The Force Of The Spirit

BY SCOTT RUSSELL SAUNDERS
The author reveals how the pressure of the sacred breaks through the surfaces of ordinary life - a life devoted to grown-up children and aging parents, the craft of writing and the natural world. Whether writing to his daughter and his son as each prepares to get married, or describing an encounter with a red-tailed hawk in whose form he glimpses his dead father, or describing a visit to an unprogrammed meeting for worship, Sanders registers, in finely tuned prose, the force of spirit.

Beacon 2000 175 PP Paper

$15.00 (in stock)

Forever After

New York City Teachers

ON 911

2006 249 PP. Paper

$5.00 (in stock)

Forge

A Novel

BY LAURIE HALSE ANDERSON
In this sequel to "Chains," Anderson shifts perspective from Isabel to Curzon and brings to the page the tale of what it takes for runaway slaves to forge their own paths in a world of obstacles. Separated from his friend Isabel after their daring escape from slavery, fifteen-year-old Curzon serves as a free man in the Continental Army at Valley Forge until he and Isabel are thrown together again, as slaves once more.

Atheneum 2011 304 PP. Cloth

$16.99 (in stock)

Forged In The Fire - Hardcover

BY ANN TURNBULL
London, 1665. Cast out by his father for becoming a Quaker, the newly independent Will travels from the countryside to London to earn a living. He and his beloved Susanna wait patiently to be reunited and, at last, married. But when Will is thrown into jail for his beliefs, the pair's future becomes uncertain. With the plague spreading closer and the scent of smoke on the wind, can their love still bring them together despite the most terrifying twists of fate? Will and Susanna's timeless romance continues in this powerful sequel to No Shame, No Fear.

Candlewick 2007 312 PP. Cloth

$6.99 (in stock)

Forgiving Justice

The 2000 Swarthmore Lecture, By The Quaker Governor Of Grendon Prison

BY TIM NEWELL
This book calls for a return to the consideration of spiritual values in the dynamics of community justice. What place has prison in our attempts to live the kingdom here on earth? This essay presents a detailed assessment of the British penal system and Friends testimony on criminal justice for today.

Britain Yearly Meeting 2000 120 PP. Paper

$16.00 (in stock)

Forty Ways To Raise A Non-racist Child

BY BARBARA MATHIAS
Divided into five age-related sections, ranging from preschool age to the teenage years, this book provides helpful and practical ways parents can teach tolerance and compassion and contains specific advice addressing the unique concerns of both white parents and parents of color.

HarperSanFrancisco 1996 176 PP. Paper

$13.99 (in stock)

Fostering Vital Friends Meetings

A Handbook For Working With Quaker Meetings

BY JAN GREENE AND MARTY WALTON
Growing from the common purpose of nurturing and encouraging meetings, this handbook provides carefully seasoned guidelines, tools and exercises that meetings can use to strengthen Quaker practice in a concise and user-friendly manual. Sections detail who, what, how and why people can be about the work of fostering vitality in Friends meetings everywhere.

Quaker Press of FGC 1999 128 PP. Paper

$14.00 (in stock)

Foundations Of Liberal Quakerism

BY STEPHEN ANGELL
Liberal Quakerism is an authentic and often growing strand of the Religious Society of Friends, and it is rooted in developments on both sides of the great split which took place between "Hicksites" and "Orthodox" in 1827. Its historical and theological foundations have not been well understood. Going back over 200 years, he describes the witness of Friends... and the varieties of spirituality that have often underlain the liberal Quaker impulse, including rationalism, mysticism, universalism, and the Social Gospel. Finally, the author discusses possible future directions: Where might the liberal Quaker movement be heading in the twenty-first century?

Southeastern Yearly Meeting 2008 40 PP. Paper

$5.00 (in stock)

Founding Faith

How Our Founding Fathers Forged A Radical New Approach To Religious Liberty

BY STEVEN WALDMAN
The author is editor at Beliefnet.com. In this book he vividly describes the very different religious development and beliefs of five Founders, Franklin, Adams, Jefferson, Washington and Madison and their influence on the first amendment and the idea of separation of church and state. He argues that neither side of the argument has accurately depicted its origins. He attempts to set the record straight, revealing the real history of religious freedom to be dramatic, unexpected, paradoxical, and inspiring.

