| Barclay's Apology | Freiday, Dean, ed. | 300 years ago, Barclay's "An Apology for the True Christian Divinity" covered issues such as the dynamics of redemption, the Bible and authority, eternal security, the nature of the church and its relationship to the state. | Quaker writings | 088 |
| Yearbook 2006 | New York Yearly Meeting | Yearbook 2006 New York Yearly Meeting Committee reports. Minutes of sessions. Friends under appointment to Yearly Meeting. Calendars of Quarterly, Half Yearly, and other Regional Meetings. 2005 Representative Meeting minutes. Yearbooks FMM 273 | Yearbooks | 332 |
| Whispers of faith: young Friends share their experiences of Quakerism | Black, W. Geoffrey, P. Zion Klos, Claire Reddy, Milam Smith and Rachel Stacy | Collection of inspiring, deeply-felt writing about young Friends’ faith life, with sections on worship, testimonies, communities, spiritual journeys, and walking on water. | Quaker writings | 333 |
| Communion for a Quaker | Bieber, Nancy | The author tells her story in search of the sacrament of communion, although it is absent from Friend's worship. | Quaker beliefs | 459 |
| Guests of my life | Watson, Elizabeth | Author talks of transforming journey from deep grief over the accidental death of her daughter to unfolding awareness of the oneness of all life. Includes writings of Emily Dickinson, Rainer Maria Rilke, Katherine Mansfield, Rabindranath Tagore, Alan Paton and Walt Whitman. | Literature | 588 |
| Wrestling with our faith tradition | Wilson, Lloyd Lee | Author is a minister in the Quaker tradition. Faith and practice discussed. | Quaker writings | 589 |
| Silent worship and Quaker values: an introduction- a curriculum based on the pamphlet | Holliday, Marsha D. | Education for adults, and k-12. Unprogrammed Quaker worship differs from other religious traditions. Friends balance individual’s personal experience with other sources. Friends wait in silence. When to speak in meeting. When led to speak, Friends often find themselves “powerfully moved”. Early Friends developed a rich vocabulary describing that of God. Although inspiration and direction come from within, the Quaker experience is outwards and well as inward. Friends influenced by the realization that there is that of God in everyone. | Quaker meeting | 590 |
| Silent worship and Quaker values: an introduction- a curriculum based on the pamphlet | Holliday, Marsha D. | Education for adults, and k-12. Unprogrammed Quaker worship differs from other religious traditions. Friends balance individual’s personal experience with other sources. Friends wait in silence. When to speak in meeting. When led to speak, Friends often find themselves “powerfully moved”. Early Friends developed a rich vocabulary describing that of God. Although inspiration and direction come from within, the Quaker experience is outwards and well as inward. Friends influenced by the realization that there is that of God in everyone. | Quaker meeting | 591 |
| Silent worship and Quaker values: an introduction- a curriculum based on the pamphlet | Holliday, Marsha D. | Education for adults, and k-12. Unprogrammed Quaker worship differs from other religious traditions. Friends balance individual’s personal experience with other sources. Friends wait in silence. When to speak in meeting. When led to speak, Friends often find themselves “powerfully moved”. Early Friends developed a rich vocabulary describing that of God. Although inspiration and direction come from within, the Quaker experience is outwards and well as inward. Friends influenced by the realization that there is that of God in everyone. | Quaker meeting | 592 |
| Silent worship and Quaker values: an introduction- a curriculum based on the pamphlet | Holliday, Marsha D. | Education for adults, and k-12. Unprogrammed Quaker worship differs from other religious traditions. Friends balance individual’s personal experience with other sources. Friends wait in silence. When to speak in meeting. When led to speak, Friends often find themselves “powerfully moved”. Early Friends developed a rich vocabulary describing that of God. Although inspiration and direction come from within, the Quaker experience is outwards and well as inward. Friends influenced by the realization that there is that of God in everyone. | Quaker meeting | 593 |
| Silent worship and Quaker values: an introduction- a curriculum based on the pamphlet | Holliday, Marsha D. | Education for adults, and k-12. Unprogrammed Quaker worship differs from other religious traditions. Friends balance individual’s personal experience with other sources. Friends wait in silence. When to speak in meeting. When led to speak, Friends often find themselves “powerfully moved”. Early Friends developed a rich vocabulary describing that of God. Although inspiration and direction come from within, the Quaker experience is outwards and well as inward. Friends influenced by the realization that there is that of God in everyone. | Quaker meeting | 594 |
| Silent worship and Quaker values: an introduction- a curriculum based on the pamphlet | Holliday, Marsha D. | Education for adults, and k-12. Unprogrammed Quaker worship differs from other religious traditions. Friends balance individual’s personal experience with other sources. Friends wait in silence. When to speak in meeting. When led to speak, Friends often find themselves “powerfully moved”. Early Friends developed a rich vocabulary describing that of God. Although inspiration and direction come from within, the Quaker experience is outwards and well as inward. Friends influenced by the realization that there is that of God in everyone. | Quaker meeting | 595 |
| Silent worship and Quaker values: an introduction- a curriculum based on the pamphlet | Holliday, Marsha D. | Education for adults, and k-12. Unprogrammed Quaker worship differs from other religious traditions. Friends balance individual’s personal experience with other sources. Friends wait in silence. When to speak in meeting. When led to speak, Friends often find themselves “powerfully moved”. Early Friends developed a rich vocabulary describing that of God. Although inspiration and direction come from within, the Quaker experience is outwards and well as inward. Friends influenced by the realization that there is that of God in everyone. | Quaker meeting | 596 |
| Table where rich people sit | Baylorm, Byrd & Peter Parnall | Mountain Girl's family doesn't have enough money, but her parents say they're rich. They count up the value of the things they have- the ability to see the sky all day and feel the wind and smell the coming rain. | Children | 597 |
| Callings: finding and following an authentic life | Levoy, Gregg | This book examines the many kinds of calls we receive, how we recognize them, how we handle our resistance to them and what happens when we say no. | Religious Life | 598 |
| Nudged by the spirit: stories of people responding to the still, small voice of God | Fardelmann, Charlotte Luman | Table of Contents: seed money, spiritual discernment, the call, prayer and contemplation, support from faith community, mentors, virst small steps, pilgrimage, struggle for justice, burn out and recovery, creativity and healing, singing, awakening, God's timing | Quakers in the wider community | 599 |
| Portrait in grey: a short history of the Quakers | Punshon, John | This book charts the rise of Quakerism, the development of its distinctive way of life, its expansion overseas and the contributions made by many Friends to intellectual, business and social life. | History, Quaker | 600 |
| Friends for 350 years" the history and beliefs of the Society of Friends since George Fox started the Quaker movement | Brinton, Howard H. | This book chronicles the Quaker movement in its liberal tradition, articulating principles and practices of this non-creedal faith and its testimonies of nonviolence. | History, Quaker | 601 |
| Mishomis book: the voice of the Ojibway | Benton-Benai, Edward | The intent of the book is to provide to the reader an accurate and undistorted account of the culture, history and philosophy of the Ojibway Nation.It is written from oral tradition. | Native Americans | 602 |
| Communion for a Quaker | Bieber, Nancy | The author tells her story in search of the sacrament of communion, although it is absent from Friend's worship. | Quaker beliefs | 603 |
| Communion for a Quaker | Bieber, Nancy | The author tells her story in search of the sacrament of communion, although it is absent from Friend's worship. | Quaker beliefs | 604 |
| Communion for a Quaker | Bieber, Nancy | The author tells her story in search of the sacrament of communion, although it is absent from Friend's worship. | Quaker beliefs | 605 |
| Communion for a Quaker | Bieber, Nancy | The author tells her story in search of the sacrament of communion, although it is absent from Friend's worship | Quaker beliefs | 606 |
| Faith and practice: approved the 31st July, 1995 | New York Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends | Seeking the spirit. Fruits of the spirit. Witness. Historical statement. Balby Epistle.Advices. Queries. Organization and business procedure. Membership.Ministry and counsel. Visiting. Marriage. Memorial meetings and funerals. Burial grounds. Revision of discipline. | Quaker meeting | 607 |
| Faith and Practice: the Book of Discipline, approved the 28th July 1995 | New York Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends | Seeking the spirit. Fruits of the spirit. Witness. Historical statement. Balby Epistle.Advices. Queries. Organization and business procedure. Membership.Ministry and counsel. Visiting. Marriage. Memorial meetings and funerals. Burial grounds. Revision of discipline. | Quaker meeting | 608 |
| Faith and Practice, 2001 edition | New York Yearly Meeting | Seeking the spirit. Fruits of the spirit. Witness. Historical statement. Balby Epistle.Advices. Queries. Organization and business procedure. Membership.Ministry and counsel. Visiting. Marriage. Memorial meetings and funerals. Burial grounds. Revision of discipline. | Quaker meeting | 609 |
| Faith and Practice, 2001 edition | New York Yearly Meeting | Seeking the spirit. Fruits of the spirit. Witness. Historical statement. Balby Epistle.Advices. Queries. Organization and business procedure. Membership.Ministry and counsel. Visiting. Marriage. Memorial meetings and funerals. Burial grounds. Revision of discipline. | Quaker meeting | 610 |
| Faith and practice, 2001 edition | New York Yearly Meeting | Seeking the spirit. Fruits of the spirit. Witness. Historical statement. Balby Epistle.Advices. Queries. Organization and business procedure. Membership.Ministry and counsel. Visiting. Marriage. Memorial meetings and funerals. Burial grounds. Revision of discipline. | Quaker meeting | 611 |
| Faith and practice, 2001 edition | New York Yearly Meeting | Seeking the spirit. Fruits of the spirit. Witness. Historical statement. Balby Epistle.Advices. Queries. Organization and business procedure. Membership.Ministry and counsel. Visiting. Marriage. Memorial meetings and funerals. Burial grounds. Revision of discipline. | Quaker meeting | 612 |
| Journal of George Fox, the | Nickalls, John L., ed. | George Fox (1624-1691), born in England, traveled in Ireland, Europe and America. He was persecuted and imprisoned. This edition is based on the manuscript sources, and hopefully recaptures the immediacy of Fox. Nickalls was librarian at Friends Hous in London for many years. | Quaker writings | 613 |
| Faith and practice, 2001 edition | New York Yearly Meeting | Seeking the spirit. Fruits of the spirit. Witness. Historical statement. Balby Epistle.Advices. Queries. Organization and business procedure. Membership.Ministry and counsel. Visiting. Marriage. Memorial meetings and funerals. Burial grounds. Revision of discipline. | Quaker meeting | 614 |
| Qur'an, the | Ali, Abdullah Yusuf, translater | The Qur'an is a complete and original compilation of the Final Revelation from God to mankind through the last Prophet, Muhammad. | Other religions | 615 |
| Gandhi reader, the: a sourcebook of his life and writings | Jack, Homer, A., ed. | This collects the significant writings by and about Mahatma Gandhi, culled from 500 volumes, newspapers, and magazines. | Miscellaneous | 616 |
| Answering terorr: responses to war and peace after 9/11/01 | Hoover, Sharon ed. | The diversity of responses lets us know that the Friends Testimonies are still in process of development, and offers a multiplicity of ways to witness to those testimonies. | Quaker writings | 617 |
| Let your life speak: listening for the voice | Palmer, Parker J. | Telling stories from his own life and the lives of others who have made a difference, Palmer shares insights gained from darkness and depression as well as fulfillment and joy, illuminating a pathway toward vocation for all who seek the true calling of their lives. | Quaker writings | 618 |
| Sketches in the history of the underground railroad | Pettit, Eber M. | Eber knew well the U.G.R.R. routes through Ohio, Western Pennsylvania, and New York and he was acquainted with U.G.R.R. procedures and personalities beyond. The book is a collection of his reminiscenses, commissioned by the editors of the Fredon (N.Y.) Censor and published in that newspaper in 1868.
| Miscellaneous | 619 |
| Wisdom of forgiveness, the: intimate conversations and journeys | His Holiness the Dali Lama and Victor Chan | Chan traveled the globe with the Tibetan leader for over three decades.This book allows us to discover what profound meditative insight and suffering feel like to an enlightened being, what he does daily to develop himself spiritually; how he feels about violence, and the circumstances under which he could see committing an act of violence; how he has learned to love his enemies; and why it is that doctors report that the heart of this holy man in his late sixties resembles that of a twenty-year-old. | Other religions | 620 |
| Gospel of Mary Magdalene, the | Leloup, Jean-Yves | Orthodox theologian Jean-Yves Leloup's translation of the Gospel of Mary from the Coptic and his profound commentary on this text are presented her for the first time in English. | Bible Study | 621 |
| Faith and practice, 2001 edition | New York Yearly Meeting | | Quaker meeting | 623 |
| Mystery of Quaker light, the | Bien, Peter | Light is the central metaphor in the religious lives of Friends, but not of Friends alone. How did various ideas about Light influence the prologue to John's Gospel? What did early Friends understand Light to mean? In this pamphlet, Peter Bien explores the theology and poetry of Friends' favorite religious symbol. | Bible Study | 624 |
| In God we die | Ostrom, Warren | We look with fresh eyes at the prospect of our own death and dying, reminding us that we can trust the Spirit with our lives and deaths. Advances in the technologies and institutions of life preservation seem to take our lives out of God's hands, presenting choices with consequences we may not understand. Opportunities or pressures to prolong our own survival and that of the people we care for sometimes lead us down paths contrary to our values and may deprive us of peaceful closure. | Religious Life | 625 |
| Answering the call to heal the world | Schenck, Patience A. | There is a role for each of us to play in healing the wounds of the world and bringing into being the wholeness that is possible in God's creation. Schenck walks us through the life of a leading: hearing a call, testing our discernment, overcoming the obstacles to faithfulness, finding the support we need, and finally recognizing when our work is done. | Religious Life | 626 |
| Worship in song: a Friends hymnal | Freinds General Conference | Piano arrangements, large print and spiral edition. Songs arranged by subject: Celebrating creation, the story of Jesus, encountering God, fruits of worship, Witnessing to our testimonies. First line and title index. | Songbooks | 627 |
| Motherhood manifesto, the | Blades, Joan | This book "shares the heartfelt stories of mothers in America who dream of jobs with flexibility and benefits, mothers who can't afford their children's health and childcare expenses, mothers who are time and time again penalized for raising a new generation...This groundbreaking bok also celebrates the successes of companies that have discovered the value of good family polices, families who are making it work, model childcare programs, and legislation that supports families." | Family | FMM 666 |
| Spiritual linkage with Russians- the story of a leading | Manousos, Anthony | “This pamphlet explores the spiritual dimension of a unique Quaker peacemaking project called The Human Experience, an anthology of contemporary Soviet and American poetry and fiction that was jointly edited and published in both countries.” | History, Quaker | FMM 001 |
| Within two worlds | Cory, David Munroe | About native Americans- Economic problem and rehabilitation on and off the reservation. Caughnawaga and Brooklyn.Education, Health. Governemtn. Churches. | Native Americans | FMM 002 |
| Ammunition for peace-makers: answers for activists | Moulton, Phillips P. | “…seeks to provide those who are critical of current United States foreign policy with direct and convincing answers to the questions they encounter. It gives peacemakers an intellectual basis for their convictions.” | Peace and justice | FMM 003 |
| Why God is like a wet bar of soap | Fager, Chuck | Father’s explanation to child’s question, “Dadd, what’s God?” poignant, often funny, informative. | Children | FMM 004 |
| Growing strong in the seasons of life | Swindoll, Charles R. | 144 readings with accompanying passages of Scripture centered around the four seasons. Included are special action steps designed to help you put the lesson of the chapter to personal practice. | Religious Life | FMM 005 |
| Instead of prisons: a handbook for abolitionists | | Nine perspectives for prison abolitionists: Time to begin. Demythologizing our views of prison. Diminishing/dismantling the prison system. Moratorium on prison/jail construction.Decarcerate/ Excarcerate/ Restraint of the few. New responses to crimes with victims. Empowerment | Peace and justice | FMM 006 |
| Song of death, our spiritual birth, a Quaker way of dying | McIver, Lucy Screechfield | Experience of hearing the song of a wood thrush in the spring. She says, “I have intuitively come to know that death is spiritual birth, the completion of God’s work upon us. | Quaker writings | FMM 007 |
| Four doors to meeting for worship | Taber, William | Four stages to pass through to enter and experience worship. | Quaker meeting | FMM 008 |
| Classification and program services manual | New York State Department of correctional services | Education. Industries. Vocational. Facilities. Camps. | Peace and justice | FMM 009 |
| Norman Whitney: Spectator papers | Rickett, Adele, ed. | Enlivening wit and wisdom. Deals with conflict and crises at home and abroad. Share racial agonies, atrocities of war. Author presented the American Friends Service Committee in counseling, running and international institute. | Peace and justice | FMM 010 |
| Except for me and thee | West, Jessamyn | Love story of Quakers Jess and Eliza Birdwell. He marries the preacher woman. They move west where they must confront a tragic war, youthful rebellion and racial intolerance. | Fiction | FMM 011 |
| Visions of a warless world: perspectives on peace from divergent traditions: the hopes they share, the obstacles they face | Bello, Walden | Religion and the vision of peace (Judeo-Christian, other religions), Envisioning peace in three intellectual-ethical traditions (conservative-realist, liberal, Marxist), fresh perspectives on peace, the challenge: to build a shared vision (Feminist, Third World, Nonviolent action and resistance from Tolstoy to Martin Luther King | Conscientious objection | FMM 012 |
| Four doors to meeting for worship | Taber, William | Series of four stages to entering worship of God. | Quaker meeting | FMM 013 |
| Four doors to meeting for worship | Taber, William | Four stages to pass through to enter and experience worship. | Quaker meeting | FMM 014 |
| In His steps | Sheldon, Charles M. | Story of a pastor and a small group of Christians who determined in their hearts to react in every situation as they thought Jesus would. Set against the hypocrisy and social upheavals of the 1890’s.A sudden and upsetting incident which disrupted the Sunday morning worship service became renown worldwide. | Religious Life | FMM 015 |
| Introduction to Haiku, an: an anthology of poems and poets from Basho to Shiki. | Henderson, Harold, trans. | Brevity and apparent simplicity of the seventeen syllable haiku contributes to its wide popularity in Japan. | Miscellaneous | FMM 016 |
| Search for peace in the Middle East | | Background- competing claims to Palestine, growth of Yishuv, War of 1956, etc. Peace can yet be made. Viewpoints on the conflict- United Nations, Soviet Union, United States, Israeli, Jordan, Jewish, Arab, Big government. Suggestions for the bases of a practical peace settlement. Quaker expression of concern | Peace and justice | FMM 017 |
| Peaceable kingdom, the | De Hartog, Jan | “From its gripping start in the England of Cromwell to its immensely moving climax in the American wilderness, “The Peaceable Kingdom” tells the story of the Children of the Light and their Holy Experiment. | Fiction | FMM 018 |
| Family resource book, a | Morrison, Eleanor S. and Truman A. | Stories. Christmas. Worship resources. Parenting section. | Children | FMM 019 |
| Basic Christian convictions | Kaufman, Edmund G. | The author wrote as president and professor at Bethel College. He wished to strengthen Christian convictions so that the graduate could witness to Christ. Issues of God and man, freedom and authority, love and justice, sin and salvation. | Christianity | FMM 020 |
