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April 2016 Books
April 2016 Books
Rise Again Songbook: Words & Chords to Nearly 1200 Songs
Edited by Peter Blood and Annie Patterson. Hal-Leonard, 2015. 300 pages. $22.50 (7×10) or $25 (9×12)/spiral bound. Discount for 15…
Reviewed by Patricia Morrison
April 2016 Books
With a Tender Hand: A Resource Book for Eldership and Oversight
By Zélie Gross. Quaker Books, 2015. 432 pages. $20/paperback. This is a thorough and useful resource book for Friends in…
Reviewed by Marty Grundy
April 2016 Books
Intimacy with God: Real Life Stories from What Canst Thou Say?
Edited by Mariellen Gilpin, Earl Smith, and Judy Lumb. Producciones de la Hamaca, 2015. 181 pages. $20/paperback. $9.99/eBook. What Canst…
Reviewed by William Shetter
April 2016 Books
Unlacing the Heart: Connecting with What Really Matters
By Henry B. Freeman. John’s Press, 2015. 130 pages. $14.95/paperback. Unlacing the Heart: Connecting with What Really Matters is Henry…
Reviewed by Ann Venable
April 2016 Books
Confessions of a Prison Chaplain
By Mary Brown. Waterside Press, 2014. 136 pages. $19.99/paperback. $9.99/eBook. When I read about Quakers in the prison environment, I…
Reviewed by William H. Mueller
April 2016 Books
This We Can Do: Quaker Faith in Action through the Alternatives to Violence Project
By Sally Herzfeld and Alternatives to Violence Project members. James Backhouse Lecture, 2015. 63 pages. $5/pamphlet. “Never doubt that a…
Reviewed by Martha Baer
April 2016 Books
A Quietness Within: The Quiet Way as Faith and Spirituality
By Elaine Pryce. Pendle Hill Pamphlets #434, 2015. 33 pages. $7/pamphlet. For Friends who have spent decades practicing quietude, or…
Reviewed by Judith Favor
April 2016 Books
You Are My Witnesses: Witness and Testimony in the Biblical and Quaker Traditions
By Thomas Gates. Pendle Hill Pamphlets #435, 2015. 36 pages. $7/pamphlet. The use of eyeglasses spread rapidly in Europe following…
Reviewed by Paul Buckley
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Rise Again Songbook: Words & Chords to Nearly 1200 Songs
April 1, 2016
With a Tender Hand: A Resource Book for Eldership and Oversight
April 1, 2016
Intimacy with God: Real Life Stories from What Canst Thou Say?
April 1, 2016