Amazing Grace

A Vocabulary Of Faith

BY KATHLEEN NORRIS
"Norris draws upon her considerable poetic skills to refashion the vocabulary of the church (`judgement,' `faith,' `salvation,' `sinner,' `Christ') into her own religious vocabulary. In each of these medita-tions, Norris uses anecdotes and humor to invest these words with fresh meanings. . . . Norris's lyrical prose rings with clarity and grace." - Publishers Weekly

Riverhead 1999 384 PP. Paper

$15.00 (in stock)

Autobiographical Writings Of Early Quaker Women

EDITED BY DAVID BOOY
SECONDHAND COPY AS NEW. Modern Quaker women have been discussed and quoted fairly extensively, relatively few of their texts are readily or widely available. The chief purpose of this edition is to rectify this state of affairs in one central area - that of autobiographical writing. The edition contains substantial excerpts from a range of self-writings by Quaker women, composed between the 1650s and circa 1710: letters, testimonies, memoirs, accounts of spiritual development, narratives of persecution and imprisonment. This volume includes many excerpts not available in other editions including writings by Elizabeth Hooten, Alice Curwen, Elizabeth Stirredge, Anne Docwra, and Alice Hays.

Ashgate 2004 230 PP. Cloth

$35.00 (in stock)

The Barn At The End Of The World

The Apprenticeship Of A Quaker, Buddhist Shepherd

BY MARY ROSE O'REILLEY
"Deciding that her spirituality needed to be grounded in the real world, Mary Rose O'Reilley, a Quaker with a Catholic past and a Buddhist future, embarked on a year of tending sheep, whom she called her 'two hundred spiritual teachers.' In this poetic, irreverent spiritual autobiography, O'Reilly takes the reader into a working barn, where she learns to 'flip' sheep, inoculate them, and help them lamb (among other, earthier things)." -Paul Lacey

Milkweed Editions 2001 344 PP. Paper

$15.95 (in stock)

A Brief Memoir Of Elizabeth Fry

1781-1845

EDITED BY DAVID GOFF
A republication of a document originally published by the London Tract Association of Friends, which tells the story of Elizabeth Fry, often in her own words.

Friends United Press 2008 104 PP. Paper

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The Burning One-ness Binding Everything

A Spiritual Journey - Php 332

BY BRUCE BIRCHARD
"This essay recounts my spiritual journey: experiences of the Spirit through beauty, love, and worship, as well as reflections on how I understand the nature of the Spirit. I am especially concerned about the transcendent and immanent qualities of the Spirit, the relation of the Spirit to suffering and evil, and the significance of the creation as an incarnation of the Spirit."

Pendle Hill Pamphlet 1997 38 PP. Paper

$6.50 (in stock)

Cloud Of Witnesses Profiles Of Church Leaders (47)

EDITED BY J WENGER
SECONDHAND. Grubby but OK reading copy.Superb reading for misogynist theologians- Profiles of 71 men and 4 women (in a tiny postscript) who are famous Church leaders. Actually quite interesting and includes Fox, Barclay and Thomas Kelly as well as everyone else maleyou can think of.

Estern Mennonite Seminary 1981 288 PP. Paper

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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

$7.95 (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

$15.95 (in stock)

Counsel To The Christian-traveler

Also Meditations & Experiences

BY WILLIAM SHEWEN
William Shewen was an early-convinced and prominent member of the Religious Society of Friends in London in the mid to late seventeenth century; he was also the author of a number of tracts and books. His Counsel to the Christian-Traveller was first published in 1683 and frequently reprinted up to 1838. In this new edition this early and important dissertation on Quaker Faith and Practice is made available to those who desire a deeper understanding of the traditional beliefs of the Religious Society of Friends.

Inner Light Books 2005 116 PP. Paper

$15.00 (in stock)

Discovering God As Companion

Real Life Stories From What Canst Thou Say?

