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Exercise 30 Minutes Per Day: Although the program is called “ Walk to Bethlehem” all forms of physical activities count: swimming, biking, walking, running, yoga, aerobic exercise. The goal is to exercise 30 minutes per day.
The Healthy Eating Challenge: Can you eat 5 servings of fruits and vegetables each day? Can you make half of the grains you eat whole grains? Can you change your portions so that at each meal half of your plate is fruit or vegetables, a quarter is protein, and a quarter is grains?
Spiritual Life: Make time for Bible study, worship, journaling, daily devotions or other spiritual pursuits and you will earn miles on your walk!
Mission Outreach: Serving in love earns miles for our walk. Any kind of volunteer activity, such as serving dinner to low income families, working at the Cleveland Food bank, or volunteering at Cornerstone of Hope counts!
Bonus Points: Earn bonus points for things like getting a health screening, obtaining a flu shot, quitting smoking, or losing 5 pounds. Bonus points will be announced as the walk progresses.
Our Walk Begins the week of Sunday, September 4th!
Join The Walk to Bethlehem!
Pick up your Tally Card in The Parlor or download a copy here.
Week One Tally Card
Week Two Tally Card
Week Three Tally Card
Use This Tally Card in October
Return your completed card each week.
(There is a box in the parlor.)
Tips and Recipes for September
Tips and Recipes for October
For more information, visit the North Coast District Website:
North Coast District UMC Website
Looking for Healthy Life Style tips? Check out these links:
Fruits and Veggies More Matters
Aetna Healthy Food Fight
Walk to Bethlehem District Update
The district has left Cleveland and is now on our way to New York City. Our itinerary will take us to Casablanca and into Africa to visit Imagine no Malaria net distribution sites before heading up to Bethlehem. How about joining us? It’s easy. You can start by eating healthier, make half your grains whole, add more fruits and veggies to your diet. Add some exercise. As we travel towards Bethlehem, increase your relationship with God through worship and Bible study. Get your health screenings and flu shots. Be Christ in the world by volunteering in mission outreach. More information is on the district website or you can contact the district parish nurse at lmccowen@ncdistrictumc.org. Hope you can join us on our journey of health and wholeness.
Walk to Bethlehem District Update: November 18
Congratulations! We have walked to Bethlehem through our eating healthier, our exercise, developing our relationship with God and our mission outreach! Not to mention all of those flu shots, blood work, and blood pressures screenings! Thanks to all of you who faithfully submitted your miles.
But it’s not over! We’re going to journey back to Tampa, Florida. Why Tampa? It is the site of our 2012 General Conference of the United Methodist Church. We are a connectional church and have increased our connection through walking together as a district to Bethlehem and visiting Imagine no Malaria net distribution sites along the way. Now that we’ve walked to Bethlehem, let’s remember the General Conference and the nine hundred and eighty-eight delegates from around the world who will be meeting in Tampa from April 24-May 4 to set policy and direction for the church, as well as handle other business. Our own District Superintendent, Rev. Orlando Chaffee, will be one of the delegates. As we take our journey, let’s uplift all of the delegates in our prayers.
Our focus in November is our spiritual life and our focus in December will be our mission outreach.
Blessings for the journey,
Rev. Linda McCowen RN
Parish Nurse,
North Coast District UMC
' href='News_Detail.asp?ID=2883'>Walk To Bethlehem 8/24/2011
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Vital churches share common characteristics
BALTIMORE(UMNS) — Bishop John R. Schol shepherds the Baltimore-Washington Annual (regional) Conference, and he is always on the lookout for standout congregations. As team leader of the Vital Congregations initiative, he rattles off the description with ease. A vital congregation, he explains, has five things.
African 'witch daughters' receive new homes
MASSINGA, Mozambique (UMNS) — They have traveled a long way and experienced many trials, but on a Sunday in June, 24 "witch daughters" got the keys to a safe, secure shelter to call home. United Methodist Bishop Joaquina Nhanala and other church leaders celebrated with the widows as three houses built with funds from the U.S. Missouri Annual (regional) Conference were dedicated and opened.
