feature engaging lyrics, contemporary sounds, and energetic vocals from a diverse group of musicians, including children and teens. From country to reggae, blues to hip-hop, the variety of musical styles entice children of all backgrounds and ages-as well as the adults listening in!

Paulette Meier 2004 AUDIO CD Audio

$15.00 (backorder)

Come On Out And Play

Audio Cd

BY BILL HARLEY
Some of Bill's most popular stories for younger folks. It includes four pieces that eventually became picture books. On this recording - Sitting Down to Eat, Sarah's Story, Come on Out and Play, Staying Up, Fox's Sack.

Round River Records 1990 60 MINUTES Audio

$15.00 (low stock)

Come, Spirit

Hymns From Worship In Song For The Mountain Dulcimer - Cd

BY MATHILDA NAVIAS
Instrumental arrangements of 30 songs from "Worship in Song". Can be used for accompanying group sings or learning new songs on your own. Complete words are printed in the insert. Come, Spirit showcases the versatility of the mountain dulcimer, from the harp-like "My Shepherd Will Supply My Need" to the fiddle-tune style of "Lord of the Dance." Includes The George Fox Song, How Can I Keep From Singing, Simple Gifts, Precious Lord, the Vine and Fig Tree round, and many more.

Navias 2001 60 MIN. Audio

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Come Worship With Friends

Bumpersticker

BY THE ADVANCEMENT AND OUTREACH COMMITTEE OF FRIENDS GENERAL CONFERENCE
Help make Quakerism more visible in the world. Attractive and easy-to-read bumpersticker with Come Worship with Friends plus www.QuakerFinder.org in large type. The QuakerFinder website helps seekers and Friends find the nearest FGC meeting to any location in the United States or Canada.

Quaker Press of FGC 2003 BUMPERSTCKER Blank

$2.00 (in stock)

The Comforting Whirlwind

God, Job And The Scale Of Creation

BY BILL MCKIBBEN
In The Comforting Whirlwind, acclaimed environmentalist and writer Bill McKibben turns to the biblical book of Job and its awesome depiction of creation to demonstrate our need to embrace a bold new paradigm for living if we hope to reverse the current trend of ecological destruction. With reference to the consequences of our poorly considered and self-centered environmental practices-global warming, ozone degradation, deforestation-McKibben combines modern science and timeless biblical wisdom to make the case that growth and economic progress are not only undesirable but deadly.

Cowley Publications 2005 73 PP. Paper

$13.95 (backorder)

Coming Back To Life

Practices To Reconnect Our Lives, Our World

BY JOANNA MACY
"Coming Back to Life" provides a much needed updated and expansion of her pioneering work "Despair and Personal Power in the Nuclear Age". At the interface between spiritual breakthrough and social action. "Coming Back to Life" is eloquent and compelling as well as being an inspiring and practical guide. The first third of the book discusses the angst of our era, and the pain, fear, guilt and inaction it has engendered. It then points forward to the way out of apathy to "the work that reconnects". The rest of the book offers both personal counsel and easy-to-use methods for working with groups in a number of ways to profoundly affect people's outlook and ability to act in the world.

NSP 1998 223 PP. Paper

$18.95 (low stock)

Coming Into Friendship As A Gift

The Journey Of A Young Adult Friend

BY CHRISTINA VAN REGENMORTER
By naming the gifts she has received from her meetings, Christina Van Regenmorter offers a resource both for young adult Friends and for meetings striving to welcome, support and nurture the young people in their midst. Includes queries and a resource list. "If Friends desire their meeting to be a spiritual community where love is the first motion and a place where young Friends feel welcomed, nurtured and supported, prayerful engagement with this text would be a fruitful place to begin." - Deborah Shaw, Assistant Director of Friends Center and Campus Ministry, Guilford College

Quaker Press of FGC 2008 32 PP. Paper

$6.00 (in stock)

Commands And Invitations

Sharing Our Experience Of Hearing, Responding To, And Living Out God's Call

BY LYNNE-MARIE TROWMANS
Developed from a weekend workshop on call and discernment led by Lynee Marie Tromans and Ben Pink Dandelion, this booklet contains a series of sessions to help participants explore what God's call may sound like and how to respond to it. Session 4 requires a tape, of which we only have a few and sessions 6 and 7 are based on the film It's a Wonderful Life, which is readily available to rent. Was $12.00, Now $2.00

