Posts Categorized: Books

Advent devotions

Each day of Advent, the devotion from Proclaiming the Good News of God’s Peace will be posted. Read the devotions here. Or order the book. The Presbyterian Peacemaking Program staff wishes you a blessed Advent season.

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Have you done your Thanksgiving shopping?

Give your friends a copy of Proclaiming the Good News of God’s Peace, a daily devotional booklet for Advent 2009. It makes a lovely Thanksgiving present! Peacemakers across the country and around God’s world contributed to the booklet. Use Proclaiming…

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New study resource on Sudan for children

Order Piece Work/Peace Work: Working Together for Peace and Sudan at the Presbyterian Marketplace. Use item number 24-358-09-008. The cost is $8.00 plus shipping and handling.Piece Work/Peace Work: Working Together for Peace and Sudan is a curriculum designed for elementary…

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Proclaiming the Good News of God’s Peace

Peacemakers from across the United States and around God’s world contributed to Proclaiming the Good News of God’s Peace, a daily devotional booklet for Advent 2009. Using lectionary texts, the writers reflect on God’s gift of peace and explore what…

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Jesus and the Nonviolent Revolution

Plough Publishing House has made available the book Jesus and the Nonviolent Revolution [PDF] by André Trocmé [PDF]. It may be read online or downloaded. André, and his wife Magda, were Huguenots – French Reformed Christians. They were also pacifists….

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Justice: A Journey in Moral Reasoning

“But let justice roll down like waters, and righteousness like an everflowing stream.” (Amos 5:24) Prophets and other biblical writers emphasize the theme of justice. Micah proclaims that one of the three things God requires of us is to “do…

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50 Ways to Help Save the Earth

50 Ways to Help Save the Earth:How You and Your Church Can Make a Difference This guide outlines ways that to address global warming, live as followers of Jesus, and renew connections with God’s creation and our sisters and brothers….

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Songs of Grace: New Hymns for God and Neighbor

Sing a new song! Songs of Grace includes over 70 new hymns written to celebrate biblical stories, the church year, sacraments, peacemaking and more. The new words, written to well-known hymn tunes, offer expressions of hope, joy and spiritual enrichment….

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God of Mercy You Have Shown Us

“God of mercy, you have shown us ways of living that are good: ‘Work for justice, treasure kindness, humbly journey with the Lord.'” So begins a new hymn lamenting gun violence written by the Rev. Carolyn Winfrey Gillette. The hymn…

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Peace Notes Summer 2009

The Summer 2009 issue of Peace Notes, the Presbyterian Peacemaking Program’s print newsletter, is available for download. It will come out in print later this month. But you can download it from this blog. Download Peace Notes Summer 2009 [PDF]…

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