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Presents a collection of essays about everyday events, rendering them spiritual. Drawing from both her own personal experience and her insights as a minister and therapist, the author urges readers to let go of regrets and stress about the future and to surrender to circumstance during times of conflict.

Mark Morrison-Reed was caught in a tortuous shift in America. Born on the South Side of Chicago during the 1950s in a twilight zone between the races, he was raised on the cusp of what was to come. A black hippie, he tried to reconcile the "make love not war" ethos of the white counter-culture with the demands of awakening black power consciousness. Morrison-Reed, himself of mixed-race ancestry, went on to marry an Anglo-Canadian and raise two...

Children and adults will delight in Earth Day, a litany of gratitude that celebrates earth's diverse species, from apricots to groundhogs to junebugs, from quahogs to zinnias, zucchini and zebras with bright and whimsical illustrations. In alphabetical order, the wonders of nature arise from the page, reminding readers that every day is a reason to give thanks and that miracles are as simple as ABC.

A guide for spiritual sharing that offers small groups the opportunity to connect through readings and journaling assignments. It features exercises on topics ranging from forgiveness and loss to nature, money and friendship.

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This one-of-a-kind picture book is a colorful introduction to Unitarian Universalism for children ages five to nine. Simple language and appealing illustrations offer children accessible answers to commonly asked questions such as: Who are we? What do we believe? How do we worship? Who leads us? Do we read the Bible? What is our religious symbol? Do we pray? What is Sunday school? How do we celebrate?

Meet Jesus is a picture book that introduces young children (ages 4-8) to Jesus and his lessons of love, kindness, forgiveness and peace. Meet Jesus emphasizes the humanity rather than the divinity of Jesus, giving the story broad appeal for liberal or progressive Christians and non-Christians alike. The text includes Bible references with corresponding Bible passages in the back of the book.

Diagnosed with terminal prostate cancer in February 1999, Ric Masten has survived for nine years and counting. For decades, Masten's unique mix of minstrel ministry and poetic philosophy has challenged and inspired audiences in many settings conferences, colleges, schools, and churches across the country. These poems reveal his humorous, unflinching, and edgy take on mortality and living with illness.

A Child's Book of Blessings and Prayers offers prayers for every day -- giving thanks, seeking help, and expressing care for the earth and all living things. Here are words to bless the morning, share at bedtime, honor a birthday, even give thanks for a friend next door. These graces, poems, prayers, and blessings are drawn from around the world -- from Hindu, Sioux, Islamic, Jewish, Christian, and Unitarian Universalist traditions, to name on...

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Sarah Conover's collection of traditional Buddhist tales and sayings leads us to the kind of implicit understanding of ourselves and others that only stories can provide. Following the Buddha through his various transformations, these clarified, often humorous narrative journeys open the ancient masters profound and gentle teachings to persons of all ages, religions, races, and ideological persuasions. Over and over this marvelous book tells u...

Harmony: A Treasury of Chinese Wisdom for Children and Parents is a collection of traditional stories from one of the world's oldest civilizations. For over two thousand years, the Chinese have used brief sayings known as "chengyu" to sum up practical wisdom and ethical principles. Most "chengyu" are associated with a story that illustrates their meaning, and these stories have been passed down by word of mouth over the centuries. Gathered i...

A collection of nearly 80 prayers for interfaith gatherings.

This book is a collection 100 essays written by Scovel, a Unitarian Pastor, which were originally 5-minute sermons broadcast on WCRB in Boston. These truthful, grace-filled, and humorous sermons appeal to a wide audience, focusing on the general theme of recognizing God's love in the world.

Zen philosophy, existentialism and liberal religious theology meet up in the coffee shops of Santa Fe

This eight-week, self-guided program of integrating spiritual practices into one's daily routine offers an insightful summary of contemplative prayer as it is practiced in a number of religious traditions, both Eastern and Western.

-- Over fifty meditations suitable for public and private use.-- Part of the series of collected meditations that includes Day of Promise, What We Share, and All the Girls of Life.-- Includes inspiring observations about the natural world, solitary reflections and celebrations of family and community life.Meditations prompt the quiet reflection we need to counter the busy days of our lives. Ranging from solitary reflections to social commentar...

A collection of engaging and provocative essays, Prairie Soul extends the transcendental tradition of writes like Aldo Leopold and Annie Dillard. Entomologist and nature writer Jeffrey Lockwood writes about humans and insects from the grasslands of Wyoming, where he has lived and worked for almost two decades. Like Ed Abbey's Southwestern desert or Wendell Berry's rural Kentucky, Lockwood's home environment and study of grasshoppers form an in...

Invites women to name, honor and explore their female experience as it differs from male experience. In their effort to balance the male-constructed view of the world, women must first recreate the images, symbols, metaphors and truths of their own lives, as women.

For Coyote and me, faith means that we have to live our lives as if the cosmos, the planet, life, our fellow creatures, and ourselves are sacred. That is the myth Coyote and I have returned to.' For those eagerly awaiting the latest addition to the series that began with God's Dog and continued with Coyote Says, Webster Kitchell's work needs no introduction. Yet newcomers will find it easy to join the philosophical clergyman and the minor deit...