Britain Yearly Meeting 1995 58 PP Paper

$2.00 (backorder)

The Commitment

Love, Sex, Marriage And My Family

BY DAN SAVAGE
Dan Savage's mother wants him to get married. His boyfriend, Terry, says 'no thanks' because he doesn't want to act like a straight person. Their six-year-old son DJ says his two dads aren't 'allowed' to get married, but that he'd like to come to the reception and eat cake. Throw into the mix Dan's straight siblings, whose varied choices form a microcosm of how Americans are approaching marriage these days, and you get a rollicking family memoir that will have everyone gay or straight, right or left, single or married howling with laughter and rethinking their notions of marriage and all it entails.

Plume 2006 304 PP. Paper

$16.00 (low stock)

Committed Relationships

New Edition

BY THE COMMITTEE ON ELDERSHIP AND OVERSIGHT
How can any couple be clear that they are called to steadfast commitment to each other? How can the meeting witness this divine work, and uphold the couple? How could a meeting support a couple of the same sex who ask to celebrate their life long commitment before God and under the care of the meeting? This is a practical and inspiring book for those responsible for oversight or eldership. Includes guidance for the care of same sex couples. Couples considering their life together may find this informative and supportive.

Britain Yearly Meeting 2007 51 PP Paper

$11.00 (backorder)

Common Ground

How To Stop The Partisan War That Is Destroying America

BY CAL THOMAS AND BOB BECKER
Conservative Cal Thomas and liberal Bob Beckel unmask the hypocrisy of the issues, organizations, and individuals that have created and deepened the horrific partisan divide now at the center of American politics, and make a strategic case for why this bickering must stop. Thomas and Beckel explain how bipartisanship and consensus politics are not only good for the day-to-day democratic process but also essential for our nation's future well-being. Entertaining, informative, funny and healing.

Harper 2007 272 PP. Paper

$6.50 (in stock)

Common Ground

The Water, Earth And Air We Share

BY MOLLY BANG
Bang's short picture book is both simple and ambitious as it presents first a parable and then a string of analogies to raise awareness and provoke thought about the consequences of our overusing natural resources. Accompanied by Bang's stunning illustrations, this makes for an effective and sobering book.

Scholastic 1997 32 PP Cloth

$15.99 (low stock)

The Commonwealth Of Life

Economics For A Flourishing Earth, Second Edition

BY PETER G BROWN
Canadian Quaker Peter G. Brown identifies three challenges that lay ahead of us; to decide what our minimal obligations to each other and the natural world are, to redefine and reshape the institutions of economics, government, and civil society to reflect those obligations; and imagine a new way for nations to interact and enable these changes to occur across the globe. In this new edition he expands on the idea that the Earth is for the use of all species, not just human needs.

Black Rose Books 2008 221 PP. Paper

$19.95 (in stock)

Communion For A Quaker

Php 331

BY NANCY BIEBER
This story of a journey in search of the sacrament of communion invites the reader to travel with the author, in her quest to live sacramentally.

Pendle Hill Pamphlet 1997 31 PP. Paper

$6.50 (in stock)

Compassion

The Painful Privilege

BY DAN NOLTA
Evangelical Quaker Dan Nolta grew up in a family torn apart by alcohol and divorce. He believes no life experience is a throwaway with God, nothing is wasted-neither the good times nor bad times, neither the pain nor the privilege. Here Dan shares how God gifted him with compassion and led him to work in the Pierce County (Washington) Sheriff's Department as a chaplain. Vivid examples from Dan's ministry will give you a front row seat to see the inherent costs of exercising compassion-the stress, vicarious suffering, and fatigue. He lets you in on what he's learned about persevering through the difficulties of the compassionate life, and how to enjoy the rewards with humility.

Barclay Press 2006 106 PP. Paper

$12.00 (in stock)

Compassionate Listening And Other Writings

BY GENE KNUDSEN-HOFFMAN, EDITED BY ANTHONY MANOUSOS
This is an inspiring collection of the writings of mystic and activist Gene Hoffman including many essays on pacifism and pathways to peace. "For more than half a century, Gene Hoffman-through her essays and poetry, her workshops and speeches, her travels and her witness-has been a fountainhead of creative spirituality and courageous peacemaking. This will be a rich resource for those who come after her."-Richard Deats, Editor of Fellowship magazine

Friends Bulletin 2003 348 PP. Paper

$16.95 (low stock)

The Complete Guide To Godly Play - Volume 1

How To Lead Godly Play Lessons

BY JEROME BERRYMAN
Contains all the material needed to become familiar with the Godly Play approach, with detailed information on creating a special space for children preschool - 6th grade, planning and presenting the lessons.

