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Four Women, Four Windows on Light (PHP 236)
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The women discussed are: Mary Baker Eddy, Evelyn Underhill, Simone Weil, and Flannery O’Connor.
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The women discussed are: Mary Baker Eddy, Evelyn Underhill, Simone Weil, and Flannery O’Connor.
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No Royal Road to Reconciliation 321
Author sees wounds in the perpetrator as the source of violence. This essay describes the nature and healing of trauma and offers view of health which can move us to listening, forgiveness, compassion and reconciliation.
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Nonviolence and Community 322
Nonviolence requires a spirit that comes from within which no curriculum can create or implant. The authors describe how the Alternatives to Violence Project (AVP) organizes experiences to draw forth that spirit ...
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Nonviolence on Trial 274
Nonviolent action takes place only when the principle of love is seen as a reality grounded in Being itself, as the author has publicly witnessed. By Robert Hillegass Pendle Hill Pamphlet #274
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Nurturing Contemplation 251
Quoting from a number of people who emphasize being rather than doing, the author reflects on the fullness of the contemplative life.
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On Retiring to Kendal (and Beyond) 368
The author employs poetry and literature to reflect on the meaning of retirement and whether death is an unmitigated calamity. He concludes it is not better to live forever, and that strangely, death enhances life, rather than negating it.
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Philosophy of the Inner Light (PHP 209)
Economic researcher, foreign correspondent, lobbyist – and seeker – the author has found that the way out of a dogmatic disbelief in spiritual reality lies in using and understanding the inner light. By Michael Marsh Pendle Hill Pamphlet #209
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Practicing Compassion for the 271
Steps in practicing compassion toward those we do not know well in love, work, and religion are described and encouraged. By Nancy Alexander Pendle Hill Pamphlet #271
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Prayer Beginning Again 339
Whether renewing one’s commitment to prayer or risking prayer for the first time, this essay approaches a difficult subject with a perfect mix of theory and practicality, seriousness and whimsy. By Sheila Keane Pendle Hill Pamphlet #339
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Prayer in the Contemporary World 291
This deep thinker and ecumenist shares a meditation and prayer for each day of the month.
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Quaker Money 290
The manager of funds for Quaker organizations and individuals reflects on Friends and the tension between money and ethics.
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Quaker Social Testimony in our 360
Lifestyle and politics are integral expressions of what human beings are meant to be: loving, truthful, peaceful, and centered on God, and therefore the natural world and other people. By Jonathan Dale Pendle Hill Pamphlet #360
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Quakerism and Science 343
A Quaker scientist affirms that science and Quakerism not only have more in common than does science with other avenues of religious expression, but that wider recognition of the commonalities could encourage both inner and outer peace.
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Quakers and the Use of Power (PHP 241)
A reexamination of the Society of Friends at the time of Pendle Hill’s 50th Anniversary.
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Recovering Sacred Presence 433
Contemporary Westerners are caught between contradictory ways of understanding the world: science and faith are seemingly incompatible. And when we experience spiritual openings, when the Presence breaks through into our lives, what do we make of it?
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Reflections From A Prayer Vigil For 358
The author shares reflections born of his participation in an extended prayer vigil for peace. It includes thoughts on sowing peace, faithfulness, prayer, and a section on Timothy McVeigh.
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Revelation and Revolution 431
For Steve Chase, being a faithful friend and follower of Jesus has always meant being engaged in nonviolent revolutionary work to bring about a beloved community which embodies spiritual wisdom, social justice, and ecological sustainability.
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Rhythms of the Ecosystem (PHP 208)
Developed from a course in ecology at Pendle Hill, the teacher uses the Dancing Shiva as a focus for her concerns. By Janette Shetter Pendle Hill Pamphlet #208
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Sanctuary Church 270
A prime mover in the network bringing Central American refugees to the U.S. writes of “sanctuary as a perennial task for any people that covenants to serve the Peaceable Kingdom.” By Jim Corbett Pendle Hill Pamphlet #270
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Searching for the real jesus 330
The author, a Quaker with reverence for scripture, explicates the learned thinking of prominent contemporary scholars who debate the historical veracity of Jesus.
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Sickness, Suffering and Healing 341
More stories from this American doctor’s compassionate encounter with Africans in their country. The stories describe the challenges of suffering and African faith in response.
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Sink Down to the Seed 283
A four-year journey to explore the author’s inward landscape results in inner peace. By Charlotte Fardelmann Pendle Hill Pamphlet #283
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Song of Death, Our Spiritual 340
As a Cadbury scholar at Pendle Hill, the author researched seventeenth-century and modern experiences of death and dying among Friends.
