I opened this storefront March 12, 2008 to stash some of my writing that might be of interest to others, including community columns I've written for the Greensboro News-Record and pieces I've written as a member of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers), and as an advocate for family-friendly end-of-life practices in caring for the dying and disposition of the body. Visit my other site, The Storyteller and the Listener,
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Print: $19.99 Download: $7.99 A compilation of North Carolinian and federal regulations related to the funeral industry, with searchable index, Q&A, and introduction to the North Carolina General Assembly. For funeral consumers, funeral providers, attorneys, legislators, journalists and other funeral industry observers.
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Print: $8.05 Download: $1.00 A compendium of useful information for your loved ones to guide them in faithfully carrying out your wishes for end of life care, care and disposition of your body after death, notifications of friends and others, the funeral or memorial service, obituaries and other details that need to be considered.
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Print: $7.01 Download: $1.25 The death of a loved one, even when expected, can be a source of added stress. So much must be done in such a short time! A thorough checklist of common tasks in the first two weeks following a death can help ease the strain on survivors. This checklist is especially designed for situations where the decedent did not provide complete instructions for after-death tasks before his or her death.
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Print: $11.03 Download: $5.00 This report for New Garden Friends Meeting in Greensboro, N.C., provides a context for how nurture of Friends' ministries has been understood through the years. It begins with a review of Friends' original practices, including the special relationship between the elder and the Gospel minister, and how the practice of recording began (and was eventually abandoned by some unprogrammed traditions). Then it focuses on recording practices as they evolved and diverged among North Carolina Quakers since the early 1800s. It concludes with some queries that invite corporate discernment by the monthly meeting around the issues of what ministry means, how it is identified, and how it can be nurtured. It calls for a classic Quaker view of ministry that is not confined to occupational offices. Though this report was written with one semi-programmed, progressive monthly meeting in mind, it would be of value to other monthly meetings wanting to explore new understandings of ministry and its nurture.
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Download: $1.00 These lyrics, to the tune of the familiar hymn "Love Divine, All Loves Excelling," express the liberal, Christ-centered, experimental, trusting perspective of its author, Holly Stevens, a North Carolina Quaker with roots in both programmed and unprogrammed traditions of the Religious Society of Friends. Its Creative Commons license permits unlimited copies for noncommercial purposes provided that copies retain the brief license statement at the bottom.
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