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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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Cutting the Pentagon’s Budget @fcnl
Friends Committee on National Legislation started a campaign to cut the pentagon’s budget – in 2011 it was a staggering $664.84 billion, which is 60% of the overall federal budget – so that we
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Today’s Bullied Teens Subject To ‘Sticks And Stones’ Online, Too
Today's Bullied Teens Subject To 'Sticks And Stones' Online, Too : NPR. This is a link to today’s
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The Beginning of the Journey Inward (Isaiah 6:1-8)
Intro: For this morning’s message I’d like to talk about the Journey Inward based on Isaiah 6 by first telling a story that some of you may have heard or read. Boards
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On God Pub: No Dogma, No Drama
Pub Theology 1 from Episcopal Diocese of Oregon on Vimeo. (The video is no longer available unfortunately) In 2010, my good friend
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Homesickness, Mobility and Rootedness (Luke 4:16-30)
“The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to bring good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim release to the captives and recovery of sight
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There are boards with names on them (a story)
This is a story that came to me in the middle of waiting worship recently. I shared it as a message and
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Hating Father and Mother: Jesus’ Advice for Family Conflict
This is the message I gave on January 6, 2013 at Camas Friends Church. It is based on Luke 14:26-27: “Now large crowds were traveling with him; and he turned and said
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Boff on the Liberative Import of the Christian Gospel
In my preparation for my upcoming class on “Culture and Systems Change” at George Fox Seminary, I came across this quote from Leonardo Boff in his book on Base Ecclesial Communities. In it he
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Nancy Duarte on Effective Communication
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfQF3DXG-S4&w=640&h=360]
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Nothing is more practical than finding God…than falling in love
Nothing is more practical than finding God, that is, than falling in love in a quite absolute, final way. What you are in love with, what seizes your imagination will affect everything. It will
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My Year in Photos (2012)
Instead of writing up a lengthy overview of my last year, I decided to work through my flickr account – something I update
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Plenty of Room at the Inn: The Nativity Scene Resurrected | On Being
We must always be attentive to the edges of our own storytelling. Attractive as it may be to children, and lodged as
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Mary’s Magnificat and ‘I am a thought in God.’
Magnificat The magnificat is beautiful and celebratory song. It is known as the magnificat, because that is the opening word of Mary’s famous song in Latin. In Greek it is Megalunei, which means
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The Moleskine of calendars @NeuYear (Review and 40% Discount)
I am a big fan of Moleskine – and Moleskine-like – notebooks. High-quality “analog” ways of note-taking, planning and sketching are where it is at for me. So you can imagine my delight
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A Light Is Lit in Order to Give Light (Romero)
A Christian community is evangelized in order to evangelize. A light is lit in order to give light. A candle is not lit to be put under a bushel, said Christ. It is lit
