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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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This book provides an effective guide for planning and conducting a "peace school" for children. Flexible plans for schools over five or ten sessions, Sunday mornings and more, with meaningful content and plenty of ideas for activities and games, too.
Price: $25.00
Origin:Madeleine Glynn Trichel & Jo Dee Davis [Interfaith Center for Peace/EPJN]
Material:Comb binding, 150 pages
Weight:0.85lbs.
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Two volumes in one book, this resource for teachers, youth ministers, parents and others is intended to counteract the popular media image of the civil rights movement. With respect for Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King, Jr., and other prominent figures, Westmoreland-White offers a deeper understanding of the movement, the organizations, and the thousands of people who struggled in numerous contexts across the nation in search of "Beloved Community".
Price: $10.00
Origin:Michael L Westmoreland-White
Material:Wire binding, 70 pages
Weight:0.75lbs.
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Includes resources for planning a "peace Sunday" worship service-- well suited for Mother's Day, but appropriate anytime you want to plan a special emphasis on peacemaking. Litanies, activity suggestions, and a sermon are included.
Price: $3.00
Origin:compiled & edited by Katie Cook
Material:Paper, 12 pages
Weight:0.4lbs.
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This book collects the sayings of Jesus selected by Wendell Berry, who has contributed two essays of introduction and context. The publisher says, "Here is a way of peace, a challenge offered by the greatest spiritual teach in the West, a book of inspiration, of prayerful compassion, and, we may hope, a call to action at a time when our country and the world it once led stand at a dangerous crossroads."
Price: $8.00
Origin:Wendell Berry [Shoemaker Hoard/Avalon]
Material:Paperback, 68 pages
Weight:0.35lbs.
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Divinity in Disguise introduces the "nested meditation" not quite a poem, not quite a prayer, not quite like anything you've read before. Each of the 76 meditations in this collection invite the reader to pause and reflect on life amidst the busyness of modern existence. None longer than a page, and most considerably shorter, these mediations are simple enough to be accessible, yet rich enough to invite repeated readings. A sample meditation: I honor you. I honor you, my soul. I honor you, my soul companion, as you are. I honor you, my soul companion, as you are Divinity in disguise.
Price: $20.00
Origin:Kevin Anderson [CLB Press]
Material:Hardcover, 190 pages
Weight:0.75lbs.
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From Pace e Bene, "Engage" is intended to help you tap into your own power and equip you to make the positive changes you need to improve your life and your community. Full of stories, exercises and resources, "Engage" is a workbook to learn, study and practice the nonviolent options available to us. It offers a guide for groups on how to take action for justice and peace in the midst of war, injustice and environmental destruction.
"Engage" is ideal for advocacy organizations, religious communities, citizen action leagues, campus networks and any group seeking to work together to create a society committed to justice, democracy, peace, sustainability and equality. See a review of "Engage" on page 18 of "Baptist Peacemaker", Vol. 26 No. 3, Fall 2006.
Price: $22.00
Origin:Laura Slattery, Ken Butigan, Veronica Pelicaric and Ken Preston-Pile
Material:Paperback, 295 pages
Weight:1.8lbs.
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Children can learn a better way of problem solving if they are encouraged to do it, shown how to do it, and see that it really works. In this delightfully illustrated book, elementary age children will find other kids who deal effectively with real-life, challenging scenarios. The author also treats us to rollicking rhyme and a cast of charming animal characters which combine to make the learning fun. The book's 12 powerful skills are clearly explained so children can use them immediately. This book can change children's lives!
Price: $10.00
Origin:Kathy Beckwith, illustrated by Carol Henderson [Educational Media]
Material:Paperback, 48 pages
Weight:0.35lbs.
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More than ever, Walter Wink believes, the Christian tradition of nonviolence is needed as an alternative to the dominant and death-dealing "power" of our consumerist culture and fractured world. In this small book, Wink offers a precis of his whole thinking about this issue, including the relation of Jesus and his message to politics and nonviolence, the history of nonviolent efforts, and how nonviolence can win the day when others dont hesitate to resort to violence or terror to achieve their aims.
Price: $7.00
Origin:Walter Wink [Fortress Press]
Material:Paperback, 119 pages
Weight:0.35
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In "Living the Sermon on the Mount", theologian, award-winning author and BPFNA member Glen Stassen helps us to see that the revolutionary ideas in the Sermon on the Mount about loving and caring for each other, living in peace, and acting justly are not unattainable ideals but a recipe for wholeness and healing in our human relationships and deliverance from the vicious cycles that we get stuck in.
Price: $22.00
Origin:Glen H Stassen
Material:Hardback, 240 pages
Weight:0.9lbs.
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