The Practice Of The Presence Of God

BY BROTHER LAWRENCE OF THE RESURRECTION
The Practice of the Presence of God is a text compiled by Father Joseph de Beaufort of the wisdom and teachings of Brother Lawrence, a 17th century Carmelite monk. It is a collection of his letters, and records made, by other participants in them, of his conversations. For nearly 300 years this unparalleled classic has given both blessing and instruction to those who can be content with nothing less than knowing God in all His majesty and feeling His loving presence throughout each simple day. Translated by Donald Attwater with an introduction by Dorothy Day.

Templegate 1974 126 PP. Paper

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A Blessing In Disguise

39 Life Lessons From Today's Greatest Teachers

EDITED BY ANDREA JOY COHEN
Many well known spiritual writers and speakers share personal stories about their most challenging experience - and provide the healing wisdom that helped them emerge from them with a strengthened faith, and a deeper understanding of life, and with inner peace. The cahallenges include death, dying, suffering, Creative expression, Family dynamics, faith and the loss of it. Contributors include Anne Wilson Schaef, Bernie Siegel, Joan Borysenko, Stephen Levine and Thich Nhat Hahn.

Berkeley 2008 302 PP. Paper

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Prophetic Imagination

BRUEGGEMANN, WALTER

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Torture Is A Moral Issue

Christians, Jews, Muslims, And People Of Conscience Speak Out

EDITED BY GEORGE HUNSINGER
In this hard-hitting volume two dozen scholars, activists, military officers and religious leaders call for an immediate end to the practice of torture, paying particular attention to its use in the American war on terror. The heart of the book contains respectively Christian, Jewish, and Muslim arguments against torture, and the final part charts a way forward toward a solution, offering much principled yet practical advice.

Eerdmans 2008 272 PP. Paper

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Profiles Of Jesus

HOOVER, ROY W. (EDT)

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Raising Blaze

A Mother And Son's Long, Strange Journey Into Autism

BY DEBRA GINSBERG
Debra Ginsberg knew that her son was unique from the moment he was born. Blaze never crawled; at age one he simply stood up and walked. By the time he was four, he knew the complete works of Miles Davis. At five, he assigned colors to the days of the week. But from his first day of kindergarten, Blaze was considered a "problem" in the classroom. All his life he's defied diagnosis by a host of experts who have sought to label him. Ginsberg interweaves her moving personal story and tales of her hard-fought battles with schools and medical professionals to create a book that speaks to all parents.

HarperOne 2003 320 PP. Paper

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Ten Principles For Spiritual Parenting

Nurturing Your Child's Soul

BY MIMI DOE-WALCH AND MARSHA FAYFIELD-WALCH
For parents concerned about their family's spiritual growth, this timely work offers sound advice, as well as concrete guidelines on nurturing the spiritual development of children.

HarperSanFrancisco 1998 272 PP. Paper

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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

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Families Valued

Parenting And Politics For The Good Of All Children

BY JACK NELSON-PALLMEYER
A father explores how the needs of children can change personal and social priorities.

Friendship Press 1996 276 PP Paper

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Families Valued

Study Guide

NELSON-PALLMEYER, JA

1997 Paper

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How To Talk Sokids Will Listen And Listen So Kids Will Talk

20th Anniversary Edition

BY ADELE FABER AND ELAINE MAZLISH
How to Talk So Kids Will Listen and Listen So Kids Will Talk provides all the know-how required for happier, more constructive parent-child relations. Enthusiastically praised by parents and professionals around the world, the down-to-earth, respectful approach of Faber and Mazlish makes interaction with children of all ages less stressful and more rewarding. The Christopher Award-winning authors share their latest insights and suggestions based on feedback they've received over the years. Their real-world methods offer tips on handling children's negative feelings, expressing anger without being hurtful, setting firm limits, and how to resolve family conflicts peacefully.

Quill 1982 286 PP. Paper

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Living Simply With Children

A Voluntary Simplicity Guide

BY MARIE SHERLOCK
"The purpose of this book is to help parents navigate the maze of materialism and the frenzied pace that society sets up for them and their kids. It will show parents how they can shelter their kids from the corporate culture; teach and model important values like compassion, generosity, and respect for the earth; and slow down and enjoy both quality and quantity time with their families. And it will make clear to parents that by doing these things, their kids' childhoods will be focused on the good stuff, which of course isn't stuff at all." From the Author

Three Rivers Press 2003 304 PP. Paper

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Always My Child

A Parent's Guide To Understanding Your Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgendered Or Questioning Son Or Daughter

BY KEVIN JENNINGS, PAT SHAPIRO
"Filled with real-life stories, scientific research and practical advice, Jennings' latest .stresses the importance of family acceptance for a child's self-esteem and the need to create a safe haven at home for GLBTQ teens, who often feel depressed, isolated, and harassed by peers and society at large. Drawing from countless anecdotal stories, as well as his own experiences growing up gay in a disapproving Southern Baptist atmosphere, Jennings encourages parents to understand their children's culture, recognize the myths of sexual orientation, identify warning signs., and learn how they may unwittingly be perpetuating gender stereotypes by facing their own prejudices."-PW. Sale copies