| Living gospels, the paraphrased Gospels and Book of Acts. | Taylor, Kenneth N. | Written in the language of today. | Bible Study | FMM 021 |
| Bibel ober die gonze heilige erhrift, die | | German Bible | Bible Study | FMM 022 |
| Love or perish | Blanton, Smiley | Love binds us together and makes of our every act a new, rich and exciting experience. “For without love, we lose the will to live. Our mental and physical vitality is impaired, our resistance is lowered, and we succumb to illnesses that often prove fatal.”… | Miscellaneous | FMM 023 |
| Four doors to meeting for worship | Taber, William | Four stages to pass through to enter and experience worship. | Quaker meeting | FMM 024 |
| Incendiary fellowship, the | Trueblood, Elton | Trueblood asserts that a new and active paganism is emerging. Christianity should again become a vibrant, fighting force. | Christianity | FMM 025 |
| Living letters, the paraphrased epistles | Taylor, Kenneth N. | Romans, Corinthians, Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, Thessalonians, Timothy, Titus, Philemon, Hebrews, James, Peter, John, Jude- said as exactly as possible as the authors meant. Expanded where necessary for a clear understanding by the modern reader. | Bible Study | FMM 026 |
| Report of the fourth World Conference of Friends: Guilford College, Greensboro, N.C., U.S., July 24-Aug 3, 1967. | | Officers, committees, observers. Conference message. Record of sessions. Round tables. Arts program. Worship-sharing groups. Spiritual basis of outreach. Worship address. United Nations and human factor lecture. Statements on food, Vietnam war, Friends response to racial conflict, Peace Testimony and Middle East. List of participants | Yearbooks | FMM 027 |
| Practice of the presence of God, the | Brother Lawrence | Brother Lawrence was a lay brother among the barefooted Carmelites in Paris in 166. He was previously known as Nicholas Herman of Lorraine, a footman and a soldier. It is his struggle to walk with God. | Christianity | FMM 028 |
| Four doors to meeting for worship | Taber, William | Four stages to pass through to enter and experience worship. | Quaker meeting | FMM 029 |
| New call to peacemaking: a challenge to all Friends | Hadley, Norval,ed. | Biblical basis of peacemaking. Can wars be just? Christ and Caesar. Global nuclear threat. World organizations and peace. History of Quaker international peacemaking efforts. Just international distribution | Peace and justice | FMM 030 |
| On speaking out of the silence: vocal ministry in the unprogrammed meeting for worship | Steere, Douglas V. | Focuses upon the texture of the vocal ministry which comes up out of the silent, waiting, unprogrammed meeting. | Quaker meeting | FMM 031 |
| 1973 Peace calendar: 50 years of nonviolent resistance: the story of radical pacifism in the United States | Jezer, Marty | Photographs. Articles include information about the Anti-enlistment league, FOR< ACLU, War Resisters League, socialist opposition, the red scare, woman’s suffrage, the Lawrence strike, threat of fascism, failure of the antiwar movement, pacifism, selective service act, just wars, first nonregistrants, cps camps, Murphy-taylor strike, Danbury strike, postwar actions, mccarthy years, committee for nonviolent action, polaris action, san Francisco to Moscow peace walk, …. | Peace and justice | FMM 032 |
| Good ways, the | Ansley, Delight | Religions of early Egypt, Greece, Palestine, India and China. Those based on teachings of Mohammed, Buddha, and Jesus. Biography of founder of each faith and legends. What happens to a religion when people worship the man instead of the principles he stood for. | Other religions | FMM 033 |
| My choices | Greene, Margaret | For early teen-agers. Stories of young people who make choices- forcing your ideas on a group of friends. Including an unpopular person at a party.responsibility. | Children | FMM 034 |
| Anatomy of anti-communism | | The study shows how anti-Communism became a political stragety that often utilized the fear of Communism as a camouflage for conservative and even reactionary politics. The Committee suggested positive alternatives to the aoutmoded oncept of anti-Communism. | History, Quaker | FMM 035 |
| Just give ma a cool drink of water ‘fore I Diiie. | Angelou, Maya | Poems of love and nostalgic memory and confratations inherent in a racial society. | Miscellaneous | FMM 036 |
| Jesus, teacher and friend (a course for second and third grades) | Pineo, Caroline | Jesus’ boyhood. Christmas story- then and now. Jesus: teacher and friend. Includes activities and discussion ideas. | Education, K-6 | FMM 037 |
| 1984 War Resisters League Calendar & Appointment Book: Against the tide: Pacifist resistance in the second world war, an oral hi | | Oral histories of unknown heroes and heroines of WWII; men and women who not only refused to fight, but also refused to contribute to the “war effort” at home. | Conscientious objection | FMM 038 |
| Fifty-two true stories of nonviolent success: War Resisters League 2002 Peace Calendar | Hastings, Tom and Geov Parrish | Examples from an ancient Roman Plebeian strike to fair trade. Includes War Resisters League organizing network, International network, Peace and justice organizations, Publications, | Peace and justice | FMM 039 |
| In woman’s soul: 1972 Peace calendar: a selection of statements and artwork by women on peace and social justice | War Resisters League | Women who were forced to discover that women’s reliance on qualities other than physical strength indicates a hopeful direction for all humankind. Includes a couple of paragraphs about Rosa Parks, Sojourner Truth, Marjorie Swann, Jeannette Rankin, Bella Abzug and many others. | Peace and justice | FMM 040 |
| Adventuring with youth | Hinshaw, Edwin E. | Poetry. Developing an objective. Adolescent growth. Sexuality. Group development and leadership training. Creativity. Model building. | Education, K-12 | FMM 041 |
| Changing lenses | Zehr, Howard | Examines our assumptions about crime and justice. Looks at historical , biblical, and practical alternatives. Proposes a “restorative” model which is more consistent with experience, the past and the biblical tradition. Based on the needs of victims and offenders, on past ways of responding to crime, on recent experiments, on biblical principals. | Peace and justice | FMM 042 |
| Anatomy of Anti-Communism | American Friends Service Committee- Peace Education Division | Analyzes the phenomenon of anti-Communism, origins, intentions, methods and its role in American life. How anti-Communism has become a political strategy that often utilizes the fear of Communism as a camouflage for conservative and reactionary politics. Suggests positive alternatives to the outmoded concept. | Peace and justice | FMM 043 |
| Peace is every step: the path of mindfulness in everyday life | Hanh, Thick Nhat | Breath! You are alive. Transformation and healing. Peace is every step | Other religions | Fmm 044 |
| Quaker streak | Heron, Alastair | Directed to the needs of newcomers to Quaker meetings. Abbreviations, Quaker terms, titles and expressions explained. | Quaker beliefs | FMM 045 |
| Seekers long ago and now. | Griffiths, Louise B. | Teacher’s guide for junior high school children. Purpose is to understand how people of all times have sought answers to many questions, and how they have found some truths while failing to find others. | History, Quaker | FMM 046 |
| On third world legs | Willson, S. Brian | Brian Willson, a Vietnam war veteran, made efforts to stop worldwide U.S. terrorism. He helped revive the practice of nonviolence in the U.S. | Peace and justice | FMM 047 |
| Unadilla Friends: a history | Carvin, Lucy Griswold | History of Unadilla Friends Meeting and Quakers in the Laurens vicinity since 1774.Mahlon York was first clerk of the meeting in the late 1800s. Being in a rural area, the first meetings last two days. | History, Quaker | FMM 048 |
| Home play | | Activities for families alone, when family is with others, places to lay. Family etiquette. Rainy days. Pets in the home. Books. | Family | FMM 049 |
| Pioneers in peace | Fletcher, Wanda M. | Includes lesson plans and plays for grades K-12Jesus, William Penn, Confucius, Tolstoy, Gandhi, Jane Addams, Ralph Bunche, Peace portal between Canada and the U.S., Christ of the Andes. Peaceful separation of Norway and Sweden. Switzerland. International groups. American Friends Service Committee. | Peace and justice | FMM 050 |
| Quaker way, the | Friends General Conference- Religious Education Committee | History. Beliefs and creeds. Meeting for Worship. How Quakers are different from other faith communities. Prayer. How the Society works. First Day School. Quaker Words. Easy to read. | Quaker beliefs | FMM 051 |
| Pierre Ceresole | Shaffer, Blanche | Ceresole born in 1879 in Switzerland. Was a federal judge and one time President of the Swiss Confederation. | History, Quaker | FMM 052 |
| Inward light: how Quakerism unites universalem and Christianity | | Long-standing tension in the Religious Society of Friends between Christianity and Universalism. Each side is sure their position is the true one. Description of light closely follows that of George Fox in his Journal. | Quaker beliefs | FMM 053 |
| Science and conscience | Steenbeck, Max | The author, Vice-President of the German Academy of Sciences in Berlin, insisted on the application of ethics to professional activity. In 1958 he stated that he would not at any time or any place work on the development of nuclear weapons. | Quaker beliefs | FMM 054 |
| Little boy Jesus, the | Brownback, Mary H. | 9 lessons. Workbook not included. Grades 1-2. activites, memory verse. | Education, K-6 | FMM 055 |
| Song book for friendly children | | 22 songs published by Friends General Conference | Songbooks | FMM 056 |
| New people gathered in the power of the Lord, a | Cooper, Wilmer | The flowering of twentieth-century Quakerism, the role of Quakerism in the Christian movement, Some unresolved Quaker religious issues, prescription for renewal and mission, | History, Quaker | FMM 057 |
| Elizabeth Lawton Hazard, friend at large 1889-1968 | Painter, Levinus and George A. Badgley | A member of New York Yearly Meeting. Arranged for conferences and camps for young people. Served on committees when bridges were leading to re-joining the two New York Yearly Meetings in 1955. served on the board of the American Friends Service Committee. Concerned for the conscientious objectors in the 1940s. | Biography | FMM 058 |
| Peaceful Heroes I | Regen, Rosalie | 14 one-act plays for junior and senior high school students and adults. Adaptable for younger children. Presents men and women over 300 years in their witness against war and injustice. Includes George Fox, Mary Fisher, William Penn. | Peace and justice | FMM 059 |
| Transforming power for peace | Apsey, Lawrence, James Bristol and Karen Eppler | How transforming power has been used by early Christians and Friends (against intolerance, slavery). By Gandhi. Against Hitler. Against race prejudice in America. In the labor movement. Through cooperative action. Through non-cooperation. Application in the modern world. | Peace and justice | FMM 060 |
| Three faces of power | Boulding, Kenneth E. | Threat, economic and integrative power. Error is to regard threat power as fundamental, for it is not effective unless it is reinforced by economic and integrative power. Conclusion has wide-ranging applications from nuclear weapons debate to intimate interpersonal relationships. | Miscellaneous | FMM 061 |
| Journey to universalism | Watson, Elizabeth | Journey to Israel, India and Greece. Author feels that “if those who wield temporal power had made the journey to universalism, they would have found other ways to deal with the problems in the Middle East. | Quaker writings | FMM 062 |
| Quaker artists | Sandman, Gary | Arranges short biographies by founding period, quietist period, modern period. Includes, painters, writers, musicians, sculptures, craftsmen, etc. | Miscellaneous | FMM 063 |
| Journal of George Fox, the | Nickalls, John L., ed. | George Fox (1624-1691) through his leadership and writings is regarded as the seminal figure of the Society of Friends. | Quaker writings | FMM 064 |
| Tao te Ching | Kwok, Man-ho, Martin Palmer and Jay Ramsay, trans. | Classic text of Taoism in China. Powerful source of inspiration, meditation, guidance, warfare strategy and leadership training. Committed to paper about the first century B.C. Encompasses texts which probably cover 800 years. Beautifully illustrated. | Literature | FMM 065 |
| Eye of faith, the: a history of Ohio Yearly Meeting, conservative | Taber, William P., Jr. | From 1775. Story of Wilburite or Conservative Friends in Easter Ohio. | Quaker meeting | FMM 066 |
| Book of discipline of the Ohio Valley Yearly Meeting: a guide to Christian faith and practice | | History. Religious expression. Principles and application. Meetings for business | Religious Life | FMM 067 |
| Let’s listen: ways of inviting children to listen and find God | Cook, Elizabeth Conant | Course for first graders and others. God in nature. Thanksgiving. Christmas. God in man’s creations- clocks, music, motors. Men who listened to God- Joshua, Elijah, George Fox and Sarah Fell, William, Penn, John Woolman, Elizabeth Fry, Rufus Jones | Education, K-6 | FMM 068 |
| Clearness committees and their use in personal discernment | | Role of clearness committee which is part of Ministry and Counsel. | Quaker meeting | FMM 069 |
| Clearness committees and their use in personal discernment | | Role of clearness committee which is part of Ministry and Counsel. | Quaker meeting | FMM 070 |
| Something for peace, a memoir | Waring, Thomas | “True vivid, and inspiring story of a Quaker conscientious objector during World War II…whose account will broaden and deepen the lives of everyone interested in peace or understanding peacemakers. | Peace and justice | FMM 071 |
| Friend of life: a biography of Rufus M. Jones | Vining, Elizabeth Gray | Jones was brought up in a rural Quaker community in Main. He was Professor of Philosophy at Haverford College, one of the founders of the American Friends Service Committee and contributed towards ending the divisions among American friends. | Biography | FMM 072 |
| Quakerism: a study guide on the Religious Society of Friends | Kenworthy, Leonard S. | George Fox and history. Distinctive features of Quakerism- Meeting for Worship and Business; queries; unique role of women; testimonies and concerns. Other aspects- organization, pastoral Friends, World-wide Society of Friends. Quakerism today. | Quaker beliefs | FMM 073 |
| Healing power: what it is and what to do with it | Gunstone, John | Examination of nature of healing as descry bed in the Bible and practice by Christians throughout the centuries. Do miracles still happen? Why aren’t some people healed? What role does faith play in the healing ministry? | Christianity | FMM 074 |
| Against all odds: breaking the poverty trap. | DeSilva, Donatus, Project Coordinator | 10 reports about successful, locally sponsored cases of development in the Third World. | Peace and justice | FMM 075 |
| Clearness committees and their use in personal discernment | | Role of clearness committee which is part of Ministry and Counsel. | Quaker meeting | FMM 076 |
| Tall poppies: supporting gifts of ministry and eldering in the monthly meeting | Grundy, Martha Paxson | Describes the traditional Quaker understanding of power and spiritual authority and God’s gifts in relation to them. Focuses on ministry and eldering, how monthly meetings should support and nurture ministry and individual Friends. | Quaker meeting | FMM 077 |
| Choice befor us, the | Cadbury, Rachel | What is religion? Prayer. Personal preparation for daily living. Simplifying life. Meeting for worship. Family relationships. Counseling. Committee responsibility. Bible. Community responsibilities. Maturity and its responsibilities. Peace of mind and spirit | Quaker beliefs | FMM 078 |
| Clearness committees and their use in personal discernment | | Role of clearness committee which is part of Ministry and Counsel. | Quaker meeting | FMM 079 |
| Tall poppies: supporting gifts of ministry and eldering in the monthly meeting | Grundy, Martha Paxson | Describes the traditional Quaker understanding of power and spiritual authority and God’s gifts in relation to them. Focuses on ministry and eldering, how monthly meetings should support and nurture ministry and individual Friends. | Quaker meeting | FMM 080 |
| Tall poppies: supporting gifts of ministry and eldering in the monthly meeting | Grundy, Martha Paxson | Describes the traditional Quaker understanding of power and spiritual authority and God’s gifts in relation to them. Focuses on ministry and eldering, how monthly meetings should support and nurture ministry and individual Friends. | Quaker meeting | FMM 081 |
| Directory, 1993 | New York Yearly Meeting | Yearly, regional and local meetings, pictures of meetinghouses. Places and times of worship. Travel directions and maps. Historical sketches. | Quaker meeting | FMM 082 |
| Tall poppies: supporting gifts of ministry and eldering in the monthly meeting | Grundy, Martha Paxson | Describes the traditional Quaker understanding of power and spiritual authority and God’s gifts in relation to them. Focuses on ministry and eldering, how monthly meetings should support and nurture ministry and individual Friends. | Quaker meeting | FMM 083 |
| Tall poppies: supporting gifts of ministry and eldering in the monthly meeting | Grundy, Martha Paxson | Describes the traditional Quaker understanding of power and spiritual authority and God’s gifts in relation to them. Focuses on ministry and eldering, how monthly meetings should support and nurture ministry and individual Friends. | Quaker meeting | FMM 084 |
| Tall poppies: supporting gifts of ministry and eldering in the monthly meeting | Grundy, Martha Paxson | Describes the traditional Quaker understanding of power and spiritual authority and God’s gifts in relation to them. Focuses on ministry and eldering, how monthly meetings should support and nurture ministry and individual Friends. | Quaker meeting | FMM 085 |
| Tall poppies: supporting gifts of ministry and eldering in the monthly meeting | Grundy, Martha Paxson | Describes the traditional Quaker understanding of power and spiritual authority and God’s gifts in relation to them. Focuses on ministry and eldering, how monthly meetings should support and nurture ministry and individual Friends. | Quaker meeting | FMM 086 |
| Tall poppies: supporting gifts of ministry and eldering in the monthly meeting | Grundy, Martha Paxson | Describes the traditional Quaker understanding of power and spiritual authority and God’s gifts in relation to them. Focuses on ministry and eldering, how monthly meetings should support and nurture ministry and individual Friends. | Quaker meeting | FMM 087 |
| Tall poppies: supporting gifts of ministry and eldering in the monthly meeting | Grundy, Martha Paxson | Describes the traditional Quaker understanding of power and spiritual authority and God’s gifts in relation to them. Focuses on ministry and eldering, how monthly meetings should support and nurture ministry and individual Friends. | Quaker meeting | FMM 089 |
| Tall poppies: supporting gifts of ministry and eldering in the monthly meeting | Grundy, Martha Paxson | Describes the traditional Quaker understanding of power and spiritual authority and God’s gifts in relation to them. Focuses on ministry and eldering, how monthly meetings should support and nurture ministry and individual Friends. | Quaker meeting | FMM 090 |
| He lived among us | | Life of Jesus in cartoon form. Grades 4-adult | Children | FMM 091 |
| Questions that refuse to go away | Franz, Marian | How can we strengthen the Rainbow Covenant? Which King will you serve? Lord, is it I? Are we turning plowshares into swords? Can we replace the nightmare with a vision? A new confessing church? A new church position on warfare? Who is my neighbor? When does divine obedience require civil disobedience? How should we speak truth to power? What belongs to Caesar? | Peace and justice | FMM 092 |
| Family as a way into the future, the | Boulding, Elise | Social change, growth, family healing, conflict maturing, peaceable kingdom | Family | FMM 093 |
| Faith and practice | | Philadelphia Yearly Meeting. Quaker faith. Meeting community. Human brotherhood. Friends’ writings. Practice and procedure. | Religious Life | FMM 094 |
| Where two or three are gathered, someone spills the milk | Mullen, Tom | On the birth of a second child, mealtime togetherness, family “dawg”, teenage music, shopping for your wife, on sex fifteen years later, on watching television, on giving devotions, etc. Authors “gift of humor offers a healthy perspective. | Family | FMM 095 |
| Quakers on peace: some testimonies by Friends, 1650-1975 | | Paragraph quotes of yearly meetings and individuals | Conscientious objection | FMM 096 |
| Slow waltz in cedar bend | Waller, Robert James | Michael Tillman’s affair with the wife of a colleague. Pain of choices and loss. She disappeared and he traveled to find her. Author of The Bridges of Madison County. | Fiction | FMM 097 |
| “There is no way to Peace, Peace is the way”: the 1983 War Resisters League Calendar | Cakars, Marvis, ed. | Collection of quotations of interest to people concerned with peace and social justice. Some people quoted are Abigail Adams, Susan B. Anthony, George F. Baer, Simone de Beauvoir, Daniel Berrigan. | Conscientious objection | FMM 098 |
| Yearbook 2003 | New York Yearly Meeting | Committee reports. Minutes of sessions. Friends under appointment to Yearly Meeting. Calendars of Quarterly, Half Yearly, and other Regional Meetings. 2002 Representative Meeting minutes | Yearbooks | FMM 099 |
