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Books and Other Products
| Welcome to the PeerSpirit online store! Enjoy browsing our collection of books, tapes, and booklets (all prices are listed in US Dollars). You may order any item through our secure shopping cart simply by clicking its "Order Now" button. Please contact us if you have any questions or if we may be of help. |
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 Storycatcher: Making Sense of Our Lives through the Power and Practice of Story(New World Library 2005, Hardcover $23.95, Paperback $14.95) Story is the heart of language. Story emotionally moves us to love and hate and can motivate us to change the whole course of our lives. Story can lift us beyond the borders of our individuality to imagine realities of other people, times, and places. Storytelling -- both oral tradition and written word -- is the foundation of being human. Christina Baldwin, one of the visionaries who started the personal writing movement, explores the vital necessity of re-creating a sacred common ground for each other’s stories. Each chapter in Storycatcher is carried by a fascinating tale—about family, friends, organizations or communities. This book passionately calls for humanity to hang onto its love of reading and writing and its understanding that story is our soul. Learn more at http://storycatcher.net.
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Lifelines: How Personal Writing Can Save Your Life (Sounds True: Cassette Tape Set [6 tapes] $59.95; or CD Set [6 cds]: $69.95) Writing is a 'lifeline,' teaches Christina Baldwin. It can guide you through life's transitions, reveal parts of your self yearning to be expressed, and even transmit the essence of who you are to inspire future generations. On Lifelines, the visionary who started the personal writing movement shows you how to save your life in all these ways and more - with only a pen and paper. When Baldwin's first book, One to One: Self-Understanding through Journal Writing, was published in 1977, the Library of Congress had to create a new category for her pioneering work. Since that time, through her workshops, retreats, and seminars, Baldwin has worked with tens of thousands of people. For thirty years, she has been expanding her knowledge of the ways writing can organize your life, reveal the deeper meaning in life experiences, and map uncharted territories within you. Now, for the first time, you have access to Christina Baldwin's most powerful techniques, together in one comprehensive course: Lifelines: How Personal Writing Can Save Your Life. |
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The Seven Whispers, A Spiritual Practice for Times Like These (New World Library 2002, Softcover $14.00) In this work, Christina Baldwin shares the wisdom gained from listening to the voice of her inner spirit. Each chapter centers on a meditative phrase, such as "Maintain peace of mind," and "Move at the pace of guidance." In seven exquisitely crafted essays Christina helps the reader develop their own spiritual practice. A study guide is also available for download from this web site.   |
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Calling the Circle, the First and Future Culture, Christina Baldwin (Bantam, 1998, $16.00). Christina incorporates the personal essay as teaching tool and offers a book of extraordinary hope and challenge. This is the book that serves as the foundation stone for PeerSpirit work. The book grounds the universality of circles in past culture and teaches readers ways to practice calling the circle at home, in community, and in the workplace. Circle work is a dynamic field: new edition is extensively revised from the 1994 original.
