Resource Publications imprint: 228 books
From the Belly of the Whale
Poems of the Male Soul
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2011
Men have been spit up onto shore by whales and great fish since the beginning of time. This has been going on for forever; perhaps, even longer than forever. This may be true. It may also be true that men have spit whales and great fish up onto shore since the beginning of time. This has also been...
Bridges, Paths, and Waters; Dirt, Sky, and Mountains
A Portable Guided Retreat on Creation, Awe, Wonder, and Radical Amazement
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2010
When we stand in the presence of the natural world of creation, something very powerful occurs. Our heart senses a raw and vital connection between ourselves and the handiwork of God revealed in the trees and rivers. Our eye catches some small detail and we are opened up to union with the world around...
by N. Thomas Johnson-Medland, Bob Cook
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2012
The poems and pictures that have been collected here are prompts toward leaning into the places you have been and become. Clearly, every doorway you have crossed over and every window you have gazed yourself through have become woven into the fabric of the you that is now holding this place as here...
Cairn-Space
Poems, Prayers, and Mindful Amblings about the Places We Set Aside for Meaning, Prayer, and the Sacramental Life in the New Monasticism
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2011
Cairns have decorated the landscapes of cultures throughout time. Piles of stone-one stone placed on top of another-are set in place all over the earth to recall battles, identify burial sites, mark trails, and spur hearts and minds to remember sacred, noble, and critical events. They are landmarks....
Feed My Sheep; Lead My Sheep
A Handbook of Leadership Formation for Individuals and Groups
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2011
There are a lot of books about leadership out there. I wanted to stir the pot and make some suggestions that I have not heard yet. Leadership is not about sticking qualities all over yourself, like dozens of yellow sticky notes: Today I will learn time management. Tomorrow I will develop integrity....
For the Beauty of the Earth
Poems from the CHILD-HEART About the Planet
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2013
Having grown up in the shadow of the Bomb and having provided supportive care to post-Cold War generations of children and their parents (both in crisis), I have seen a lot of distrust and instability in people--individually and in communities. I have seen how the shadow of impending doom can rewrite...
Along the Road—Tales of the Journey
A Life Review WORKBOOK for Individuals and Groups
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2011
Along the Road-Tales from the Journey is a practical guide for patients and families going through some very serious and difficult issues. It is here to enable focus and meaning in a time that is fraught with confusion and pain. It is also for people who are not involved in hospice--people that recognize...
Resisting Tyranny
The Story of Matthew Lyon, Early American Patriot
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2018
Resisting Tyranny is a new book about an American Revolutionary patriot, Matthew Lyon, a Congressman from Vermont, who was thrown into jail for criticizing then President John Adams under the Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798. This is the story of a young Irish immigrant who became a leader in the Republican...
A Teacher, His Students, and the Great Questions of Life, Second Edition
A Beginner’s Guide to Philosophy
Language: English
Release Date: January 13, 2017
Throughout history, philosophers have attempted to unravel the mystery of life. People from many diverse traditions have been invited to sit face to face at the table of philosophy to engage in analytical and critical reflection in what Dr. John Morgan calls "the great questions of life."...
Out of the Dark
A Direction for Change in Education
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2016
Out of the Dark is a call for teacher leaders to take a stand against the current neoliberal take over of our educational system today. This book investigates where this political power hold began, theorizes why is it so hard for us to change what is happening, and then explores theory into practice...
Saved to Save and Saved to Serve
Perspectives on Salvation Army History
Language: English
Release Date: July 24, 2017
The Salvation Army has now been around for more than one hundred and fifty years, having celebrated its sesquicentennial in 2015 with an International Congress in London. Over the years both the Army and the world in which it appeared have changed beyond recognition. This is a good time for the movement...
by Simon Perry
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2011
For too long the story of history's most infamous terrorist, Yeshua Bar-Abbas, has been mistold. The only way to get justice from the Roman Empire is to steal it. By travelling to the Judean capital and avenging his brothers, Yeshua has achieved precisely that. However, the newfound friends who unexpectedly...
Maine Metaphor
The Green and Blue House
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2014
How to live in rural Maine? How--in the 1980s, when descendants of Maine's settlers wonder about our coming out of the Rust Belt in search of work, in search of a life? They were not bitter about our coming here, where jobs were already scarce--they were incredulous. Why did we come? Sometimes I answered,...
Visiting the Eastern Uplands
Maine Metaphor
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2016
What is it about that word? Aroostook. "The County," they call it in Maine. She sat in the Ohio kitchen with books spread out, having just read a word. She said the word aloud. Someone little called. A door slammed. She stood automatically, walked a step, reached up and got out peanut butter....