| Yearbook 2001 | New York Yearly Meeting | Committee reports. Minutes of sessions. Friends under appointment to Yearly Meeting. Calendars of Quarterly, Half Yearly, and other Regional Meetings. 1998 Representative Meeting minutes | Yearbooks | FMM 100 |
| Know your FCNL | | Friends Community National Legislatures, FCNL, suggestions for meeting contacts. Background. Action: visibility, sensitivity, credibility, stability | Quaker meeting | FMM 102 |
| Friends and womankind: a Friend’s viewpoint | Calderone, Dr. Mary | Why the separate-but-equal term womankind, as if women were a sub-species? Why not use humankind to mean men, women and children? Being Quaker lays on the responsibility for tracking down one’s own bigotries, prejudices, inconsistencies, blindnesses. | Women | FMM 103 |
| Upper room hymns | | Title and topical indexes | Songbooks | FMM 104 |
| Come let us sing! | | Fellowship songs for United Presbyterian women | Songbooks | FMM 105 |
| “Unforeseen joy” serving a Friends Meeting as recording clerk | Hickey, Damon D. | Several hats of recording clerk, business meeting as a meeting for worship, Quaker decision-making, writing minutes, sample minutes, preserving minutes, other records, “unforeseen joy”. | Quaker meeting | FMM 106 |
| Dictionary of Friends terms | Kimball, Beatrice and Joyce Holden, comp. | Meanings of Friends often used terms that have different meanings from those of other Christians. References provided for fuller examples and meanings. | Quaker beliefs | FMM 107 |
| Challenge of peace, the “ challenge of peace, the: God’s promise and our promise. | Benedictines for peace | Peace in the modern world. War and peace in the modern world. Promotion of peace: proposals and policies. Pastoral challenge and response. | Peace and justice | FMM 108 |
| Practicing the Gospel of Hope in the nuclear age | Seeger, Daniel A. | “To practice the Gospel of Hope is to leave despair and complacency behind us and to get down to work.” Discusses Ghandi and Quakers. | Peace and justice | FMM 109 |
| Seed and the tree, the: a reflection on nonviolence | Seeger, Daniel A. | Conference sponsored by Joan Baez, President of Humanitas/Internationa. Church and the gospel of peace. Judgmentalism and solidarity. Discernment of truth. Pragmatism in perspective. Reality of the spiritual realm. No final solution. No time but this present. Role for everyone. Lawfulness of the creation. | Peace and justice | FMM 110 |
| Seed and the tree, the: a reflection on nonviolence | Seeger, Daniel A. | Conference sponsored by Joan Baez, President of Humanitas/Internationa. Church and the gospel of peace. Judgmentalism and solidarity. Discernment of truth. Pragmatism in perspective. Reality of the spiritual realm. No final solution. No time but this present. Role for everyone. Lawfulness of the creation. | Peace and justice | FMM 111 |
| Finding God | | Textbook for Junior High school age. Primitive religious. People of the Bible. Through nature and service.Finding God in art and literature. | Education, K-12 | FMM 112 |
| Seed and the tree, the: a reflection on nonviolence | Seeger, Daniel A. | Conference sponsored by Joan Baez, President of Humanitas/Internationa. Church and the gospel of peace. Judgmentalism and solidarity. Discernment of truth. Pragmatism in perspective. Reality of the spiritual realm. No final solution. No time but this present. Role for everyone. Lawfulness of the creation. | Peace and justice | FMM 113 |
| Boundaries of our faith, the | Seeger, Daniel A. | With globalization, faith communities are being effected. Universalism. Diversity among Friends. Women in the church. Monotheism, polytheism, anthropomorphism, idolatry. Prayer, magic, ritual, sacraments. Goddess spirituality and New York Yearly Meeting. | Quaker beliefs | FMM 114 |
| Let this life speak: the legacy of Henry Joel Cadbury | Bacon , Margaret Hope | Cadbury was an eminent biblical scholar and beloved Quaker pacifist. | Biography | FMM 115 |
| Reminiscences of Powell House beginnings: In commemoration of its 25th anniversary | Garner, Dorothy K., comp. | Elsie Knapp (Mrs. Wilson M.) Powell donated her estate, “Pitt Hall” to New York Yearly Meeting in 1960. This is the story of its development into Powell House, a conference center in Eastern Upstate New York. | History, Quaker | FMM 116 |
| Tending the light | Feagins, Mary E.B. | Discussion on the Inner Light. | Quaker beliefs | FMM 117 |
| Phophetic stream, the | Taber, William P., Jr. | Connection between Old and New Testament prophets, Jesus, and Quaker religious experience. | Bible Study | FMM 118 |
| Eric Fromm’s message for modern Friends | Spiegelberg, Eldora | No intermediary is needed between man and God. Efficacy of silent worship. Equality in the sight of God and in the practice of daily life. Knowing experimentally. Inward light. Obedience to conscience. Simplicity in lilfe syle, in language, in recreation. Concerns. Peace testimony. | Miscellaneous | FMM 119 |
| Christian faith and practice in the experience of the Society of Friends | | God and man. Friends and the Christian church. Meeting for worship. Vocal ministry. Retirment and prayer. Meeting as a fellowship. Publishing truth. Art of living. Marriage and the home. Stages of life. Social, national and international responsibilities. | Quaker beliefs | FMM 120 |
| Church government | London Yearly Meeting | Advices and queries. General counsel on church affairs. Monthly and preparative meetings. General meetings. Standing committees. Membership. Ministry; eldership; oversight. Religious service at home and abroad. Marriage regulations. Burials and cremations. Friends and their outward affairs. Finance; trusts; meeting houses. | Quaker meeting | FMM 121 |
| Guiding boys and girls in Friends worship | Committees on Religious Education of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends | Responsibility for children’s worship: parents, ministry and counsel, first-day school. Children’s worship- prayer, children’s meetings. Worship for older boys and girls: preparation of leaders, individual and group worship, activities. Practical suggestions | Education, K-6 | FMM 122 |
| Silence | Rochester Folk Art Guild, select. | A beautiful, simply illustrated book of quotations about sound and silence. | Miscellaneous | FMM 123 |
| Amazing fact of Quaker worship, the | Gorman, George H. | Describes Quaker worship as it would be observed through the eyes of a newcomer. Seeks to help readers to consider if this way of worship is valid for them and to make the most effective use of silent worship. | Quaker meeting | FMM 124 |
| Hymn of the universe | deChardin, Pierre Teilhard | Author, a scientist-priest, writes as a man of prayer. He discusses poetically,the growth of Christ’s mystical body, and the consecration of the cosmos. | Religious Life | FMM 125 |
| Four doors to meeting for worship | Taber, William P., Jr. | Four stages to pass through to enter and experience worship. | Quaker meeting | FMM 126 |
| New York Yearly Meeting | New York Yearly Meeting | History. Nurture and practice of the Life of the Spirit. Advices and Quaeries. Organization and business procedure. Membership. Ministry and Counsel and oversight. Visitation among meetings. Marriage. Funeral and memorial services. Burial grounds. | Quaker meeting | FMM 127 |
| Autumn’s brightness, the | Newman, Daisy | Dilly was supposed to have a special visit to her sophisticated N.Y. cousin. But, Dilly, a widow, was homesick for her Rhode Island Quaker community. However, she met a gentle, persuasive man who introduced the city in a new way. Then, the return home convinced her that she was past the age for romance. | Fiction | FMM 128 |
| Picture Bible for all ages, the: Creation | Hath, Iva | Genesis 1:1-Exodus 19:20. “An excellent introduction to those who do not know the Bible and an excellent review for those who do.” | Children | FMM 129 |
| Horse and his boy, the | Lewis, C.S. | How a talking horse and a boy prince saved Narnia from invasion | Fiction | FMM 130 |
| Book of Mormon, the: another testament of Jesus Christ | | An account written by the Hand of Mormon upon plates taken from the plates of Nephi. Translated by Joseph Smith. Published by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. | Christianity | FMM 131 |
| For everything a season: simple musings on living well | Gulley, Philip | The author is a Quaker minister, writer, husband, and father. This book takes us through the seasons in times to laugh, to dance, to weep and to mourn. | Religious Life | FMM 132 |
| Book of Mormon, the: another testament of Jesus Christ | | An account written by the Hand of Mormon upon plates taken from the plates of Nephi. Translated by Joseph Smith. Published by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. | Christianity | FMM 133 |
| Signs and wonders: a Harmony novel | Gulley, Philip | Another bustling year in the lives of this quirky Quaker community. Dale Hinshaw is back and floating another of his crackpot ministry schemes- his Salvation Balloons project. Pastor Sam Gardner’s wife, Barbara, the 1977 Tenderloin Queen, wins a trip to the Caribbean and thinks she might just go without her workaholic husband. | Fiction | FMM 134 |
| Just shy of Harmony | Gulley, Philip | Sam has an unexpected crisis of faith- will he overcome it? Does the future of the church really lie with Pastor Jimmy of the Harmony Worship Center and sermons like “Ten Mutual Funds Jesus Would Die For”? Will Wayne Fleming resolve his conflicted love for the beautiful lawyer Deena? | Fiction | FMM 135 |
| Front porch tales | Gulley, Philip | A collection of stories told in a warm and easy style. They are tender and humorous | Fiction | FMM 136 |
| Guest of my life | Watson, Elizabeth | Included in this spiritual pilgrimage is a journey by the author from grief over her daughter’s death. Selections from authors Emily Dickinson, Rainer Maria Rilke, Katherine Mansfield and others. How to emerge from suffering through faith. | Biography | FMM 137 |
| Home town tales: recollections of kindness, peace, and joy | Gulley, Philip | In Gulley’s home town, life was uncomplicated and people knew each other by name. Folks cared for one another and were willing to do what was right- no matter the cost. | Fiction | FMM 138 |
| Light within and selected writings, the | Penington, Isaac | Penington, 1617-1679. Biography. His testimony. Of certainty, and rightly grounded assurance in matters of religion. Extracts from “Concerning the Worship of the Living God”. Silent meetings. Prayer. Regeneration. Concerning making our calling and election sure. Concerning the mystery of lilfe and the mystery of the fellowship therein… | Quaker writings | FMM 139 |
| John Woolman: the mind of the Quaker saint | Cady, Edwin H. | One of first in 18th century America to formulate a well-defined case for the abolition of slavery. Iternerant preacher. Opposed military conscription and taxation and “the iniquitous practice of dealing in Negroes.” | Biography | FMM 140 |
| Quakerism: a view from the back benches | | Blessed community: what are we mything? Faith and practice: the dichotomy y revisited. Meeting for worship: is thee worshipping more and enjoying it less? Quaker organization: a side-long glance. Meeting for business: prophetless procedure. Controversy in the meeting: conflict can be fun. What to do until the second coming. | Quaker meeting | FMM 141 |
| Inspirational poems for your quiet hour, vol. 25 | Stuyvesant, Carolyn, sel. | Examples of titles- A bird. A mother’s song. As I grow old. Calvary. Charity. Dare to do right. Everybody’s lonesome. I saw God wash the world. Politeness won. When a mama goes to bed. | Literature | FMM 142 |
| Anam Cara: a book of celtic wisdom | O’Donohue, John | Mystery of friendship. Toward a spirituality of the senses. Solitude is luminous. Work as a poetics of growth. Aging: the beauty of the inner harvest. Death: the horizon is in the well. | Religious Life | FMM 143 |
| Rufus Jones: essential writings | Jones, Rufus | Jones, a Quaker mystic and social activist, received a Nobel Prize as co-founder of the American Friends Service Committee. | Quaker writings | FMM 144 |
| Rufus Jones: essential writings | Jones, Rufus | Jones, a Quaker mystic and social activist, received a Nobel Prize as co-founder of the American Friends Service Committee. | Quaker writings | FMM 145 |
| Rufus Jones: essential writings | Jones, Rufus | Jones, a Quaker mystic and social activist, received a Nobel Prize as co-founder of the American Friends Service Committee. | Quaker writings | FMM 146 |
| Rufus Jones: essential writings | Jones, Rufus | Jones, a Quaker mystic and social activist, received a Nobel Prize as co-founder of the American Friends Service Committee. | Quaker writings | FMM 147 |
| Rufus Jones: essential writings | Jones, Rufus | Jones, a Quaker mystic and social activist, received a Nobel Prize as co-founder of the American Friends Service Committee. | Quaker writings | FMM 148 |
| Rufus Jones: essential writings | Jones, Rufus | Jones, a Quaker mystic and social activist, received a Nobel Prize as co-founder of the American Friends Service Committee. | Quaker writings | FMM 149 |
| 101 ways to combat prejudice. Close the book on hate. | | Close the book on hate first at home. (Example- Invite friends from backgrounds different from your own to experience the joy of your traditions and customs.) In your school (put graffiti on a designated wall with a harmonious and unifying message.) in your house of worship. (suggest to the newspaper that they have a monthly article about anti-prejudice themes. …. | Peace and justice | FMM 150 |
| Four doors to meeting for worship | Taber, William P., Jr. | Four stages to pass through to enter and experience worship. | Quaker meeting | FMM 151 |
| Quaker marriage, a | Family Relations Committee of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting | Introduction and questions for the couple intending marriage. Committee on Clearness: introduction, questions, advices and guidelines. Committee on oversight: introduction, advices and guidelines. | Quaker meeting | FMM 152 |
| George Fox’s message is relevant for today | Benson, Lewis | Recovery of Fox’s message. A new kind of Christian community. | Quaker beliefs | FMM 153 |
| Four doors to meeting for worship | Taber, William P., Jr. | Four stages to pass through to enter and experience worship. | Quaker meeting | FMM 154 |
| Four doors to meeting for worship | Taber, William P., Jr. | Four stages to pass through to enter and experience worship. | Quaker meeting | FMM 155 |
| Four doors to meeting for worship | Taber, William P., Jr. | Four stages to pass through to enter and experience worship. | Quaker meeting | FMM 156 |
| Four doors to meeting for worship | Taber, William P., Jr. | Four stages to pass through to enter and experience worship. | Quaker meeting | FMM 157 |
| Religion of George Fox, the: as revealed by his epistles. | Brinton, Howard H. | Light of Christ in every man.Three ages. Word of God as the source of unity. | Quaker beliefs | FMM 158 |
| To change the world: Christology and cultural criticism | Ruether, Rosemary Radford | Jesus and the revolutionaries: political theology and Biblical hermeneutics. Christology and Latin American liberation theology. Christology and Jewish-Christian relations. Christology and feminism: can a male saviour save women? Ecology and human liberation: a conflict between the theology of history and the theology of nature? | Peace and justice | FMM 159 |
| Proposal for project development services for New York Yearly Meeting, 1982 | | Third Age, Inc. is a Philadelphia-based health care consulting firm specializing in the continuing care (life care retirement) and long term care fields. | Quaker meeting | FMM 160 |
| Remembrances of the Nuremberg War Crimes Trials | Interfaith Holocaust Commemoration Service in Dunkirk, N.Y. | Given by Dr. Arnold Joseph, who served at the International Military Tribunal in Nuremberg, Germany, in 1945-46. Talked about crematoriums, Birkenau, Dachau, Buchenwald, Blobel, | Peace and justice | FMM 161 |
| Friends consultation on spiritual authority and accountability | | Quaker Hill Conference Center, Richmond, Indiana, 1984. Keynote address by Louise Wilson. “Biblical Perspectives on authority”. “Sources of spiritual authority”. Accounrtability among Friends”. | Quaker meeting | FMM 162 |
| Thoughts from a Quaker home | Phillips, Emily, B.H. | Suggests a creative, useful way for parents to work out common events such as divorce, death, drugs, alcohol. | Family | FMM 163 |
| Religious education in the home | Committee on Religious Education of the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends | Worship: joy, family, meeting for worship, depth rather than length, roads to worship, rhythm. Life at its best- conversation, influences, conduct, purpose, true sense of values, gifts. Parents’ preparation. | Family | FMM 164 |
| Jerusalem, shining still | Kuskin, Karla | Story of the light and spirit of a city that continues to shine. | Children | FMM 165 |
| Cooperative sports & games book, challenge without competition | Orlick, Terry | Games for ages 3 to adult. Different cultures. Creating your own games. Evaluation methods. Includes puzzle games, Little People’s big sack, action games, games for rainy days, relay and carrying games, water games, etc. | Education, adult | FMM 166 |
| Introduction to Quakers, an | Trueblood, D. Elton | For newcomers to the Quaker movement. The name. History. The real presence. Applied Christianity. Worship. New Testament pattern. Sacramental idea. Lord’s supper. Contemporary Quakerism. Ministry. Priesthood of all. Quakers in the world. Intellectual vocation. Invitation to pilgrimage. | Quaker beliefs | FMM 167 |
| Standing on the rock: a faith conversation with conservative kin | Chidsey, Linda | Central issues of Quakerism. History. Lamb’s War of early Friends about spiritual warfare against the principalities and the powers of darkness. God is of infinite love and compassion, but encourages and challenges. Standing fast upon the Rock in the midst pof pluralistic and the secular. | Quaker writings | FMM 168 |
| Faithfulness- an invitation to renewal: an inspired message to New York Yearly Meeting July 27, 1997 | Chidsey, Linda | Begins with Hebrews II:1 “And what is faith? Faith gives substance to our hopes, and makes us certain of realities we do not see.” Individual story- early years, later years. our corporate story. Witness. Renewal. | Quaker meeting | FMM 169 |
| Just listen | Morris, Winifred | Tara can listen to the silence at Grandma’s in the country. Then Grandma moves to the city. Tara develops new interests. Grandma and Tara return to listening. | Children | FMM 170 |
| Four doors to meeting for worship | Taber, William P., Jr. | Four stages to pass through to enter and experience worship. | Quaker meeting | FMM 171 |
| Four doors to meeting for worship | Taber, William P., Jr. | Four stages to pass through to enter and experience worship. | Quaker meeting | FMM 172 |
| Benjamin West and his cat Grimalkin | Henry, Marguerite & Wesley Dennis | A classic story-Quakers though pictures were needless. Some say Benjamin West was helped by the Delaware Indians, a seaman, and a merchant of Philadelphia. Benjamin said it was his cat. | Children | FMM 173 |
| Companions along the way: spiritual formation within the Quaker tradition, a resource for adult religious education | Kline, Forence Ruth and Marty Grundy, ed. | Teaching and organizing adult religious education programs in the monthly meeting. Spiritual formation. Quaker history, faith and practice. Bible. List of Quaker publishers and distributors & Quaker periodicals. | Education, adult | FMM 174 |
| Earthcare for children, a First Day School curriculum | Farley, Sandra Moon, Diana Gail Egly, & Thomas Baxter Farley | Earthcare for children, a First Day School curriculum | Education, adult | FMM 175 |
| Earthcare for children, a First Day School curriculum | Farley, Sandra Moon, Diana Gail Egly, & Thomas Baxter Farley | Earthcare for children, a First Day School curriculum | Education, adult | FMM 176 |
| Earthcare for children, a First Day School curriculum | Farley, Sandra Moon, Diana Gail Egly, & Thomas Baxter Farley | Earthcare for children, a First Day School curriculum | Education, adult | FMM 177 |
| Earthcare for children, a First Day School curriculum | Farley, Sandra Moon, Diana Gail Egly, & Thomas Baxter Farley | Earthcare for children, a First Day School curriculum | Education, adult | FMM 178 |
| Earthcare for children, a First Day School curriculum | Farley, Sandra Moon, Diana Gail Egly, & Thomas Baxter Farley | 13 lessons. The opening is 10-20 minutes. Small group activities 30-60min. Closing 5-15 min. take home page. Ideas for multi-week activities, special events and field trips. | Education, adult | FMM 179 |
| Speak to the earth and it shall teach thee | Committee on children and young people | Web of life. Creation. Exploration. Appreciation. Re-creation and preservation. Includes activites. | Education, K-6 | FMM 180 |
| Ideas for teaching First Day schoola | Holiday, Marsha | Pargaragh long ideas arranged alphabetically. Adam, Eve and the serpent on trail. Advent calendars. Amnest international letter writing. Backyard wildlife habitat…Books of the Bible...write and illustrated a book or Bible study. | Education, K-12 | FMM 181 |
| Faith and practice: the book of discipline …Approved July 28, 1995 | New York Yearly Meeting | Seeking the spirit. Fruits of the spirit. Witness. Historical statement. Balby Epistle.Advices. Queries. Organization and business procedure. Membership.Ministry and counsel. Visiting. Marriage. Memorial meetings and funerals. Burial grounds. Revision of discipline. | Quaker meeting | FMM 182 |
| Through my eyes | Bridges, Ruby | The author recalls how integration looked to her in the 1960s. She was born in 1954 to sharecroppers in Mississippi. In 1960, she was escorted to a white school by U.S. marshals. This is her story. | Peace and justice | FMM 183 |
