Small Change, Big Deal: Money as if people mattered

Posted in Books John Hunt Publishing (Business Books)    It’s time to re-humanise money. As we consider the plight of our consumer-driven economy , it is easy to forget that money is about relationship: between individuals and between communities. In our current financial mess, it  is worth reminding ourselves of community-based alternatives, and to look closely at microcredit, a model of peer...
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Journey Home

Posted in Books ISBN 978-1-78099-151-1 . UK: £11.99; US: $24.95 O Books, 2012 http://johnhuntpublishing.com/   Originally published in 2010 with the title The O of  Home.  When Jennifer Kavanagh asked people at random, “What does the word home mean to you?” answers included a house, a community, a country, family life or “within me, wherever I am”. Many said that they had never had a home or...
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Simplicity Made Easy

Posted in Books  ISBN: 978-1-84694-543-4 UK: £6.99; US: $12.95 O Books, 2011 www.o-books.com Romanian rights sold to House of Guides.   In folk history and religion, from the Shakers to Zen, simplicity has generally been considered a good thing. Our own motivation may be to leave a smaller carbon footprint, to express a compassionate solidarity with those who have least; or simply to downsize. Whatever...
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The World is our Cloister

Posted in Books (O Books, 2007) ISBN: 978-1-84694-049-1 Dutch rights sold to Kosmos The dedicated religious life of monks and nuns has a fascination for many of us – at a distance. We live in the world we have, and it’s hard to figure out how to do it in a God-filled way. The World is Our Cloister is a guide to living the devotional life, not behind the walls of a monastery, but in the world. It’s...
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The Failure of Success: Redefining what matters

Posted in Books John Hunt Publishing (O Books) December 2012 How real is success?  Does dependence on material success condemn most of us to failure? From a wide range of answers and her own experience, Jennifer Kavanagh explores some of the stereotypes on which these concepts are based, and reveals what people feel really matters in their lives. There is a growing acceptance that failure can not only lead to...
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Call of the Bell Bird

Posted in Books (Quaker Books, 2004) ISBN: 9-789852-453650 £10 This is the story of two journeys:  a physical journey round the world (in the year of 9/11) and a spiritual journey. Written fast, tapping into the material in her journals, it has a strong sense of intimacy and...
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