Special Education As A Spiritual Journey

Php #390

BY MICHAEL RESMAN
How are we to understand God in a world where children suffer from devastating disabilities? And how are we to live meaningfully in such a world? Michael Resman, who works in special education as an occupational therapist, has had much occasion to grapple with such questions. The answers he found for himself come not from church teachings, nor from his own reasonings, but from mystical insight, or as early Friends would say, from spiritual "openings." Many early Friends wrote accounts of "God's dealings" with them, in the hope that their journals would prove useful to others. This is such an account.

Pendle Hill Pamphlet 2007 35 PP. Paper

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Spirit-led Eldering

Integral To Our Faith And Practice - Php 392

BY MARGERY MEARS LARRABEE
Eldering is a process of assisting one another, from a centered place, to stay true and faithful to the Spirit in all aspects of our lives. Eldering is a component in the life of a spiritual community that was well known among early Friends, came to be misunderstood, and to a great extent has fallen out of practice. Today Margery Mears Larrabee, author of this essay, and other Friends are urging us to rediscover eldering as a valuable practice that can nurture the spiritual lives of individual Friends and of Friends' meetings. Decades of experience, wisdom, and deep reflection are contained in these pages.

Pendle Hill Pamphlet 2007 36 PP. Paper

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Spiritual Discernment

The Context And Goal Of Clearness Committees - Php 305

BY PATRICIA LORING
Patricia Loring articulates the use of clearness committees as instruments of discernment in the tradition of Quaker spirituality and practice. "To assist one another in the on-going discernment, we function in ways traditionally associated with the deepest work of spiritual communities. We can cultivate an environment among us which will foster one another's spiritual growth by directing and redirecting intention and attention to God; by discouraging what draws us away; by loving support for each other in the vicissitudes of our utterly human lives; by respecting and cherishing the uniqueness of each life." - The author

Pendle Hill Pamphlet 1992 32 PP. Paper

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Stories From Kenya

Php 319

BY TOM & LIZ GATES
The authors lived and worked in a Quaker mission hospital in rural West Kenya.

Pendle Hill Pamphlet 1995 40 PP. Paper

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Tall Poppies

Supporting Gifts Of Ministr Y And Eldering In The Monthly Meeting - Php 347

BY MARTHA PAXSON-GRUNDY
This pamphlet describes the traditional Quaker understanding of power and spiritual authority and God's gifts in relation to them. Focusing on gifts more traditionally understood as ministry and eldering, it suggests to monthly meetings how to support and nurture ministry and the individual Friends through whom it comes.

Pendle Hill Pamphlet 2000 32 PP. Paper

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Testimony

John Woolman On Today's Global Economy - Php 356

BY DAVID MORSE
If John Woolman were living in today's world, how would he respond to our globalized economy? Through the use of queries, Morse examines what John Woolman would have done and felt in response to global 'free' trade.

Pendle Hill Pamphlet 2001 36 PP. Paper

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The Testimony Of Integrity

In The Religious Society Of Friends - Php 296

BY WILMER COOPER
The call for integrity in daily life lies at the heart of Quakerism. It reflects Friends devotion to truth, honesty, authenticity, and wholeness. This pamphlet claims that the Testimony of Integrity should undergird all the Quaker testimonies and should become the guiding principle for daily living.

Pendle Hill Pamphlet 1991 32 PP. Paper

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Therefore Choose Life

The Spiritual Challenge Of The Nuclear Age - Php 300

BY JOHN TALMADGE
Nuclear addiction as spiritually solvable problem.

Pendle Hill Pamphlet 1991 Paper

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Three Ravens & Two Widows

A Perspective On Controversy Among Friends - Php 401

BY RICHARD MACY KELLY
This essay is an intimate portrait of two women whose very different lives and characters were faithful responses to the challenges of loss, responsibility, love, and difficulty at different times and places in Quaker history. The author's mother, Lael Macy, and his grandmother, Madora Kersey, "sang" the same ballad of love and pain in very different lyrics. Using the metaphor of the ancient ballad, The Three Ravens, Richard Kelly invites us to explore how history and family traditions may limit our understanding of Truth or give us the strength and vision to see new possibilities in times when disagreements trouble our communities.

Pendle Hill Pamphlet 2009 36 PP. Paper

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Touched By God In Quaker Meeting

Php 338

BY KENNETH CARROLL
A seasoned Friend shares moving and well-written accounts of meaningful experiences in meeting for worship. The essay will help Friends to appreciate and express what they, too, have experienced maybe only occasionally in worship.

