Addiction And Grace

Love And Spirituality In The Healing Of Addictions

BY GERALD MAY
May examines the "processes of attachment" that lead to addiction and describes the relationship between addiction and spiritual awareness. He also details the various addictions from which we can suffer, not only to substances like alcohol and drugs, but to work, sex, performance, responsibility, and intimacy. Drawing on his experience as a psychiatrist working with the chemically dependent, May emphasizes that addiction represents an attempt to assert complete control over our lives. This book can provide a critical yet hopeful guide to a place of freedom based on contemplative spirituality.

HarperOne 1991 216 PP. Paper

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Addressing Sexual Abuse In Friends Meetings

BY NEW ENGLAND YEARLY MEETING
What is sexual abuse? How can Friends be aware of violence in our homes and meetings? This important resource is the work of many Friends in New England.

New England Yearly Meeting 1994 55 PP. Paper

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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)

Counting On Kindness

The Dilemmas Of Dependency

BY WENDY LUSTBADER
What does it feel like when you have to be "cared for" and what is it like to be the carer. Here stories and experiences of all sorts of people who have been faced with dependence are used to help those now or about to undergo a similar transition. She looks at all stages of caring from illness to death.

Free Press 1991 206 PP. Paper

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Grounded In God

Care And Nurture In Friends Meetings

EDITED BY PAT MCBEE
A fundamental element of the life of a Friends meeting is a longing to care for one another in ways that are deeply grounded in love and in the presence of the Spirit. This collection of essays is a thematic arrangement of the Pastoral Care Newsletter with each article addressing a challenge or question that pastoral caregivers will face in their work. Caregivers and the people who are members of ministry and care, ministry and nurture or worship and care committees can use this book to enhance their skills. Includes questions for discussion, bibliography, index.

Quaker Press of FGC 2002 288 PP. Paper

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Handbook For Overseers

BY PHILADELPHIA YEARLY MEETING
Describes care of members, functions shared with other committees, record keeping, etc.

Philadelphia YM 1994 15 PP. Paper

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Out Of The Silence

Quaker Perspectives On Pastoral Care And Counseling

BY BILL RATLIFF
This anthology of Quaker perspectives on caregiving will aid pastors, chaplains, seminary teachers and students as well as health counselors, psychologists, social workers and psychiatrists. The theory of Quaker practice is wedded to the experience of the professional caregiver to present a relationship-centered model for caregiving.

Pendle Hill 2001 320 PP. Paper

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Pastoral Care Of Children And Young People

BY THE COMMITTEE ON ELDERSHIP AND OVERSIGHT OF BRITAIN YEARLY MEETING
Pastoral care of children and young people has its own particular difficulties and rewards. This booklet offers advice for the spiritual care and guidance of the young.

Britain Yearly Meeting 2001 46 PP. Paper

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Patterns Of Eldership And Oversight

BRITAIN YEARLY MEETING COMMITTEE ON ELDERSHIP AND OVERSIGHT
British guide to eldership in monthly meetings, offering case studies and suggesting exercises and additional resources to study these practices.

Britain Yearly Meeting 1997 30 PP. Paper

$10.00 (in 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

$13.00 (low stock)

Trespass & Trust

Quaker Meeting & Sex Offenders

BY DAPHNE GLAZER
Daphne Glazer takes a close look at issues around sexual abuse and the lives involved. How do we maintain trust and safety? What is forgiveness? What can we do to help an abuser change, and to support a Quaker meeting that faces these dilemmas? This book raises issues to consider before you are faced by a specific problem, and offers reflection on what it means for Quakers to love in the Light, without denial of the darkness.

Britain Yearly Meeting 2004 96 PP. Paper

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Walk Worthy Of Your Calling

Quakers And The Traveling Ministry

EDITED BY MARGERY POST-ABBOTT AND PEGGY SENGER-PARSONS
This book is a collection of essays and stories by many Friends across the spectrum of Quakerism who have been called to travel in the ministry. Included are reflections on struggling with the call itself and the transformation that comes from listening carefully to God's direction. Many experiences of Friends called to traditional ministry among Friends are described, as are explorations of new forms of ministry. There is a chapter on support structures for the minister as s/he undertakes his or her journey. The editors offer up this book for all those considering ministry; as a guide to moving forward and as a sourcebook of encouragement and inspiration.

Friends United Press 2004 302 PP Paper

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