How do we know when we've found our "real" spiritual path? How do the belief systems we were raised with help us find - or lose - our faith? This week's featured titles lift up their own perspectives to these questions. This Child of Faith talks about raising a spiritual child in a secular world from the viewpoint of Sophfronia Scott and her son, Tain Gregory. Tain's experience of faith was forever changed after he survived the Sandy Hook shootings when he was in third grade.
“Books That Have Changed Us” is the fascinating theme ofFriends Journal’s annual book review issue this month.
How We Win offers activist George Lakey’s nonviolent strategies for direct action, for example, while The Cambridge Companion to Quakerism presents a comprehensive look at Quakerism, historically and as it is today.
It's never too early to invite children to participate in the life of your spiritual community. Children's experiences of faith can be as profound and inspiring as those of the grown-ups in their house of worship. These three resources from Faith & Play™ Stories can be a beginning or a bridge for young learners embarking on new spiritual journeys.
Halloween is tomorrow, and our featured titles this week include the story of an outcast whose skills are mistaken for witchcraft in 1687, and a fable about a tree who protects a family in the neighborhood after they've been made to feel unwelcome.
Can looking back at scripture and the experiences of early Friends help us discover a new dimension of our faith? This week's featured titles seek to provide possible answers to that question.