Random House 2009 304 PP. Paper

$16.00 (in stock)

The Fountain Of Age

BY BETTY FRIEDEN
Struggling to hold on to the illusion of youth, Friedan wrote, we have denied the reality and evaded the new triumphs of growing older. We have seen age only as decline. In this powerful and very personal book, Betty Friedan charts her own voyage, and that of others, into a different kind of aging. Friedan found ordinary men and women, moving into their fifties, sixties, seventies, discovering extraordinary new possibilities of intimacy and purpose. In their surprising experiences, Friedan saw the idea that one can grow and evolve throughout life in a style that dramatically mitigates the expectation of decline and opens the way to a further dimension of "personhood."

Harper 1993 670 PP. Paper

$5.50 (in stock)

Four Branches Of Quakerism Map

Showing Geographical Distribution Of Meetings

BY SALLY RICKERMAN
A clever color map that shows the number of Quaker Meetings of each "flavor" in each state (and Canada). The four branches are unprogrammed, pastoral, Conservative and Evangelical Friends. Also available as a set of two with The Map of North American Yearly Meetings.

Troll Press 2010 MAP 11"X 17" Blank

$5.00 (in stock)

Four Doors To Meeting For Worship

Php 306

BY WILLIAM TABER
"Some people `find it' almost instantly when they attend their first Friends meeting for worship; as they settle into the silence they feel themselves gathered into a living Presence and they know they have come home at last. Others may experience their first Quaker worship as difficult and strange, but something keeps drawing them back until they gradually grown into a richer and richer experience of worship." -from the introduction. William Taber offers four doors, or ways to access, worship so as to experience the living Presence.

Pendle Hill Pamphlet 1992 31 PP. Paper

$6.50 (in stock)

Four Feet, Two Sandals

BY KAREN LYNN WILLIAMS, KHADRA MOHAMMED, DOUG CHAKYA
When relief workers bring used clothing to the refugee camp, everyone scrambles to grab whatever they can. Ten-year-old Lina is thrilled when she finds a sandal that fits her foot perfectly, until she sees that another girl has the matching shoe. But soon Lina and Feroza decide that it is better to share the sandals than for each to wear only one. As the girls go about their routines washing clothes in the river, waiting in long lines for water, and waiting for their names to appear on the list to go to America the sandals remind them that friendship is what is most important.

Eerdmans 2007 32 PP. Cloth

$17.00 (in stock)

Fox And The Mountain

Creating Your Path To Abundance

BY SCOTT SIMSON
This unique allegorical novel imparts wisdom that is profound and clear. Fox decides he desires more in his life than chasing food each day. He wants to be free to stand in awe of the world that surrounds him and grow old in the company of those he loves. Readers will be transformed as Fox triumphs and struggles, learning the lessons necessary to conquer the mountain so he can reach his ultimate goal.

Preslyn 2011 144 PP. Paper

$14.99 (in stock)

The Fragmentation Of The Church And Its Unity In Peacemaking

EDITED BY JEFFREY GROS AND JOHN D. REMPEL
SECONDHAND COPY -Good condition looks unread. Over the centuries churches have divided over the specific place of this peacemaking imperative in their lives and teachings. This volume offers deep, ecumenical discussion of the relationship of the church to its peacemaking mission from the standpoints of history and the contemporary context. Contributors representing ten major faith traditions address this crucial topic from the perspective of their own churches and explore pathways that could lead to the reconciliation of existing differences. One chapter is "The Peace Testimony of the Religious Society of Friends" by Thomas Paxson.

Eerdmans 2001 230 PP. Paper

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Fragmentos De Los Escritos De James Nayler

Based On Selections From The Writings Of James Nayler

EDITED BY BRIAN DRAYTON, SELECTED AND TRANSLATED BY SUSAN FURRY AND BENIGNO SANCHEZ-EPPLER
Translated into Spanish from a selection of Nayler's letters, pastoral writings and epistles. Includes Nayler's last testimony written two hours before his death ("There is a spirit which I feel, that delights to do no evil") and a biographical sketch.