Women rebuild lives in Louisiana program
BATON ROUGE, La. (UMNS) — A graduate of a Baton Rouge-based re-entry and transitional housing program for women in need said her "misery came to an end" when she became involved in Connections For Life. "I had hit rock bottom," said Robyn, now a member of First United Methodist Church in Baton Rouge, La. Connections For Life, a nonprofit organization founded in 2000, offers a 12-month transitional housing and re-entry program to serve women coming from prison, treatment facilities, battered-women's shelters and other referral agencies.
Budget cuts on table for General Conference
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (UMNS) — A recommended budget of $603 million for the 2013-2016 operations of the denomination's general agencies will go before the 2012 General Conference. The denomination's top lawmaking assembly also will take up two constitutional amendments that would allow a unit of the denomination to make budget adjustments between General Conference sessions.
‘Back 2 School BASH' unites churches, community
PACE, Fla. (UMNS) — In 2007, two next-door-neighbor churches in Pace — Wesley Memorial United Methodist Church and Covenant Church of God — collaborated to put together a fun day and give free bags of school supplies to students from neighboring Pea Ridge Elementary School. Five years later, the "Back 2 School BASH" each August is a major community party drawing 4,500 people from as far as 60 miles away. In 2010, 110 businesses and organizations helped sponsor the Bash with 70 on site, offering gifts, services, fun activities and generous prizes.
School Spirit: Ways to support students
As a new school year begins, many churches offer backpack blessings and special liturgies. Find ideas for ministries with students and schools, videos and slideshows, prayers, and other resources on the new School Spirit page at www.umc.org/schools. An audio slideshow about a recent backpack blessing is available for use before or during worship, or in other ways, to celebrate the beginning of classes.
U.N. relief supplies reach Mogadishu
MOGADISHU, Somalia (UMNS) — For the first time in five years, emergency shelter supplies and other relief items were airlifted Aug. 8 by a United Nations refugee agency to famine-stricken people in Somalia's capital. Two more air shipments are planned Aug. 11 and the following week, says the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees. Faith-based relief agencies, including the United Methodist Committee on Relief, are responding to the hunger crisis in Somalia and other parts of the Horn of Africa.
Nigerian wins Methodist Peace Award
DURBAN, South Africa (UMNS) — Rosalind Colwill, a champion of mental health care in Nigeria, is the 2011 recipient of the Methodist Peace Award. She was at the World Methodist Conference in Durban Aug. 5 to receive her award from Dr John Barrett, the chair of the World Methodist Council.
New Common English Bible in third printing
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (UMNS) — The New Common English Bible translation is now in its third printing and totals 500,000 copies in print, including the New Testament-only editions released a year ago, the Christian Newswire reports. The Common English Bible is the work of 120 biblical scholars from 24 denominations. The Bible is published by Abingdon Press, an imprint of the United Methodist Publishing House.
Lead Women Pastors make recommendations
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (UMNS) — The Lead Women Pastors' Project, an effort begun in 2008 that aimed to increase the number of United Methodist clergywomen appointed to large churches, has completed both the research phase and a mentoring program. Those involved in the project are making several recommendations to bishops, cabinets and the United Methodist Board of Higher Education and Ministry.
U. of Memphis to begin classes at Lambuth
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (UMNS) — The University of Memphis will begin offering classes at what was formerly Lambuth University in Jackson, Tenn., on Aug. 27, the official start of the university's fall 2011 semester. The Lambuth University property is being transferred to the governance of the Tennessee Board of Regents. Lambuth, a United Methodist-related school, ceased operating this summer after struggles with its finances and accreditation.
London Methodists offer help in riots
LONDON (UMNS) — As rioting in areas of London continued into a third night, the Rev. Jenny Impey, chair of the London District of the Methodist Church, issued a statement saying, "Many people across London and elsewhere are counting the cost of the destruction on our streets. Our churches, which are at the heart of the communities affected, want to play their part in partnership with others to bring healing and peace to those areas, and demonstrate that this city is a place of peaceful, diverse and vibrant communities." The minister of St. Mark's Methodist Church in High Road, Tottenham, joined other Christian leaders Aug. 8 to offer support to victims.
Staying connected with college students
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (UMNS) — Congregations routinely celebrate college-bound youth with farewell gifts and parties featuring slideshows of preschool Christmas pageants, high school mission trips and almost everything in-between. But youth leaders and pastors who want to extend the relationship into the months and years ahead often struggle to find the right approach.