| Benjamin: the meetinghouse mouse | Pfeil, Clifford | A description of Meeting for Worship by a mouse who was born in a Quaker meetinghouse. | Children | FMM 184 |
| But God remembered: stories of women from creation to the promised land | Sasso, Sandy Eisenberg | Lilith. Asher. Asher.Serach. Bityah. Daughters of Zelophehad. | Children | FMM 185 |
| Frederick | Lionni, Leo | Frederick, who is the dreamer among the field mice, suggests the psychological truth that when we are in dire need, it is our dreams of happier times which alone can sustain us…A story about the glory of the human spirit. | Children | FMM 186 |
| Other way to listen, the | Baylor, Byrd & Peter Parnall | Hearing wildflower seeds burst open. Hearing the rocks murmuring. It takes a lot of practice and you can’t be in a hurry. This book tells about two people- one who was good a listening and one who took a long time learning. | Children | FMM 187 |
| Giving | Hughes, Shirley | You can give someone an angry look…or a big smile. Humor and good feeling in this story featuring a little girl and her baby brother. | Children | FMM 188 |
| Lilly’s secret | Imal, Miko | Lilly, the cat, becomes embarrassed about her paws. Her neighbor friend thinks they’re weird. Then she is embarrassed. What will her other friend think if he sees them? | Children | FMM 189 |
| Bible story, the | Hogner, Dorothy | For children and adults. Wonderful black and white illustrations by Nils Hogner.` | Bible Study | FMM 190 |
| How to read the New Testament | Charpentier, Etienne | 3 stages in the formation of the New Testament.Literary Genre of the Gospel. World of the first Christians. Easter. Paul and his letters… Historical information and critical perspectives are presented. | Bible Study | FMM 191 |
| My book of Bible stories | | Old and New Testaments. Attractive color illustrations- numerous | Children | FMM 192 |
| Around the year | Tudor, Tasha | A classic for children. Activities for each season. Beautiful illustrations. | Children | FMM 193 |
| Values and teaching¨working with values in the classroom | Raths, Louis E., Merrill Harmin and Sidney B. Simon | Theory of values. Value clarifying method. Using the value theory. | Environmental Education | FMM 194 |
| Garlic testament, a: seasons on a small New Mexico farm | Crawford, Stanley | Garlic questions finally answered. Uprightness is all. Earth: that sea. Garlic ghettos. Flying clone. Cropis, words, movies. One makes twelve. Water. Pound weight of the real. Which leads to the subject of vampires. Winter. Spring. Summer also covered. | | FMM 195 |
| God and utopia: the church in a technological civilization | Vahanian, Gabriel | Christianity’s obsolescence or the ecclesial revolution? Ideology, utopia, eschatology. The eschaton as novum. Eschatology and technological utopianism. Ecclesial revolution and technological society. Church and pleroma. | Christianity | FMM 196 |
| Seeking truth together: enabling the poor and saving the planet in the manner of Friends | Powelson, Jack | Classic liberalism and classic Quakerism. Rich and poor, affirmative action is being reversed. Destroying our environment. Need higher minimum wage. Affordable housing. Forgive the debts of poor countries. Don’t buy products of sweatshops. Lack of health insurance. Social security isn’t enough. Welfare system. Inner city schools. World Trade Organization. Capitalists greedy for profits. Disparities between CEO pay and ordinary workers. Economy dominated by corporations. Touching hearts and minds. Spiritual reform. | Peace and justice | FMM 197 |
| People called Quakers, the | Trueblood, D. Elton | History. Heart of Quaker faith. Reality in worship. Practical alternative to clergy and laity. Sacramental world. John Woolman, Gurneys of Earlham. Struggle for peace. Quaker writers. Life of culture. Penetration of the world. Quaker vocation. Organization. | Quaker beliefs | FMM 198 |
| Plain reader, the: essays on making a simple life | Savage, Scott, ed. | Making a life. Choosing health. Working. Unplugging the media. Reclaiming distance and place. Seeking knowledge and wisdom. | Religious Life | FMM 199 |
| Ghosts of the Mohawk & other stories | Curtis, Anna L. | Stories from 1621 to 1813 about pioneers from Massachusetts, from Massasoit to Tecumseh, Quakers of Pennsylvania, Dutch of NY | Fiction | FMM 200 |
| Buddhist and Quaker experiments with truth: Quotations and questions for group or individual study | Havens, Teresina R. | Buddhist & Quaker beliefs about women, non-violence, plain dress & diet, inner awakening, relevant & irrelevant thinking, nature of the light | Other religions | FMM 201 |
| Bassic Christianity, addresses of Trueblood | Trueblood, D. Elton | Quakers, Robert Barclay, John Woolman | Quaker writings | FMM 202 |
| Quakers on peace: some testimonies by Friends, 1650-1975 | Cobblestone, December, 1995 | Following the inner light, George Fox, William Penn, different kinds of Friends, Practicing peace, Quaker women, Friends against slavery, Putting testimony to the test, Quaker Q&A: interview with Clare Murphy | Education, K-12 | FMM 203 |
| The common ventures of life | | marriage, birth, work and death, recovery of wholeness. by Elton Trueblood | Christianity | FMM 204 |
| The recovery of family life | | Withering away of family, idea of family, vocation of married women, responsible fatherhood, sources of family strength | Family | FMM 205 |
| Mothers of feminism: the story of Quaker women in America | Bacon, Margaret Hope | Women of Society of Friends and feminist movement- Lucretia Mott, Susan B. Anthony, Alice Paul. | History, Quaker | FMM 206 |
| Reminiscences of Powell House Beginnings: In commemoration of its 25th anniversary | | History of first 25 years of Powell House in New York state, house offered by Elsie Powell in 1960 to NY Yearly Meeting | History, Quaker | FMM 207 |
| Quakers are funny! | | Funny stories about Quakers | Miscellaneous | FMM 208 |
| Tis a gift to be simple... | Hinkle, Jeff | Cartoons about Quakers | Miscellaneous | FMM 209 |
| The God in you | | Kermit Eby (union organizer, ordained preacher, university professor) tells how his life is based on fact that we are all sons of God. | Christianity | FMM 210 |
| A Quaker speaks from the black experience: the life and selected writings of Barrington Dunbar | Dunbar, Barrington | Writings of Barrington Dunbar, a black social worker in northern slums & "father of Black Development Fund of NY Yearly Meeting" | Quaker writings | FMM 211 |
| Religious Education in Friends Elementary Schools | Friends Council | Meeting for Worship, testimonies, religious ed in the classroom, Bible, service, assemblies | Education, K-6 | FMM 212 |
| Report of the subcommittee on conscientious objection to military taxation | New York Yearly Meeting | Responses by groups in N.Y. Yearly meeting about paying taxes for year | Conscientious objection | FMM 213 |
| Report of the Subcommitte on Conscientious Objection to Military Taxation | New York Yearly Meeting | Responses by groups in N.Y.Yearly Meeting about paying taxes for war. | Conscientious objection | FMM 214 |
| Does God have a big toe? : stories about stories in the Bible | Gellman, Marc | Short, funny stories. Adam, who decided to number the animals instead of giving them names- until he lost count. Max, a matchmaking angel disguised as a camel. | Bible Study | FMM 215 |
| Elizabeth Lawton Hazard, friend at large 1889-1968 | Painter, Levinus and George A. Badgley | A member of New York Yearly Meeting. Arranged for conferences and camps for young people. Served on committees when bridges were leading to re-joining the two New York Yearly Meetings in 1955. served on the board of the American Friends Service Committee. Concerned for the conscientious objectors in the 1940s. | Biography | FMM 216 |
| Atlas of the Bible, Reader's Digest | | dozens of maps in large scale, views of the Holy Land (c. 1981), work of archaeologists, gazetteer of 900 biblical place-names | Bible Study | FMM 217 |
| A new friends gathering | Patterson, Pat L. | how to find Friends and start new meeting. Description of local to international meetings. Committees that are helpful. First-day School. | Quaker meeting | FMM 218 |
| I am a friend, Teacher's manual, grades 1 & 2 | Friends United | 13 lessons, to help children to know what it means to be called a friend and a Friend. helps teachers with ideas. | Education, K-6 | FMM 219 |
| Growing in the Light: toward a better understanding of Quakerism toda. Nine lessons for grades 6-8 | Reichardt, Dorothy | Meeting for Worship & Business, membership, testimonies (community, equality, harmony, simplicity), A Quaker is.... | Education, K-12 | FMM 220 |
| Philadelphia YM- Outreach ideabook: suggestions for attracting and nurturing newcomers and enriching Quaker meetings | Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends | suggestions for attracting & nurturing newcomers & enriching Quaker meetings, includes stumbling blocks, visiting other meetings, etc. | Quaker meeting | FMM 221 |
| Jung and the Christian Way | Bryant, Christopher | How to probe your own depths using Jung's tools of self-exploration and traditional Christian practices of prayer, worship, meditation | Christianity | FMM 222 |
| Save the earth | Porritt, Jonathan | Discusses population growth, fresh water, motor vehicle emissions, rainforests. | Environmental Education | FMM 223 |
| Finding our way in the Bible | Reichardt, Dorothy | Adult course covering Creation, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob & Esau, Joseph, Exodus, Judges & Kings, Prophets, Job, Psalms, Jesus, Paul | Bible Study | FMM 224 |
| For more than bread: an autobiographical account of twenty-two years’ work with the American Friends Service Committee | Pickett, Clarence E. | History of the American Friends Service Committee from 1929-1952, from autobiographical view. Pickett was born in 1884. | Biography | FMM 225 |
| Quaker vision, the | Benson, Lewis | Fox’s conception of the Church, power of God and the power of man, universal dimension in the tought of George Fox, on being moved by the spirit to minister in public worship, universal message of George Fox | Quaker beliefs | FMM 226 |
| Shadow and light in bereavement | Representative Meeting, Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends | Bible readings, prayers, poems, prose selections | Religious Life | FMM 227 |
| Treat me cool, Lord: prayers-devotions-litanies | Burke, Carl F. | Burke helped children write this- prayers, psalms, litanies, traditional prayers interpreted, worship services in jail, daily devotions. | Children | FMM 228 |
| Truth is Christ, the | Benson, Lewis | “Fox’s great task was to recover and preach again the gospel of power that brings righteousness and true community to God’s people in the New Covenant.” | Quaker beliefs | FMM 229 |
| What did George Fox teach about Christ? | Benson, Lewis | Benson finds that other forms of Christianity and later Quakers misrepresented Fox’s teachings. He feels that this caused the Quaker movement’s loss of power after Fox’s death. | Quaker beliefs | FMM 230 |
| The roots of war and resistance: pa;cifism from the early church to Tolstoy | Brock, Peter | Origins of Christian antimilitarism, Anabaptist-Mennonite nonresistance to WWI, Quaker peach testimony to WWI, nonsectarian pacifism in the 19th century | Peace and justice | FMM 231 |
| The religious philosophy of Quakerism, the beliefs of Fox, Barclay, and Penn as based on the Gospel of John | Brinton, Howard H. | Light and life in the fourth gospel, the Religion of George of Fox, Ethical mysticism in the Society of Friends, Evolution and the inward light | Quaker beliefs | FMM 232 |
| Towards a Quaker view of sex | | Normal sexual development, homosexuality, “a new morality needed” | Religious Life | FMM 233 |
| Jesus, Jefferson, and the task of Friends | Garver, Newton | | Quaker writings | FMM 234 |
| Introducing Quakers | Gorman, George H. | Approach to faith, Quakers and Christianity, Quaker worship, Quaker community, Quaker organization, Quaker concerns, national activities, Can I become a Quaker? | Quaker beliefs | FMM 235 |
| A minority of one: a journey with Friends | Gilman, Harvey | Names that are given- minorities and the self, language: tyrant or liberator?, Names that are taken: Jewish, gay, Quaker, Beyond all names: befriending the stranger, re-evaluation co-counselling, Jung and Adler | Quaker writings | FMM 236 |
| Let their lives speak | Watson, Elizabeth | Sarah- the importance of faith, Rebekah- the importance of hope, Rachel-the importance of love1 | Bible Study | FMM 237 |
| With the master, a book of meditations | Vernier, Philippe | | Bible Study | FMM 238 |
| Not as the world giveth | Vernier, Philippe | Love, faith, grace, humility, obedience, holiness, joy | Religious Life | FMM 239 |
| Alternative to futility | Trueblood, Elton | Beyond diagnosis, habit of adventure, fellowship of the concerned, recovery of discipline, grace of impatience | Quaker writings | FMM 240 |
| Testament of devotion, a | Kelly, Thomas R. | Kelly, born 1893 in rural Ohio. His father died when he was four years old. His mother moved to Wilmington, Ohio, so the children would have a good education.After seminary, he worked with German prisoners of war in England. Just a beginning….. | Biography | FMM 241 |
| Twelve trailblazers of world community | Kenworthy, Leonard S. | Norman Borlaug, Margaret Mead, Maurice Strong, Pablo Casals, Jean Monnet, Rabindranath Tagore, Dag Hammarskjold, Alva Myrdal, Desmond M. Tutu, Julian Huxley, Raul Prebisch, Laurens van der Post.Focuses on individual’s contribution to world community set in the context of their particular fields. | Biography | FMM 242 |
| Grounded in God: care and nurture in Friends meeting | McBee, Patricia, ed. | Role of pastoral caregiver, membership and the clearness process, pastoral care for marriage and divorce,, illness and death, and mental illness, care of the meeting community, facing conflict in the meeting, nurturing each member of meeting. | Quaker meeting | FMM 243 |
| Elizabeth Lawton Hazard: Friend at large, 18899-1968 | Painter, Levinus and George Badgley | Hazard traveled widely over New York Yearly Meeting listening to Friends and counseling them in local meeting affairs. Assisted Young Friends arrange conferences and camps. Served on committees in two meetings. Led in setting up a Junior Yearly Meeting in New York in the 1930s. | Biography | FMM 244 |
| Rufus Jones: essential writings | Jones, Rufus | Jones, a Quaker mystic and social activist, received a Nobel Prize as co-founder of the American Friends Service Committee. | Quaker writings | FMM 245 |
| Quaker approach to the Bible, a | Cadbury, Henry Joel | Distinguishes the Religious Society of Friends from other religious bodies rooted in the Christian tradition. | Quaker beliefs | FMM 246 |
| Living in the light: some Quaker pioneers of the 20th century- Vol. II- in the wider world | | Pierre Ceresole, Arthur Eddington, Emilia Fogelklou, Sok-Hon Hasm, Fred Hasdlam, Henry Hodgkin, John Hoyland, Margarethe Lachmund, KaTHLEEN Lonsdale, Sigrid Lund, Thomas Lung’aho, Inazo Nitobe, Philip Noel-Baker, Heberto Sein, Suzanne Stephen, Will Warren, Margaret Watts | Biography | FMM 247 |
| Peaceful prevention of deadly conflict | Friends Committee on National Legislation | Written as a response to George W. Bush’s administration and the invasion of Iraq. A more effective pat to lasting security, a new security strategy, conflict resolution & international grassroots networking, policies for a more secure world. | Peace and justice | FMM 248 |
| Listening hearts: discerning call in community | Farnham, Suzanne G., Joseph P. Gill, R. Taylor McLean and Susan M. Ward | Call to ministry, discernment, community | Religious Life | FMM 249 |
| Peaceful heroes II: ten one-act plays | Regen, Rosalie | Plyas for junior and senior high school and adults, adaptable for younger children.Presents Witness against war and injustice: William Penn, members of the Plainfield, N.J. meeting, signing of the Constitution, underground railroad, Prudence Crandall, Gandhi, Jhan and June Robbins” march from San Francisco to Mosco, visit of the three Kings. | Peace and justice | FMM 250 |
| Fire of the heart: Norman Morrison’s legacy in Viet Nam and at home | Welsh, Anne Morrison | Welsh tells of her husband’s work at the Pentagon in November, 1965 to help end the war in Viet Nam. He made an extreme statement in the manner of Vietnamese Buddhist monks. She visited Viet Nam in 1999 where people shared the extraordinary impact that he had on them. | Peace and justice | FMM 251 |
| Gather together in my name | Angelou, Maya | 2nd book of biography. Describes lives and times of many black people in late ‘40s. Young woman in America. | Biography | FMM 252 |
| Friendly Bible study | Spears, Joanne & Larry | Written for Friends who have been away from the Bible and who sense a need to turn in its direction. Suggests Bible study method.- 8 steps. | Bible Study | FMM 253 |
| Four doors to meeting for worship | Taber, William P., Jr. | Four stages to pass through to enter and experience worship. | Quaker meeting | FMM 254 |
| Four doors to meeting for worship | Taber, William P., Jr. | Four stages to pass through to enter and experience worship. | Quaker meeting | FMM 255 |
| For everything a season: simple musing on living well | Gulley, Philip | Gulley describes our journey through the varied seasons of life. There are times to laugh, dance, weep and mourn. | Fiction | FMM 256 |
| Unicorn, the, and other poems, 1935-1955. | Lindbergh, Anne Morrow | Poems on love, death, open sky, wind of time. The Unicorn. | Miscellaneous | FMM 257 |
| Light and life in the fourth gospel | Brinton, Howard H. | Brings back Quakerism after influence of Methodist revival which substituted salvation through the blood atonement for salvation. | Bible Study | FMM 258 |
| Singin’ and swingin’ and getting’ merry like Christmas | Angelou, Maya | Third, self-contained volume, of her autobiography. Marries, enters show business, tours Europe and Africa in Porgy and Bess. Driven close to suicide by guilt and concern for son. | Biography | FMM 259 |
| Front porch tales | Gulley, Philip | “The tales.Philip Gulley unveils are tender and humorous…filled with sudden, unexpected, lump-in-the throat poignancy. | Fiction | FMM 260 |
| Signs and wonders: a Harmony novel | Gulley, Philip | A novel. Gulley is a Quaker minister. | Fiction | FMM 261 |
| Women ministers: a Quaker contribution | Leach, Robert J. | Pioneering and justifying women’s roles, carrying the Gospel abroad, discrepancies in equality, patterns of change, pivotal time: new thrusts and awarenesses, uniqueness of the ministry of Friends, special contribution, co-participation of men’s and women’s groups, current liberation, universality of cultural patterns | History, Quaker | FMM 262 |
| Children’s praise and worship | | For beginners, primary and junior grades. Topical index | Songbooks | FMM 263 |
| 1990-1991 directory for traveling friends | Terrell, Carolyn Nicholson | Lists hosts by nearest city. Bed and breakfasts. United States, Canada, Central and South America, Great Britain, Europe, Africa, Asia-Western Pacific. Friends Information Centers | Miscellaneous | FMM 264 |
| New York Yearly Meeting Handbook 1967 | | American Friends Service, Advancement committee. Audit committee. Alternatives to violence project, inc., committee. Barrington dunbar fund for black development. Financing. Corporation work committees. Education. Epistle committee. Evangelistic funds. Faith and practice committee. Black development. Indian affairs. Human relationships and sexuality. Junior year meeting committee. Ministry and counsel. Missionary funds. Mosher, h.h. fund., furray fund., lindley. Etc. | Yearbooks | FMM 265 |
| You and New York Yearly Meeting | New York Yearly Meeting | Committee work. Fellowship at gatherings. Membership in National and International Friends Organizations. NYYM Office and staff. Quaker witness. Organizational chart. | Quaker meeting | FMM 266 |
| Availability | Weavings, Sept/Oct, 1997 | Live welcoming to all; a readiness remembered; prayer as availability to God; being present to others: a meditation on Mark 5:22-35; the availability of Jesus | Religious Life | FMM 267 |
| Quaker way, the | Friends General Conference, Religious Education Committee | History, beliefs and creeds, how the Society works, prayer, Quaker writings, First Day School | Quaker beliefs | FMM 268 |
| Quaker way, the | Friends General Conference- Religious Education Committee | History. Beliefs and creeds. Meeting for Worship. How Quakers are different from other faith communities. Prayer. How the Society works. First Day School. Quaker Words. Easy to read. | Quaker beliefs | FMM 269 |
| Clearness committees and their use in personal discernment | | Role of clearness committee which is part of Ministry and Counsel. | Quaker meeting | FMM 270 |
| Yearbook 2001 | New York Yearly Meeting | Committee reports. Minutes of sessions. Friends under appointment to Yearly Meeting. Calendars of Quarterly, Half Yearly, and other Regional Meetings. 2000 Representative Meeting minutes | Yearbooks | FMM 271 |
| Yearbook 1999 | New York Yearly Meeting | Committee reports. Minutes of sessions. Friends under appointment to Yearly Meeting. Calendars of Quarterly, Half Yearly, and other Regional Meetings. 1998 Representative Meeting minutes. | Yearbooks | FMM 272 |
| Yearbook 2000 | New York Yearly Meeting | Committee reports. Minutes of sessions. Friends under appointment to Yearly Meeting. Calendars of Quarterly, Half Yearly, and other Regional Meetings. 1999 Representative Meeting minutes. | Yearbooks | FMM 273 |
| Peaceful heroes: fourteen one-act plays | Regen, Rosalie | 14 one-act plays for junior and senior high school students and adults. Adaptable for younger children. Presenting fearless men and women of 300 years in their witness against war and injustice. Includes George Fox, William Penn, Rufus Jones. | Peace and justice | FMM 274 |
