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C Wess Daniels

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.

  1. Missing Out of the Orchestra – De Mello

    I never tire of Jesuit Anthony De Mello’s thoughts and challenges. Here is one that I have been reflecting on recently: Now think of yourself listening to an orchestra in which the sound

  2. Advent, John the Baptist and Preparing for a Break

    “John said to the crowds that came out to be baptized by him, “You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the wrath to come? Bear fruits worthy of repentance. Do not

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    Seth Martin on Fireweed and Advent

    The fireweed flower loves the hurting and dying places. It helps to heal the ground… During Advent, I want to remember that

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    Creating a “Collaborative Syllabus” Using Trello

    I believe very strongly in creating a participatory learning environment for students but when it comes to creating a syllabus it seems

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    Moving Deeper Still: Three Roots of Community

    How do we go deeper into this community? I have, for most of my life, been someone trying to organize community, bringing

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    The Imagined Rebellion – Kierkegaard

    A revolutionary age is an age of action; ours is the age of advertisement and publicity. Nothing ever happens but there is

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  7. Connecting Learning to Tradition

    There is an interesting article on how various people find themselves studying religion in the NY Times today. In the article, they talk about how attaching religious conversation and shared language to a tradition

  8. If God is Love – Peggy Morrison

    “If God is Love, then all Love is of God. Where Love is—there God is—without exception. If you truly love, or are loved, by anyone, then God is in that relationship, named

  9. Love In the Face of Great Odds

    This is a message I brought to Guilford College’s Quaker Leadership Scholars Program  meeting for worship Friday, October 2, 215. A reflection on Luke 6:27-32. This evening I wanted to talk

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    On Solitude and Sabbath

    “…there was silence in heaven for about a half hour” (Rev. 8:1). Solitude and Sabbath are two realities that overlap and

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    Is Cultural Appropriation Always Wrong?

    A powerful essay on the “co-opting” of minority cultures by Parul Sehgal. This is something I am deeply interested in understanding

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    Tradition is tending the flame…

    https://twitter.com/cwdaniels/status/649591695571570688

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    In ‘63 Life Magazine ran a feature article on A. Philip Randolph and Rustin about the March on Washington (8/28/63)

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    Know On Whose Shoulders We Stand

    One question I’m getting a lot is about what is my responsibility at Guilford College and what are the things I’

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  15. Obstacles and Opportunities in the Red Sea of Transition (Ex. 14)

    This is the message I brought to New Garden Friends Meeting on August 30th, 2015. I hope, in the time that we have together, to begin to open up a terrain for all of