EDITED BY MARIELLEN GILPIN
The nearly eighty articles are culled from a quarterly newsletter begun in 1994 that gathers the mystical and contemplative experiences of Quakers. The book is broken into thematic sections: `God Breaking In,' `God in Nature,' `God in Times of Pain and Despair,' `Living Faithfully,' and `In Celebration.' Contributors include Brad Sheeks, Pat McBee, Marcelle Martin, Stephen Angell, Thomas Kelly, Mary Waddington, Bill Taber, and many others. "This book witnesses to the action of God in the lives of Friends today, and their response to it. Mysticism at work." - Fran Taber

AuthorHouse 2007 160 PP. Paper

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The Duty Of Delight

The Diaries Of Dorothy Day

EDITED BY ROBERT ELLSBERG
Dorothy Day was the co-founder of the Catholic Worker movement. After being sealed for twenty-five years, the publication of her diaries offers a uniquely intimate portrait of her daily struggles and concerns. For almost fifty years, through her tireless service of the poor and her courageous witness for peace, she offered an extraordinary example of the gospel in action. These daily musings recount her story from 1934 to 1980. She displays a rare balance between radicalism and tradition, action and contemplation, the transcendent and the everyday. Ellsberg was a member of the Catholic Workers community in New York and is a careful and skilful editor.

Marquette University Press 2008 700 PP. Cloth

$42.00 (in stock)

Ego & Archetype (77)

EDWARD EDINGER
SECONDHAND COPY- paperback that looks as if it ghas been read, but otherwise good. his book is about the individual's journey to psychological wholeness, known in analytical psychology as the process of individuation. Edward Edinger traces the stages in this process and relates them to the search for meaning through encounters with symbolism in religion, myth, dreams, and art. For contemporary men and women, Edinger believes, the encounter with the self is equivalent to the discovery of God. The result of the dialogue between the ego and the archetypal image of God is an experience that dramatically changes the individual's worldview and makes possible a new and more meaningful way of life.

S 1972 304 PP. Paper

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Encountering The Light

A Journey Taken

BY MARTIN LYNN
Irish Friend Martin Lynn expressed the Quaker message deeply within his life and these papers document part of his spiritual journey. As an historian, Martin Lynn starts with his challenging message of early Friends and stresses that by looking to 'the light within' everyone can encounter God. In this precious legacy of Quaker papers delivered to Friends Meetings in Ireland, Martin Lynn urges modern Quakers to confidently reconnect with the living light experienced by early Friends. Speaking from is own experience he guides us to find ways to listen to the message of our Quaker forebears.

Sessions of York 2007 92 PP. Paper

$16.00 (in stock)

Enlivened By The Mystery, Quakers And God

Giving Form To Faith Series

EDITED BY KATHY HYZY
"How have you experienced God or the Divine?" With this query, Western Friend magazine invited Friends across the West to share their stories through art, poetry, fiction and essays. The contributions of nearly fifty Friends are gathered in this testament to the breadth and depth of spiritual experience in the Religious Society of Friends. Thematic sections are framed by simple queries designed to encourage readers to reflect on the ways in which the Spirit moves in their own lives.

Friends Bulletin Corporation 2009 140 PP. Paper

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Etty Hillesum

An Interupted Life And Letters From Westerbrook

BY ETTY HILLESUM
Etty Hillesum died in Auchswitz at the age of 29. The diary and letters combined here are a powerful story of spiritual growth in a very dark time.

Owl Books 1996 376 PP. Paper

$18.00 (in stock)

Finding Our Voice

Our Truth, Community, And Journey As Australian Young Friends

BY AUSTRALIAN YOUNG FRIENDS
The 2010 James Backhouse Lecture is a collective presentation by a group of Australian Young Friends. They say in their introduction, "One theme that has emerged strongly is: 'Whose Friends are we?' What role does the Religious Society of Friends play in our lives? Do we feel we are friends with older Quakers? Or are we, like the early Quakers, simply young 'Friends of the Truth,' striving to live our lives with integrity? We invite you to share with us an attempt to answer some of these questions through an exploration of what it means to call oneself a Young Friend. Within this framework we explore the expectations placed on us as young people within a spiritual community."