New England Yearly Meeting & Mosher Book and Tract 2009 79 PP Paper

$8.50 (in stock)

Free At Last!

Stories And Songs Of Emancipation

BY DOREEN RAPPAPORT
Interweaving life stories with spirituals, work songs, blues lyrics, and poems, this is a compelling narrative recounting the experience of black Americans in the South from the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863 through the dawn of the Civil Rights era in 1954. Drawing from true accounts, the author writes of hopes for equality dashed by new "legal" injustices, and of a climate of fear and uncertainty fueled by intimidation, lynchings, and the rise of the Ku Klux Klan. But the author tells also of the courageous struggle to recreate family and community life, achieve economic independence, explore creative expression, and mount a successful legal challenge against segregation.

Candlewick 2006 63 PP. Paper

$7.99 (in stock)

Free Indeed

A Video Drama About Racism

FROM THE MENONITE CENTRAL COMMITTEE
A video that challenges white viewers to think about the privileges which come with being white in North America. A good discussion starter to begin the process of dismantling white racism

Mennonite Central Committee 1995 23 MIN. Video

$20.00 (out of stock but can be backordered)

Freedom Friends Church And Remixing Of Quakerism

BY PEGGY SENGER PARSONS
"When is a schism not a schism?" "Does, in fact, anything go?" Peggy Senger Parsons and Freedom Friends Church found themselves confronted with these questions almost from the church's inception. Peggy shares openings that have arisen from the holy experiment that is Freedom Friends Church.

Beacon Hill Pamphlet 2011 34 PP. Paper

$4.00 (in stock)

Freedom Glorious Freedom

The Spiritual Journey To The Fullness Of Life For Gays, Lesbians, And Everybody Else

BY JOHN MCNEILL
McNeill reveals the freedom that lesbian and gay Christians can find by connecting with the spirit of God that dwells within. Through explorations of 12-step programs, coming out, gay marriage, gays in the military and his own life journey, McNeill shows how lesbians and gay men can achieve full spiritual maturity and self-acceptance, thereby becoming able to share their gifts with a needy world. John J. McNeill has done a great deal of work on the subject of spirituality and gay and lesbian issues as both an author and a lecturer. He is the author of "The Church and the Homosexual"; "Taking a Chance on God: Liberating Theology for Gays and Lesbians, Their Lovers, Friends, and Families"

Lethe 2009 326 PP. Paper

$22.00 (in stock)

Freedom Of Simplicity

Finding Harmony In A Complex World

BY RICHARD FOSTER
Written in his warm, accessible style, this updated edition of Quaker Richard Foster's classic work on simplicity explores this discipline throughout Christian history and the Bible as well as examining simplicity in practice. Foster provides a way to rethink our priorities and to "seek first God's kingdom and his righteousness." He shows us how to live in harmony with the rich complexity of life while stressing the relation of simplicity to prayer, solitude, and all the Christian disciplines. With a new introduction and revisions throughout.

HarperOne 2005 272 PP. Paper

$13.95 (in stock)

Freedom On The Menu

The Greensboro Sit-ins

BY CAROLE BOSTON WEATHERFORD, ILLUSTRATED BY JEROME LAGARRIGUE
When four courageous black teens sat down at a lunch counter in the segregated South of 1960, the reverberations were felt both far beyond and close to home. This insightful story offers a child's-eye view of this seminal event in the American Civil Rights Movement. Connie is used to the signs and customs that have let her drink only from certain water fountains and which bar her from local pools and some stores, but still . . . she'd love to sit at the lunch counter, just like she's seen other girls do. Showing how an ordinary family becomes involved in the great and personal cause of their times, it's a tale that invites everyone to celebrate our country's everyday heroes, of all ages.

Penguin 2005 32 PP. Cloth

$16.99 (in stock)

Freedom Roads

Searching For The Underground Railroad

BY JOYCE HANSEN
Maps, sidebars, contemporary documents, and a scene-setting painting start each chapter. Using scholarship, oral history, even heat cameras, the workings of the underground railroad are revealed as a series of linked, but individual responses to slavery. Lots of references to Quakers, Quakerism and Quaker beliefs included. For Ages 8-12.