Bible capturing young reader interest
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (UMNS) — Soon after retired schoolteacher Shirley Barber taught the first-grade Sunday school class at St. Luke's United Methodist Church, she recommended the church begin presenting Bibles to first-graders, rather than waiting until the children reached third grade. Interpreter magazine reports that as more children learn to read earlier, some churches are presenting Bibles and introducing them to verses and prayers at a younger age.
French course of study opens ministry training
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (UMNS) — United Methodist pastors are now being trained in Côte d'Ivoire, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Senegal, Cameroon, France, Switzerland and in the Haitian community in Florida using the French Course of Study, a project begun in 2005. "For Tanzania, Burundi and Rwanda, the trainers still have to be educated to use the program. As the situation develops, we will probably also introduce it in Algeria in Northern Africa," said Bishop Patrick Streiff, who worked with the United Methodist Board of Higher Education and Ministry and Board of Global Ministries in convening the group that eventually drafted the Course of Study for training pastors in French-speaking areas.
Church community forgives teen vandalism
RICEVILLE, Tenn. (UMNS) — Two 16-year-old boys on a summer night: What compels them to break into a pretty, white church on a country road to paint hateful language and symbols on the walls? “It made me sick to my stomach — and angry,” says the Rev. John Crabtree, pastor at Jones Chapel United Methodist Church, referring to the vandalism. “These are not the kind of thoughts that cross the average person’s mind.” However, within a week after the discouraging discovery, the boys who had committed the acts were working side-by-side with church members who were working on forgiveness.
Drought one factor in Africa famine
DADAAB, Kenya (UMNS) — Habiba Abdi Hassan walked across the East African desert for 30 days, battling hunger, wild animals, and bandits before arriving at the Dadaab refugee complex in northern Kenya. Back home in the Middle Juba Valley of Somalia, it hadn’t rained in more than two years, and most of her family’s animals had died. So she left her husband to care for the remaining goats and set off with her four children on a journey of desperation and hope.
UMW ‘Mission Reconciliation’ begins Aug. 13
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (UMNS) — Hundreds of women from across the United States will gather to learn and take action on racism, immigration and other justice issues for the United Methodist Women’s National Seminar event, Mission: Reconciliation, Aug. 13-17 in Birmingham. National Seminar is a social justice leadership development event conducted every four years in which United Methodist Women members renew their commitment to know God and to join in the local and global mission of justice and advocacy hospitality.
‘Rethink Immigration’ resources ready Monday
NASHVILLE, Tenn.(UMNS) — Beginning Aug.15, Rethink Church will help you to rethink immigration by offering a free package of materials to use in many different ways. The package will feature a 12-minute video about Jasmine, a Michigan teen who found solace in The United Methodist Church when the complications of immigration left her alone. The package also includes bulletin graphics, promotional poster designs and newspaper ads to help you advertise to your community. Supplementary resources including videos to use all year in Sunday school or in worship as sermon illustrations, study material for Sunday schools or neighborhood Bible studies, and informational pieces to help jump-start a new understanding of immigration also will be included. A DVD is available for the cost of shipping.
DREAM Sabbath Sunday toolkit available
NEW YORK (UMNS) — A free downloadable toolkit is available to help congregations participate in the DREAM Sabbath on a Sunday between Sept. 16 and Oct. 9. The packet includes planning resources, sacred readings, reflections, links to videos and sample bulletin inserts. The United Methodist Council of Bishops Committee on Immigration, the United Methodist Interagency Immigration Task Force and the Board of Church & Society encourage congregations to observe a DREAM Sabbath. The interfaith observance will enlist churches, synagogues and mosques across the country to dedicate time during or around their regular weekly worship service to a conversation about the DREAM Act, which is intended to rectify an injustice in U.S. immigration law.
Church delegation visits South Sudan
NEW YORK (UMNS) — A seven-member United Methodist delegation visited the state of Northern Bahr el Ghazal, South Sudan, to assess primary needs in the world’s newest nation, hosted by the United Methodist Committee on Relief’s NGO office there. The delegation identified immediate needs for life-sustaining support, including food security; nutrition; water, sanitation and hygiene; community-based health care and primary education.
