March Listings 2005
Henry J. Cadbury
Scholar, Activist, Disciple
By Margaret Hope Bacon
ISBN 0874753765
February 2005
$4.00 Pendle Hill
Pamphlet #376
Henry Joel Cadbury was one of the most respected and beloved Quakers of the twentieth century. He was an author, biblical scholar and professor at Harvard Divinity School, Haverford, Bryn Mawr and Pendle Hill as well as a consummate Quaker activist. A strong and steady voice for peace and racial justice, he lived his faith through social action through the American Friends Service Committee of which he was a founder and long-time board chair. Eminent Quaker historian Margaret Hope Bacon was Henry Cadbury's associate at AFSC for many years.
Simple Lives � Radiant Faith: Bible Lessons from the 2004
Annual Gathering of Friends by Beckey Phipps $7.00 28 pp
ISBN 1-888305-34-7
Quaker Press of FGC, 2005
Simple Lives � Radiant Faith: Bible Lessons from the 2004 Annual Gathering of Friends reflect Beckey Phipps� personal encounter with the Bible as a source of spiritual truth. She reveals the treasure she found through intimate vignettes of learning to engage and interpret the scriptures. Each lesson uncovers an aspect of the radiant faith that leads to an inner transformation and a subsequent simplified life.
Written lovingly and not avoiding difficulty or sorrow, you may find yourself, as the author did, awakened to a greater response-ability to God�s persistent invitation to faithfulness.
Walk Worthy of Your Calling
Quakers and the Traveling Ministry
Edited by Margery Post Abbott
and Peggy Senger Parsons
320 pp., paper, $19.00 U.S. Friends United Press
Walk Worthy of Your Calling is a contemporary book, which draws on the experience of the earliest Quakers and Friends today. It is written for the Quaker market, as well as for others who would like to learn from the experience of Friends. Though the traveling ministry is certainly not the private domain of Quakers, the first Quakers were all traveling ministers and Friends have continued to build a body of experience in this form of ministry.
At the heart of Walk Worthy of Your Calling are twenty essays by an international selection of contemporary Friends in the public ministry-including Johan Maurer, John Punshon, Arthur Roberts, Oliver Kisaka Simiyu, Priscilla Makhino, 'William Taber, Ute Caspers, and Martha Paxson Grundy. The essayists tell their stories of call, transformation, support and nurture in the traveling ministry. (See reverse for Contents.)
Editors Margery Post Abbott and Peggy Senger Parsons reflect on the traveling ministry today among Friends in light of its historic practice, and give guidance to meetings for support and nurture of public Friends. The book also includes a study guide.
'Walk Worthy is a wonderful resource to help us nurture and receive public or traveling ministry in many forms. The engaging personal stories of God's call and empowerment, gathered from Friends around the world, don't just jump-start your thinking but also grab your heart. With its attention to historic practice as well, surely this practical and inspiring book will help strengthen the life of ministry among us.�About the Editors: Margery Post Abbott is a �released� Friend, who writes about Quakers and travels in the ministry with the support of her monthly meeting. She is the author ofA Certain Kind of Perfection (1996) and editor of the Historical Dictionary of Friends (Quakers) (2003). Margery lives in Portland, Oregon. Peggy Senger Parsons is a Quaker preacher, spiritual director, and professional counselor. She makes her home in Salem, Oregon.Howard Macy, Professor of Religion and Biblical Studies George Fox University