The Great Awakening

Seven Ways To Change The World

BY JIM WALLIS
Written and read by Jim Wallis. What will it take to solve the biggest issues of our time: extreme and needless poverty, global warming and environmental degradation, terrorism and the endless cycle of violence, racism, human trafficking, health care and education, and other pressing problems? While Washington offers only the politics of blame and fear, Jim Wallis, the man who changed the conversation about faith and politics, has traveled the country and found a nation hungry for a politics of solutions and hope. He shows us that a revival is happening, as people of faith and moral conviction seek common ground for change.

HarperAudio 2008 11 DISCS Disk

$5.50 (in stock)

The Great Emergence

How Christianity Is Changing And Why

BY PHYLLIS TICKLE
Christianity is undergoing an upheaval, redefining its role and place in the world, seeking new relevance outside its traditional institutions. This book attempts to make sense of these changes in historical and sociological contexts of these postmodern times, and to look hopefully toward the future. Discussion guide included.

BakerBooks 2012 218 PP. Paper

$14.99 (in stock)

Great Joy

BY KATE DICAMILLO, ILLUSTRATED BY BAGRAM IBATOULLINE
It is just before Christmas when an organ grinder and monkey appear on the street corner outside Frances's apartment. Frances can see them from her window and, sometimes, when it's quiet, she can hear their music. In fact, Frances can't stop thinking about them, especially after she sees the man and his monkey sleeping outside on the cold street at midnight. When the day of the Christmas pageant arrives, and it's Frances's turn to speak, everyone waits silently. But all Frances can think about is the organ grinder's sad eyes - until, just in time, she finds the perfect words to share.

Candlewick 2007 32 PP. Cloth

$16.99 (in stock)

The Great Transformation - Paper

The Beginning Of Our Religious Traditions

BY KAREN ARMSTRONG
In this book Karen Armstrong reveals how the sages of this pivotal "Axial Age" can speak clearly and helpfully to the violence and desperation that we experience in our own times. Armstrong traces the development of the Axial Age chronologically, examining the contributions of such figures as Buddha, Socrates, Confucius, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, the mystics of the Upanishads, Mencius, and Euripides. With regard to dealing with fear, despair, hatred, rage, and violence, the Axial sages gave their people and give us, Armstrong says, two important pieces of advice: first there must be personal responsibility and self-criticism, and it must be followed by practical, effective action.

Anchor Books 2007 565 PP. Paper

$16.00 (out of stock but can be backordered)

The Greatest Power

BY DEMI
Emperor Ping, the boy emperor known for his love of harmony, sets a challenge to the children of his kingdom: show him the greatest power in the world. "To know the greatest power in the world is to know the greatest peace," Emperor Ping announces. "Whoever knows this harmony will become the new prime minister." The children get to work right away and have many bright ideas. But as a young girl named Sing reflects upon the challenge, she wonders how any of those things, which cannot last forever, could be the greatest power in the world. She is certain there is something even more powerful, and the source of this power will surprise and delight her.

Margaret McElderry 2004 40 PP. Cloth

$19.95 (in stock)

The Green Belt Movement

Sharing The Approach And The Experience

BY WANGARI MAATHAI
The Green Belt Movement, begun by Wangari Mathai, inspired local African women to plant and nurture seedlings to try to reforest Kenya. Rewarded for the efforts by small amounts of cash and the trees' produce, it has been a tremendous success. Millions of trees and life opportunities have grown out from the seedlings of trees.

Lantern Books 2003 117 PP. Paper

$16.00 (in stock)

Green Bible (nrsv)

Understand The Bible's Powerful Message For The Earth

FOREWORD BY DESMOND TUTU
A nicely presented bible (NRSV) with the added bonus that verses that relate in anyway to the environment are shown in green, there is a special index for them and a "Green bible trail" is plotted. Includes 126 pages of essays from folks such as N. T. Wright, Brian McLaren and Wendell Berry. Cotton/Linen cover, recycled paper, soy based ink.

HarperOne 2008 1440 PP. Paper

$29.95 (in stock)

Green Christianity

Five Ways To A Sustainable Future

BY MARK WALLACE
Religion has a special role to play in saving the planet, it has the unique power to fire the imagination and empower the will to break the cycle of addiction to nonrenewable energy. The environmental crisis is a crisis not of the head but of the heart. The problem is not that we do not know how to stop climate change but rather that we lack the inner strength to redirect our culture and economy toward a sustainable future. This book is a call to hope, not despair - a survey of promising directions and a call for readers to discover meaning and purpose in their lives through a spiritually charged commitment to saving the Earth.

