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A 70-year history of the Baptist Peace Fellowship, from its roots in the Baptist Pacifist Fellowship to the 1984 formation of the current organization from peacemaking groups in the American Baptist Churches and the Southern Baptist Convention.
Price: $32.00
Origin:Paul R. Dekar
Material:Hardcover, 300 pages
Weight:0.8lbs.
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Designed both for personal use and community worship, “these prayers are jumper cables from the pew to the world”—and “as meaningful re-read as first-read” (Maren Tirabassi, co-author of Before the Amen: Creative Resources for Worship). With riveting use of images drawn from the Bible—imaginatively applied to a contemporary context—Sehested’s exquisite poetry illustrates how “faith is always personal but never merely private” and affirms that “redemption is for the world, not from the world.”
What others are saying: “In the Land of the Living is the cry of a modern psalmist” (Rose Marie Berger, poetry editor for Sojourners magazine). And “readers will be led beyond themselves in this poetry” (Walter Brueggemann, well-known author and biblical scholar). “Sehested offers prophetic, mercy-filled, prayerful poetry that demands deep soul-work” (Taylor Burton-Edwards, Director of Worship Resources, United Methodist Church).
“This book is made with silk and steel, muscle and music.” (Dale Roberts, Warren Wilson College)
Kenneth L. Sehested is co-pastor of Circle of Mercy Congregation in Asheville, NC and founding director of BPFNA.
Price: $15.00
Origin:Ken Sehested
Material:paperback
Weight:0.4lbs.
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In 128 pages, this book invites us to pray and act for peace in 40 different countries and around 13 different issues of peace and justice on a daily and weekly basis. Each prayer page includes:
- a short description of the situation on the country or issue
- a longer prayer for peace from that country or issue
- suggestions for action (with the action websites in the website supplement)
- a shorter prayer of petition that can be used in worship services
"Most importantly, this book points to the power of prayer and the importance of praying for peace as part of our spiritual discipline. The message throughout is that we, sinful humans, are reliant on one another and the grace of God, even as we are called to be co-workers with God in building a future we can only glimpse. In short, I have found it to be a hopeful and practical book that will have a central place in my own devotional life." -- Michael Kinnamon, General Secretary, National Council of Churches
"This beautiful book helps us to hold a hurting world in prayer and to walk a very contemporary Way of the Cross. May it deepen our compassion and our commitment to work for peace." -- Marie Dennis, Director, Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns, Co-President, Pax Christi International
Price: $10.95
Origin:James McGinnis, Institute for Peace and Justice
Material:paperback, 128 pages
Weight:0.4
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On November 26, 2005, Christian Peacemaker Teams (CPT) members Tom Fox and Jim Loney along with delegation members Norman Kember and Harmeet Sooden were kidnapped in Iraq. Tom Fox was killed on March 9, 2006. Jim, Norman and Harmeet were freed two weeks later on March 23 after 118 days of captivity.
The kidnapping of these four peacemakers was like a rock thrown into a pond.
This collection describes the ripples on the water, the impact and results of that rock, in stories characterized by hope, courage, friendship, and forgiveness. 118 Days bears witness to vital peacemaking being done around the world in these times.
Price: $20.00
SKU:9781438222271
Origin:Edited by Tricia Gates Brown [CPT]
Material:Paperback, 227 pages
Weight:0.8
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A collection of powerful and timely poetry by Al Staggs, written in response to his observations of the political, religious and socio-economic climate in US America today.
The author writes, "This collection of poetry is an attempt to give witness to my faith in the context of systemic injustice that is being proliferated on a massive scale. It is my conviction that the messages of Jesus, the prophets and the martyrs who died for speaking truth to power compel us to counter the events and evils of our time by speaking courageously on behalf of 'the least of these.' At some point, to be silent is to be complicit."
Walter Brueggeman writes, "Al Staggs knows about words and puts them to fresh and suggestive use. He knows about brutality that shows its ugly face in too many places. And he knows about phoniness that supports evil by its default. With his words he conducts guerilla warfare, leaving us unsettled, seeing more clearly than we might wish, inviting us to decide anew. No easy slumbers here!"
John Shelby Spong writes, "Al Staggs writes his poetry with the passion of a prophet. Like Amos of old, he recognizes that divine worship is nothing but human justice being offered to God and that human justice is nothing but divine worship being acted out. His words call religious spokespersons and political leaders who lace their rhetoric with religious phrases alike to acknowledge both their idolatry and their hypocrisy. Read him and weep for what your country has become and for what Christianity is no more."
Price: $10.00
SKU:9780981900001
Origin:Al Staggs
Material:paperback
Weight:0.4
Dimensions:8.5x5.5x0.25inches
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