Pendle Hill Pamphlet 1998 31 PP. Paper

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Treasure In Clay Jars

Php 346

BY ELIZABETH OSTRANDER-SUTTON
A meditation on centering prayer and working with clay.

Pendle Hill Pamphlet 1999 37 PP. Paper

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Turnaround

Growing A Twenty-first Century Religious Society Of Friends - Php 387

BY BENJAMIN LLOYD
Like many Friends, Benjamin Lloyd is deeply concerned about the future of our Religious Society. Why are we diminishing in numbers when we have so much to offer? In this essay, he presents his own creative ideas and encouragement for a reinvigoration of our meeting communities. Which of our traditions and practices should we renew? And where are the places where continuing revelation calls us to be open to the winds of change that will come with the next generation of Quaker leaders?

Pendle Hill Pamphlet 2006 31 PP. Paper

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A Very Good Week Behind Bars

Php 380

BY JANEAL TURNBULL-RAVNDAL
What is it like to spend time in prison for demonstrating? Janeal Ravndal writes of her week in Philadelphia's Federal Detention Center after she chose to ignore orders not to block entry to a courthouse as the U.S. began to attack Iraq early in 2003. Janeal shares movingly of joyful moments and discouraging times, of shared prayers and music-making, and of the satisfaction of creating art from the sparse "found" materials in a cell. Conscious of the dramatic contrast between her "very good week" and the days of a typical inmate, she was acutely aware of what a different world prison would be for those who found little joy or companionship there.

Pendle Hill Pamphlet 2005 36 PP Paper

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Walt Whitman's Spiritual Epic

Pendle Hill Pamphlet 395

BY MICHAEL ROBERTSON
Walt Whitman's celebrated 1855 poem "Song of Myself" was an astonishing new poetic venture in its language and style as well as in the values and spirituality it expressed. The poet, Whitman believed, was to be the high priest of a new, democratic religion. Whitman was inspired by the progressive religious ideals surging through Quakerism and other spiritual movements. With particular attention to the perspectives of Friends, Robertson walks the reader through "Song of Myself," noting its beauties, its challenges, and its deep inspiration. (Discussion questions included)

Pendle Hill Pamphlet 2008 36 PP. Paper

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The Way Of The Cross

The Gospel Record - Php 260

BY MARY MORRISON
A long-time teacher of the Gospels sees the heart of their message as a center that is everywhere, inclusive, yet highly individual.

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What Is Quakerism?

A Primer - Php 277

BY GEORGE T. PECK
This little pamphlet reads easily and covers the basics of Quakerism. Includes Friends' form of worship, lifestyle, activities in the world, structure, and terminology.

Pendle Hill Pamphlet 1988 48 PP. Paper

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Who Do You Say I Am

WILSON, LLOYD LEE
Jesus asked His disciples: Who do you say that I am? Today many of Jesus's followers still seek to answer that question--in contemplation and prayer, in study, in Spirit-led service, in conversations with one another, and in searching their own hearts and souls. Lloyd Lee Wilson offers his own response, which arises from years of engaging with the question through his Quaker faith. This pamphlet invites readers to meet Jesus as Lloyd Lee has come to know Him, and to further explore for themselves, "Who do you say I am?

Pendle Hill Pamphlet 2010 31 PP. Paper

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Without Nightfall Upon The Spirit

Php 311

BY MARY MORRISON
"To preside over the disintegration of one's own body, looking on as sight and hearing, strength, speed, and short-term memory deteriorate, calls for a heroism that is no less impressive for being quiet and patient.. Anyone who watches aging closely and with a sympathetic eye can sometimes be lost in admiration for the aging and their gallantry. Where does this gallantry come from? How are we going to find it in ourselves as we need it?" asks the author in her introduction. This essay on aging will help us recognize the source of dignity and ways to nurture the integrity of aging.

Pendle Hill Pamphlet 1994 31 PP. Paper

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Women Of Power And Presence

The Spiritual Formation Of Four Quaker Women Ministers - Php 294

BY MAUREEN GRAHAM
Spiritual and psychological development of Rebecca Jones, Rachel Hicks, Elizabeth Fry, and Lucretia Mott.

Pendle Hill Pamphlet 1990 40 PP. Paper

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