Fortress 2010 256 PP. Paper

$25.00 (in stock)

Green Collar Economy 2nd Edition

How One Solution Can Fix Our Two Biggest Problems

BY VAN JONES
Now revised and updated, Van Jones's provocative and cutting edge New York Times bestseller The Green Collar Economy delivers a viable plan for solving the two biggest issues facing the country today-the economy and the environment. "Brother Van Jones is a visionary who spells out real solutions in black and white-and, of course, green. Van's vision of a thriving, green economy doesn't have throw-away things or throw-away people. It's the kind of environmentalism everyone can get behind." - Mario Van Peebles

HarperOne 2009 270 PP. Paper

$14.99 (in stock)

Gregor And The Curse Of The Warmbloods (underland Chronicles

BY SUZANNE COLLINS
As the plague in The Underland spreads, Gregor begins to understand his role in the Prophecy of Blood, and must summon all of his power to stop the biological warfare that is spreading a plague through the Underland. "Non-sexist, non-racist, Collins provides mayhem and violence, but the abhorrence of the outcome promotes the wisdom of non-violence enough to satisfy thrill seeking children as well as their pacifist parents." -Lynn Cope.

Scholastic 2006 358 PP. Paper

$6.99 (in stock)

Grief, Forgiveness & Redemption As A Way Of Transformation -

BY ELAINE PRYCE
The traumatic loss of a loved one is among the most devastating hurdles that life can throw in a person's path. Such grief, whatever its cause, alters existence forevermore and confronts the survivor, eventually, with a choice: to move through pain into a more authentic way of being, or to withdraw from full engagement with the spiritual meanings of life and mortality. Drawing from her own experience, as well as from art, literature, and traditional wisdom, Elaine Pryce explores the spiritual aspects of grief, recovery from grief, forgiveness, and the blessings of acceptance. Discussion questions included.

Pendle Hill Pamphlet 2012 35 PP. Paper

$6.50 (in stock)

Ground And Spring

Foundations Of Quaker Discipleship - 2007 Swarthmore Lecture

BY BETH ALLEN
Beth Allen offers her understanding of faithful discipleship, starting with how we experience and think about God. She explores how we can think and worship today in integrity to our inner selves and to our knowledge of the world, and takes a practical approach to theological and philosophical concepts, from her Quaker and Anglican experience. The author contends that we need a solid foundation to ground us as we reach for the ideals, the actions which will make peace and justice real today. The cool stillness of the Spirit is the source of enormous, exuberant life.

Britain Yearly Meeting 2007 128 PP. Paper

$14.00 (in stock)

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.Was $19.95 now $15.95.

Quaker Press of FGC 2002 288 PP. Paper

$15.95 (in stock)

Grounded In God - Listening Hearts

Discernment For Group Deliberations

BY SUZANNE FARNHAM, ET AL
Powerful, prayerful and practical guide from the authors of Listening Hearts. Teaches groups to incorporate silence, imagination, intuition, attentive listening, scripture and prayer into meetings, working retreats, and decision making.

Morehouse 1996 94 PP. Paper

$14.00 (in stock)

Group Spiritual Nurture

The Wisdom Of Spiritual Listening - Php 373

BY DAPHNE CLEMENT
Coming together to share and listen within a Spiritual Nurture Group, members connect on a deep level of the Spirit. The silence of Quaker worship is at the heart of the process. This essay by Daphne Clement, an experienced facilitator of such groups, is both an introduction to this kind of spiritual nurture and a guide for those interested in creating a group.

Pendle Hill Pamphlet 2004 32 PP. Paper

$6.50 (in stock)

Growing Fruitful Friendship

A Garden Walk, The Backhouse Lecture 2004

BY UTE CASPERS
German Friend Ute Caspers says that friendship has special importance for her because she never experienced the normal development of family relations due to World War Two and its aftermath. She writes: "Let us start by looking at the notion of friendship in general. If I were to weave a definition...then friendship could be a place of acceptance, where you don't have to pretend. It would be an empowering experience, with a good balance of giving and taking, and a place where you are supported and held with your spiritual or emotional doubts and findings."

Australia Yearly Meeting 2004 62 PP. Paper

$12.50 (in stock)

Growing In The Light - High School And Adult

BY BARBARA CALDWELL AND DOROTHY REICHARDT
Nine lessons on meeting for worship, meeting for business, membership, community, equality, harmony and simplicity. Intergenerational opening exercises.

Philadelphia YM 1998 Looseleaf

$9.00 (out of stock but can be backordered)

Growing In The Light - Grades 6-8

BY BARBARA CALDWELL AND DOROTHY REICHARDT
Enter in the Meeting house - Meeting for Worship, Part I, Special Silence - Meeting for Worship, Part II, When Two or Three Are Gathered Together - Meeting for Business, The Seekers of the Light Are One - Membership, Do Unto Others - The Testimony of Community, In His Image - The Testimony of Equality, The World in Tune - The Testimony of Harmony, 'Tis a Gift to Be Simple - The Testimony of Simplicity, A Quaker Is... - Closing Celebration

PYM 1994 Looseleaf

$7.00 (in stock)

Growing Into Goodness

Essays On Quaker Education

BY PAUL LACEY
This book includes ten essays on the unique aspects of Quaker approaches to education, both its philosophy and practice.

Pendle Hill 1998 292 PP. Paper

$20.00 (out of stock but can be backordered)

Growing Pains

Poems

BY ALAN BRICK
Alan Brick has led many popular workshops on writing for friends at the FGC gathering and at Pendle Hill. He has worked for AFSC and the FOR. This book is divided into seven sections of poems; about being young to growing old, reflecting on how life "is" as one grows, on people, on religion, on war, and on politics.

