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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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God as a Weaving Pattern | Quaker faith and Practice
We may picture God as weaving a pattern with the lives of men and women. We can glimpse but small fragments of the whole design; in moments of inspiration we can see more clearly,
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The Quaker Value of Integrity as Practice
Over the next little while, I want to reflect in short statements about what is often called, Quaker Values or testimonies. I
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Truth And The Golden Age
Awhile back I was studying at a well-stocked Quaker library, doing some writing for my dissertation. As I looked through the
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Mike Huber on Authority, Conflict, and Love in Quaker Contexts
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To Publish “Truth?”
I was asked to speak at Quakers United in Publications earlier this month at the beautiful Penn Center on St. Helena’s
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Rethinking Productivity and Vocation
I am certainly a sucker for productivity blogs, podcasts, and books. I’m sure it feeds into all kinds of aspects of
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Make Your Own Discernment Flowchart
Back in February, I had the opportunity to travel back to Portland / Camas to speak at Chris Hall’s “Way of the
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Truth as Blasphemy
The whole world is crazy…The only reason we’re not locked up in an institution is that there are so many of us. So we’re crazy. We’re living on crazy ideas
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Quakerism 101: A Very Basic Introduction with Suggested Readings
Updated: 2025-04-22 Here is a short reading list with some basic background to the Quaker tradition in hopes of helping those who are getting started out and/or want to know more
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Code Switch it President Obama’s Legacy
Code switch is a podcast about race in America with some really incredible hosts. It’s worth subscribing and listening to, but
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Moving Into Interfaith Leadership
I recently read Eboo Patel’s new book, Interfaith Leadership: A Primer (2016). I’d recommend it to any student looking to go into the field of interfaith work, or any minister or religious
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Rev. Barber: We Will Take Back Our Country, by Moral Means | Diane Ravitch’s blog
Diane Ravitch recently posted excerpts from an article Rev. Dr. William Barber wrote for Think Progress on December 15, 2016. If you
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Mary: Revolutionary for Our Time
It is advent, a critical moment in the church calendar. It is post-election, a critical moment in the life of the
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Trello Love In a Tweet
I love trello.com and that’s not news to folks who know me. I use it for personal work and work
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In preparation for a Bob Dylan-themed birthday party we’re throwing next weekend, I made a little Dylan “mixtape.” This is
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