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C Wess Daniels
Wess is the William R. Rogers Director of Friends Center and Quaker Studies at Guilford College. He is a recorded Quaker minister engaged in renewal, resisting empire, and liberation theology.
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On Learning How to Lose
It occurred to me recently how hard it is for people to lose, to give up, let go, or just admit that
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Yoda on Renewing the Tradition
I was re-watching The Last Jedi with the family yesterday and the scene with Yoda and Luke at the Sacred Tree with all the old texts hit me like a ton of bricks.
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Introducing Fireweed Coffee Co.
This past summer I decided to create a little side-project, roasting coffee and selling it at our weekly farmer’s market and online. Some of you are aware of this, but I have
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My Most Memorable Travel Moments
The best moment of any trip, for me, is when I first step foot off the train (or boat, or plane, or bus, or tuk-tuk, or horse, or…). The whole of the trip
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Meet the office dog, Taco
Taco is a Corgi who lives with Eva. There was a law in the city of Athens which gave to its citizens the power of compelling their daughters to marry whomsoever they pleased; for
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Rebuilding Faith Community
W hen we think about renewal and “rebuilding” our faith communities, practices, and programs we are a part of, it is important
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On Traveling in the Ministry
Learning How to Travel in the Ministry: The Past Bears Weight on the Present This is a post I’ve been wanting to write about my traveling in the ministry with Lloyd Lee Wilson,
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Welcome to the Gutenberg Editor
Of Mountains & Printing Presses The goal of this new editor is to make adding rich content to WordPress simple and enjoyable. This whole post is composed of pieces of content—somewhat similar to
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Upcoming Visit to the Pacific Northwest
Dear Friends on the West Coast,Recorded Minister, Lloyd Lee Wilson and I will be traveling to the Pacific Northwest in June.
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On Bogus Religion and Elitism
I came across this passage in my reading this morning and it struck me. Like so many things, this connects to some of the things I’ve been working on and thinking about these
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Leadership Amongst Friends – An New Online Woodbrooke Course
I am co-facilitating an online course on Leadership Amongst Friends with Zelie Gross and John Gray, two Quakers from the U.K. The webinar begins on 23rd April and will go until 13th
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New Quaker Studies Publications Out
For those of you following this blog, I wanted to share with you two recent publications that I’ve worked on this past year in case you have interested in finding out more about
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Witnesses by Peggy Morrison
This morning we enjoyed an beautiful Easter sunrise service next to the lake on the campus of Guilford College. We had a bonfire going, read the Gospel of John’s account of the resurrection,
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Using an Evernote Template for Research
I have become increasingly interested in creating templates for Evernote. A template is useful for things you might come back to a
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As The Seed Falls: Building a Generative, Convergent Quakerism
This is the opening excerpt from a longer post on my Medium Blog about convergent Friends and the Renewal of the Quaker tradition. A Seed Falls Jesus, in speaking about his looming death, talks