LTGN 2002 152 PP. Paper

$24.95 (in stock)

The Complete Guide To Godly Play - Volume 2

Fourteen Presentations For Fall

BY JEROME BERRYMAN
Volume 2 is themed for the fall sessions and has an opening lesson on the church year, followed by thirteen Old Testament stories, from Creation through the prophets. It is recommended by the author that those using this are familiar with Volume 1: How to use Godly Play lessons.

LTGN 2202 118 PP. Blank

$24.95 (in stock)

The Complete Guide To Godly Play - Volume 3

Twenty Presentations For Winter

BY JEROME BERRYMAN
Volume 3 themed for the Winter. Sessions include Twenty presentations based on stories about the Advent season and the feasts of Christmas and Epiphany, followed by the parables.

LTGN 2002 152 PP. Paper

$24.95 (in stock)

The Complete Guide To Godly Play - Volume 4

Twenty Presentations For Spring

BY JEROME BERRYMAN
Volume 4, themed for the Spring. Presents twenty lessons that cover stories of Lent, the resurrection, the Eucharist and the early Church during Easter season. Quaker Meetings will find this volume less easy to use in a Quaker setting than the others.

LTGN 2002 145 PP. Blank

$24.95 (in stock)

The Complete Guide To Godly Play - Volume 5

Practical Helps For Godly Play Trainers

BY JEROME BERRYMAN
In Volume 5, experienced trainers and teachers share insights, stories, and ideas for using Godly Play to its fullest.

LTGN 2002 124 PP. Blank

$24.95 (in stock)

The Complete Guide To Godly Play - Volume 6

Fifteen Enrichment Presentations For Fall

BY JEROME BERRYMAN
This volume consists of 15 enrichment presentations to be integrated with Volume 2, Presentations for Fall.

2006 120 PP. Paper

$24.95 (in stock)

Concubines And Bondservants (10091)

The Social History Of A Chinese Custom

BY MARIA JASCHOK
SECONDHAND. Paperback in fair condition. A look at the near slavery practice of Concubines and Bondservants - A custom till very recently in China.

Zed Press 1988 156 PP. Paper

$4.00 USED - availability checked Mar 18th 3:39am CDT

Conflict In Meetings

2nd, Revised Edition

BY THE COMMITTEE ON ELDERSHIP AND OVERSIGHT OF BRITAIN YEARLY MEETING
Conflict is inseparable from adventurous living. Whether it constrains or liberates depends to a large extent on how we respond to it. This book encourages Friends to seek help where needed: there are lists of resources and useful organizations. The book can be read for interest, for general information or in study groups: discussion questions and practical exercises help us grasp the thorniest issues. This book is for clerks, those responsible for eldership or oversight, and anyone called to deal with potential or actual conflict. It will enable Friends to identify the resources in their own meetings and use them to forge a living peace testimony which is not just about opposition.

Britain YM 2000 72 PP. Paper

$12.00 (low stock)

Conflict Resolution In The Middle School

BY WILLIAM KREIDLER
Kreidler brings his long experience as a teacher and Friend to this useful volume especially for middle school.

Educators for Social Responsibility 1994 324 PP. Paper

$39.95 (in stock)

Conjectures Of A Guilty Bystander

BY THOMAS MERTON
In this series of notes, opinions, and reflections kept since 1956, Thomas Merton examines some of the most urgent moral issues of the modern era.

Image 1968 368 PP. Paper

$14.95 (low stock)

Connecting With God

A Spiritual Formation Guide

BY LYNDA GRAYBEAL, JULIA ROLLER
Examines some of the many portrayals of how God has communicated with individuals in the Bible and throughout history. From Adam and Eve in Genesis 1-11 to Jacob wrestling with God, from hearing God through visions and dreams like Teresa of Avila to experiencing communion with God through nature like Francis of Assisi, this guide helps show the different ways God has communicated with people throughout the ages and guides the reader into an experience of individual interaction with God.

HarperOne 2006 144 PP. Paper

$11.95 (in stock)