Fireside 2002 336 PP. Paper

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Unconditional Parenting

Moving From Rewards And Punishment To Love And Reason

BY ALFIE KOHN
Most parenting guides begin with the question "How can we get kids to do what they're told?" and then proceed to offer various techniques for controlling them. Educator Alfie Kohn asks, "What do kids need -- and how can we meet those needs?" What follows from that question are ideas for working with children rather than doing things to them. Unconditional Parenting addresses the ways parents think about, feel about, and act with their children. It invites them to question their most basic assumptions about raising kids while offering a wealth of practical strategies for shifting from "doing to" to "working with" parenting.

Atria Books 2006 264 PP. Paper

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The Natural Child

Parenting From The Heart

BY JAN HUNT, FOREWORD BY PEGGY OMARA
"The Natural Child is a collection of essays on parenting and education which I wrote between 1988 and the present. The essays were written to help parents and future parents understand the critical importance of treating their children with dignity, respect, understanding, and compassion from infancy into adulthood. I hope to inspire parents toward a new way of being with their children that allows for a mutually trusting and loving relationship based on respectful, gentle guidance and emotional support." - from the author's Introduction Jan Hunt is a Friend.

New Society 2001 192 PP Paper

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Ecokids

Raising Children Who Care For The Earth

BY DAN CHIRAS
A hopeful and inspiring guide for parents, topics covered include ways to avoid gloom and doom in favor of positive solutions, foster love and empathy for nature, develop environmental values, and put values into action. Each chapter includes a case study of a child who's making a difference, short pieces that highlight serious problems such as global warming, along with positive solutions that can be read aloud to children, and activities for children. A resource guide lists helpful books, articles, videos and organizations.

New Society 2005 240 PP. Paper

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Answering That Of God In Our Children

Php 315

BY HARRIET HEATH
"Seeing my child as a wonderer with the potential of growing into goodness expands my understanding of that child and defines my role as a parent or caregiver. I can be a loving guide rather than only a strict authority figure or only a loving companion. The stories in this pamphlet, drawn from life, illustrate the wondering that our children do and the role it opens for us who live and work with them." - Harriet Heath.

Pendle Hill Pamphlet 1994 39 PP. Paper

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God Raising Us

Parenting As A Spiritual Practice-php 396

BY EILEEN FLANAGAN
When Eileen Flanagan became a mother, her spiritual world was dramatically discomposed. Bringing children into her life required her to find new ways to discern God's leadings; her ways of experiencing connection to the Divine were transformed; and her personal spiritual practices were tried, tested, and ultimately reinvented. In telling her own story - the challenges faced, the lessons learned - she calls on Friends to recognize parenthood as a phase of spiritual development with special gifts and needs, and suggest ways that we may begin to support the faith lives of parents and help our meetings be more fully multigenerational. Discussion questions are included.

Pendle Hill Pamphlet 2008 31 PP. Paper

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The Unschooling Unmanual

BY JAN HUNT, JOHN HOLT AND MORE
Through engaging personal stories, examples, and essays, the writers offer inspiration and encouragement for seasoned and prospective unschoolers alike. Includes John Holt: Every waking hour, Nanda Van Gestel: An unschooling adventure, Jan Hunt: The natural love of learning, Earl Stevens: What is unschooling?.

Natural Child Project 2008 91 PP. Paper

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The Natural Child - Audio

Parenting From The Heart

BY JAN HUNT, READ BY KEATON SIMONS
A three and a half hour audio edition of the full text of The Natural Child book. " A collection of essays on parenting and education which I wrote between 1988 and the present. The essays were written to help parents and future parents understand the critical importance of treating their children with dignity, respect, understanding, and compassion from infancy into adulthood. I hope to inspire parents toward a new way of being with their children that allows for a mutually trusting and loving relationship based on respectful, gentle guidance and emotional support." - from the author's Introduction Jan Hunt is a Friend.

The Natural Child Project 2008 3.5 HOURS Audio

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Paths To Quaker Parenting

Using Quaker Beliefs, Testimonies And Practices

EDITED BY HARRIET HEATH
Parents ask questions: How should I respond to my three-year-old's whining for a cookie at 5:30? Should my nine-year-old have both an IPod and a cell phone, or neither? How do I deal with my anger when my teenager rolls his eyes and doesn't move after I've asked him to take out the trash? As Quakers parents look to their faith for guidance. How does my belief, that there is a Way, impact my parenting? How will I parent following the Peace Testimony especially when I am angry? This book is the sharing of a group of parents who have struggled with concerns such as these, have looked to their Quaker faith and found there strength and guidance.

