The Quaker tradition at its best is a practice-based religious path that embodies the ability to hold paradoxical truths with deep love and a minimum of hierarchy. Each of these three elements is an important capability, that the world as a whole needs today. These capacities are developed through regular exercise of both individual and corporate spiritual practices, that can be taught and strengthened. The ongoing divisions and separations among us speak to our failure to live up to our potential. As stewards of this tradition, we need to better embody the truths of the Quaker tradition.

Seeds that Change the World: Essays on Quakerism, Spirituality, Faith and Culture

Humphries, Debbie L

Religion & Spirituality

QuakerPress of FGC

Faith & Play is a story-based curriculum focused on building spiritual community with children and offering them mages and language to express their wonder and experience of the Divine. Faith & Play¿ grew out of Friends¿ work with the Godly Play® story curriculum, which embodies the Montessori belief that play is children¿s work and has dignity.Stories published before 2015 have been revised based on experience and feedback, and new stories have been added along with additional supplementary materials developed to support storytellers.

Faith & Play: Quaker Stories for Friends Trained in the Godly Play(R) Method: Second Edition

This sweeping book tells about the development of Friends General Conference up to 1950, primarily through the lens of the Conferences.
One central motif is that these biennial gatherings renewed the courage and resolve of Friends to face the daunting disappointments of the first half of the 20th century. Modernity promised great advances in human society and no group was more confident of progress than FGC Friends at the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th centuries.
Through the conferences, the melancholy of two world wars, the capitalist debacle of the Great Depression, and the stubborn blights of American racism were turned into the spleen of renewed hope and activism, as Friends gathered together to learn, network, and find new reasons for hope.
Gwyn characterizes the first fifty years of the conferences as FGC’s “heroic era.” 
A Gathering of Spirits will help FGC Friends discover the deeper roots of a tradition they continue to this day and to will draw renewed courage

A Gathering of Spirits: The Friends General Conferences 1896-1950

Gwyn, Douglas

Many Friends found Brian Drayton’s 2005 edition of On Living with a Concern for Gospel Ministry a valuable resource and source of encouragement. In this revised and expanded edition, Brian adds a decade and a half of new research and insights to his original work. The book draws on Brian’s experience, as well as Quaker history, to delve into the multiple facets of public ministry. An essential guide for Friends and others with a primary calling of vocal ministry, this book also speaks to those engaged in long-term service under concern. His accumulated wisdom, thoughtful analysis and personal experience of giving and receiving ministry make him an ideal person to share information and encouragement with contemporary Friends, most especially those with a call to vocal ministry and those supporting them.

On Living with a Concern for Gospel Ministry: Second Edition, Revised and Updated

Drayton, Brian

The early Quaker movement was one fired by the spiritual activism and vision of young adults. The Kendal Sparrow is a fictional account of one of them. Elizabeth Fletcher, a real-life sheltered, English farm girl, was convinced in 1652 by George Fox. Based on historical records and careful research, Barbara Schell Luetke brings to life the story of Fletcher, a young Friend who breaks from the prescribed roles of women of that time to travel hundreds of miles to preach and find purpose in her life. The Kendal Sparrow includes the "tellings" of many of the youngest members of those known today as the Valiant Sixty and shows that each of our lives matters and can speak.
Additional materials include: 
Biography of Elizabeth Fletcher
Brief Biographies of the Young Quakers Appearing in this Novel
Queries for Book Clubs and Discussion Groups

The Kendal Sparrow: A Novel of Elizabeth Fletcher

Literature & Fiction

Luetke, Barbara

Genre Fiction

This book will be a useful resource for any who are looking for a companion as they explore how it is the Spirit invites them into deeper reflection about faithfulness, witness, and service.Unpacking and interpreting an individual's call at the outset is merely the first step in what becomes an iterative spiral for a life that intends to remain true and aligned with the impulses of the Spirit. This book works its way through various elements related to the process of call and discernment as they relate to seekers' efforts to achieve clarity and focus as faith and life are integrated in meaningful ways. This is a practical, conversational book that embraces the idea that call is a natural and inevitable part of a faith perspective that views ministry as universal.

When the Spirit Calls: Engaging the Challenges of Ministry

Marshall, Jay W.

The Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) has been reputed to have opposed enslavement and later racial injustices. Many members, however, enslaved people of African descent, and Quaker attitudes toward African Americans since have generally reflected the culture at large. To some extent, then, the Quaker story has lessons for us all.
Most Quakers did not become involved in the process of banning enslavement until 1760, after thirty years of taking only minimal steps to end Quaker participation in it. The process ultimately took another twenty years to complete. The Quaker stance against enslavement, however, was singular. No other Christian denomination of notable size at the time required its members to end the practice.
Donna McDaniel and Vanessa Julye document three centuries of Quakers who were committed to ending racial injustices yet, with few exceptions, hesitated to invite African Americans into their Society. Addressing the insidious and complex racism among Quakers of yesterday and today, the authors believe, is the path toward a racially inclusive community.

Fit for Freedom, Not for Friendship: Quakers, African Americans, and the Myth of Racial Justice

Donna McDaniel

Vanessa D. Julye

In seven letters to a fictional correspondent, Steve Chase describes his spiritual journey among Quakers. The writer introduces the Quaker way to a newcomer in language that is personal and gentle, while offering powerful inspiration through stories.

Letters to a Fellow Seeker

Chase, Steve

This book explores some of the world's great pilgrimages, destinations, and the author's reflections on the lessons she learned from them. Read this book to discover how travel can be transformational, how to be more mindful while traveling and every day, the adventures of traveling alone, the delights of encountering new people and places, ancient pilgrimage journeys and sacred travel worldwide. Written from the perspective of a Buddhist Quaker spiritual teacher who has a knack for capturing life's wonders in words.

The Road That Teaches

Brown, Valerie

Philadelphia's historic Quaker meeting house on Arch Street has seen dramatic developments in the history of the city and the Quaker community that uses it as a place of worship, decision making, and service. This book tells the story of the people connected with the building, from the time William Penn deeded the land to Quakers in 1688 for use as a burial ground to the present day.

Philadelphia's Arch Street Meeting House: A Biography

History

Barnes, Gregory A.

Americas

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