Resource Books and Videos Available

In the current LMPC Newsletter, the book review was on At Peace and Unafraid:  Public Order, Security, and the Wisdom of the Cross.  You can purchase the book at a 10% discount - $18.00 - until February 28, 2007. 

Augsburger, David.  Conflict Mediation Across Cultures: Pathways and Patterns.  Louisville, KY: Westminster/John Knox Press, 1992.  Pp. 310.

$29.95

Augsburger, David.  Helping People Forgive.  Louisville, KY: Westminster/John Knox Press, 1996.  Pp. 180.

$24.95

Boers, Arthur Paul.  Never Call Them Jerks.  Bethesda, MD: Alban Institute, 1999.  Pp. 147.

$14.95

Friedman, Edwin H.  Friedman's Fables.  New York, NY: Guilford Press, 1990.  Pp. 213.

$26.95

Friedman, Edwin H.  Generation to Generation: Family Process in Church and Synagogue.  New York, NY: Guilford Press, 1985.  Pp. 319.

$45.00

Friesen, Duane K. and Gerald W.Schlabach, Ed. At Peace and Unafraid:  Public Order, Security, and the Wisdom of the Cross, .  Scottdale, Pa.: Herald Press, 2005.  456 pp.

$20.00

Galindo, Israel. The Hidden Lives of Congregations: Understanding Church Dynamics.  Washington, DC: Alban Institute, 2005.

$18.00

VIDEOS

We have a library of about 250 videos, which can be borrowed free of charge.  (You just pay for the shipping charges.)  We have set up suggested video series for groups interested in various topics.  Click on each subject to view the videos we have available.  You can phone our office to borrow the videos.  Topics we offer are:  Anabaptism and Amish; anti-racism; biographies of peacemakers; Central America; children and teens; conflict; conscientious objection ; domestic violence and sexual abuse; Gulf War; Middle East; Nuclear weapons; peacemaking; peer mediation; reconciliation and forgiveness; social justice issues; specific countries;   U.S. government; violence and weapons;  VORP and restorative justice.

Some video subjects (such as conscientious objection, Middle East, and conflict) can be used as a primer for LMPC-led programs.  Call our office for details.

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