| Peaceful heroes: fourteen one-act plays | Regen, Rosalie | 14 one-act plays for junior and senior high school students and adults. Adaptable for younger children. Presents men and women over 300 years in their witness against war and injustice. Includes George Fox, Mary Fisher, William Penn. | Peace and justice | FMM 275 |
| Journal of George Fox, the | Nickalls, John L., ed. | George Fox (1624-1691) through his leadership and writings is regarded as the seminal figure of the Society of Friends | Quaker writings | FMM 276 |
| Christian pacifism: fruit of the narrow way | Snow, Michael | Struggle of author’s path to pacifism. Love: Jesus’ imperative. Options: our choice. Example: the way of the disciple. Mission: unto the least. …”disturbs rather than comforts” | Peace and justice | FMM 277 |
| Christ and violence | Sider, Ronald J. | Both people who think they can have Christ without pacifism and those who think they can have pacifism without Christ will have to rethink again after this book. | Peace and justice | FMM 278 |
| Death penalty, the | Amnesty International Report | In support of abolition. Deat penalty in international law and organization. Death penalty: a survey by country. Murder committed or acquiesced in by government | Peace and justice | FMM 279 |
| Eclipse of God: studies in the relation between religion and philosophy | Buber, Martin | Buber, a Jewish philosophy interprets Western thinking on the word ‘existentialism’. | Miscellaneous | FMM 280 |
| Friend of life: the biography of Rufus M. Jones | Vining, Elizabeth Gray | Rufus M. Jones (1863-1948) was a Quaker, brought up in Maine. He was Professor of Philosophy at Haverford College, Penn.. an historian and authority on mystical religion. He helped end the divison among American Friends towards the world community of Friends and was a fou nder of the American Friends Service Committee. | Biography | FMM 281 |
| Facing social revolution | Powelson, Jack | Powelson seeks to explain the massive chasm between rich and poor. He journeys through the Third World and through history. His career as economic adviser to third-world governments conflicted with his values as a Quaker. | Quaker writings | FMM 282 |
| War within man: a psychological enquiry into the roots of destructiveness | Fromm, Erich | Essays related to the topic of the book | Peace and justice | FMM 283 |
| Faith into action: a program on Christian peacemaking | N.C. Yearly Meeting of Friends | Sunday school classes: Spiritual peace, social and public peace, Biblical basis for public peacemaking, peace and order in the Bible, Quakers and public peacemaking, Quaker peace testimony, from a moral standpoint, the world today, attitudes and East-West cooperation, a vision of a peaceful world, moving toward a peaceful world, faith into action, the whole picture | Peace and justice | FMM 284 |
| Mooncakes and flower beans: adventures in China & Japan | Milne, Teddy | A trip in 1993 to: Hong Kong, Canton, Lanzhou, Jiayuguan, Lanzhou, Xi’an, Guilin, Yangshuo, Tokyo, Nikko, Nagano, Takayama, Kurashiki, Kyoto, Hikone, Nara, Fuji, | Miscellaneous | FMM 285 |
| Birthplace of Quakerism, the: a handbook for 1652 country | Foulds, Elfrida Vipont | Pendle Hill, Sedbergh, Preston Patrick, Yealand, Kendal, Swarthmoor, Lancaster | History, Quaker | FMM 286 |
| Justice, peace and the integrity of creation: this is what Yahweh asks of you: only this, to act justly, to love tenderly and to | Thomas, Anne | Integrity of creation; act justly, love tenderly and walk humbly; from the Sixth Assembly of the World Council of Churches meeting in Vancouver, Canada in 1983 | Peace and justice | FMM 287 |
| Alternative Christianity | Punshon, John | Abbey of Quakerism- problem of authority, Christian principles, Quaker praxis, children of the Light, basic divergences, alternative theory of continuity, particularity of the Bible, liberation theology, New Testament criticism, defining radical Quakerism | History, Quaker | FMM 288 |
| Jesus before Christianity | Nolan, Albert | Jesus :before he became enshrined in doctrine, dogma, and ritual. | Christianity | FMM 289 |
| Quest of the historical Jesus, the: a critical study of its progress from Reimarus to Wreda | Schweitzer, Albert | Choosing between Jesus of history and Christ of dogma. Compares Reimarus and Bruno Bauer. | Christianity | FMM 290 |
| Advices and queries | London Yearly Meeting | History, Listing of advices and queries | Quaker beliefs | FMM 291 |
| Worlds of conscience: religious statements on conscientious objection | | The witness of conscience: past, present and future; Where does my conscience lead me?; Words of conscience (of different Christian sects and other religions); worlds of conscience (American Indian, Black Muslim, Hindu, Islam; words of individuals- Camus, Day, Gandhi, King, Maurin, Merton, Muste, Thoreau, Tolstoy, Twain | Conscientious objection | FMM 292 |
| Testimony & tradition: some aspects of Quaker spirituality | Punshon, John | Christianity and politics, testimony and the tradition, inward obedience, virtue and discernment, discipleship and vocation | Quaker beliefs | FMM 293 |
| Dialogue with Friends | Powelson, Jack | Letters from Friends, by Patricia Gilmore, My third journey by Jack Powelson- perceptions of change in the Society of Friends, China, Multinational corporations, Nicaragua, United States policy, rich and poor, Russia, liberation theology, Third world debts, profits, worker capitalists, food first, pacifism, peace and justice | Quaker writings | FMM 294 |
| Clearness for marriage | Watson, Elizabeth | Clearness Committees for Marriage, to be relevant to young people’s needs, continue after marriage ceremony | Family | FMM 295 |
| Preparation for worship | Green, Thomas | Must by faithful, guided by His Spirit and endowed with His power to struggle against evil, impediments to religious life, must bring spiritual life to noisy world, silent worship, distractions during Meeting for worship, ( worship, adoration, confession, dedication, thanksgiving, intercession) | Quaker writings | FMM 296 |
| Ain’t gonna study war no more: on education, peacemaking, and having the mind of Christ | Palmer, Parker J. | Violence of our knowledge, conversion of our knowledge, models of transformation | Conscientious objection | FMM 297 |
| Gnostic scriptures, the | Layton, Bentley, translator | Gnostic scripture, canon; Valentinian writings; conclusions, sources in Greek; sources in other languages- Irenaeus and ancient translations | Christianity | FMM 298 |
| Pendle Hill | | The resident program of 1985-86. | Education, adult | FMM 299 |
| Jacob Boehme: insights into the challenge of evil | Liem, Ann | Differences between Boehme and Fox, Nature and manifestation of God, salvation and regeneration, problem of free will, practical applications | Quaker beliefs | FMM 300 |
| Guide to Quaker practice | Brinton, Howard H. | Meeting for worship, meeting for business, business before the meeting, queries, ministry of teaching, social testimonies | Quaker beliefs | FMM 301 |
| Creative worship and other essays | Brinton, Howard H. | Creative worship, divine-human society, Quakerism and other religions | Quaker writings | FMM 302 |
| Quakers and the use of power | Lacey, Paul A. | Quaker principals, institutions, relationship to organizations, | Quaker writings | FMM 303 |
| Apocalypso: revelations in theater | Shepherd, Jack | Development of theater at Pendle Hill | Miscellaneous | FMM 304 |
| Everlasting gospel and John 15, the | Gwyn, Douglas and Dean Freiday | John 15 and its community by Douglas Gwyn, George Fox’s “Everlasting Gospel”, Bearing Fruit by Nancy N. Jackson, The faithful community and the Everlasting Gospel by Ursula Windsor | Bible Study | FMM 305 |
| Following the light for peace | Apsey, Lawrence S. | Author’s spiritual experience- against war, talk with Krushchev, demonstrate for peace in 1960, world peace brigade 1065, NY peace program, First peace institute, problems of peace and social action problem, training workshops in nonviolence, Mississippi projects, witness against War in Vietnam, police relations and training, homeless people, Community Peace Suqd in 1967-8, Alternatives to violence project, transforming power. | Peace and justice | FMM 306 |
| Reality of the spiritual world | Kelly, Thomas R. | First argument: analogy, 2nd- authority, 3rd-causation, other arguments, spiritual world, prayer, fellowship, | Quaker writings | FMM 307 |
| How to teach peace to children | Peachey, J. Lome | The family’s responsibility for teaching peace, twenty suggestions, Church/Meeting and the home, suggestions for group discussion | Children | FMM 308 |
| Reflections from the light of Christ | Newby, James R. | William Penn, John Woolman, Hannah Whitall Smith, Rufus Jones, Thomas Kelly | Quaker writings | FMM 309 |
| Home town tales: recollections of kindness, peace, and joy | Gulley, Philip | “Life was uncomplicated and people knew each other by name. Folks cared for one another and were willing to do what was right- no matter the cost. Travel back to a simpler time. | Fiction | FMM 310 |
| Gitanjali (song offerings) | Tagore, Rabindranath | Collection of prose translations made by the author from the original Bengali. Tagore, an Indian national figure, was a poet, novelist, and playwright who died in 1941. He was awarded a Nobel prize for literature. | Miscellaneous | FMM 311 |
| Heart of a woman, the | Angelou, Maya | 4th book of biography. Singer/dancer in N.Y. City, Harlem Writers Guild. Northern coordinator of Martin Luther King’s history-making quest. | Biography | FMM 312 |
| Quaker classics in brief | | William Penn, Robert Barclay, Isaac Penington` | Quaker writings | FMM 313 |
| Some contributions of Quakers to the world | Kenworthy, Leonard S. | Possible reasons for Quaker influence, education, minorities, peace, equality of women, prisons and prisoners, science and medicine, government, concern for aged, economic and social order, written word, authentic religion | History, Quaker | FMM 314 |
| Transforming power for peace | Apsey, Lawrence S., James Bristol and Karen Eppler | Transforming action as a way of life; how transforming power has been used in the past and modern times; TP through cooperative action and non-cooperation. | Peace and justice | FMM 315 |
| Index of Pendle Hill Pamphlets, 1934-1994 | Drost, Jerome, comp. | Annotated index of pamphlets in numerical order. Author, title and subject category indexes | Religious Life | FMM 316 |
| Ministry of presence, the: without agenda in South Africa | Crowe, Avis & Dyckman W. Vernilye | Process of going to South Africa, how they became engaged in the life of the community and Quaker meeting, how they became engaged in a ministry of presence. | Quaker writings | FMM 317 |
| From convincement to conversion | Cobin, Martin | The author grew up in a Jewish home and describes how this background affected how he approached Christianity and the Quakers when he attended First-Day school. | Quaker writings | FMM 318 |
| Walk with me: nonviolent accompaniment in Guatemala | Morton, Peg | In the 80’s, the author gave up her counseling career to return to full-time volunteer activism. She headed for Guatemala to protest the holocaust. | Peace and justice | FMM 319 |
| Leadership among friends | McDonald, Don | 4 questions- What are we to be? What are we to do? What vision do you have regarding Quakerism? Are you willing to share that vision fully, courageously, even if it shatters a few idols? The author feels that the vision of the Society of Friends is lost. | Quaker meeting | FMM 320 |
| Phophetic stream, the | Taber, William P., Jr. | Author’s concern to revive the prophetic element in Quaker worship and ministry. | Bible Study | FMM 321 |
| Addressing sexual abuse in Friends meetings | Working party on sexual abuse | Reflections on sexual abuse among Friends. Suggestions on how to respond to sexual abuse. | Quaker meeting | FMM 322 |
| Addressing sexual abuse in Friends meetings | Working party on sexual abuse | Reflections on sexual abuse among Friends. Suggestions on how to respond to sexual abuse. | Quaker meeting | FMM 323 |
| Jacob Boehme: insights into the challenge of evil | Liem, Ann | Life of Boehme. Nature and manisfestation of God. Salvation and regeneration. Problem of free will. Practical applications. | Quaker writings | FMM 324 |
| Tall poppies: supporting gifts of ministry and eldering in the monthly meeting | Grundy, Martha Paxson | Describes the traditional Quaker understanding of power and spiritual authority and God’s gifts in relation to them. Focuses on ministry and eldering, how monthly meetings should support and nurture ministry and individual Friends. | Quaker meeting | FMM 325 |
| Needle’s eye, the: a Philippine experience | Urner, Reilley | Author’s involvement with Filipino tribal peoples in 1976. Martial law dictatorship and rebels inspired by Chinese Maoists. | History, Quaker | FMM 326 |
| Spiritual hospitality: a Quaker’s understanding of outreach | Gilman, Harvey | Topics- That of God- our leitmotiv. The one who welcomes. Outreach. Fundamental principles. Hospitality. Affirmation and being good hosts. Community. Hopes for the future. | Quaker writings | FMM 327 |
| Nonviolence on trial | Hillegass, Robert W. | Personal experiences with nonviolent thinking and acting. Understandings and leadings that drew author into public peace witness. Tensions and fulfillments that arose. Process by which he learned that truth can be mediated through action. | Peace and justice | FMM 328 |
| Stewardship of wealth | Swayne, Kindon | Author’s serious introspection and experience of others. Guide to self-assessment to challenge individuals and meetings to examine their own stewardship of wealth. | Quaker beliefs | FMM 329 |
| Journey to Bosnia, return to self | O’Hatnick, Suzanne Hubbard | Stories of Bosnia and Herzegovina citizens. Of growing faith as she served on Christian Peacemaker Team. | Peace and justice | FMM 330 |
| Financial information for monthly, quarterly and regional meetings within NY Yearly Meeting | Foulds, Elfrida Vipont | IRS tax guide for churches and religions organizations, IRS 501c3 application, NY sales tax exemptions, insurance requirements for Quaker meetings, related websites | Quaker meeting | FMM 331 |
| New American Bible, the | | Translated from the original languages by members of the Catholic Biblical Association of America | Bible Study | FMM 334 |
| Wouldn’t take nothing for my journey now | Angelou, Maya | Spirituality, being in all ways a woman, sweetness of charity, death, living well and living good, power of the word, complaining, sexual encouragement, jealousy. | Literature | FMM 335 |
| Prayer for America, a | Kucinich, Dennis | Collects presidential candidate Kucinchi’s essays and speeches representing his holistic worldview. | Miscellaneous | FMM 336 |
| The Holy Bible, New International | | c. 1973. | Bible Study | FMM 337 |
| Immigration in a crowded world, a Friends perspective | | Brief history of immigration in world and North America. Quaker vision. Things we can do. | Quaker writings | FMM 338 |
| Double duty of Friends for such a time as this, the. | Pennington, Levi | Other tasks of Christian Church in world besides bringing people into harmony with God, by faith in Jesus Christ. | Quaker writings | FMM 339 |
| Friends and the ecumenical movement | Nuhn, Ferner | Councils of churches. Encounter of Friends with the ecumenical movement. Quaker approach to ecumenism: the interreligious dimension. Friends and ecumenical relations. | Quakers in the wider community | FMM 340 |
| 1985-1986 Friends Directory | Friends World Committee for Consultation | Address of yearly meetings in U.S., Canada, Central and South America. Schools, colleges, and study centers under the care of Friends. Friends book stores. Friends homes in the U.S.- residential, nursing, retirement. Reference libraries. Headquarters of some Friends organizations. Index of monthly meetings. | Yearbooks | FMM 341 |
| Grounded in God: care and nurture in Friends meeting. | McBee, Patricia, ed. | Role of pastoral caregiver. Membership in Meetings. Pastoral care for marriage and divorce. Care of the meeting community,pastoral care for illness and death. Facing conflict in the meeting. Pastoral care for persons with mental illness. Welfare of each member. | Quaker meeting | FMM 342 |
| On living with a concern for Gospel ministry. | Drayton, Brian | Advice on how to cherish, live with, and grow into the gift of ministry. Aimed at the specific temptations and opportunities of our own day. | Quaker writings | FMM 343 |
| Wrestling with our faith tradition: collected public witness, 1995-2004 | Wilson, Lloyd Lee | Author is a minister in the Quaker tradition. Faith and practice discussed. | Quaker writings | FMM 344 |
| Fostering vital Friends meetings: a handbook for working with Quaker meetings | Greene, Jan and Marty Walton | Contemporary, unprogrammed tradition. Field work. Tools for working with meetings. Working with the whole meeting. Training, supervision, and evaluation. | Quaker meeting | FMM 345 |
| Fostering vital Friends meetings: a handbook for working with Quaker meetings | Greene, Jan and Marty Walton | Contemporary, unprogrammed tradition. Field work. Tools for working with meetings. Working with the whole meeting. Training, supervision, and evaluation. | Quaker meeting | FMM 346 |
| Harriet and the promised land | Lawrence, Jacob | About Harriet Tubman. Winner of a 1993 Parents’ Choice Award. | Children | FMM 347 |
| Harriet and the promised land | Lawrence, Jacob | About Harriet Tubman. Winner of a 1993 Parents’ Choice Award. | Children | FMM 348 |
| Harriet and the promised land | Lawrence, Jacob | About Harriet Tubman. Winner of a 1993 Parents’ Choice Award. | Children | FMM 349 |
| Harriet and the promised land | Lawrence, Jacob | About Harriet Tubman. Winner of a 1993 Parents’ Choice Award. | Children | FMM 350 |
| Harriet and the promised land | Lawrence, Jacob | About Harriet Tubman. Winner of a 1993 Parents’ Choice Award. | Children | FMM 351 |
| Guests of my life | Watson, Elizabeth | Author talks of transforming journey from deep grief over the accidental death of her daughter to unfolding awareness of the oneness of all life. Includes writings of Emily Dickinson, Rainer Maria Rilke, Katherine Mansfield, Rabindranath Tagore, Alan Paton and Walt Whitman. | Literature | FMM 352 |
| Whispers of faith: young Friends share their experiences of Quakerism | Black, W. Geoffrey, P. Zion Klos, Claire Reddy, Milam Smith and Rachel Stacy | Collection of inspiring, deeply-felt writing about young Friends’ faith life, with sections on worship, testimonies, communities, spiritual journeys, and walking on water. | Quaker writings | FMM 353 |
| Whispers of faith: young Friends share their experiences of Quakerism | Black, W. Geoffrey, P. Zion Klos, Claire Reddy, Milam Smith and Rachel Stacy | Collection of inspiring, deeply-felt writing about young Friends’ faith life, with sections on worship, testimonies, communities, spiritual journeys, and walking on water. | Quaker writings | FMM 354 |
| Whispers of faith: young Friends share their experiences of Quakerism | Black, W. Geoffrey, P. Zion Klos, Claire Reddy, Milam Smith and Rachel Stacy | Collection of inspiring, deeply-felt writing about young Friends’ faith life, with sections on worship, testimonies, communities, spiritual journeys, and walking on water. | Quaker writings | FMM 355 |
| Whispers of faith: young Friends share their experiences of Quakerism | Black, W. Geoffrey, P. Zion Klos, Claire Reddy, Milam Smith and Rachel Stacy | Collection of inspiring, deeply-felt writing about young Friends’ faith life, with sections on worship, testimonies, communities, spiritual journeys, and walking on water. | Quaker writings | FMM 356 |
| Whispers of faith: young Friends share their experiences of Quakerism | Black, W. Geoffrey, P. Zion Klos, Claire Reddy, Milam Smith and Rachel Stacy | Collection of inspiring, deeply-felt writing about young Friends’ faith life, with sections on worship, testimonies, communities, spiritual journeys, and walking on water. | Quaker writings | FMM 357 |
| Wisdom’s daughters: stories of women around Jesus | Watson, Elizabeth G. | The life of Jesus told through the real and imagined accounts of Marty Magdalene, Elizabeth, Martha, Mary the Mother, and ten others. Scripture references, commentary on the biblical scholarship and questions for groups | Bible Study | FMM 358 |
| Tall poppies: supporting gifts of ministry and eldering in the monthly meeting | Grundy, Martha Paxson | Describes the traditional Quaker understanding of power and spiritual authority and God’s gifts in relation to them. Focuses on ministry and eldering, how monthly meetings should support and nurture ministry and individual Friends. | Quaker meeting | FMM 359 |
| Quaker history, General history index to Volumes 86-90, 1997-2001 | | Index subject, author, title. | Reference | FMM 360 |
| Quaker approach to the Bible, a | Adbury, Henry Joel | Lecture in 1953 at Guilford College. Quaker view of Bible. | Bible Study | FMM 361 |
| Meanings of the word, Christ | Staudt, Edwin III | Quaker Universalist address of December 5, 1992. Perceptions of Jesus Christ changed after about 400A.D, ass the church became more organized. George Fox’s role, trilogy, Discusses Buddhism. | Bible Study | FMM 362 |
| Tall poppies: supporting gifts of ministry and eldering in the monthly meeting | Grundy, Martha Paxon | Focuses on gifts traditionally understood as ministry and eldering. How to support and nurture ministry and individual Friends. | Quaker meeting | FMM 363 |
| Spiritual friendship: deepening your relationship with God through intentional friendship | Henderson, Kristin & Margery Larrabee | How spiritual friendship is different from regular friendship and therapy. What do you do? What do you talk about? Is there a spiritual or philosophical framework? Where do you meet? How many in a group? How long a commitment? Problem solving. | Religious Life | FMM 364 |