Australia YM 2010 62 PP. Paper

$9.95 (out of stock but can be backordered)

Firstlight - Paperback

BY SUE MONK KIDD
In Firstlight, author Sue Monk Kidd offers readers an intimate glimpse into the early years of her journey as both writer and spiritual seeker. Drawn from her early writings for Guideposts and other publications, these personal reflections and essays are organized around thirteen spiritual motifs and interwoven to create a compelling narrative about the author's spiritual awakening. Included are writings about the author's multiple roles as mother, daughter, wife, nurse, and writer; recollections about her extensive travels; reflections on her childhood and marriage; and musings on a stream of ordinary moments -- all of which added richness and meaning to the author's journey.

Penguin 2007 227 PP. Paper

$14.00 (in stock)

The Florist's Daughter

BY PATRICIA HAMPL
Her writing is well known to friends from gathering workshops on spiritual storytelling that have used "I Could tell you stories" and made that book a best seller for us. This book tells the story of her parents a debonair Czech father, whose floral work gave him entrée to St. Paul society, and her mother a distrustful Irishwoman with an uncanny ability to tell a tale. Written while her mother was dying, it is a telling of life's lived with passion and spirit that created and enriched her own.

Harcourt 2007 227 PP. Paper

$5.00 (in stock)

From West Point To Quakerism

Php 389

BY MIKE HELLER
As a young man at West Point, Mike Heller found himself in a hostile environment, struggling to fit in where he was learning that he did not belong, searching for something to hold onto that was true and that nurtured his spirit. Now, from the wisdom and experience of greater years, he reflects on his painful and sometimes lonely passage and on how way opened for him to discover himself and his place in the world. In the best Friends' tradition of sharing our spiritual journeys, Mike Heller offers his own story, told with insight and compassion for the variety of people who crossed his path.

Pendle Hill Pamphlet 2007 36 PP. Paper

$6.50 (in stock)

Grace (eventually) - Paperback

Thoughts On Faith

BY ANNE LAMOTT
Whether she's writing about her unsuccessful efforts to get her money back from an obstinate carpet salesman, grappling with the tectonic shifts in her relationship with her son as he matures, trying to maintain her faith and humor during politically challenging times, or helping a close friend die with dignity, Lamott seeks out both the divinity and the humanity in herself and everything around her. Throughout these essays, she writes of her struggle to find the essence of her faith, which she uncovers in the unlikeliest places.

Riverhead Books 253 PP. Paper

$14.00 (in stock)

Grace Notes

The Waking Of A Woman's Voice

BY HEIDI HART
Heidi Hart's luminous memoir retraces her search for an opening to her heart's path. She finds that the religious life of her Latter-day Saint family robs her of her voice and her spirit. When she discovers Catharine, a mute, Quaker ancestor, Hart begins a vital journey - a journey blessed by her devout and devoted husband; a journey that leads her as she studies Jewish tradition, Benedictine monastic ritual, Emily Dickinson, that leads her to a place that feels like home: the Society of Friends, the Quaker community of Salt Lake City.

Univ of Utah 2004 230 PP. Cloth

$12.50 (in stock)

Held In Love

Life Stories To Inspire Us Through Times Of Change

ED MOLLY YOUNG BROWN, CAROLYN WILBUR TREADWAY
A birthright Friend Carolyn and her husband were founding members of Bloomington-Normal Friends Meeting. She is an accredited and certified pastoral counselor, family therapist, and social worker. Here with Molly Young Brown she has collected and edited, Personal stories, amplified by poetry and photography from 72 contributors, (including many Quakers) that illustrate, though times and lives are changing, how inspiring real life can be.

Pschosynthesis Press 2010 304 PP. Paper

$20.00 (in stock)

Here I Am, Lord

BY ERNIE BUSCEMI AND VINCE BUSCEMI
A cutting edge booklet on discerning callings. `We are creatures of habit and we do what is comfortable. Faith however inspires action; it produces doers. And those faithful to the obedience, to the urging of the spirit are moved into service.' The authors challenge us to explore the impact of racism on the choices we make.

