Nurturing for Community

Reading Program 2003

BREAKING BARRIERS: AN AFRICAN AMERICAN FAMILY AND THE METHODIST STORY (Slightly larger print)
Abingdon Press, 2001 133 pages
Angella Current #3305/$13.00

The story of United Methodist Bishop Leontine Turpeau Current Kelly, the first African-American woman to be elected bishop in a mainline Protestant denomination, is recounted by her daughter. The book is the history of a black family and its longtime passion for and involvement with Methodism.

DANCING IN A WHEELCHAIR: ONE FAMILY FACES HIV/AIDS
Abingdon Press, 2001 128 pages
Etta Mae Mutti & Fritz Mutti #3310/$10.00

The parents of two sons living with HIV/AIDS share how they confront their emotions, their faith and their vulnerability. Their insights are instructive to parents of gay and lesbian children, to people of faith who are seeking greater biblical understanding, and to all who struggle with the issue of homosexuality.

DAUGHTERS OF DIGNITY: AFRICAN WOMEN IN THE BIBLE AND THE VIRTUES OF BLACK WOMANHOOD
The Pilgrim Press, 2000 140 pages
LaVerne McCain Gill #3312/$17.00

This study of five virtues of Christian women describes how these virtues relate to African-American and all women of yesterday and today.

THE EVOLUTION OF THE AMERICAN PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL: FROM PREP SCHOOL TO PRISON TO NEW PARTNERSHIPS (Slightly larger print)
Abingdon Press, 2000 200 pages
Lyle E. Schaller #3317/$15.00

Using examples of what U.S. public high school was, is and can be, this book urges parents, school officials, public policymakers and churchwomen to envision and work toward a learning environment that is a source of joy for students and teachers. A resource for United Methodist Women’s Campaign for Children, Phase III.

FROM DEPRESSION TO WHOLENESS: THE ANATOMY OF HEALING
Cedar House Publishers, 2000 207 pages
Debbie Thurman #3325/$12.95

Author Debbie Thurman gives practical approaches to using the Bible for healing of depression. Through personal narrative and social commentary, this book takes the reader on an inward journey.

HOME ACROSS THE ROAD
Random House, 1999 249 pages
Nancy Peacock #3332/$11.95

This story is the drama of two families -- one black and one white -- and the North Carolina house that binds their lives together for more than 100 years.

MOTHERLAND: BEYOND THE HOLOCAUST
Penguin Putnam, 2000 190 pages
Fern Schumer Chapman #3347/$13.00

Motherland, a narrative of personal transformation, is a memoir as lyrical as a novel. As an examination of the legacy of war, the book probes pain that shatters nations, divides generations and outlives its perpetrators. It is also a story of mothers and daughters, of roots and reunion, of understanding.

MY GRANDFATHER'S BLESSINGS: STORIES OF STRENGTH, REFUGE AND BELONGING
Penguin Putnam, 2000 382 pages
Rachel Naomi Remen, M.D. #3349/$14.00

The author’s grandfather taught her that blessing one another is what fills our emptiness, heals our loneliness and connects us more deeply to life. This book guides readers to recognize and receive blessings and to bless the life in others. Also available on audiocassette.

THE SCALPEL AND THE SILVER BEAR: THE FIRST NAVAJO WOMAN SURGEON COMBINES WESTERN MEDICINE AND TRADITIONAL HEALING
Random House, 2000 201 pages
Lori Arviso Alvord, M.D. #3360/$13.95

A journey between two worlds, this book describes Dr. Lori Arviso Alvord’s struggles to bring modern medicine to the Navajo reservation in Gallup, N.M., and to bring the values of her people to the western health-care system.

SELF-NURTURE: LEARNING TO CARE FOR YOURSELF AS EFFECTIVELY AS YOU CARE FOR EVERYONE ELSE

Penguin Putnam,2000 306 pages
Alice D. Domar, Ph.D. #3361/$14.00

This book can help readers develop the same concern for themselves as they have for those they love. This book can help readers learn to nurture their bodies, minds and spirits. Also available on audiocassette.

SURPRISED BY CHILDREN: A MEMOIR: ONE MAN’S EMBRACE OF FATHERHOOD (Easy reading)
Zondervan Publishing, 2001 171 pages
Harold Myra #3368/$7.00

This book reveals the heartbreaking, hidden crisis of parentless children in U.S. society and demonstrates how love freely given results in love returned in a revelation of faith and hope, and a family’s redemptive embrace.

THANKS FOR THE MAMMOGRAM: FIGHTING CANCER WITH FAITH, HOPE, AND A HEALTHY DOSE OF LAUGHTER (Easy reading)
Baker Book House, 2000 170 pages
Laura Jensen Walker Hardcover/#3371/$13.00

Author Laura Jensen Walker shares how she and her husband faced her breast-cancer diagnosis with humor and faith in God. Faith and caring family and friends helped Ms. Walker deal with chemotherapy and mastectomy.

TOWERS OF HOPE: STORIES TO HELP US HEAL
Forest of Peace Publishing, Inc., 2002 218 pages
Joy Carol #3372/$13.95

Author Joy Carol recounts stories of people who have suffered and were able to respond by transforming what seemed like hopeless situations into healing experiences and personal triumph.

THE VIRTUES OF AGING
Random House, 1998 140 pages
Jimmy Carter #3377/$11.00

Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter shares his and his wife Roslyn Carter’s views on retirement and aging. Their insights include information on planning for aging with good health, happiness and well-being, and affirm that individuals can be of value to family and community at any age.