| Holy listening: the art of spiritual direction | Guenther, Margaret | Holistening, welcoming the stranger, good teachers, midwife to the soul, women and spiritual direction. Sensitive to women’s gifts, struggles and issues. | Religious Life | FMM 365 |
| Jung and the Quaker way | Wallis, Jack H. | Compares Jung’s teaching with faith and practice of Quakers. The context- organized religion and the living spirit; psychology, worship and the shadow; feelings, relationships, values; religious attitude. Challenge- belief and disbelief; perfection, growth , wholeness; balance, images of God and Jesus; personality; maleness and femaleness. Response- Harmonising opposites; vocation and the collective unconscious; symbols of transcendence, reasonable faith. | Songbooks | FMM 366 |
| Practice of Quaker worship, the | Miller, Larry | Preparation for meeting, making proper use of it, disciplining to be effective worshipper. | Quaker meeting | FMM 367 |
| Peace be with you: a study of the spiritual basis of the Friends Peace Testimony | Cronk, Sandra | Christ’s peaceable kingdom; Christ: the manifestation of God’s redemptive love; breaking the chain of violence; entering the peaceable kingdom; symbol of God’s transforming work; Christ’s healing at work’ peacemaking: the call to faithful action; Lamb’s war; waging the lamb’s war; peace: the way of the cross; meeting as the school for peacemakers; meeting: a center for transformation; Meeting: where forgiveness is offered; admonition: the path to reconciliation and healing; meeting: discerner of God’s will | Peace and justice | FMM 368 |
| Peaceful prevention of deadly conflict | | Developing an alternative to war; a more effective path to lasting security; a new security strategy; conflict resolution & international grassroos networking Great Lakes Region, Central Africa, 1995-present; policies for a more secure world; UN peace operations & inter-ethnic community bilding, Macedonaia 1991-99; frequently asked questions | Peace and justice | FMM 369 |
| Members one of another: the dynamics of membership in Quaker Meeting | Gates, Thomas | Examines factors affecting the relationship between the Seeker and the Meeting, before and during membership. Stages to be gone through. Are we after peace, service, shared values, deepening of our faith? Spects of membership and obligations it may impose on us individually and as a faith family. | Quaker meeting | FMM 370 |
| Essays on the Quaker vision of gospel order | Wilson, Lloyd Lee | Explores the concept of Gospel Order as understood by early Quakers and contemporary Conservative Friends. Spiritual gifts and the faith community, witness and testimonies. | Bible Study | FMM 371 |
| Lighting candles in the dark: stories of courage and love in action | | 40+ stories from all over the world about people who used nonviolent and creative action in difficult and dangerous situations. | Peace and justice | FMM 372 |
| Gentle Books I & II, “Papa Cole’s birds” and “Mimi” | Uplinger, Betty Lou | Mimi is a story about a farm and farm-dog. Papa Cole’s Birds is about finding beauty in everyday life. | Children | FMM 373 |
| Journal of George Fox, the | Nickalls, John L., ed. | George Fox (1624-1691), born in England, traveled in Ireland, Europe and America. He was persecuted and imprisoned. This edition is based on the manuscript sources, and hopefully recaptures the immediacy of Fox. Nickalls was librarian at Friends Hous in London for many years. | Quaker writings | FMM 374 |
| Poems and prayers for the very young | Alexander, Martha, selector | Poems and prayers of nature, thanks, bedtime, thanks, table blessing, creation, seasons. | Children | FMM 375 |
| Listening spirituality, Vol II: Corporate spiritual practice among Friends | Loring, Patricia | Listening for and hearing the Spirit among us in the Meeting for Worship, Listening for the Spirit as it shapes our human relationships in community, discernment, listening for spiritual gifts and service in the meeting, listening for the spirit in organization and processes, relationship with God as the patterning principle of wider Quaker service, coming together for mutual support, naming your experience in tradition: programs of study | Religious Life | FMM 376 |
| Plain living | Whitmire | Inward simplicity, simple living; beginning with ourselves and our work, time, integrity, plain speech, money and resources; day by day in committed relationships, parenting and mentoring, aging, humor, joy and gratitude; unexpected songs for times of fear, suffering, despair, death, grief, hope; opening our hearts through longing and seeking | Religious Life | FMM 378 |
| Plain living: a Quaker path to simplicity | Whitmire, Catherine | Chapters: Keeping to plainess by choosing, beginning with ourselves and our work, etc., Plain living day by day, Unexpected songs for times of ..., Opening our hearts through..., Discovering a spiritual path to plain living through...Growing together in ..., Let us see what love can do in.... | Religious Life | FMM 378 |
| Quaker promise kept, a: Philadelphia Friends work with the Allegany Senecas | Barton, Lois | History of 150 years (1795-1960) of Tunesassa, the Quaker School. Quotes from correspondence, meeting minutes. Lists of students and staff. | Native Americans | FMM 379 |
| Old Turtle | Wood, Douglas | A fable promoting deeper understanding of the ear and our relationship with all the beings who inhabit it. | Children | FMM 380 |
| Jesus who was He? | Snyder, Mary | Curriculum for grades 4-8. Jesus placed in context of time and place. Students consider His teaching to people when He lived, then to people today and for each of us individually. Includes art and drama, lesson plans. | Education, adult | FMM 381 |
| Fighting fair for families. | | Conflict is ok! Fouls. Rules for fighting fair. When anger flares. Using caring language. Identify the problem. Brainstorm for solutions. Be a mediator. Ways to reduce famil y miscommunication. Ways to build family communication. Negative and positive verbal messages. Support organizations. War resisters support campaign. Campaign for a peace tax fund. Basic draft and registration information. What do I believe about war? | Family | FMM 382 |
| Wouldn’t take nothing for my journey now | Angelou, Maya | Spirituality, being in all ways a woman, sweetness of charity, death, living well and living good, power of the word, complaining, sexual encouragement, jealousy. | Miscellaneous | FMM 383 |
| Blueprints themk:”The seasons of my life” | United Society of Friends Women International | Faith in Romania, joy of sharing, hope in humility, women in Africa today- community role and role in the church, the greatest of these is love, women in Jamaica, making later years greater years, serving in Christian community, Christian peacemakers, “My faith took me to Belize” | Women | FMM 384 |
| I shall not be moved | Angelou, Maya | Black, bitter, and beautiful, the author speaks of Black survival. | Literature | FMM 385 |
| Scripture in song, vol. 1, Songs of Praise | | Piano. Chords. Index of first lines. Scripture Reference index. | Songbooks | FMM 386 |
| Scripture in song, vol. 1, Songs of Praise | | Piano. Chords. Index of first lines. Scripture Reference index. | Songbooks | FMM 387 |
| Every monthly meeting a peace center | American Friends Service Committee- Peace Education Division | Materials for answering questions of conscience of participation in war; draft for military service or health professionals,; registering as conscientious objector; seeking release from military; taxpayers witnessing against war; responding to military presence in schools; educating community; participating in alternatives to war; spiritual basis of peace testimony. | Peace and justice | FMM 389 |
| Practicing peace through positive reinforcement | Wolff, Pat and Maia Wollf and Sola Wolff | Positive reinforcement to teach non-violence and other behaviors to children; “clicker training” for dogs and children in the book “Don’t shoot the dog”; a training game to experience other trainers’ decision points; training for parents and teachers | Peace and justice | FMM 390 |
| Quaker way, the | Friends General Conference- Religious Education Committee | History. Beliefs and creeds. Meeting for Worship. How Quakers are different from other faith communities. Prayer. How the Society works. First Day School. Quaker Words. Easy to read. | Quaker beliefs | FMM 391 |
| Quaker way, the | Friends General Conference- Religious Education Committee | History. Beliefs and creeds. Meeting for Worship. How Quakers are different from other faith communities. Prayer. How the Society works. First Day School. Quaker Words. Easy to read. | Quaker beliefs | FMM 392 |
| Quaker way, the | Friends General Conference- Religious Education Committee | History. Beliefs and creeds. Meeting for Worship. How Quakers are different from other faith communities. Prayer. How the Society works. First Day School. Quaker Words. Easy to read. | Quaker beliefs | FMM 393 |
| Gospel order packet | New York Yearly Meeting | Quaker understanding of faithful church community. Practice of Quaker worship. Howard Brinton’s Guide to Quaker Practice .Three definitions of gospel order. Toward a gathered friends community. | Quaker meeting | FMM 394 |
| No royal road to reconciliation | Hoffman, Gene Knudsen | On healing personal trauma. Mass trauma: Vietnam. Mass trauma: the Holocaust. Some views of health. No conflict: no reconciliation. Compassionate listening. Forgiveness. | Peace and justice | FMM 395 |
| Quaker way, the | Friends General Conference- Religious Education Committee | History. Beliefs and creeds. Meeting for Worship. How Quakers are different from other faith communities. Prayer. How the Society works. First Day School. Quaker Words. Easy to read. | Quaker beliefs | FMM 396 |
| Quaker way, the | Friends General Conference- Religious Education Committee | History. Beliefs and creeds. Meeting for Worship. How Quakers are different from other faith communities. Prayer. How the Society works. First Day School. Quaker Words. Easy to read. | Quaker beliefs | FMM 397 |
| Quaker way, the | Friends General Conference- Religious Education Committee | History. Beliefs and creeds. Meeting for Worship. How Quakers are different from other faith communities. Prayer. How the Society works. First Day School. Quaker Words. Easy to read. | Quaker beliefs | FMM 398 |
| Quaker way, the | Friends General Conference- Religious Education Committee | History. Beliefs and creeds. Meeting for Worship. How Quakers are different from other faith communities. Prayer. How the Society works. First Day School. Quaker Words. Easy to read. | Quaker beliefs | FMM 399 |
| Quaker way, the | Friends General Conference- Religious Education Committee | History. Beliefs and creeds. Meeting for Worship. How Quakers are different from other faith communities. Prayer. How the Society works. First Day School. Quaker Words. Easy to read. | Quaker beliefs | FMM 400 |
| Quaker way, the | Friends General Conference- Religious Education Committee | History. Beliefs and creeds. Meeting for Worship. How Quakers are different from other faith communities. Prayer. How the Society works. First Day School. Quaker Words. Easy to read. | Quaker beliefs | FMM 401 |
| Quaker way, the | Friends General Conference- Religious Education Committee | History. Beliefs and creeds. Meeting for Worship. How Quakers are different from other faith communities. Prayer. How the Society works. First Day School. Quaker Words. Easy to read. | Quaker beliefs | FMM 402 |
| Atonement of George Fox, the | Norlind, Emilia Fogelklou | Discusses George Fox’s role in the James Naylor tragedy in the 1600’s and its relation to the evolution of Quakerism. Naylor, a Quaker, had yielded to the adoration of women and was punished for an act by Parliament. Fox only game him nominal pardon. | History, Quaker | FMM 403 |
| Going back: a poet who was once a Marine returns to Vietnam | Ehrhart, W.D. | Ehrhart enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps at age 17, in 1966. He was honorably discharged after serving in Vietnam. He wrote poetry after attending Swarthmore College and the Univ. of Illinois. In 1985, he returned to Vietnam to see the country against which he had once waged war. | Literature | FMM 404 |
| Improvisation & spiritual disciplines: continuing the divine-human duet | Conti-Entin, Carol | A musician spends years training before the first improvisations emerge. Faith the size of a mustard seed is enough to hear and answer the Inner Guide’s next gesture and allow the duet to continue. Sabbath observance. Bible reading. Journal keeping. Tithing. Praying | Quaker beliefs | FMM 405 |
| In God we lived | Ostrom, Warren | The author traces his journey as he finds a personal religion which culminates in joining University Friends Meeting. | Quaker writings | FMM 406 |
| Seeking truth together: enabling the poor and saving the planet in the manner of Friends | Powelson, Jack | Classic liberalism and classic Quakerism. Rich and poor. Affirmative action is being reversed. Destroying our environment. Higher minimum wage. Poor need affordable housing. Forgive the debts of poor countries. Don’t buy sweatshop products. Health insurance. Social security. Welfare system. Inner city schools… | Peace and justice | FMM 407 |
| Communities of conscience: collected statements on conscience and taxes for military preparations | Janzen, Bernd G., comp. | Why this generation should write conscientious objector provisions into the military income tax law as a previous generation did into the military draft law. “The depth of religious and personal convictions is compelling. The breadth of support by religious, civil liberties and peace groups is impressive.” | Conscientious objection | FMM 408 |
| Practicing the gospel of hope in the nuclear age | Seeger, Daniel A. | “To practice the Gospel of Hope is to leave despair and complacency behind us and to get down to work.” Discusses Ghandi and Quakers. | Peace and justice | FMM 409 |
| Victories without violence: true stories of ordinary people coming through dangerous situations without using physical force. | Fry, A. Ruth, comp | Ex. A young woman turns Chinese bandits into protectors….Friendly, unarmed citizens defeat a coup in Germany and Hungarians resist Austrian rule…A British Quaker saves his life and money from a highwayman. | Peace and justice | FMM 410 |
| Peace pilgrim: her life and work in her own words | | She walked more than 25,000 miles, carring in her blue tunic her only possessions. She crossed America for nearly 30 years. “This is the way of peace- Overcome evil with good, and falsehood with truth, and hatred with love.” | Peace and justice | FMM 411 |
| Cultures of peace: the hidden side of history | Boulding, Elise | “Renowned sociologist Elise Boulding offers an eminent collection of essays that emphasizes her study of civil society over the past fifty years. She revisits her theme of the connection among family, community, and government and offers enriching perspectives and advice on how to fuel the process of peace.” | Peace and justice | FMM 412 |
| Something for peace, a memoir | Waring, Thomas | “True vivid, and inspiring story of a Quaker conscientious objector during World War II…whose account will broaden and deepen the lives of everyone interested in peace or understanding peacemakers. | Peace and justice | FMM 413 |
| New call to peacemaking: a challenge to all Friends | Hadley, Norval,ed. | Biblical basis of peacemaking. Can wars be just? Christ and Caesar. Global nuclear threat. World organizations and peace. History of Quaker international peacemaking efforts. Just international distribution | Peace and justice | FMM 414 |
| Brief history of Ohio Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (conservative), a | Morlan, Charles P. | Yearling Meeting House built in 1814. Friends in the Ameri can colonies. Westward Migration….Queries…Reconstruction..Education..Changes and trends during the past 30 years..Concern for Indians and Negroes. Meeting for Sufferings-{wars}. History of boarding school. Yearly meeting-side lights. | Quaker meeting | FMM 415 |
| Handbook on military taxes & conscience | Coffin, Linda B. | Bible. Quaker history. What the churches say. International response. Search for legislative accommodation. Options & consequences. Spiritual leadings & rational decisions. Honoring God or paying Caesar. Peace Tax Fund Bill in plain English. Commonly asked questions | Education, adult | FMM 416 |
| Victories without violence: true stories of ordinary people coming through dangerous situations without using physical force. | Fry, A. Ruth, comp. | Ex. A young woman turns Chinese bandits into protectors….Friendly, unarmed citizens defeat a coup in Germany and Hungarians resist Austrian rule…A British Quaker saves his life and money from a highwayman. | Peace and justice | FMM 417 |
| Leadership among Friends | McDonald, Ron | “I declare that we are a lost Society of Friends…So I ask four questions in this pamphlet: What are we to be? And What are we to do? The third is for you: What vision do you have regarding Quakerism? And finally: Are you willing to share that vision fully, courageously, even if it shatters a few idols?” | Quaker meeting | FMM 418 |
| Peace porridge three---where now? : what kids can do | Milne, Teddy | What is peace? Who wants war? What are some ways to avoid war? The first victim. What can we do? Are there hopeful things going on? Conflict, resolution, mediation, negotiation. Tolerating each other. Democracy and responsibility….Discussion questions | Peace and justice | FMM 419 |
| George Fox’s ‘Book of Miracles’ | Cadbury, Henry J., ed. | Forewards by Rufus M. Jones, jim Pym, and Paul Anderson. Introduction: miracle in seventeenth-century England, Quaker miracles both ridiculed and demanded, Quaker claims and caution, George Fox: miracle and medicine. The lost book- recovery and contents. Contemporary publications of miracles. Attacks on published miracles. Text and notes of ‘Book of miracles’. Index | Quaker writings | FMM 420 |
| Picture Bible for all ages, the, vol. 4. The Captivity. | Hoth, Iva, script writer | Jerusalem fell to the Babylonians. Thousands of Jews deported and in exile for 70 years. Cyrus the Great granted them freedom again. On their return home, they began to rebuild their great city and their wonderful Temple devoted to the continuing worship of God. | Bible Study | FMM 421 |
| Picture Bible for all ages, vol. 2. The promised land | Hot, Iva, script writer | For 40 years Moses led his people through the desert. God gave them sweet mann to keep them from hungering. Yet they still complained and even defied the commandments Moses had given them from God. They were granted miracle after miracle and God kept His promise. They finally found the rich, free land the had dream of since their days of harsh bondage in Egypt. | Bible Study | FMM 422 |
| Book of Quaker saints, a | Hodgkin, L.V. | Collection of children’s stories of the early Friends. “Really good stories” was a treasured possession of Quaker families. Now reproduced. | Religious Life | FMM 423 |
| Rise up singing: the group singing songbook | Blood, Peter & Annie Patterson | Artist index, cultures index, holiday index, musicals index, subject index, title index (including first lines & alternate titles) | Songbooks | FMM 424 |
| Table where rich people sit, the | Baylor, Byrd & Peter Parnall | | Children | FMM 425 |
| Invitation to climb a mountain | Frullinger, Florence | Why plain Quaker meeting houses? Compares spiritual climb with mountain climb where simple, light equipment is best. Preparing for meeting, what to think about, and connection to daily lives. | Children | FMM 426 |
| Steps in growing through meeting for worship | Morris, Ruth | Ideas for what to think about in meeting for worship-some humorous. Using different things to speak to us of God. Five steps in worship. Learning through beautiful thoughts in meeting. | Children | FMM 427 |
| Freedom train: the story of Harriet Tubman | Sterling, Dorothy | Born into slavery, Harriet Tubman knew only hard work and hunger. When she finally did escape North, by the secret route called the “Underground Railroad,” Harriet didn’t forget her people. Repeatedly she risked her life to lead them on the same secret, dangerous journey. | Children | FMM 428 |
| Ruth’s gift | Gaskill, Cathy | The tale of the union that created the internationally renowned Jones family from its humble American origins in the mid-19th century. Tale of romance in its most gentle form, and of its impact of Quaker values on one Charlie Jones and how he chose to change his life in pursuit of his beloved. | Children | FMM 429 |
| Friendly story caravan, the | | problem presented in all stories- how to tell truth without sentimentality on the one hand, and without threatening to extinguish hope for children on the other. | Children | FMM 430 |
| I take thee, Serenity | Newman, Daisy | Quaker Life says,” Joy is very present in this attractive novel; joy that is deep, contagious, and impressive. | Fiction | FMM 431 |
| Bedtime Bible stories | | Tales from the Old and New Testaments. A few pages long. Simple black and white drawings. | Children | FMM 432 |
| Friendly Bible study | Spears, Joanne & Larry | Standards for analyzing Bible study.8 steps to a Quaker Bible study group. | Education, adult | FMM 433 |
| Grounded in God: care and nurture in Friends meeting. | McBee, Patricia, ed. | Covers the timeless and repeating cycles within the life of a meeting as well as particular problems of our times. Pastoral care for marriage and divorce, in meetings, of meeting community, for illness and death, for mental illness, of each member. Facing conflict in the meeting. | Quaker meeting | FMM 434 |
