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Quaker Bestsellers 2015

By Source: QuakerBooks of FGC on October 1, 2015

From the 2015 FGC Gathering in Cullowhee, North Carolina 1. A Sustainable Life: Quaker Faith and Practice in the Renewal [鈥

The hottest books at the 2015 FGC Gathering bookstore

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Breathing Light: Accompanying Loss and Grief with Love and Gratitude

By Reviewed by Elizabeth Boardman on September 1, 2015

By Julie Hliboki, photography by David Foster. Transilient Publishing, 2014. 86 pages. $24/paperback. As a certified hospice chaplain in Atlanta, [鈥

Elizabeth Boardman is a member of Davis (Calif.) Meeting, a resident at Friends House in Santa Rosa, Calif., and the author of several books including Where Should I Stand? A Field Guide for Monthly Meeting Clerks and Letters from Lillian: Faith and Practice Among Modern Liberal Quakers.

Posted in: Quaker Book Reviews, September 2015 Books, September 2015: Reproduction and Family Planning
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Small Victories: Spotting Improbable Moments of Grace

By Reviewed by Ellen Michaud on September 1, 2015

By Anne Lamott. Riverhead Books, 2014. 287 pages. $22.95/hardcover; $11.99/eBook. Sitting down to read one of Anne Lamott鈥檚 books is [鈥

Ellen Michaud is a former book review editor of Friends Journal, an editor-at-large for Live Happy magazine, and author of the award-winning聽Blessed: Living a Grateful Life. She is a member of South Starksboro (Vt.) Meeting and an alumna of the School of the Spirit鈥檚 program on Contemplative Living and Prayer.

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What Can Love Do?

By Amanda Hoffman on June 1, 2002

It is written in the book of Micah, 鈥淎nd what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, [鈥

Amanda Hoffman, a Mennonite, lives at Pendle Hill Quaker Study Center in Wallingford, Pa., where she is an administrative assistant and yoga teacher. She worships at Pendle Hill and West Philadelphia Mennonite Fellowship. Hector and Susie Black are members of Crossville (Tenn.) Meeting and attend Cookeville (Tenn.) Worship Group. Hector works at his organic orchard north of Cookeville. ©2002 Amanda Hoffman

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A Quaker at Ground Zero

By John Blum on June 1, 2002

The Family Assistance Center (FAC) described below was located in a historic railroad terminal/museum at Liberty State Park in Jersey [鈥

John Blum is a certified and licensed mental health and substance abuse clinician. He is a member of Rancocas (N.J.) Meeting and lives in Moorestown, New Jersey. Names have been changed to preserve confidentiality. This excerpt is part of a larger journal, available free of charge by contacting the author at [email protected]

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