Cricket Books 2003 166 PP. Cloth

$18.95 (in stock)

Freedom Summer (paperback)

BY DEBORAH WILES, ILLUSTRATED BY JEROME LAGARRIGUE
"Wiles delivers her message incisively through the credible voices of her young characters, narrator Joe and his best friend, John Henry, whose mother works as housekeeper for Joe's family. Joe and John spend many hours swimming together in the creek because John is not allowed in the public pool, so on the day the Civil Rights Act is enacted, they visit the town pool together, excited about diving for nickels in the clear water. Instead they find a work crew, including John Henry's older brother, filling in the pool with asphalt. `John Henry's voice shakes. `White folks don't want colored folks in their pool.'' The tale ends on an upbeat if tenuous note."-Publishers Weekly

Aladdin 2005 32 PP. Paper

$6.99 (in stock)

Freeing The Spirit

Nominations In The Society Of Friends In Theory & Practice

BY ROY STEPHENSON
In this book Roy Stephenson examines how Quakers can and do put their most deeply held principles, springing from their religious experiences, into pracice. Drawing from the depth of the religious tradition which first gave rise to George Fox's pioneering message in the 17th century, he shows how these principles remain the radical foundation of Quaker faith. Quakers can continue to be radical in this century, even within their own structures, through the way in which Friends in Britain are selected to hold office in the Society.

Sessions of York 2009 100 PP Paper

$16.00 (out of stock but can be backordered)

A Fresh Look At The Gospels

BY MARY MORRISON
Not a Pendle Hill Pamphlet. Taken from the introduction to her book Approaching the Gospels together. This is short guide to Morrison's ideas on studying the New Testament.

Pendle Hill 1986 26 PP. Paper

$2.00 (in stock)

Fresh Winds Of The Spirit

BY ALAN KOLP
"Fresh winds of the spirit blows a fresh wind over the life and ministry of George Fox and its application to contemporary movements of the holy spirit. Alan Kolp has taken some of the most energetic phrases of Fox; like oceans of darkness, brokenness of the heart and Ocean of life to take a new look at spirituality in our day." -Richard Foster

Friends United Press 2007 143 PP. Paper

$18.00 (in stock)

Friend

The Story Of George Fox And The Quakers

BY JANE YOLEN
First published over 30 years ago Friend: The Story of George Fox and the Quakers remains a timeless gift. It brings to light, for young and old Friends, the life and legacy of the founder of Quakerism. Fox was a larger than life personality in a turbulent period in English history. Jane Yolen's biography sets the context and chronicles Fox's spiritual development. Never released in a paperback edition, we are pleased to offer this new edition with a foreword by Larry Ingle. "Torn by war and wracked by uncertainty and doubt, the people of Fox's age wanted answers, and our author demonstrates those he offered." - Larry Ingle

Quaker Press of FGC 2005 192 PP. Paper

$13.95 (in stock)

The Friend

BY SARAH STEWART; ILLUSTRATED BY DAVID SMALL
In this autobiographical portrait, Stewart's spare text and Small's light-filled illustrations convey the shared loneliness felt by Belle, the daughter of wealthy parents who are never home, and Bea, the African American housekeeper who spends her days away from her own family caring for Belle and Belle's parents' opulent house. Bea ably tends to the home chores with Belle in tow (not always helping), then when she finishes she and Bea spend time together walking on the beach. In the absence of their own families, they form a visibly strong bond which culminates in Bea literally saving Belle's life. This is the story of love and care in the midst of the chasm of class and race.

Farrar, Straus 2004 48 PP Cloth

$16.00 (in stock)

A Friend Among The Senecas

The Quaker Mission To Cornplanter's People

BY DAVID SWATZLER
This account of a 1799 Quaker mission to a Seneca village in northwestern Pennsylvania is based on the journal of Henry Simmons and offers a captivating look at Seneca culture of the period-their festivals and games, division of labor, and fascinating cult of dreams that effected many of their actions. The perceptive Chief Cornplanter, realizing that his people must adapt to new social and economic patterns, welcomed the Quakers as teachers, not so much for their religion, but for their knowledge of agriculture.

Stackpole Books 2000 319 PP. Cloth

$24.95 (in stock)