| General Discussion Topic Suggestions |
- God for us is ...
- Jesus for us is ...
- We remain Catholic (or whatever your religious tradition is) because ...
- How do we deal with conflict?
- How do changes in life affect us?
- Departures and losses in life - learning to let go.
- The seasons of our lives - the meaning of aging.
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- Gifts in our lives.
- Ritualizing important events in our lives.
- How to live simply.
- Prayer in our lives.
- Work in our lives.
- What we have learned from our life experience.
- What my baptism means to me.
- Thoughts and feelings about death.
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| Scripture/Faith Discussion Resources |
- Gospel Alive! Lectionary Reflections and Activities For Families & Communities
3 issues a year: Fall, Winter, Spring
*Available from Tom - Quest
Lectionary resource. Each weekly unit includes prayer, focus questions, faith sharing questions and suggested actions.
*Available from Tom - Sunday by Sunday. Lectionary-based Reflection For Adults
Weekly issues.
*Available from Tom
- Serendipity Bible(has discussion questions throughout)
- Great River Earth Institute Discussion Courses: "Deep Ecology", "Voluntary Simplicity", "Bioregional Perspective"
*Available from Tom
- Simpler Living, Compassionate Life with Henry Nouwen, Richard Foster, and others. Edited and compiled by Michael Schur. Living the Good News, 2000. $14.95 paperback (ISBN: 1-889108-62-6).
- "In Search of Belief" by Joan Chittister, O.S.B. Ligouri/Triumph, 1999. $15.95 paperback
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- Reclaiming Spirituality by Diarmuid O'Murchu. Crossroad, 1998. $15.95 paperback.
- Super, Natural Christians: How We Should Love Nature by Sally McFague. Fortress Press, 1997
- Meeting Jesus Again for the First Time by Marcus J. Borg. HarperSanFrancisco, 1994.
- The God We Never Knew by Marcus J. Borg. Harper/San Francisco, 1997. $12 paperback.
- Hidden Women of the Gospels by Kathy Coffey. Crossroad, 1996. $15 paperback.
- Radical Grace by Richard Rohr. St. Anthony Messenger Press, 1995.
- Why Be Catholic? Understanding our Experience and Tradition by Richard Rohr and Joseph Martos. St. Anthony Messenger Press, 1989.
- Jesus' Plan for a New World. The Sermon on the Mount by Richard Rohr with John Bookser Feister. St. Anthony Messenger Press, 1996. $9.95 paperback.
- Amazing Grace: A Vocabulary of Faith by Kathleen Norris. Riverhead Books, 1998.
- The Cloister Walk by Kathleen Norris.
- Any book by Joyce Rupp, Henri Nouwen, Richard Rohr, Macrina Wiederkehr, Joan Chittister
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| Booklets |
- Landscapes of the Soul by Robert M. Hamma. Ave Maria Press ($9.95)
Finding a place to just be, to stop and think. Visual lithograph and exercises with each topic covered. - Living Scripture. Small Christian Communities and the Great Story by Rick Connor, Nora Petersen & Richard Rohr. Buena Vista, Inc.
* Available from Tom
- Opting for the Poor by Peter Henriot. S.J. Center of Concern, 1999. $5.95
- Mixed Blessings by Paula Ripple Comin. Ave Maria Press ($9.95)
Short reflections on 24 subjects including forgiveness, fear, gratitude, letting go, death. - Ritual. Celebrating the Sacred in the Ordinary by James Telthorst, Richard White & Felicia Wolf. Buena Vista, Inc.
* Available from Tom - Rummaging for God by Melannie Svoboda, SND. Twenty-Third Publications ($9.95)
Meditations about find God in everyday events and places. Questions and short closing prayers at the end of each meditation. - Seeking Justice. The Public Life of Faith in Small Christian Communities by Peter Eichten, Michael Cowan & Bernard Lee. Buena Vista, Inc.
* Available from Tom - Ubi Caritas. (where there is love and caring for others, there is GOD) by Barbara Howard and William D’Antonio. Buena Vista, Inc.
* Available from Tom
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| Videos |
- Break Forth Into Joy! Beyond a Consumer Lifestyle.
Alternatives (404-961-0102) ($35) - Buena Vista, Inc. Has a 7-title video series for and about SCC’s. An example is * available from Tom: Small Christian Communities: Imagine That!(22 min.), 1996. Contact them at scc.buenavista@compuserve.com
- Emerging Christologies by Monika Helwig and Curt Cadorette. (2 videos). 1996. $22.
- Affluenza PBS video
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| Social Action Resources |
- A long list of one-time or ongoing local volunteer opportunities for SCC’s are available from Tom, tsmith.myott@stjoan.com.
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