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Resisting Empire Study Guide
A new study guide for the book Resisting Empire is shared here for free download.
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Some Questions I Have About AI
These are some reflections after a panel discussion on AI that happened at the college where I work. The panel was made up of about 8 students and faculty. It turned out to be mostly one-sided with most folks on the panel and in the audience being anti-AI. Those who
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A Shot of Light - PDX/Camas Here We Come
I am headed to Portland, OR and Camas, WA with my wife Emily in a couple of weeks. I wanted to share out more specifics about that trip, plus a few other updates while I have you on the line.
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Gathering In Light Redesign
I've been working on the redesigned of the site over the last few weeks using Claude Code. I have always enjoyed working on website designs, and have a number of favorite custom designs in the history of Gathering in Light.
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Updating My Tools
This morning, after listening to the most recent episode of the Pen Addict, I was inspired to create an "analog defaults" page with the pens and notebooks I use everyday.
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Story Boarding Fiction
Some of what I have been doing in my morning writing and research time is trying my hand at a dystopian short story about AI going to a Quaker meeting. I hope to share that here sometime soon, once I find myself out of the editing phase.
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Scenes from an Igloo (Class)
As I mentioned earlier, I built a homemade igloo this weekend with my kids. As a result of all this snow we’re getting here in North Carolina, we had a remote day today at the college where I teach. With having classes today, I knew I had Zoom on the docket for today.
Continue reading →Coming to PNW this March
I’m visiting PNW Quakers putting March (7-8) for three "talks." The first is a workshop I'm offering at the Sierra Cascades Yearly Meeting of Friends Quarterly Meeting in Camas, WA (Camas Friends Church). Here’s the working title and description: Endless Revolution - The Lamb’
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A Shot of Light - Upcoming Events, Coffee Discounts, and New Blog
Hi all, I wanted to send a short newsletter because there's a bunch of stuff going on that I thought you'd like to know about from some upcoming travel to coffee discount codes! I hope to send another update or two soon now that the crush
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The Underground Railroad Tree at Guilford College
This past week, I was asked to give a few remarks for a fundraiser at New Garden Friends Meeting for the organization, Every Campus a Refuge. If you don't know about "ECAR" you need to check it out. It was started at Guilford College by faculty
Continue reading →The Widow as Unsettling Force - Luke 18 Commentary
I was asked to write for the Political Theology website for the upcoming lectionary reading, Luke 18:1-8. This parable is well-known sometimes thought of as "the persistent widow and corrupt judge." My reading takes it in a different direction. Like all of Jesus' parables, this one
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A Shot of Light - Getting My Head Above Water
Dear Friends, Happy September. Is it really September already?! Living life in submission to the academic calendar makes August a complete blur. Between my wife, Emily, our three teenagers, and my work at Guilford College, the "getting ready for start of school" becomes a sort of mantra in
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