Author
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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The Green of Renewal
The book cover is in so that means that we’ve very close to printing! Stay tuned. You can also visit the book page for more information.
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Sketchnotes for Nursery of Truth
These are the sketchnotes from my recent message “The Nursery of Truth” based on John 15. I’ve been using this much larger size of paper and loving how much I can fit onto
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‘it defines itself in terms of the growing edge’ -H. Thurman
The crucifixion of Jesus Christ reminds us once again of the penalty which any highly organized society exacts of those who violate its laws. The social resistors fall into two general groups – those who
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The Nursery of Truth (John 15)
From the very beginning of the Quaker movement, Friends have liked asking questions. Part of this is because they got rid of the creeds, and something need to take their place. So they used
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Convers(at)ions in Community: On Creating Space for Dialogue Around the Sermon
This is a third post in a series of reflections on the nature of dialogue and transformation, or “convers(at)ion” as I am referring to it as for a little playfulness (see a
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The Taste of Truth (John 18:33-38)
“Pilate asked him, “So you are a king?” Jesus answered, “You say that I am a king. For this I was born, and for this I came into the world, to testify to the
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3 Reasons I Love to Blog
“I write because I don’t know what I think until I read what I say.” -Flannery O’Connor /ht color turtle
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▶ Marshawn Lynch and the Theater of Disobedience
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUI54niIfl8] via ▶ Marshawn Lynch and the Theater of Disobedience – YouTube. A powerful commentary by Jay
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The Contours of Convers(at)ions
Yesterday I began to sketch out some thoughts on how my approach to teaching the Bible has shifted towards a participatory understanding
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Convers(at)ions With Scripture
There has been an evolution of thought for me when it comes to understanding how to read, interpret and teach Scripture within
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The Maze Dull Truth (Mark 1:21-28)
Expectations and Maze Dull Rats Robert Rosenthal was a psychologist who is famous for his experiment with rats in a maze. The experiment looked at “expectancy effects” and how our expectations have a direct
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Writing the Ending Is Always Hard
One of the things I struggle with the most are endings. Whether it is writing endings, envisioning the ending of a project,
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Convergent Friends: A Handbook Part 2 – Starting Your Own Convergent Friends Worship Group
Three years ago we started a monthly convergent Friends worship gathering in the Camas/Portland Metro area. The goal of the meeting was to bring those Friends who desire to worship together, build relationships
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Convergent Friends: A Handbook – An Introduction to Convergence (Pt. 1)
In this online handbook you will find a variety of articles written by convergent Friends. This is by no means an exhaustive collection of writings but rather it is meant to function as an
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Holding Tension in Community
There are many “tensions” or differences that we run into when building and existing within community. A faith community is no different.
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