Month: July 2006

  • Convergent Friends: Passing on the Faith in the Postmodern World

    My first in-print article has hit the shelf this month in the July/August edition of the magazine Quaker Life. They were also kind enough to offer an online version of it here is an excerpt: What started causing disquiet in me came after I was assigned to read Walter William’s The Rich Heritage of Quakerism […]

  • The Cross and a Statue

    I wonder sometimes, whether I’ve gone off the deep end; I find myself criticizing stuff like this so often.  There are so many things that get under my skin; I’m a very happy and fairly contented person, really I am.  It’s just when I see things like this I want to crawl under a rock. […]

  • Spending Money as Christians: A Quaker Perspective

    Last night Emily and I had the opportunity to hang out with some of our good friends from Ohio and eat some fantastic sushi.  During the course of the evening, we encroached on a sometimes-touchy subject (except for this night): How Christians spend their money.

  • Thomas Merton: A Prayer For the Simplicity of Life and Love

    This is a prayer from New Seeds of Contemplation by Thomas Merton that I find to be moving, challenging and intriguing. Take a moment to be drawn in to the Spirit as you read this prayer. “Justify my soul, O God, but also from Your fountains fill my will with your fire. Shrine in my […]