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Sonnets on Courtship, Marriage and Family
This second, expanded edition of "Sonnets on Courtship, Marriage, and Family" by Kenneth Boulding, noted economist, social philosopher, peace researcher, and Quaker, contains 78 sonnets spanning nearly fifty years of courtship and family life.
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Spirit-Led Eldering (392)
Eldering is a process of assisting one another, from a centered place, to stay true and faithful to the Spirit in all aspects of our lives.
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Spiritual Discernment 305
Spiritual discernment lies at the heart of Quaker spirituality and practice. It’s grounded in the central Quaker conviction of the availability to every person of the experience and guidance of God, immediate as well as mediated.
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Spiritual Linkage with Russians PHP 301
This essay explores the spiritual dimension of a unique Quaker peacemaking project called The Human Experience, an anthology of contemporary poetry and fiction of Russia and the United States that was jointly edited and published in both countries.
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Spreading the Fire 436
In earlier times, far-flung Quaker meetings looked for spiritual deepening in the visits of traveling ministers. Debbie Humphries is one present-day Friend who has responded to a call to travel in ministry.
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Stories from Kenya 319
Relates stories which arose out of the authors’ experiences of living and working at a Quaker mission hospital in rural western Kenya.
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Tall poppies supporting ministry & 347
Supporting Gifts of Ministry and Eldering in the Monthly Meeting, Martha Paxson Grundy describes the traditional Quaker understanding of power and spiritual authority, and God’s gifts in relation to them.
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Tempted by Happiness
Analysis of Kazantzakis’ The Last Temptation of Christ using a four-fold scheme devised by the novel’s author, a non-Christian, to explain evolution toward dematerialization.
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The Authority of Our Meeting is The(365)
The author sees Quakers at a crossroads in dealing with issues of authority and power in church governance and offers some assessment of the costs of traveling one way or another.
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The Candle of the Lord
Gives the reader glimpses of historic Quaker country in the north of England and discusses the Quaker character.
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The Door In 430
Renee Crauder, familiar to many Friends as a spiritual director and leader of workshops and retreats on the spiritual life, describes her own journey, a decades-long search for a deeper relationship with the Divine.
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The Evolutionary Potential of Quakerism (PHP 136)
An economist sees Quakerism as a evolutionary mutation from the main line of Christian development and suggests the next stage in its development is intellectual. Published by Pendle Hill in association with Australia Yearly Meeting.
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The Intrepid Quaker
Steve Cary's memoirs, speeches, and writings reveal leadership and philosophy that mirror the Quaker experience in education and peace work in the latter half of the twentieth century.
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The Journal and the Journey (PHP 242)
The writer’s interior journey of 71 years.
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The Kingdom and the Way 317
The author shares specific biblical texts and her meditations that connect an inward holy place where she meets God with Buddhist teachings and the fundamental truths of Christian Experience. By Carol Urner Pendle Hill Pamphlet #317
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The Mind of Christ (406)
When Quakers gather to make decisions, they do so with the hope of being called into unity by the loving Spirit who guides their steps in the practice that Friends call “meeting for worship with attention to business.”
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The Ministry of Presence 293
The authors share how way opened for them to become engaged in the life of a community and Quaker meeting in one of the world’s troubled places. By Avis Crowe and Dyckman Vermilye Pendle Hill Pamphlet #293
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The Needle's Eye 275
Reflections on her involvement with Filipino tribal peoples and war, with references to John Woolman. By Carol Urner Pendle Hill Pamphlet #275
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The Practice of the Love of God 374
Dare to love God! Dare to practice that love everywhere in God’s family, seeing the divine likeness in everyone, mixture of earth and heaven though we be!
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The Psalms Speak 298
Thoughtful presentations on these ancient biblical texts bring the wisdom of the ages into our present-day experiences. By George Peck Pendle Hill Pamphlet #298
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The Psychology of a Fairy Tale (PHP 210)
The author is a Jungian analyst with a special interest in the spiritual and psychological meaning of fairy tales. By David Hart Pendle Hill Pamphlet #210
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The Servant Church 328
A Quaker goat herdsman and a Catholic priest began to see church in unexpected ways while responding to Salvadoran refugees in search of sanctuary. By Ricardo Elford and Jim Corbett Pendle Hill Pamphlet #328
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The Unconscious 325
A doctor shares his career as physician/psychiatrist and his life wisdom of how the unconscious works healthily to fulfill longings for those who are able to trust the Guide. By Robert Murphy Pendle Hill Pamphlet #325
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The Way of the Cross 260
A long-time teacher of the Gospels sees the heart of their message as a center that is everywhere, inclusive, yet highly individual.
