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Volume 1 (Browse contents)

1. SASS: A Girl's Guide to Surviving Middle School
   Kayla Walker Edin
   

2. Simplicity
   Darien Palpant
   

Volume 2 (Browse contents)

1. Staying for Tea: Five Principles for the Community Service Volunteer
   Aaron Ausland
   Lessons learned in the field are distilled into a set of principles.

2. N Be Jang Dorang - I Am Here Only
   
   Should a Global Citizen strive to be provincial and irrelevant? This Krista Colleague makes the case.

3. I Am These People: Finding God and Community in the Streets
   Katie Villano
   A Krista Colleague reflects on community, simplicity, spirituality, social justice and awakening to the realization that she is “these people” on the streets of Tacoma.

Volume 4 (Browse contents)

1. The Power of Presence: A Post-Katrina New Orleans Reflection
   Alisa Bright
   In the midst of Post-Katrina recovery chaos, what does a newly reopened service center - much less a service volunteer - really have to offer?

2. Slowly Slowly Catches the Monkey
   Nathan Brouwer
   Between the hundredth cup of tea and the task of teaching and re-teaching computer basics, a Krista Colleague wrestles the monkey of progress.

3. Culture Shock & Knowing your History
   Judy Naegeli
   A challenging year of service in Vietnam becomes a catalyst for redefining identity.

4. In Offense of Altruism
   Nick Bryant
   While trying not to entirely "poo-poo" his past motivations, a Krista Colleague discovers what it really means to accompany another on a service journey.

5. Pouring from an Empty Cup
   Sarah Peterson
   A Krista Colleague examines the dry reservoir of her once activist spirit in search of a more sustainable source of energy and care.

6. Celtic Rhythm of Rest: Life Lessons from Iona
   Rachel Grassley
   One Colleague’s life giving discovery: an ancient Celtic Christian community is a well-spring for learning the rhythm of work, prayer and rest.

7. L'Arche Photo Essay
   Bill Hoskyn
   

Volume 5 (Browse contents)

1. Companionship
   Jack Brace
   A young volunteer experiences a life-changing moment of community in the most unexpected of places.

2. Story Thatching: Living Grace
   Hector Herrera
   Social worker Hector Herrera encounters moments of grace in his daily interactions with one of the most vulnerable populations in the U.S.: homeless alcoholics.

3. No Great Things
   David James Duncan
   Award-winning writer David James Duncan practices the daily act of expressing love through "small" things.

4. Service Compost
   Sarah Wanless
   When an accomplished college athlete brings the same drive for success to her service activities, she experiences burnout and exhaustion before finding healing and hope.

5. Service Compost
   Sarah Wanless
   When an accomplished college athlete brings the same drive for success to her service activities, she experiences burnout and exhaustion before finding healing and hope.