Spiritual Nurture / Quaker Training

April 2016: Spiritual Nurture, Quaker Training

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Student Voices Project: Focus on Building Community
A Ministry of Prayer and Learning: Catherine Bly Cox
The Seven Habits of Effective Spiritual Nurturers: Michael Green
Fall Down Seven Times: Amy Ward Brimmer
Let’s Grow Together
FJ Books April 2016

Features

Fall Down Seven Times

A story about failure, dead ends, and misunderstandings. Amy Ward Brimmer
Poetry

Even Monkeys Fall

FJ Poetry: "Even camels die of thirst. / Even cats lose their cool." Eleanor Dart
Poetry

Boy Bathing Under a Coco Palm

FJ Poetry: "Every morning I see him / toddling through the long damp grass" Stephanie JT Russell
Religious Education

Why I Won’t Teach Bible Stories in First-day School

Religious education. Peter Landau
Let's Grow Together

Let’s Grow Together: Anicka Meyers

Profiles of those new to Friends. Trevor Johnson
News

News, April 2016

News from the world of Friends. Staff
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 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 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 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 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 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 Reviewed by Martha Baer

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