Conrow Publishing house 2009 122 PP. Paper

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Homeschooling And The Voyage Of Self Discovery

BY DAVID ALBERT
"David Albert reaches out to every reader as if he is there with you enjoying a cup of tea. Not a methodology, not a structure to incorporate, but a refreshing way of conceiving of things that liberates you to think freely about how to learn with your children." - Sherry Stacy.

Common Courage 2003 224 PP. Blank

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Have Fun. Learn Stuff. Grow.

Homeschooling And The Curriculum Of Love

BY DAVID ALBERT
Gently and passionately, homeschooling advocate David H. Albert insists that the curriculum of love is not about externals. It is about what is essential in each individual human being, and in every child. Its code words are communication, inquisitivness, acceptance, joy, honesty, and courage. It demands that we assist our children in seeking to embrace a world that is their own, and prepared to render up her secrets. It is about surprises, unveilings, moments of spontaneous recognition, journeys completed and new ones waiting to be undertaken. Have Fun. Learn Stuff. Grow. is a powerful, humorous, fearless, and thoroughly appealing approach to learning.

Common Courage Press 2005 192 PP. Paper

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At Work In Life's Garden

Writers On The Spiritual Adventure Of Parenting

EDITED BY SARAH CONOVER AND TRACY SPRINGBERRY
In these vivid personal essays, Barbara Kingsolver, Anne Lamott, Alexandra Fuller, Scott Russell Sanders, Beth Kephart, Barry Lopez and many other prominent writers, an amazingly ecumenical group, explore the endless surprise and spiritual enrichment that parenthood offers, even at its most difficult. "All parents are on their own hike, with their own children, with their own lessons to learn. 'At Work in Life's Garden: Writers on the Spiritual Adventure of Parenting' is a wonderful companion on the journey." - Mimi Doe

423423 2005 241 PP. Paper

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Using Your Values To Raise Your Child

To Be An Adult You Admire

BY HARRIET HEATH
This is a thought-provoking and insightful book on parenting by a Friend, which will help parents integrate their values into family life and pass them on to their children.

Parenting Press 2000 176 PP. Paper

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Respectful Parents, Respectful Kids

7 Keys To Turn Family Conflict Into Co-operation

BY SURA HART AND VICTORIA KINDLE HODSON
This handbook urges parents to move beyond typical discipline techniques by creating an environment based on mutual respect, emotional safety, and positive, open communication. The seven outlined principles redefine the parent-dominated family by teaching parents how to achieve mutual parent/child respect without being submissive, set firm limits without using demands or coercion, and empower children to open up, cooperate, and realize their own innate potential. Based on Marshall Rosenberg's Nonviolent Communication process, the framework helps parents break down the barriers to outstanding relationships with their kids by avoiding destructive language and habits.

Puddledancer Press 2006 208 PP. Paper

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Connection Parenting

Parenting Through Connection Instead Of Coercion, Through Love Instead Of Fear

BY PAM LEO
"Connection Parenting" is based on author Pam Leo's seven week parenting series, "Meeting the Needs of Children," that she has been teaching for over sixteen years. The premise is that a strong parent-child bond is the key to children's optimal human development and our most effective parenting tool. "Grounded in field-tested experience for three decades, Pam's illuminating insights into the components of creating and preserving the sacred bond between parent and child picks up where basic attachment parenting and Continuum Concept recommendations end. This readable book offers practical, compassionate parenting tools..." - Lisa Reagan

Wyatt-MacKenzie Publishing 2007 216 PP. Paper

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One Small Plot Of Heaven

Reflections On Family Life By A Quaker Sociologist

BY ELISE BOULDING
More than any other single book, this is an intelligent and sensitive manual for Quaker parenting and family life. Elise Boulding, noted sociologist and peace activist, talks about practicing peace making in family life and creating a colony of heaven, "a home of peace from which to help build a more peaceful world." Boulding speaks of children and solitude, the personhood of children, Friends testimonies in the home, families as centers of peace and love, Quaker foremothers as ministers and householders, reweaving the web of family life for lesbians and gays, the re-creation of relationship and the family as a small society. Boulding offers an inspiring vision for the family.

Pendle Hill 1989 225 PP. Paper

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Simple Riches

Reflections On The Work Of The Quaker Parent

BY JUDY & DENIS ASSELIN
Key ingredients to successful Quaker parenting: "living simply, loving unconditionally, and having faith."

Southeastern Yearly Meeting 1995 17 PP. Paper

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The Quakers - A Very Short Introduction

BY BEN PINK-DANDELION
This little book is the latest one volume introduction to Quakerism. Written by Pink Dandelion, Quaker Studies teacher at Woodbrooke, this text presents an overview of Quaker identity, history, worship, theology, belief and ecumenism. Dandelion also offers a concluding chapter on the future of Quakerism and presents a chart o n three branches that he identifies: evangelical, conservative and liberal. Dandelion's approach offers a welcome addition to introductory texts, though not all will agree with the conclusions and characterizations that he asserts.

Oxford 2008 160 PP. Paper

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