| Holy Bible, Contemporary English Version | | Goal of the translators was not to create new or novel interpretations of the text. The goal was to express mainstream interpretations of the text in current, everyday English. C. 1995. | Bible Study | FMM 435 |
| Testimony of integrity, the: in the Religious Society of Friends | Cooper, Wilmer A. | The testimony of Integrity should undergird all the Quaker testimonies and should become the guiding principle for daily living. Commitment to personal and corporate expressions of truth. | Quaker beliefs | FMM 436 |
| Testimony of integrity, the: in the Religious Society of Friends | Cooper, Wilmer A. | The testimony of Integrity should undergird all the Quaker testimonies and should become the guiding principle for daily living. Commitment to personal and corporate expressions of truth. | Quaker beliefs | FMM 437 |
| Testimony of integrity, the: in the Religious Society of Friends | Cooper, Wilmer A. | The testimony of Integrity should undergird all the Quaker testimonies and should become the guiding principle for daily living. Commitment to personal and corporate expressions of truth. | Quaker beliefs | FMM 438 |
| Testimony of integrity, the: in the Religious Society of Friends | Cooper, Wilmer A. | The testimony of Integrity should undergird all the Quaker testimonies and should become the guiding principle for daily living. Commitment to personal and corporate expressions of truth. | Quaker beliefs | FMM 439 |
| In and out of the silence | Brimelow, Elizabeth | Quaker worship. Emphasis on openness, questioning and experiment rather than on specific teaching. Written for Quaker parents and others who may find it difficult to settle on a starting point or reach common ground for the spiritual nurture of the children. | Family | FMM 440 |
| John: the believable gospel | Barman, Ben | Event sequence as portrayed by the Gospel of John gives an authentic background to the teachings of Jesus. Gives a plausible basis to the ongoing quest for greater spiritual understanding. | Bible Study | FMM 441 |
| Speaking as a Friend: essays interpreting our Christian faith | Freiday, Dean | Friends: an historically normed introduction. Biblical evidence for the sacraments: a critical examination. Ecumenical context of the “Biblical evidence” study. | Quaker writings | FMM 442 |
| Faith and practice of the Quakers, the | Jones, Rufus M. | History. Type of Christianity. Structure and method of the Society of Friends. Sacraments. Simplicity and depth of life. Quakers as peace-makers. Friends and the humanitarian spirit. Friends’ leadership in education. New spirit and new world. | Quaker beliefs | FMM 443 |
| Human sexuality and the Quaker conscience | Calderone, Mary S. | Sexualization process. Sexuality and society in conflict (heterosexuality and homosexuality, male-female relationships, eroticism). Basic sociosexual issues. | Religious Life | FMM 444 |
| Being poor | Rosenbuerg, Janet | Moving drawings and single line descriptions. Example: Being poor is…wearing a spring coat in winter. …Being poor is…the sad look on your mother’s face when you need school clothes…. | Peace and justice | FMM 445 |
| Organization and procedure | Canadian Yearly Meeting | History. Procedure in meetings for business. Membership. monthly, half-yearly and yearly meetings. Ministry and counsel. Marriage. Death and care of the bereaved. Clearness committees, committees of care and oversight. Birth or adoption of a child. Advices and queries. | Quaker meeting | FMM 446 |
| Sweeper to saint: stories of holy India | Dass, Baba Hari | Dad is a yogi from India who has observed complete silence for the past 27 years. He teaches practices and philosophy of Yoga by example and by his writings. These stories are from his own life experiences in the Himalayan region of northern India. | Literature | FMM 447 |
| As sick as it gets: a diagnosis and treatment plan | Mueller, Ruduolph | The uninsured, underinsured, insured, pharmaceutical companies, health insuraqnce companies and the HMOs, providers, other healthcare systems, cost, other costs, treatment. The doctor uses poignant stories of patients from his practice. | Miscellaneous | FMM 448 |
| Quaker spirituality: selected writings | Steere, Douglas, ed. | From George Fox, Isaac Penington, John Woolman, Rufus M. Jones, Thomas R.Kelly, and Caroline Stephen. | Quaker writings | FMM 449 |
| Reducing social tension and conflict: through the group conversation method | DuBois, Rachel and Mew-Soong Li | Group conversation enhances other methods. Techniques. Preparation and follow-up. Reducing group tensions. Uniting people for community needs. Applications to varied settings. | Peace and justice | FMM 450 |
| Yearbook 2001 | New York Yearly Meeting | Committee reports. Minutes of sessions. Friends under appointment to Yearly Meeting. Calendars of Quarterly, Half Yearly, and other Regional Meetings. 1998 Representative Meeting minutes | Yearbooks | FMM 451 |
| Yearbook 2001 | New York Yearly Meeting | Committee reports. Minutes of sessions. Friends under appointment to Yearly Meeting. Calendars of Quarterly, Half Yearly, and other Regional Meetings. 2000 Representative Meeting minutes | Yearbooks | FMM 452 |
| Yearbook 2001 | New York Yearly Meeting | Committee reports. Minutes of sessions. Friends under appointment to Yearly Meeting. Calendars of Quarterly, Half Yearly, and other Regional Meetings. 2000 Representative Meeting minutes. | Yearbooks | FMM 453 |
| There is a fountain: a Quaker life in process | Horn, Helen Steere | Helen Horn, a participant at Pendle Hill in childhood. Worked in Europe, Africa, three American cities. Settled on an farm.Taught high school English. Did peace organizing.Counselor at a community mental health center. This is her spiritual journey. | Quaker writings | FMM 454 |
| Chautuaqua Institution photographs | New York Yearly Meeting | | Miscellaneous | FMM 455 |
| New York Yearly Meeting at Chautauqua Institution, photographs | | Photographs of NYYM at Chautauqua Institition. Hosted partly by Fredonia Monthly Meeting. | Miscellaneous | FMM 456 |
| Position paper on Puerto Rico and its island of Vieques | American Friends Service Committee- Peace Education Division | Background. How to make Friends meetings more visible and welcoming. Outreach. Welcoming newcomers. Outreach and the Internet. Press releases. Interfaith silent vigil to protest death penalty. History of Friends General Conference. Nicaragua. | Quakers in the wider community | FMM 458 |
| Know your Bible | Jones, Mary Alice | Languages. From spoken words to printed books. Maps and charts Does not include stories, but tells what the Bible is and what it means. | Children | FMM 460 |
| Quaker meeting: a risky business | Johnson, Eric W. | “thought-provoking book, chock-full of information, personal observations, inspiring messages, outrageous happenings, and humorous anecdotes…” Also focuses on the power and inspiration generated in meetings and other gatherings of Friends, such as Meetings for Worship in schools, at marriages, and memorial services. Ammunition for people who have to make speeches, entertain at parties, or amuse family. | Quaker meeting | FMM 461 |
| Practice of Quaker worship, the | Miller, Larry | Given assumptions. Image of a gathered meeting. Settling of the meeting. | Quaker meeting | FMM 462 |
| Practice of Quaker worship, the | Miller, Larry | Given assumptions. Image of a gathered meeting. Settling of the meeting. | Quaker meeting | FMM 463 |
| Daughters of Zion: stories of Old Testament Women | Watson, Elizabeth | Sarah, Rebekah, Rachel, Lot’s wife, Miriam, Tamar, Rahab, Ruth, Bathsheba | Bible Study | FMM 464 |
| Replacing the warrior: cultural ideals and militarism | Myers, William A. | John Woolman, a Quaker from New Jersey in the 1700’s, presented an alternative to militarism. | Peace and justice | FMM 464 |
| Practice of Quaker worship, the | Miller, Larry | Given assumptions. Image of a gathered meeting. Settling of the meeting. | Quaker meeting | FMM 464 |
| My favorite book | | Being thankful for God’s creation. How children should behave- helpers, taking care of their bodies. | Children | FMM 465 |
| Practice of Quaker worship, the | Miller, Larry | Given assumptions. Image of a gathered meeting. Settling of the meeting. | Quaker meeting | FMM 465 |
| Four doors to meeting for worship | Taber, William P., Jr. | Four stages to pass through to enter and experience worship | Quaker meeting | FMM 466 |
| Guide to Quaker practice | Brinton, Howard H. | Meeting for worship and business. Queries. Ministry of teaching. Social testimonies. | Quaker beliefs | FMM 467 |
| Silent worship and Quaker values: an introduction- a curriculum based on the pamphlet | Holliday, Marsha D. | Education for adults, and k-12. Unprogrammed Quaker worship differs from other religious traditions. Friends balance individual’s personal experience with other sources. Friends wait in silence. When to speak in meeting. When led to speak, Friends often find themselves “powerfully moved”. Early Friends developed a rich vocabulary describing that of God. Although inspiration and direction come from within, the Quaker experience is outwards and well as inward. Friends influenced by the realization that there is that of God in everyone. | Quaker meeting | FMM 468 |
| Meditating with children, the art of concentration and centering: a workbook on new educational methods using meditation | Rozman, Deborah | Ideal- concentration and imagination. Looking ahead. Discipline. Class structure. Class sessions. Meditations. Energy activities. Special meditations for older children. Applications. Charts, diagrams, stories and yoga postures. | Environmental Education | FMM 469 |
| On the wings of peace: writers and illustrators speak out for peace, in memory of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. | Hamanaka, Sheila | Famous authors and illustrators present a collection of prose and poetry exploring aspects of peace, from issues of personal and community violence and the environmental dangers of nuclear proliferation. | Children | FMM 470 |
| Dealing with conflict in the congregation | Presbyterian preacemaking program | Study sessions on dealing with conflict | Education, adult | FMM 471 |
| Jesus, who was He? | Snyder, Mary | Prophecies. Christmas. Boyhood. Last years. Miracles. Road to Damascus. | Bible Study | FMM 472 |
| Conflict in meetings, Vol. 4 of the Eldership and oversight handbook series | | Quaker practices and processes within the meeting. Help from outside the meeting. Conflict resolution. Acquiring the skills. | Quaker meeting | FMM 473 |
| Practice of Quaker worship, the | Miller, Larry | Image of gathered meeting. Settling of the meeting. Vocal ministry. | Quaker meeting | FMM 474 |
| Quakers in North London: a guide to Hampstead Monthly Meeting | | History. Hampstead Monthly Meeting. Local meetings. Meeting for worship. Faith and Practice. Becoming a Quaker. Pastoral and spiritual care. Our finances. Children. Learning in the life of the meeting. Weddings. Funerals. Wardens and resident Friends. Prison ministers. Nominations and appointments | Quaker meeting | FMM 475 |
| Spiritual disciplines for busy Friends: a study guide for adults based on the 1990-91 Tuesday program series of the Philadelphia | Dodson, Shirley, ed. | Simplicity. Study. Submission. Guidance. Solitude. Service. Stewardship. Celebration. | Education, adult | FMM 476 |
| Quaker way, the | Friends General Conference- Religious Education Committee | History. Beliefs and creeds. Meeting for Worship. How Quakers are different from other faith communities. Prayer. How the Society works. First Day School. Quaker Words. Easy to read. | Quaker beliefs | FMM 477 |
| Feeling good about me! A self-esteem activity book | | Teacher’s guide. Listing activities. | Education, K-6 | FMM 478 |
| Feelings, having them & sharing them | | Drawing and writing activities | Education, adult | FMM 479 |
| Stewardship of time, money, talent: special projects for First-Day schools | | How to view time- present, past & future. How to use your time. How you’d like to use your time. Includes songs, activities. How we spend money. Do we own what we buy? Does money buy happiness? Talents God has given me. Talents others have. Using our talents to benefit humankind. Brain exercises. Mandalas- meanings and forms | Education, adult | FMM 480 |
| 2001-2002 spiritual nurturance program: overview, outline, handouts, reading list. | New York Yearly Meeting | What a person can do in daily life to nurture awareness of the Spiril as companion and guide. Listening to the call to an active relationship with the divine Spirit. | Religious Life | FMM 481 |
| Opening doors to Quaker worship | Friends General Conference- Religious Education Committee | Children in meeting for worship. Planning for children’s presence. Programs for all ages together. Sessions for children and teens. Centering exercises, guided meditations and activities to reinforce concepts of worship. Teens and silent worship, activities and meditations. Spiritual practices or disciplines, seeking with others, prayer. | Quaker meeting | FMM 482 |
| Violence in America | Garver, Newton | Finding ways to reduce violence. 4 lectures. Forms and varieties of violence. How violence is caused or promoted. Forms and varieties of nonviolence or of alternatives to violence. Ways to promote, encourage and nuture the roots of these alternatives to violence. | Peace and justice | FMM 483 |
| Becoming a people. Beta Book 5 | | Songs, worksheets, articles about Ezra, Abraham and Sarah, Isaac and Rebekah, Esau, Jacob, | Education, K-6 | FMM 484` |
| Quaker promise kept, a: Philadelphia Friends’ work with the Allegany Senecas, 1795-1960 | Barton, Lois | Tunesassa, the Quaker School, for the Allegany Senecas of western N.Y. | Native Americans | FMM 485 |
| Diary of Dillwyn Otis- witness for peace. Nicaragua- Nov 2-14, 1984. | | Dillwyn traveled from Syracuse to Managua to spend two weeks. This was during the time of contra (counter-revolutionaries or U.S. supported rebels) attacks. The purpose of the trip to help with the election. | Quaker writings | FMM 486 |
| Is your money working for the world? | Levin, Jennie | This study helps us explore our attitudes to money and lifestyle in the light of our testimonies. | Quaker meeting | FMM 487 |
| Whose land? An introduction to the Iroquois land claims in New York State | Harnden, Philip | | Native Americans | FMM 488 |
| Baha’is, the: a profile of the baha’I faith and its worldwide community | | Quite like the most diverse organized body of people. Just over 100 years old. Movement in the Middle East to the second-most widespread of the Independent world religions. Embraces people from more than 2100 ethnic, racial and tribal groups. | Other religions | FMM 489 |
| Hydrogen futures: toward a sustainable energy system | Dunn, Seth | Sources of hydrogen. Cheaper and cleaner methods of hydrogen use. Government role. Need of public policies and educational efforts. | Environmental Education | FMM 490 |
| Instead of prisons: a handbook for abolitionists | | Nine perspectives for prison abolitionists: Time to begin. Demythologizing our views of prison. Diminishing/dismantling the prison system. Moratorium on prison/jail construction.Decarcerate/ Excarcerate/ Restraint of the few. New responses to crimes with victims. Empowerment. | Peace and justice | FMM 491 |
| Idea of a Quaker college, the | Bennett, Douglas C. | Earlham College. Condition of Friends in the U.S. Stages of a Quaker college. Essential ideas. Challenges ahead. | Education, adult | FMM 492 |
| Reclaiming the concept and practice of universal ministry | Marshall, Jay W. | Quaker understanding of ministry. Quaker theology at sea. Toward a reclamation of ministry. | Education, adult | FMM 493 |
| Growing into goodness: essays on Quaker education | Lacey, Paul A. | Spiritual purposes of a Quaker school. That of God in everyone. Quaker decision making. Testimonies. Owing to the want of a suitable teacher. Liberal, guarded and religious education on moderate terms. Guarding education: from what and for what? Comenius, Pestalozzi, Froebel, Montessori. Progress education and Quaker schools. Ethics, ethos and a Quaker philosophy of education | Education, K-12 | FMM 494 |
| Dissenting views: in the age of terror | War Resisters League 2004 peace calendar | Every week titled piece of art which reflects the league’s affirmation that war is a crime against humanity. | Peace and justice | FMM 495 |
| Genesee friend: the life and times of Sunderland Pattison Gardner | Polster, Betty | Gardner, a Friend of Genesee Yearly Meeting in 19th century. Annual Canadian lecture given in his name. | Biography | FMM 496 |
| Gathered meeting, the | Kelly, Thomas R. | Group mysticism. Foundation of the gathered meeting. Conditions favoring a gathered meeting.Meetings that have not been gathered. | Quaker meeting | FMM 497 |
| Gathered meeting, the | Kelly, Thomas R. | Group mysticism. Foundation of the gathered meeting. Conditions favoring a gathered meeting.Meetings that have not been gathered. | Quaker meeting | FMM 498 |
| Gathered meeting, the | Kelly, Thomas R. | Group mysticism. Foundation of the gathered meeting. Conditions favoring a gathered meeting.Meetings that have not been gathered. | Quaker meeting | FMM 499 |
| Gathered meeting, the | Kelly, Thomas R. | | Quaker meeting | FMM 500 |
| Gathered meeting, the | Kelly, Thomas R. | Group mysticism. Foundation of the gathered meeting. Conditions favoring a gathered meeting.Meetings that have not been gathered. | Quaker meeting | FMM 501 |
| Gathered meeting, the | Kelly, Thomas R. | Group mysticism. Foundation of the gathered meeting. Conditions favoring a gathered meeting.Meetings that have not been gathered. | Quaker meeting | FMM 502 |
| Gathered meeting, the | Kelly, Thomas R. | Group mysticism. Foundation of the gathered meeting. Conditions favoring a gathered meeting.Meetings that have not been gathered. | Quaker meeting | FMM 503 |
| Gathered meeting, the | Kelly, Thomas R. | Group mysticism. Foundation of the gathered meeting. Conditions favoring a gathered meeting.Meetings that have not been gathered. | Quaker meeting | FMM 504 |
| Gathered meeting, the | Kelly, Thomas R. | Group mysticism. Foundation of the gathered meeting. Conditions favoring a gathered meeting.Meetings that have not been gathered. | Quaker meeting | FMM 505 |
| Gathered meeting, the | Kelly, Thomas R. | Group mysticism. Foundation of the gathered meeting. Conditions favoring a gathered meeting.Meetings that have not been gathered. | Quaker meeting | FMM 506 |
| Gathered meeting, the | Kelly, Thomas R. | Group mysticism. Foundation of the gathered meeting. Conditions favoring a gathered meeting.Meetings that have not been gathered. | Quaker meeting | FMM 507 |
| Gathered meeting, the | Kelly, Thomas R. | Group mysticism. Foundation of the gathered meeting. Conditions favoring a gathered meeting.Meetings that have not been gathered. | Quaker meeting | FMM 508 |
| Gathered meeting, the | Kelly, Thomas R. | Group mysticism. Foundation of the gathered meeting. Conditions favoring a gathered meeting.Meetings that have not been gathered. | Quaker meeting | FMM 509 |
| Gathered meeting, the | Kelly, Thomas R. | Group mysticism. Foundation of the gathered meeting. Conditions favoring a gathered meeting.Meetings that have not been gathered. | Quaker meeting | FMM 510 |
| Christian faith and practice in the experience of the Society of Friends | London Yearly Meeting | Spiritual experiences of Friends. God and man. Friends and the Christian church.Meeting for worship. Vocal ministry. Retirement and prayer. Meeting as a fellowship. Publishing truth. Art of living. Marriage and the home. Stages of life. Social, national, and international responsibilities | Quaker beliefs | FMM 511 |
| Quakers on the move: a storybook of Quaker history from 1652 to today. | | | History, Quaker | FMM 512 |
| Quakers on the move: a storybook of Quaker history from 1652 to today. | | Stories for children and ideas for parents and teachers. | History, Quaker | FMM 513 |
| Power of truth, the | Patterson, Jack | Speak truth to power and its impact in the midfifties: WWII. STTP and the intervening years. | Quaker beliefs | FMM 514 |
| Encounter with silence | Punshon, John | Silence in Quaker tradition. Unprogrammed worship. Beyond the Quaker meeting. | Quaker meeting | FMM 515 |
| Faith and practice of the Quakers, the | New York Yearly Meeting | History. Life, nurture, and practice of the Spirit. Advices and queries. Organization and business procedure. Membership. Ministry and counsel. Visitation among meetings. Marriage. Funeral. Burial grounds. Revision of discipline. | Quaker meeting | FMM 516 |
| Faith: part 1 of Faith and Practice | New York Yearly Meeting | Prepared for presentation to NYYM on July 27, 1993 by Committee to revise Faith and Practice. | Quaker meeting | FMM 517 |
| Faith and Practice, 1998, Large- Print Edition | New York Yearly Meeting | Faith: Spirit, Witness, History. Practice and procedure: organization and business procedure, membership, ministry and counsel, visiting among meetings, marriage, memorial meetings and funerals, burial grounds, revision of discipline. | Quaker meeting | FMM 518 |
| How do we convince the public?: the place of community education in creating healing justice | Morris, Ruth | Target groups for community education- the converted, the sympathetic, the neutral, the hostile. Methods of community education- mass media, groups and audiences, one to one approaches. Creative methods of education for penal abolition. | Peace and justice | FMM 519 |
| But what about the dangerous few? | Morris, Ruth | Understanding our fears. Prevention of the causes of violence. Separation and treatment of the dangerous few. Intensive supervision in the community, if they are ever released. Research. Victim support | Peace and justice | FMM 520 |
