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Harmony series (Philip Gulley) volume 1
Description
Home of the hefty noodle casseroles and the world's shortest evangelist, Harmony, Indiana boasts the Coffee Cup café, where a painting of The Last Supper hangs over the salad bar. As his first year in this small, sheltered town unfolds, Pastor Sam Gardner shares his wry observations and humorous stories about its colorful residents.
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Description
"Daily we are asked to move toward bravery, to stretch in the direction of goodness, kindness, forgiveness, patience, and vulnerability. Yet life's tender fragility, fear, and anxiety, and our own practiced self-sabotage can derail us from growing and thriving, leaving us fractured and afraid. Ordained Buddhist teacher and Quaker Valerie Brown invites us into the heart of compassion, insight, and courage. Filled with Quaker wisdom, mindfulness meditation...
6) The Quakers
Author
Pub. Date
c1998
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.4 - AR Pts: 3
Description
This book examines the history, notable individuals, beliefs, way of life, and current status of this longstanding Christian group.
Author
Description
"As an antidote to the complexities and challenges of modern life, award-winning author Philip Gulley offers the opportunity to participate in a world where the values of the Quaker way bring equity, peace, healing, and hope. The Quaker Way invites readers to encounter the defining commitments of the Religious Society of Friend, and shows how those ideals can be incorporated in personal and public life to bring renewal and eliminate the clutter that...
8) The Quakers
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Series
Pub. Date
[1968]
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A history of the Quakers--their founding, leaders, and development and growth in America, and an explanation of current functions of the organizations.
Author
Pub. Date
c1998
Description
"The most valuable aspect of religion," writes Robert Lawrence Smith, "is that it provides us with a framework for living. I have always felt that the beauty and power of Quakerism is that it exhorts us to live more simply, more truthfully, more charitably."
Taking his inspiration from the teaching of the first Quaker, George Fox, and from his own nine generations of Quaker forebears, Smith speaks to all of us who are seeking a way to make our lives...
14) Meet the PALs
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.7 - AR Pts: 1
Description
When Lucky moves to Miradero, she meets and becomes friends with Pru and Abigail and learns how to ride a horse called Spirit.
Author
Series
Trailblazer books volume 17
Pub. Date
c1995
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 4
Description
In 1817 a teenage brother and sister are relieved from the abuses of Newgate Prison in London by the prison reform efforts of Quaker minister Elizabeth Fry.
Author
Pub. Date
c2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Presents the diary of the sixteen-year-old daughter of a prominent Quaker family who moved with her family from British-occupied Philadelphia for the safety of the countryside during the Revolutionary War. Includes sidebars, activities, and a timeline related to this era.
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