Southeastern Yearly Meeting 2006 28 PP. Paper

$4.00 (in stock)

Hunting For Hope

A Father's Journeys

BY SCOTT RUSSELL SANDERS
The book begins with a hiking trip in the Rockies meant to ease the strife between the author and his teenage son. On their first day, Jesse lashes out: " You look at any car, and all you think is pollution, traffic, roadside crap. You say fast food's poisoning our bodies and TV's poisoning our minds....You make me feel the planet's dying, and people are to blame, and nothing can be done about it. There's no room for hope. Maybe you can get along without hope, but I can't." Sanders sets out to accumulate, in a narrative threaded with the moving remainder of the father-son trip, his own reasons for facing the future with hope.

Beacon Press 1998 200 PP. Paper

$16.00 (in stock)

Improvisations And Spiritual Disciplines

Php 288

BY CAROL CONTI-ENTIN
The author uses musical improvisation to understand Sabbath observance, Bible reading, journal keeping, tithing, and praying.

Pendle Hill Pamphlet 1989 30 PP. Paper

$6.50 (out of stock but can be backordered)

India Seen Afar (661)

KATHLEEN RAINE
SECONDHAND, fair condition with Dust jacket. In this concluding volume of autobiography, Kathleen Raine reflects on the profound significance of Indian philosophy and wisdom, the 'India of the imagination'. When she visited India for the first time at the age of seventy-four, she brought with her the eye of a poet and the mind of a scholar-philosopher long steeped in the spiritual vision of both East and West. In this vivid and engaging narrative of her travels the poet speaks of those human depths that are beyond all superficial divisions, invoking the timeless order that is the culture of India, and which holds an urgent message for the spiritual renewal of humankind.

Brazillier 1990 294 PP. Cloth

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Intimacy With God

KEATING
An accessible introduction to the method of Centering Prayer, this guide explains its origins, theological basis, and psychology by drawing on the writings of important Catholic figures, such as St. Teresa of Avila and St. John of the Cross, and significant texts, such as "The Cloud of Unknowing." Describing the theological basis for the Centering Prayer while staying rooted in the heart of a practice that is very personal and intimate, the study explores how harmful attitudes and beliefs about God can distort a positive relationship with the divine. With a careful balance of both Christian and Buddhist philosophy.

Crossroads 2009 176 PP. Paper

$16.95 (in stock)

John Horsch Memorial Papers (45)

BY HAROLD BENDER,EDWARD YODER, JOHN WENGER,ERNST CORELL
SECONDHAND. Good condition large flat hardback copy. Not entirely sure who this Mennonite was, but gather he was a notable historian of anabaptism. Long apendix at rearof letters to hinm from ludwig Keller in German with an English translation.

Mennonite Publishing House 1947 100 PP. Cloth

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Knowing And Not Knowing

The 2007 Jonathan Plummer Lecture

BY MARGARET KATRANIDES
"I want to talk to you today about the ineffable. To describe the indescribable. I truly don't know what I'm supposed to be saying to you today, but I'll start with knowing and not knowing. We are born wanting to know. Watch a baby looking at the world, and you will see an intensity, a passion to know. Look inside yourself; when we are aware of not knowing, there's a tension, that is released when we come to know."

Illinois Yearly Meeting 2007 16 PP. Paper

$4.00 (in stock)

A Lasting Gift

The Journal And Selected Writings Of Sandra L. Cronk

BY SANDRA CRONK, EDITED BY MARTHA PAXSON GRUNDY, FOREWORD BY PARKER PALMER
A Lasting Gift records the life and faith of Sandra (Sonnie) L. Cronk, Quaker author, teacher, and spiritual guide. A gifted storyteller, Sonnie's journals reveal a deep love of God and religion from childhood on. We find times of consolation, a clear sense of leading and knowledge of accompaniment, as well as times of questioning, resistance, darkness and doubt. She does not hesitate to critique where others (including Quakers) fall short in living and supporting one another in a God-centered life, in which she learned that "no circumstance could separate me from God."

Quaker Press of FGC 2009 252 PP. Paper

$19.00 (in stock)