| Practical path to transformative justice, a | Morris, Ruth | Addresses the justice system in Canada which is filling prisons without treating addicts and teachingh minorities job and lifeskills. Why should we change our justice system? What is transformative justice, and why should we move it? What forces work against change in justice? How can we change: a practical guide. | Peace and justice | FMM 521 |
| Just give us the facts: statistics and facts on criminal justice | Morris, Ruth | Peace and justice | Peace and justice | FMM 522 |
| Practice of Quaker worship, the | Miller, Larry | | Quaker meeting | FMM 523 |
| Babi Yar | | Babi Yar, a ravine in Kiev, U.S.S.R., where 34,000 people were murdered in two days. Included is a poem, history of the atrocities in World War II, and information about the trial of Paul Blobel in Nuremburg. | Peace and justice | FMM 524 |
| Practice and procedure, part 2 of Faith and practice | | New York Yearly Meeting approved this revised edition of the second part of Faith and Practice, of the Book of Discipline, on July 31, 1987. | Quaker meeting | FMM 525 |
| Rise up singing: the group singing songbook | Blood, Peter & Annie Patterson | Artist index, cultures index, holiday index, musicals index, subject index, title index (including first lines & alternate titles) | Songbooks | FMM 526 |
| Rise up singing: the group singing songbook | Blood, Peter & Annie Patterson | Artist index, cultures index, holiday index, musicals index, subject index, title index (including first lines & alternate titles) | Songbooks | FMM 527 |
| Rise up singing: the group singing songbook | Blood, Peter & Annie Patterson | Artist index, cultures index, holiday index, musicals index, subject index, title index (including first lines & alternate titles) | Songbooks | FMM 528 |
| Rise up singing: the group singing songbook | | Artist index, cultures index, holiday index, musicals index, subject index, title index (including first lines & alternate titles) | Songbooks | FMM 529 |
| Rise up singing: the group singing songbook | Blood, Peter & Annie Patterson | Artist index, cultures index, holiday index, musicals index, subject index, title index (including first lines & alternate titles) | Songbooks | FMM 530 |
| Rise up singing: the group singing songbook | Blood, Peter & Annie Patterson | Artist index, cultures index, holiday index, musicals index, subject index, title index (including first lines & alternate titles) | Songbooks | FMM 531 |
| Rise up singing: the group singing songbook | Blood, Peter & Annie Patterson | Artist index, cultures index, holiday index, musicals index, subject index, title index (including first lines & alternate titles) | Songbooks | FMM 532 |
| Rise up singing: the group singing songbook | Blood, Peter & Annie Patterson | Artist index, cultures index, holiday index, musicals index, subject index, title index (including first lines & alternate titles) | Songbooks | FMM 533 |
| Rise up singing: the group singing songbook | Blood, Peter & Annie Patterson | Artist index, cultures index, holiday index, musicals index, subject index, title index (including first lines & alternate titles) | Songbooks | FMM 534 |
| TV violence: does it affect children | Olson, Patricia S. | TV dulls the sensibilities, increases in aggression among children, imitated by children, causes children to be fearful, affects children’s health. High school student’s thesis. | Family | FMM 535 |
| Convinced in the present day | Seeger, Daniel A. | What is the hope of the future of the Religious Society of Friends? New Foundation Fellowship. Perspectives on the New Foundation fellowship. George Fox and the nature of spiritual authority. Mysticism and prophecy. Hearing and obeying that of God. 19 centures of apostasy: Christian chauvinism. Ordinary people. | History, Quaker | FMM 536 |
| Beyond consensus: salvaging sense of the meeting | Morley, Barry | Three components in discovering a sense of meeting: release, long focus, transition to Light; all of which are nurtured by worship. | Quaker meeting | FMM 537 |
| Conflict transformation folder | | Introduction on conflict transformation, clearness committees for responding to conflict, bibliography, conflict in meetings, being a visiting listener | Peace and justice | FMM 538 |
| Neva Shalom/Wahat Al-Salam. | | Oasis of peace. Equal number of Jewish and Palestinian families life, work and educate their children in Israel. | Quaker beliefs | FMM 539 |
| Practice and procedure. Part 2 of Faith and practice | New York Yearly Meeting | 2nd part of the Book of Discipline. Approved July 31, 1987. | Quaker meeting | FMM 540 |
| Gathered meeting, the | Kelly, Thomas R. | Group mysticism. Transient. Sense of passivity. Foundation of gather meeting. Conditions that favor a gathered meeting. | Quaker meeting | FMM 541 |
| What is a Friends school? | Friends Council ion Education. Philadelphia MM | Purpose of organization. To educate the children of Friends and of others to meet a wider community need for the kind of spiritually based education Friends desire for their own children. To teach spiritual, religious and human values chdrished by the Society of Friends. | Environmental Education | FMM 542 |
| Question: What can you do? | National campaign for a peace tax fund | Benefits: Conscentious objection to war is on higher moral place in our nation. Campaign. Foundation. Freedom of conscience and religion. Paying for war. Religious freedom peace tax fund bill. | Conscientious objection | FMM 543 |
| Christian faith of Friends, the | Richmond, Ben | Christian faith of Friends. Atoning work of Christ. Listening spirituality. Christ’s power to save: the evidence of transformed lives. Testimonies of Friends. | Quaker beliefs | FMM 544 |
| Toys for tots | | Why a violent toy trade-in? From war chests to toy chests. Toys for peace: a how-to guide for organizing violent toy trade-ins. What happens at a toy trade-in? Organization of a toy trade-in. | Peace and justice | FMM 545 |
| Interpretation of Quakerism, an | Jones, Rufus M. | Light within. Experiment in the practice of lay religion. Quakerism refused to narrow down its sacramental experiences to rare occasions and to limit “divine service” to a few selected seasons and localities. Christ’s way of life is a practical method for the guidance of life in the world today. | Quaker beliefs | FMM 546 |
| Response to Sept. 11 | New York Yearly Meeting | Letter of pastoral care from the clerk of Coordinating Committee for Ministry and Council. Epistles of care and concern from Friends around the world. Statements from Friends bodies, including the Joint Statement from NYYM< AFSC/NYMRO and Quno. Internet resources for peace building. Media tips for outreach. Afghanistan: a country in crisis. | Peace and justice | FMM 547 |
| AdHoc Committee report, Sept. 2001 | New York Yearly Meeting | On the Function of New York Yearly Meeting. Formed in 1999. 2-part charge: to discern how NYYM might best participate in the continuing renewal of local, quarterly and regional meetings, and the Religious Society of Friends as a whole: and to propose a plan which would unite the YM structure and function. | Quaker meeting | FMM 548 |
| Saying goodbye to the average man | Castle, David | Human potential movement for the enlivening of Quakers. | Quaker writings | FMM 549 |
| Spiritual responsibility in the meeting for business | Loring, Patricia | Differences between working toward s decision as a process and the one known in the secular world as “reaching consensus.” | Quaker meeting | FMM 550 |
| Daughters of Zion: stories of Old Testament Women | Watson, Elizabeth | Sarah, Rebekah, Rachel, Lot’s wife, Miriam, Tamar, Rahab, Ruth, Bathsheba | Bible Study | FMM 552 |
| Listening spirituality: Vol 1: Personal spiritual practices among friends | Loring, Patricia | Foundational personal practices in support of listening for God. Active meditative practices. Human activity in prayer. Prayer intermediate between active and listening prayer. Contemplative prayer and personal retreats. Supporting listening faithfulness to God in outer life. Listening modes of communal support for personal growth. | Religious Life | FMM 553 |
| Can love really overcome violence and hate? :reflections on Friends Peace testimony | Lord, Mary | New global war. Road not taken. War does not work. Faith in violence. Faith in God. What we as Quakers can do. FCNL program on the peaceful prevention of deadly conflict: an alternative to the war on terror | Peace and justice | FMM 583 |
| Peace be with you: a study of the spiritual basis of the Friends Peace Testimony | Cronk, Sandra | Christ’s peaceable kingdom. Christ: the manifestation of God’s redemptive love. Breaking the chain of violence. Entering the peaceable kingdom. Peace: the symbol of God’s transforming work. Christ’s healing at work. Call to faithful action. Lamb’s war. Waging the lamb’ war. Way of the cross. Meeting as the school for peacemakers. Meeting: center for transformation, where forgiveness is offered. Admonition: the pa;th to reconciliation and healing. Meeting: discerner of God’s will. Meeting’s ministry through its members. The body of Christ in the world. | Peace and justice | FMM 585 |
| Steps of nonviolence, the | Nagler, Michael | Struggling to overcome our inner, negative feelings is the source of nonviolent power. Awakening nonviolent power. Knowing your conflict. Choosing clear goals. Using right means. Clinging to truth. Coping with success. Building peace. | Peace and justice | FMM 586 |
| Peace testimony of the Society of Friends | Brinton, Howard H. | History. New Testament principal external influence in creating Quaker pacifism. The Light Within. Is it better to tak an absolute, uncompromising stand or to compromise, keeping ahead of the average man, but not so far ahead as to get out of touch with him? | Peace and justice | FMM 587 |
| Quakers on peace: some testimonies by Friends, 1650-1975. | | George Fox, Robert Barclay. William Penn. London Yearly Meeting (in time of war). John Woolman. Maryland Yearly Meeting.(American) Friends’ National Peace Committee (on the verge of war). Rufus Jones. Friends National Conference on the draft. Letter from German Friends (in time of war). Nobel Peace Prize warded to American Friends Service Committee and British Friends Service Council. Howard Brinton. … | Peace and justice | FMM 588 |
| On living with a concern for Gospel ministry | Drayton, Brian | Discusses giving and receiving ministry in Quaker faith. Shows temptations and opportunities of society today. | Quaker meeting | FMM 628 |
| Parent as mystic, mystic as parent | Spangler, David | "A book that encourages us, with grace and humor, toward the kind of conscious parenting that brings the world creative, honest, independent kids." Publishers Weekly.191p pp. | Family | FMM 628 |
| Best spritual writing 2000, the | Zaleski, Philip, ed. | "In this inspiring collection of the year's most distinguished literary voices-some familiar, some just emerging-editor Philip Zaleski brings together a rich array of essays and poems about faith, prayer, love and divinity.Representing a wide spectrum of religious traditions, these writers speak from the soul about both the most profound and the everyday aspects of sprituality in our lives." publisher. 354 p. | Literature | FMM 629 |
| Wisdom's Daughters: Stories of women around Jesus | Watson, Elizabeth G. | The life of Jesus told through the real and imagined accounts of Marty Magdalene, Elizabeth, Martha, Mary the Mother, and ten others. Scripture references, commentary on the biblical scholarship and questions for groups | Bible Study | FMM 630 |
| Godless for God's sake- nontheism in contemporary Quakerism | Boulton, David, ed. | "Readers who seek a faith or world-view free of supernaturalism, whether they are Friends, members of other traditions or drop-outs from old-time religion, will find themselves in the company of a varied group whose search for an authentic 21st century understanding of religion and spirituality has led them to declare themselves 'Godless- for God's sake'. 142 p. | Quaker writings | FMM 631 |
| Recovering the Sacred: the power of naming and claiming | LaDuke, Winona | "A fascinating read that puts into historical context the contemporary struggles of Native American communities to reclaim their tribal lands, names, traditional agriculture, and even the remains of their ancestors. Winona's fierce dedication to the Indigenous environmental and women's movements infuses her analysis with a first person understanding. Deep and powerful on many levels." Bonnie Raitt 294 p. | Native Americans | FMM 632 |
| Peaceable classroom, the | O'Reilley, Mary Rose | "'The Peaceable Classroom' first defines a pedagogy of nonviolence and then analyzes certain contemporary approaches to rhetoric and literary studies in light of nonviolent theory." publisher 160 p. | Education, adult | FMM 633 |
| Becoming fire: spiritual writing from rising generations | Kern, Alexander Levering, ed. | Through story and metaphor, the 48 authors gathered here address great themes in the spiritual life: prayer and desire, covenant and grace, creativity and calling, identity and freedom. Many of these writers speak passionately to the critical issus of our times: war in Iraq and Afghanistan, AIDS, globalization and consumption, racism and homelessness, and conflicts over human secuality and religious authority. -publisher 224 p. | Literature | FMM 634 |
| Forbidden schoolhouse, the: the true and dramatic story of Prudence Crandall and her students | Jurmain, Suzanne | Prudence Crandall's crime?-"Trying to teach African-American girls geography, history, reading, philosophy, and chemistry. Trying to open and maintain one of the first African American schools in America...The town authorities dragged her to jail and put her on trial for breaking the law"- publisher. 150p. | Peace and justice | FMM 635 |
| Letters from Yellowstone | Smith, Diane | "In the spring of 1898, A.E. Bartram- a feisty young woman with a love for botany- is invited to join a field study in Yellowstone National Park...Yellowstone's pristine beauty- threatened even a century ago by misguided tourism- the group is splintered by differing views on science, nature, and economics."- publisher. This is a historical novel. 226 p. | Fiction | FMM 636 |
| Yearbook 2006 | New York Yearly Meeting | New York Yearly Meeting Committee reports. Minutes of sessions. Friends under appointment to Yearly Meeting. Calendars of Quarterly, Half Yearly, and other Regional Meetings. 2005 Representative Meeting minutes. | Yearbooks | FMM 637 |
| If Grace is True: Why God will save every person | Gulley, Philip and James Mulholland | Gulley and Mulholland, both pastors, reject the belief that only some people will be saved and go to heaven. Instead, they separately arrive at the truth that God will save every person. | Quaker writings | FMM 638 |
| What is a Quaker? a course for junior high | James, Deborah | Famous Friends, Quakers' common personality traits, life of simplicity, dedication to social reform, Democratic ideals, nonviolent aspirations. Quakers are seeker and world-minded. | Education, K-12 | FMM 639 |
| Special education as a spiritual journey | Resman, Michael | "How are we to understand God in a world where children suffer from devastating disabilities? And how are we to live meaningfully in such a world? Michael Resman, who works in special education as an occupational therapist, has had much occasion to grapply with such questions." Pendle Hill Publications. 35p.
| Education, K-6 | FMM 640 |
| From West Point to Quakerism | Heller, Mike | Pendle Hill Pamphlet 389. 34p. "As a young man at West Point, Mike Heller found himself in a hostile environment, struggling to fit in where he was learning that he did not belong, searching for something to hold onto that was true and that nurtured his spirit." Pendle Hill | Quaker writings | FMM 641 |
| Mindful Quaker, the: a brief introduction to Buddhist wisdom for friends | Brown, Valerie | Pendle Hill publications. Valerie Brown, wwho is both a Quaker and a Bucdhist, explores the gifts that Buddhism has to offer Friends in our search for unity with the
Deivine Ground, for clarity in our worship, and for equanimity in our lives....she identifies the points of commonality as well as the valuable insights and techniques that Friends can derive from a discipline that has developed through more than 2,500 years of practice." Pendle Hill Publications
| Other religions | FMM 642 |
| Mindful Quaker, the: a brief introduction to Buddhist wisdom for friends | Brown, Valerie | 35 p.Pendle Hill publications. Valerie Brown, wwho is both a Quaker and a Bucdhist, explores the gifts that Buddhism has to offer Friends in our search for unity with the
Deivine Ground, for clarity in our worship, and for equanimity in our lives....she identifies the points of commonality as well as the valuable insights and techniques that Friends can derive from a discipline that has developed through more than 2,500 years of practice." Pendle Hill Publications
| Other religions | FMM 642 |
| Yearbook 2007-2008 | New York Yearly Meeting | New York Yearly Meeting Committee reports. Minutes of sessions. Friends under appointment to Yearly Meeting. Calendars of Quarterly, Half Yearly, and other Regional Meetings. 2006 Representative Meeting minutes. | Yearbooks | FMM 643 |
| Compassion in action: setting out on the parth of service | Dass, Ram & Nurabau Bush | "Here is a guide for those who are just beginning to realize that self-fulfillment is possible through service to others." | Religious Life | FMM 644 |
| Book of qualites, the | Gendler, J. Ruth | "The qualities may be read both as inner aspects of the psyche and as characters who exist outside ourselves in their own community. Entering into the world of the Qualities leads us beneath our stereotyped responses in search of something more essential and alive.: | Religious Life | FMM 645 |
| Folk hymnal | Johnson, Norman and John W. Peterson | Includes words, melody and chords | Songbooks | FMM 646 |
| Challenge of parenthood | Dreikurs, Rodolf | This deals with issues of toilet training, and chores in the home. Parents are given ideas of avoiding unnecessary conflict, winning the child's confidence, loosening ties, relieving tense moments, and treating children appropriately for their ages. | Family | FMM 647 |
| 40 ways to raise a nonracist child | Mathias, Barbara & Mary Ann French | Suggestions for families and people of specific ages will learn activities and discussions to learn to respect racial differences. | Family | FMM 648 |
| 10 Principles for spiritual parenting: nurturing your child's soul | Doe, Mimi with Marsha Walch | The authors suggest exercises and practical suggestions to find God's guidance in our busy schedules. | Family | FMM 649 |
| Stealing Jesus: How fundamentalism betrays Christianity | Bawer, Bruce | Wlater Kendrick says, "So long, as the national media go on regarding fundamentalists as harmless or marginal- so long, indeed, as they are allowed to get away with the preposterous assertion that they stand for Christian fundamentals- their power and danger can only grow. We badly need a wake-up call." | Christianity | FMM 650 |
| Parenting for peace and justice | McGinnis, Kathleeen and James | problems discussed- "How can we act for justice without sacrificing our children? How can we build a fmily community without isolating ourselves from the world? How do we practice living simply in a society that becomes more materialistic every day? How can we promote nonviolence as an ideal, in our homes, our neighborhoods, our world? How can we respect and cherish other cultures and beliefs, and at the same time profess and live out our own? | Family | FMM 651 |
| Between parent & teenager | Ginott, Haim G. | "As parents, our need is to be needed. As teenagers, their need is not to need us. To let go...requires utmost generosity and love.: | Family | FMM 652 |
| Stories of the courage to teach | Intrator, Sam M. | Essays about the moments of teaching, including doubts and passions. | Education, K-12 | FMM 653 |
| After the ecstasy, the laundry: how the heart grows wise on the spiritual path | Kornfield, Jack | Kornfield :how we can prepare our hearts for awakening. He draws from Buddhist, Christian, Jewish, Hindu and Sufi tradition. | Religious Life | FMM 654 |
| Holy surrender | Wilson, Lloyd Lee | 2006 New England Yearly Meeting Keynote Address. | Quaker writings | FMM 655 |
| Sacred compass | Bill, L. Brent | The author "draws on the quiet beauty of the Quaker path to show how spiritual discernment is more about sensing God's gracious presence than it is about making the right decisions." | Quaker writings | FMM 656 |
| Sparrows don't drop candy wrappers | Gabel, Margaret | the do's and don'ts of littering | Children | FMM 658 |
| Home at last: a young cat's tale | Lauber, Patricia | Biggers, a kitten,leads his smaller brother out of the library, into the world. Children who long for safety in their own bedds will appreciate this story. | Children | FMM 660 |
| Birdsongt | Haley, Gail E. | A young girl is given the magic to understand bird songs. The old woman, who gave her the magic, is trapping the birds to sell. The power of love wins out. | Children | FMM 661 |
| Blacksmiths, the | Fisher, Leonard Everett | From Frank Watts series, Colonial American Craftsmen, this book talks about the history, techniques, well-known blacksmiths, and the importance of this trade. | Children | FMM 662 |
| Uncle Harry | Schneider, Gerlinde | Uncle Harry, rescues a kitten, even thought he hates cats. | Children | FMM 663 |
| Directory of Farmington-Scipio Regional Meeting, 2004 | | Includes contact information for those members and attenders of the Monthly Meetings in this region who agreed to be included. Not for commercial use. | Yearbooks | FMM 665 |
| Mere Christianity | Lewis, C.S. | Anthony Burgess says, "Lewis is the ideal persuader for the half-convinced, for the good man who wouold like to be a Christian but finds his intellect getting in the way." | Christianity | FMM 667 |
