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 The agile church: spirit-led innovation in an uncertain age /Dwight J. Zscheile.  A groundbreaking and essential guide to opening up the concept of church and achieving spiritual renewal in the 21st century. Taking one page from the Bible and another from Silicon Valley, priest and scholar Dwight Zscheile brings theological insights together with cutting-edge thinking on organizational innovation to help churches flourish in a time of profound uncertainty and spiritual opportunity. In today’s dynamic cultural environment, churches have to be more than faithful—they have to be agile. That means embracing processes of trial, failure, and adaptation as they form a Christian community with new neighbors.

 Final report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada [electronic resource] /Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada. There is an emerging and compelling desire to put the events of the past behind us so that we can work towards a stronger and healthier future. The truth telling and reconciliation process as part of an overall holistic and comprehensive response to the Indian Residential School legacy is a sincere indication and acknowledgement of the injustices and harms experienced by Aboriginal people and the need for continued healing. This is a profound commitment to establishing new relationships embedded in mutual recognition and respect that will forge a brighter future. The truth of our common experiences will help set our spirits free and pave the way to reconciliation.

 Mr. Darcy’s decision: a sequel to Jane Austen’s Pride & Prejudice /Juliette Shapiro. Mr. Darcy’s Decision finds the newlyweds ( Elizabeth Bennett and Fitzwilliam Darcy) in their tumultuous first year of married life at Pemberley, entrenched in the frivolous social pressures of their prying friends and family. Written in a style that stays true to the author’s sardonic wit, Mr. Darcy’s Decision paints a vivid portrait of Regency society–full of romance, tragedy, humor, and intrigue.

The peacemaker: a biblical guide to resolving personal conflict /Ken Sande.  Sande presents a comprehensive and practical theology for conflict resolution designed to bring about not only a cease-fire but also unity and harmony. Sande takes readers beyond resolving conflicts to true, life-changing reconciliation with family members, coworkers, and fellow believers.  Biblically based, The Peacemaker is full of useful suggestions that are easily applied to any relationship needing reconciliation. Sande’s years of experience as an attorney and as president of Peacemaker Ministries will strengthen readers’ confidence as they stand in the gap as peacemakers.

Problems with people: stories /David Guterson. These ten wise, extraordinary tales explore the mysteries of love and our complex desire for connection. Spanning wide and diverse geographies–America, Nepal, South Africa, Germany–they showcase Guterson’s gifts for psychological nuance, emotional suspense, and evocation of the natural world.  Celebrating the surprises that lurk within the dramas of our daily lives, Problems with People marks the return of a contemporary American master to the form that launched his literary career.

Thomas Birch Freeman [electronic resource]: the son of an African  /F. Deaville Walker.  Freeman [1806-1890] was a English Wesleyan Missionary to the Gold Coast of West Africa  (Modern Benin, Ghana, Toga and Western Nigeria). His father was African and his mother English. He was the first missionary to visit the great cities of gold, He also observed the brutal atrocities of the slave trade that he fought. He was a peacemaker among Africans and between England and African kingdoms.

 

Truth and reconciliation report and recommendations [electronic resource] /respectfully submitted to the CFLA-FCAB Board of Directors by Camille Callison, Chair of the CFLA-FCAB Truth and Reconciliation Committee. As one of the Canadian Federation of Library Associations top priorities, the Truth & Reconciliation Committee was the first CFLA-FCAB committee formed. On February 1, 2017 this report was delivered to the incoming CFLAFCAB Board recommending further actions that should  be undertaken to support Indigenous (First Nations, Métis, and Inuit) peoples of Canada over the long term, including the formation of a Standing Committee on Indigenous Matters to further these recommendations.