Xlibris 2007 146 PP. Paper

$12.00 (in stock)

Growing Points

BY THOMAS TAYLOR
32nd annual Walton lecture, 1995. Drawing on the experiences of Quakers following a wide variety of leadings, this book is a testament to a deepening faith.

SEYM 1995 18 PP. Paper

$3.00 (in stock)

Growing Up Plain

The Journey Of A Public Friend

BY WILMER COOPER
In Growing Up Plain, Quaker theologian, teacher and author Cooper sets forth the theology and practice of faith among the "plain people" of Quakerdom. His personal story brings that theology to life in an intimate, accessible way.

Friends United Press 1999 200 PP. Paper

$16.50 (in stock)

Growing Up Quaker And Universalist Too

BY SALLY RICKERMAN
In this essay the author looks back on her journey as a Quaker universalist from her ancestral roots in 17th-century Quakerism, to her family's experiences on the American frontier, to her own upbringing as a 20th-century Friend by "both nature and nurture."

Quaker Universalist Fellowship 1999 18 PP. Paper

$5.00 (in stock)

Growing Vegetable Soup

BY LOIS EHLERT
"Dad says we are going to grow vegetable soup." So begins Lois Ehlert's bright, bold picture book about vegetable gardening for the very young. The necessary tools are pictured and labeled, as are the seeds (green bean, pea, corn, zucchini squash, and carrot). Then the real gardening happens . . . planting, weeding, harvesting, washing, chopping, and cooking! In the end? "It was the best soup ever." Ehlert's simple, colorful cut-paper-style illustrations are child-friendly, as is the big black type. A recipe for vegetable soup tops it all off!

Voyager 1990 32 PP. Paper

$7.00 (in stock)

Guests Of My Life

BY ELIZABETH WATSON
An excellent resource for those dealing with death, this book traces the authors journey through grief at the time of the accidental death of a daughter. She shares the solace she received from five authors including Walt Whitman and Emily Dickinson.

Quaker Press of FGC 1996 176 PP. Paper

$14.95 (in stock)

Guide For Friends On Conscientious Objection To War

BY BEN RICHMOND
Is it ever right to go to war? What does the Bible say? What if there is a draft? Covers practical questions about pacifism and registering as a conscientious objector.

FUP 1991 16 PP. Paper

$1.00 (in stock)

Guide To Quaker Practice

Php 20

BY HOWARD BRINTON
This is an accessible, clear and concise description of Quaker distinctives, beliefs and practices. "For more than sixty years, Friends have used the Guide to Quaker Practice to demystify Friends' customary procedures. Howard Brinton wrote the Guide assuming that somebody would improve on his work as the Religious Society of Friends grew and changed in the second half of the twentieth century. His Guide proved more durable than he anticipated. He described Quaker pra ctice by reference to theology, applying historical precedent insofar as it did not interfere with the clear description of contemporary practice." - Jared Taber, from the new foreword

Pendle Hill Pamphlet 1993 92 PP. Paper

$8.00 (in stock)

A Guide To True Peace

Or A Method Of Attaining To Inward And Spiritual Prayer

BY FRANCOIS FENELON, MADAME JEANNE GUYON, MIGUEL DE MOLINOS
This devotional classic was originally produced with the intention of nourishing the spiritual life of believers at the dawn of the Industrial Age. There was a need for a practical guide on what it means to abide in Christ, to live with an active knowledge of the presence of God. Over 180 years later, this book is still entirely relevant. "A Guide to True Peace" is based largely upon the works of Miguel de Molinos, Madame Guyon, and Francois Fenelon, three leading figures in the 17th century European spiritual movement known as "Quietism." They acquired this label through the teaching that God is known through the prayer of inward silence. Pocket sized 4" X 6".

Searchlight Ministries 84 PP. Paper

$3.00 (in stock)

Half The Sky

Turning Oppression Into Opportunity For Women Worldwide

BY NICHOLAS KRISTOF, SHERY WUDUNN
An odyssey through Africa and Asia to meet the extraordinary women struggling there, among them a Cambodian teenager sold into sex slavery and an Ethiopian woman who suffered devastating injuries in childbirth. Drawing on the breadth of their combined reporting experience, Kristof and WuDunn depict our world with anger, sadness, clarity, and, ultimately, hope. They show how a little help can transform the lives of women and girls abroad. That Cambodian girl eventually escaped from her brothel and, with assistance from an aid group, built a thriving retail business that supports her family. The Ethiopian woman had her injuries repaired and in time became a surgeon.

Vintage 2009 296 PP. Paper

$15.95 (in stock)

Half Wild

Poems

BY MARY ROSE O'REILLEY
This winner of the 2005 Walt Whitman Award of the Academy of American Poets is a spiritual biography wound backwards, spiraling into the world rather than out of it. Here sacred inquiry is grounded in a passion for the natural world, resolving questions through lyric, erotic, and sensual responses from the Quaker author of Barn at the End of the World.

Louisiana State University Press 2006 62 PP. Paper

$16.95 (in stock)