Living more with less: Study/action guide,Used

Product Description Following the outline of "Living More with Less," there is a session on each of the five principles set forth in Part 1: Do Justice, Learn from the World Community, Nurture People, Cherish the Natural Order, Nonconform Freely; followed by sessions on each of the ten topics covered in Part 2: Money, Clothes, Homes, Homekeeping, Transportation and Travel, Celebrations, Recreation, Meetinghouses, Eating Together, Strengthing Each Other. After some introductory material, plans are outlined for 17 sessions. Each session plan contains Goals, Questions for study and reflection, Actions to undertake (either in class or at home), Resources for further study, and Suggestions for Bible study. A Leader's Resource section at the back of the book contains quizzes, choral readings and other resources referred to in the session plans. Possible uses include Sunday school elective, small support or accountability groups, family cluster or intergenerational groups, workshops, retreats or seminars. One creative idea would be to involve the whole congregation in a study that would include both worship/celebration/motivation and a study hour. "Living More with Less" is a book that asks for change. The goal of this study guide is to integrate study and life. Instead of creating guilt about our lifestyles, it offers hope by breaking down concern into manageable steps toward change. Review "...how to affect change... deals with economic decisions about housing, jobs and clothing... offers alternatives to America's unrestrained consumerism. Church Woman"...mind expanding and life changing... designed to help persons move from concern and knowledge to action and change." Church Woman"...practical, uncomplicated for the most part, with a lot of fun mixed in many for intergenerational use." Mennonite Reporter"Designed for both personal reflection and group interaction the strength of this guide is in its emphasis on the possible." Church Woman"Inspiring and useful so many new ideas for creative action... vision and support for right acting in living simply." Provident Book Finder From the Publisher Started in 1973 as a protest against the commercialism of Christmas, ALTERNATIVES has thrived producing books, videos, and workshops that encourage people to examine and challenge the consumer society. Its aim is to promote living justly and celebrating responsibly, by offering resources featuring creative, simple ideas. From the Author Journal Entry, August 11, 1980 Lord, give me your Holy Spirit, your people in a new and fresh way, that what is done might enhance the usefulness of Doris' book. Let the study guide be such that we might account for one another, that we might support one another, that we might become one with each other that your kingdom might come, your will be done on earth.... I envision this study guide as a spur to action, a way to feel with each other, a help to decisionmaking, a bridge to deeper involvement in each other's lives. Journal Entry, November 10, 1980 God, you know how easy it is for other things to crowd writing out. As I begin this morning to lay the study guide out in its final form, guide my mind and hands and heart. Let it bring out the best wine in Doris' book; let it be celebrative, enjoyable, lifechanging for me and for those who read and use it. Journal Entry, Advent, 1998 Never did I imagine when I blithely said Yes to Gerald Iversen's request to revise this study/action guide, that it would take so long or be so productive. I'm simply amazed at all that is being done by so many organizations, publications and people around the world. Yet, I also stand convicted at how easy it is for me (and others) to slip back into ways of affluence and greed. Bless, O Lord, these revisions and additions. May they go forth as seed sown on good ground, yielding thirty and sixty and an hundred fold. It is exciting to think of a world where justice and love prevail