Gilbert’s Gleanings: Pray for those beyond your touch
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (UMNS) — The latest picture of my grandson shows a plump, peaceful almost-4-month-old boy blissfully sleeping on a soft brown blanket. Most days since his birth May 10, I get one of these pictures from my daughter snapped with her cell-phone camera. Four of the dearest words to me these days are, “You have picture mail." But it is another baby picture I saw recently that haunts me. In her new blog, Gilbert’s Gleanings, UMNS writer Kathy Gilbert reflects on the difficulties she has seen children facing around the world.
' href='News_Detail.asp?ID=2866'>United Methodist News Service Weekl... 8/15/2011
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' href='News_Detail.asp?ID=2863'>North Coast District E-News 8/10/2011
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"slavery or practices similar to slavery, the sale or trafficking of children, debt bondage or serfdom; the forcible recruitment of children for use in warfare; the involvement of children in drug trafficking; and work that is likely to harm children's health, safety, or morals."
Most of the exploitative labor done by children is in agriculture (60 percent), followed by services (26 percent), and industry (7 percent), according to the DOL. But some industries are definitely worse than others.
The U.S. Department of Labor has identified some of the most common products manufactured or harvested using children and the countries that exploit them. (Listed below.)
Be aware of products that are being produced by children and make every attempt to not purchase them. Remember to keep the children of the world in your prayers.
Area rugs and carpets produced in Afghanistan, India, Iran, Nepal and Pakistan.
Cocoa produced in Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea and Nigeria.
Coal mined in China, Colombia, Mongolia, North Korea, Pakistan and Ukraine.
Diamonds mined from Angola, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone and Zimbabwe.
Many garments produced in Argentina, China, India, Jordan, Malaysia and Thailand.
Rice harvested from Brazil, Burma, Dominican Republic, India, Kenya, Mali, Philippines and Uganda.
Cattle farms are worked by children in Bolivia, Brazil, Chad, Ethiopia, Lesotho, Namibia, Paraguay, Uganda and Zambia.
Coffee produced in Colombia, Cote d'ivoire, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Guinea, Honduras, El Salvador, Kenya, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Tanzania and Uganda.
Bricks produced in Afghanistan, Argentina, Bangladesh, Brazil, Burma, Cambodia, China, Ecuador, India, Nepal, North Korea, Pakistan, Peru, Uganda and Colombia.
Tobacco produced in Argentina, Brazil, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kyrgyz Republic, Lebanon, Malawi, Mexico, Mozambique, Nicaragua, Philippines, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia.
Sugarcane produced in Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Kenya, Mexico, Pakistan, Panama, Philippines, Thailand and Uganda.
Cotton produced in Argentina, Azerbaijan, Benin, Brazil, Burkina Faso, China, Egypt, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Pakistan, Paraguay, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Zambia.
Gold mined in Bolivia, Burkina Faso, Colombia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ecuador, Ghana, Guinea, Indonesia, Mali, Mongolia, Nicaragua, Niger, North Korea, Peru, Philippines, Senegal and Tanzania.
' href='News_Detail.asp?ID=2842'>Advocate for Children...with Shoppi... 6/21/2011
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Get Reel
Next time you need to replace your lawn mower; consider a reel mower (push mower). Push mowers used to be heavy, clunky contraptions which required great effort in cutting the lawn. Today’s reel mowers operate much more effectively with a fraction of the effort. The added benefits include a good light exercise and quiet, pollution-free lawn care. Consider the advantages of a reel mower:
- Better Cut: Reel mowers shear the grass rather than tearing it. Many rotary mowers tear the grass which leaves the tips shredded, and can cause the tips to turn brown. A sheared cut gives a greener lawn, and is preferred by lawn care professionals.
- Quiet: You can cut the lawn anytime without disturbing the neighbors or the wildlife. Listen to the birds as you cut the lawn!
- Non-polluting: The savings in fuel is significant to both the environment and your wallet. No more dead spark plugs, messy oil changes or stored fuel.
- Easier: Today's reel mowers are lighter, easier to push and more effective than the old push mowers. The light weight also makes it easier to move from front to back yard, or lift into a pickup.
- Low maintenance: Aside from the occasional drop of oil and blade sharpening, there's little maintenance required. Some models have blades made of hardened steel which do not require sharpening. These blades will last up to ten years before needing replacement.
- Inexpensive: With prices ranging from $100 to $350, the cost of a reel mower is less than half that of a lower-end power mower.
