New Garden Community Church

Unitarian Universalist Faith Community

on Chicago's Near West Side

"The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice."    - Rev. Theodore Parker, 1859

 

 

 

 

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Lending Library

 

 

New Garden owns a number of books and films we lend to members and friends.  

 

books:

Don't Think of an Elephant, by George Lakoff - how you talk about your ideas can make all the difference whether people can really hear what you are saying.

The Great Turning:  From Empire to Earth Community, by David Korten - 

Four Spiritualities, by Peter Tufts Richardson - based on Meyers-Briggs/ Jungian types.

Nonviolent Communication, by Marshall Rosenberg - an introduction to the ideas and practice of NVC - how to communicate better with family, friends and at work.

Nonviolent Communication in Spanish.

Proverbs of Ashes, by Rebecca Parker and Rita N. Brock - 

The Powers That Be, by Walter Wink - 

Soul Work, ed. Marjorie Bowens Wheatley

Soulful Sundown, Marlin Lavanhar - creating evening services that appeal to young adults.

Start Making Sense, ed. Alternet

 

films:

"Wilderness Journey" - a film by Ron Cordes - about the UU Black Empowerment movement, ca. 1970.  2003, VHS.

"The Postman"

"Tribes and Bridges" - storytelling to heal race divisions.  VHS.

 

 

 

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