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| Life's Companion, Journal Writing as a Spiritual Quest, Christina Baldwin (Bantam, 1990, $17.00) This newly revised version of Christina’s classic retains all the elements 90,000 readers have come to love—with a few nods to the changing landscape of journal writing—laptops, blogging, and oh the smell of fountain pen ink on bound-book pages. If you’ve loved the book before, buy it for the next generation of journal writers around you and treat yourself to a fresh copy. The book offers twenty-four personal essays on aspects of spiritual life, with quotes and journal excerpts, and writing exercises presented on facing pages alongside the text. The first National Journal Writing Conference in spring 1991 launched this book, and the return of that conference in June 2008 will launch the revision and the paperback version of Storycatcher. (Visit the journal conference website for more information.) |
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| Deep Water Passage, A Spiritual Journey at Mid-life, Ann Linnea, (Pocketbook 1997, $12.95) This is the story of Ann's heroic and soul-baring voyage battling the biggest lake on the planet for insight and survival. A gripping tale of personal courage and honest self-review, it also serves as a metaphor for many kinds of mid-life passages, honoring both women and men. |
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| Teaching Kids to Love the Earth - 186 Outdoor Activities for Parents and Other Teachers; Marina Lachecki Herman, Joseph F. Passineau, Ann Linnea Schimpf, Paul Treuer (Pfeifer-Hamilton, Inc., 1991, $17.95) This is Ann's first book, written with fellow teachers of Sense of Wonder Workshops for parents and children. Winner of one national and several regional environmental awards, the book is in its 12th printing, a recognized leader in the field of environmental education. Teaching Kids is a gentle guide to exploring the natural world with a sense of discovery and curiosity, a great gift for anyone taking children outdoors. |
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The booklets below are self-published by PeerSpirit and are only available from us. Single copy and quantity prices are listed. Please contact us at (360) 331-3580 for orders of 50 booklets or more. |
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| A Guide to PeerSpirit Circling, Christina Baldwin & Ann Linnea (PeerSpirit, revised 1996). Single copies $7.00 (10 or more $6.00/each). This thirty page booklet contains the core "how to" material from Calling the Circle. The booklet provides easy access to the structure of PeerSpirit circling for those who need a quick reference guide or want to provide basic knowledge to a group. Without embellishment in essay or story, it informs readers how to set intention, call a group together, make agreements, define purpose and set the circle in motion. There is a section for sustaining the circle and responding to the circle in trouble. |
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| A Harvest of Years -- A PeerSpirit Guide for Proactive Aging Circles, Cynthia Trenshaw (PeerSpirit, 2004) Single copies $7.00 (10 or more $6.00/each). "Who will care for me when I'm old? Is it too late to prepare for my aging? Am I the only one who yearns for conversations of substance? How can I gather a supportive community?" Many people beyond midlife hunger for a group to share reflections on these questions. This booklet describes how to create such a proactive aging circle using PeerSpirit structure. It answers questions about getting started and choosing participants. It suggests topics of conversation and provides guidelines for maintaining a thriving group dynamic. The booklet is written for people wanting to call their own circle and for people working with issues of aging, health, and spiritual care. |
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| PeerSpirit Council Management, Christina Baldwin & Ann Linnea (PeerSpirit, 1999); single copies $5.00 (10 or more, $4.00 each) Imagine that you have been invited to attend a business meeting, or that you are calling a meeting, that is held in council. This booklet provides the basic structure to allow you to attend and/or lead the council in business. |
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| PeerSpirit Circling in Congregational Life, by Rev. Dr. Craig Gilliam and Christina Baldwin; Single copies $5.00 (10 or more, $4.00 each). This addition to the PeerSpirit booklet series addresses ways that circle process can help congregations build healthy, mature, vibrant faith communities. In addition, the booklet offers suggestions and possible components for sustaining effective committee/board meetings that honor God's Spirit and reflect the shared values of the faith community. Most of all, the process and booklet offers a different model for being and doing congregational community together-in a radically simple way, so that deeper connections are made and new insights and wisdom surface. Though the language is framed toward Christian congregations, the understanding of the methodology is equally applicable in Jewish, Buddhist, and Muslim communities. Congregational leaders, both clergy and lay, will find the booklet helps them think about circle as a new way of doing church business and of holding sacred space for conversations that build compassionate connection and deeper community. |
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| PeerSpirit Circling for Nursing Leadership, by Pamela Austin Thompson & Christina Baldwin; Single copies $7.00 (10 or more, $6.00 each) Christina Baldwin has collaborated with the CEO of the American Organization of Nurse Executives (AONE), Pamela Austin Thompson, to illustrate the application of PeerSpirit circle process in hospital settings. The booklet explores the need for nurse leaders to support the development of a culture of communication from the administrative level to the direct care nurses. The booklet is being used as a training module by the association, in nursing schools, and applied in hospital and related medical settings.
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| Understanding Shadow and Projection in Circles and Groups, by Meredith Jordan and Christina Baldwin; Single copies $5.00 (10 or more, $4.00 each) This collaborative booklet succinctly defines and describes the covert energies in circle work-- those aspects of self, personal need and agenda that people bring to a meeting without awareness. This booklet raises consciousness of the impact of what’s not being talked about, and provides stories, exercises and suggestions for keeping a circle accountable to both interpersonal integrity and appropriate task.
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