If you feel your yard is too large to switch exclusively to a reel mower perhaps you can use it in addition to your gas powered mower. Use the reel mower in hard to maneuver spots or have a helper use the reel mower and make the grass cutting chore move twice as fast. Purchasing a reel mower might be the biggest environmental savings can make for your home.
Tips for Sustainable Lawn Care
Water early in the morning.
Leaving clippings on the lawn provides nutrients (nitrogen, phosphorus) equivalent to one application of fertilizer. Clippings do not cause thatch.
Sharpen mower blades at least once a year. You can tell when your mower blades are dull by looking at the grass tips. If they are brown and ragged, your blades are dull. Sharp mower blades not only make your lawn look greener, they help develop a healthier lawn.
Fertilize once or twice a year. Fertilizing in early fall promotes vigorous lawn growth the next spring. Consider purchasing organic fertilizer or calling in a natural lawn care company.
Convert your lawn to a drought-resistant, low-maintenance eco-lawn. Conventional lawn seed was originally developed to be fast-growing for the purpose of feeding livestock. Newly developed "eco-lawn" grass seed is a drought-resistant blend of grasses that requires little or no mowing and no fertilizer. To switch to this kind of lawn, simply cut your existing lawn as short as possible and overseed with eco-lawn seed.
Control lawn weeds with corn gluten, a nontoxic byproduct of corn processing. Corn gluten acts as a pre-emergent weed controller while adding nitrogen to your soil. After just one application, corn gluten reduced weed survival by 60%, according to research at Iowa State University and after several years, this method provides as much as 90% weed control.
Keep pesticide/herbicide use to a minimum. Pesticides kill the soil organisms which contribute to a healthy lawn. The sooner you remove harsh chemicals, the faster your soil will recover. Repeated past use of toxic chemicals may have destroyed the microbiotic life that exists in healthy soil; it will take time, at least a season, for the soil to begin to recover.
Try 'spot-treating' weeds with vinegar to minimize herbicide use. Where only a few scattered broadleaf weeds such as dandelions or plantain are present, consider spot-treating individual weeds with household vinegar rather than applying a broadcast treatment of an herbicide over the entire lawn. Mix 5 parts white vinegar, 2 parts water, 1 part dish soap, and apply with a hand pump sprayer. (Vinegar can burn grass and garden plants and lower your soil’s pH so be sure to spot treat weeds only.)
Physically pulling or cutting weeds is also effective; remove as much of the root system as possible to reduce the chance of re-growth.
Problem with lawn grubs? For lawn grubs, there is a natural remedy called milky spore. The granules are spread on the soil and cause the grubs to contract a disease that kills them. Only the grubs are affected, leaving beneficial organisms unharmed. Milky spore multiplies over time and will sit inactive, waiting for grubs to infect. One treatment is said to last 40 years. The grubs are actually the larvae of Japanese beetles. So, when you kill the grubs you kill the beetle.
Rake by hand. If the clippings are too long and must be raked, try hand raking. This light aerobic exercise will save you a trip to the gym. If you have fallen leaves to rake, don't burn them - they make excellent mulch for flower or garden beds, or can be added to your compost pile where they'll be converted to rich, organic humus for the garden.
Organic Fertilizer
With fertilizers, organic is preferable to chemicals. The advantages of organic fertilizers include:
- Better for the soil: provides organic matter essential for microorganisms. It is one of the building blocks for fertile soil rich in humus.
- Nutrient release: slow and consistent at a natural rate that plants are able to use. No danger of over concentration of any element, since microbes must break down the material.
- Trace minerals: typically present in a broad range, providing more balanced nutrition to the plant.
- Won't burn: safe for all plants with no danger of burning due to salt concentration.
- Long lasting: doesn't leach out since the organic matter binds to the soil particles where the roots have access to it.
Fewer applications required: once a healthy soil condition is reached, it is easier to maintain that level with less work.
- More economical: organic fertilizer will cost you about 5 cents per square foot, per season. Compare that to the cost of the most popular chemical fertilizers, which costs 15 cents per square foot, or three times as much.
Each month, The Good Word highlights a social just issue and action that you can take to be a blessing to our brothers and sisters in Christ. What issues are important to you? Do you have suggestions for future topics?
