Be the Change: Poems, Prayers, and Meditations for Peacemakers and Justice Seekers

by Stephen M. Shick

This collection is designed to inspire and sustain activists and others who are working for a better world. Shick draws on his four decades of activist experience to offer motivation and encouragement to those just starting out as well as reflections and insights to veteran justice-seekers. Brimming with poignant and inspirational quotations and verse from Jesus to Shakespeare to Edna St. Vincent Millay, Rachel Carson and Maya Angelou.

128 pages, Paperback

First published March 9, 2009

Reviews

[Naomi · Rating 4 out of 5]

A collection of fine reflections, litanies, and prayers, this is a great resource for religious leaders and could form the basis of several years of reflections, prayers and poems to begin meetings for congregational leaders, as well as for incorporation in worship. Very small congregations and house churches may find this book also a useful worship resource as the spoken portion of many worship services could be pulled together easily and simply with Shick's arrangement of reflection, prayer, and responsive readings.

[Nan · Rating 2 out of 5]

Okay. Maybe it's me, not the book. I shall buy no more meditation manuals. They all seem to be incredibly self-indulgent. This one seems to be no exception.