Front Runners (Niigaanibatowaad) (DVD)

At a special ceremony at the opening of the 1989 Pan Am Games in Winnipeg, Manitoba, seven First Nations men in their fifties entered the stadium in war canoes.  One of them held the Games torch.  In 1967 when Winnipeg first hosted the Pan American Games, ten outstanding athletic teenage boys were chosen to run 800 kilometers over an ancient message route with the Games torch.   When the runners arrived at the stadium, they were not allowed to enter with the torch.  Instead, a non-Aboriginal runner was given the honor.  Thirty-two years later, the province of Manitoba issued an official apology.

Nine of the ten men chosen for the 1967 Pan Am games torch run were from residential schools.  Niigaanibatowaad is about the segregation of the Aboriginal athletes and the despair and abuse suffered in the school system.

Niigaanibatowaad:  Front Runners is a story of survival, hope, reconciliation and a dream for a new beginning that transcends hatred and racism.

Simply Enough (DVD)

Tony Campolo and Shane Claiborne have created an intensely personal dialog about the foundations of the Christian life and voluntary simplicity.  This pointed-yet-hopeful video has current relevance to the yearnings of today's Christian. 

Several prophetic musicians contribute pertinent songs.

This DVD contains 6 segments:

Lifestyle

Food

Celebrations

Stuff

Money

Justice  

Rediscovering the Labyrinth (DVD)

Join the Reverend Dr. Lauren Artress, author of Walking a Sacred Path, as she presents this remarkable tool for transformation.  From ancient origins to contemporary applications, the labyrinth is a crucible for change, a blueprint for the sacred meeting of psyche and soul, a field of light, a cosmic dance.

Peace DVD – Especially for Youth

This DVD has 6 Sessions: 

Session 1 - Peace with God

Four Spiritual Truths

Parable of the Workers in the Field

Session 2 - Peace and Community

Calling for Peace

Building a Community (habitat)

Challenge Day

Little Grill Collective

Just a Cup of Coffee?

Session 3 - Peace and the Earth

Glen Eco Farm

Food Choices for Peace

This Little Tomato Went to Market

Session 4 - Peace and Service

I Traveled to Ireland (Youth Venture)

Deo in Denver

Playing for Peace

Peace and Justice

Oriented to Serve

A Hand Extended

We Want You

Session 5 - Peace and Nation

The Price of Conscience

Drawing the Line

Department of Peace

I Pledge Allegiance

An Act of the Peace Chiefs

Session 6 - Bits and Peaces

Battle of the Scissors

Singing for Peace

Spiritual Truths 2

A Land Twice Promised – (DVD)

Storyteller Noa Baum, an Israeli who began a heartfelt dialogue with a Palestinian woman while living in the United States, weaves together their memories and their mothers' stories.  She creates a moving testimony illuminating the complex and contradictory history and emotions that surround Jerusalem for Israelis and Palestinians alike.

What’s God Up To?  (DVD)

Amy-Jill Levine asks questions about familiar Bible stories, causing them to lose their familiarity so we can consider them anew.  One of Levine's colleagues said if she offered a course in the phone book, 50 students would sign up.  You'll see why as you discover the David and Bathsheba story from Uriah's point of view and revisit the story of Jesus' encounter with the Canaanite woman from her perspective. 

This DVD contains 6 sessions:

1.  The Temptation in the Garden

2.  The Sacrifice of Isaac

3.  David and Bathsheba

4.  The Prodigal Son

5.  The Canaanite Woman

6.      Jesus with Mary and Martha

SAFE Sanctuaries for Children and Youth (DVD)

Attorney and United Methodist clergyperson Joy Thornburg Melton, brings this informative DVD to help Christian clergy and laity assess risk and implement processes to reduce the likelihood of abuse in their congregations.   

This DVD has 3 sessions:

1.  Why?  The reality of sexual abuse; the scriptural basis for our response; recognizing various kinds of abuse; the impact of abuse on victims, abusers, families, friends, and congregations; statistics (more than 3 million reported cases a year) and insurance and liability issues.

2.  How?  Evaluating the risk in your church; establishing abuse-prevention policies; recruiting, screening, and hiring workers; guidelines for volunteers; and day-to-day procedures for safety.

3.  Reporting and Responding - A plan for legal reporting; responding to the victim, to the victim's family, to the news media, to insurance agents, and possibly to the abuser and the abuser's family; and support ministries.

Paradise Lost – The Religious Life of Charles Darwin (DVD)

Spanning the fields of science, theology, sociology, and philosophy, Paradise Lost tells the story of one man's struggle to comprehend a world explained both by religion and by the science that bears his name.

Affectionately Yours, Screwtape (DVD)

The Screwtape Letters, a thin volume of imaginative letters between two devils, has given millions of reader’s insight into conquering everyday spiritual struggles.  Biblical, historical and cultural depictions of Satan and hell gain a deeper understanding of the nature of temptation and redemption.

This DVD can be viewed as a documentary or as a five-part study for small groups.

Embracing Aging – Families Facing Change (DVD)

Change and getting older is inevitable.  So how can we make it the best it can be?  Families, experts and "wise ones" share insights on aging, housing choices, facing illness, and cooperating as siblings in the care of aging parents.   Residents of a co housing community for those over 55 offer attractive alternative for the aging years.