' href='News_Detail.asp?ID=2825'>Caring for Creation: Rethink Lawn C... 5/26/2011
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Sunday, July 31:
The Case for God, a National Bestseller
by Karen Armstrong, author of A History of God
www.charterforcompassion.org
Moving from the Paleolithic age to the present, Karen Armstrong details the great lengths to which humankind has gone in order to experience a sacred reality that it called by many names. Focusing especially on Christianity but including Judaism, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, and Chinese spiritualities, Armstrong examines the diminished impulse toward religion in our own time, when a significant number of people either want nothing to do with God or question the efficacy of faith. Why has God become unbelievable? Why is it that atheists and theists alike now think and speak about God in a way that veers so profoundly from the thinking of our ancestors? Answering these questions with the same depth of knowledge and profound insight that have marked all her acclaimed books, Armstrong makes clear how the changing face of the world has necessarily changed the importance of religion at both the societal and the individual level.
Sunday, August 28:
Speaking Christian: Why Christian Words Have Lost Their Meaning and Power – and How They Can Be Restored
by Marcus Borg, author of The Heart of Christianity
www.marcusjborg.com
Modern Christians are steeped in a language so distorted that it has become a stumbling block to the religion, says internationally renowned Bible scholar Marcus J. Borg. Borg argues that Christianity’s important words, and the sacred texts and stories in which those words are embedded, have been narrowed by a modern framework for the faith that emphasizes sin, forgiveness, Jesus dying for our sins, and the afterlife. Here, Borg employs the “historical-metaphorical” method for understanding Christian language that can restore for us these words of power and transformation. In Speaking Christian, Borg delivers a language for twenty-first-century Christians that grounds the faith in its deep and rich original roots and allows it once again to transform our lives.
' href='News_Detail.asp?ID=2831'>Summer Book Discussion Group 5/26/2011
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Click here for the order form!
The soup will be sold in the Parlor and Fellowship Hall
between services and after the 11:00 am service.
Pre-orders are encouraged.
Proceeds benefit the many missions of the United Methodist Women here at Brecksville United Methodist Church.
' href='News_Detail.asp?ID=2741'>Soup Sunday 2/18/2011
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Disfigured- A Saudi Woman's Story of Triumph, Rania Al-Baz Rania Al-Baz was the smiling face of a family program on Saudi television. She was the first Saudi woman to have such a job when her abusive husband assaulted her. Her agreement to make pictures of her injuries public sparked criticism of Saudi culture, and as a result the first Saudi research into domestic violence began in Riyadh. Rania's memoir is not simply a story of the violence she suffered, nor is it a tale of revenge. It is a story of generosity of spirit, and of her evolution into an activist on behalf of women.
This Child Will Be Great - Memoir of a Remarkable Life by Africa's first Woman President, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf In January 2006, after the Republic of Liberia had been racked by fourteen years of brutal civil conflict, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf - Africa's "Iron Lady" was sworn in as president. In her stirring memoir, she shares the inside story of her rise to power, her early childhood, imprisonment and exile, and her fight for democracy and social justice. By sharing her story Sirleaf encourages women everywhere to pursue leadership roles at the highest levels of power, and gives us all hope that, with perseverance, we can change the world.
Inheriting the Trade - A Northern Family Confronts Its Legacy as the Largest Slave-Trading Dynasty in U.S. History, Thomas Norman DeWolf In 2001, Thomas DeWolf discovered that he was related to the most successful slave-trading family in U.S. history, responsible for transporting at least ten thousand Africans. This is his memoir of the journey in which ten family members retraced their ancestor's steps through the notorious triangle trade route - from New England to West Africa to Cuba - and uncovered the hidden slave trade history of New England and the other northern states.
Getting to the Heart of Interfaith-The Eye-Opening, Hope-Filled Friendship of a Pastor, a Rabbi & a Sheikh, Pastor Don Mackenzie, Rabbi Ted Falcon and Sheikh Jamal Rahman This deeply personal journey to interfaith collaboration offers hope for an inclusive and healing way of being together in the world. Interfaith Talk Radio's "interfaith amigos" provide a rich understanding of the road to collaboration by sharing their stories, challenges, and the inner spiritual work necessary to go beyond tolerance to a vital, inclusive spirituality.
' href='News_Detail.asp?ID=2711'>UMW Bookshelf 12/22/2010
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