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There is a Fountain 329
A life story about renewal, commitment, faith, doubt, success, defeat, and a balance of activism and contemplation.
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There is a spirit Nayler sonnets 337
There is a Spirit: The Nayler Sonnets is a collection of sonnets written by economist and peace activist Kenneth Boulding. The sonnets are inspired by the life and teachings of James Nayler, a 17th-century Quaker preacher ...
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Therefore Choose Life 300
This essay renews the debate about the futility of deterrence in a post-Cold War era by introducing, as a spiritual problem, the idea of nuclear addiction and how to get out of it. By John Tallmadge Pendle Hill Pamphlet #300
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Thomas R Kelly as I remember 284
The author was influenced in college by Kelly, “a philosophy professor transformed into a radiant Christian.” By T. Canby Jones Pendle Hill Pamphlet #284
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Thoughts are Free 265
The Quaker tradition is bound up with religious belief and political action, and the author applies it to the Nazi regime. By Anna Halle Translated by Mary E. B. Feagins Pendle Hill Pamphlet #265
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Three Ravens and Two Widows (401)
This essay is an intimate portrait of two women whose very different lives and characters were faithful responses to the challenges of loss, responsibility, love, and difficulty at different times and places in Quaker history.
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To Martin Luther King with Love 254
Reflects the author’s years of appreciation of the writing and faith of a Christian practicing non-violent change and unconditional love. Pendle Hill Pamphlet #254
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To Meet at the Source 289
Similarities may be found in Hindu and Quaker thought in many areas that transcend language, such as pure principle, the light, unity, silence, simplicity, and guidance. By Martha Dart Pendle Hill Pamphlet #289
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Touched by God 338
A seasoned Friend shares moving and well-written accounts of meaningful experiences in meeting for worship. The essay will help Friends to appreciate what they, too, have experienced occasionally in worship;...
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Traveling In 324
“I am going to speak about ‘traveling in’ and about my own personal journey. I haven’t done that on any other occasion in quite so full a way as I’m going to do here this morning.” So begins the treasure of this essay in Douglas’s own words.
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Treasure in Clay Jars 346
The author rediscovered a powerful sense of God calling her to a more real spiritual life through her artistic work with clay in the Pendle Hill studio. Photographs and devotions record that experience.
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Turned in the Hand of God 393
Rebecca Janney Timbres Clark led a remarkable life that spanned all of the twentieth century. This pamphlet explores one year in that life, the year when a young, sheltered Quaker from Baltimore took the first steps toward a career of service ...
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Universalism and Spirituality 309
Bringing together material from a number of previous articles, this essay explores the nature of spirituality and its relation to universalism, with particular attention to the question of commitment to a particular religious tradition.
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Vistas from Inner Stillness 299
A naturalist and astronomer writes of a “knowing of God” which comes from his mystical experiences of nature.
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Walk With Me 333
Accompaniment takes many forms, from sitting in union, human rights, and other offices to accompanying threatened individuals.
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War Taxes 286
A historical view of Friends testimony on paying war taxes.
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What we stand on 429
Paul Christiansen calls Quakers to account for how well we face the seeds of war within our own lives.
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Wholesight: the spirit quest (PHP 217)
Wholesight here means finding coherence among religion, science, art, and politics.
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William Penn: 17th Century Founding Father - PHP 204
Selections from Penn’s writings on liberty of conscience, the nature of government, peace in Europe, titles, imperial states, and a plan for the union of the American colonies.
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With Thine Adversary in the Way: a Quaker witness for reconciliation (PHP 228)
A German Quaker writes simply of her life under Hitler’s regime and during the Russian occupation of East Germany, a life full of meaning and peacemaking. Translated by Florence Kite.
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Without Nightfall upon the Spirit 311
Reflections on aging, its physical, spiritual, and religious effects, by an 83-year-old author.
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Words Wordlessness and the Word 303
A literary scholar considers the paradoxical relationship of silence and words in Quaker worship, drawing on the work of E. M. Forster, Samuel Beckett, and classical Greek writers for insight.
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You are my witness 435
Thomas Gates draws from the experiences of the captive Hebrews as told in the Book of Isaiah, as well as the discoveries and practices of early Friends, to offer perspective and insights for twenty-first century Quakers ...
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