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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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The Minister’s Work (George Fox)
The minister’s work is to go from house to house and warn all both small and great, yea, with tears. This is the word of the ministry in the Spirit – In the Spirit
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If I Had A Hammer (John 2:13-23)
This is the message I gave at Camas Friends Church on Sunday March 11, 2012 “The Passover of the Jews was near, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. In the temple he found people
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Occupy and Convergent Friends
A couple of years ago I had an article published in the Quaker Studies periodical called “Convergent Friends: The Emergence of Postmodern Quakerism” that attempted to identify some of the features of convergent Friends.
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“On the Harm We Have Done” (A Prayer)
Here is a moving prayer confessing the harm that we the church can too often cause: OUR Father, we look back on the years that are gone and shame and sorrow come upon us,
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Kierkegaard: Christianity & Sitting Safe and Calm
A quote I came across today that helped me make sense of Mark 8:27-37: To want to admire instead of to follow Christ is not necessarily an invention by bad people. No,
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A Pile of Ash
Ash Wednesday by Elvis Perkins No one will survive Ash Wednesday alive No soldier no lover No father no mother Not a
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Befriending the Stranger – Jean Vanier
Here’s a passage from Jean Vanier’s “Befriending the Stranger” that I felt was worthy to post here: Jesus came into the world to re-create it, to give it back its full
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Teaching My First Seminary Class
This week I had the opportunity to meet face-to-face with my first ever class. I’ve been teaching a course
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Gustavo Gutierrez’s Definition of Poverty
Gustavo Gutierrez’s Definition of Poverty: “What then does being poor mean? I believe that a good definition does not exist; but
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On Integrity: Mirrors, Ships and Living Truthfully (James 1:19-27)
This was the message I gave during our meeting for worship at Camas Friends this past Sunday. James 1:22 But be doers of the word, and not merely hearers who deceive themselves. 23
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‘what thou hast been to me in the night’ James Nayler (A Psalm)
I’ve was reading a variety of quotes from early Friends in preparation for my message on Sunday and stumbled ever so timely on this one. It speaks to my current condition as something
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Review: All Labor Has Dignity – Martin Luther King, Jr.
The book, All Labor Has Dignity,” is a collection of Martin Luther King, Jr’s speeches edited by Michael Honey, a scholar of labor and African-American history. There are a number of speeches/
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The Original Revolution: Occupy Christmas? (Isaiah 52:7-10)
I know this is late, but it is the message I gave on Christmas morning December 25, 2011. Isaiah 52:7-10: How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of the messenger who
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In Memory of Martin Luther King
A friend sent this to me in honor of Martin Luther King day. Psalms 15 Lord, who can be trusted with power,
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Peace is a Garden (James 3:13-18)
This is the sermon I preached Sunday January 16, 2011. The want of peace_ One of the queries I sent out for reflection this week over email to the church was “how do we