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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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All My Favorite People Are Grieving
This morning we did a worship and prayer service around making “peace with loss.” Through prayers, songs, silence and the lighting of candles we remembered the many who have lost loved ones in the
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My Favorite Albums From 2010
In the past I’ve done more of a write up on the albums I really enjoyed from the previous year, but
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Resource: Christmas Eve Candlelight Service
Every Christmas Eve we have a very nice, contemplative candlelight service. This gathering goes for about 45-60 minutes, includes scripture reading,
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Creating Communities of “Artists”
This morning I noticed a torn piece of paper with something I’d written on it from awhile back: * How do we form a community that creates artists rather than just critics? * Justice should
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Lineage, Belt Buckles and the BIG US. (Matthew 1:1-25)
Here’s my sermon from December 19th. This morning is the fourth and final week of advent. We have travelled long and
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Year-End Wrap-Up and Popular Posts from 2010
This has been a pretty good year for Gathering In Light (as a blog) and it’s always fun to do a little year-end wrap up. For one, I’m surprised to see
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Has Christmas Lost its Power?
Going through Christmas this year I began to wonder if Christmas has lost it’s power as a symbol and sign in
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Christmas has always belonged to other traditions – Max Carter
I always enjoy Max Carter’s perspective, a f/Friend from North Carolina, a Conservative Quaker, and educator. His reflection this week
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A little surprise from Google Claus
A few weeks back google posted that they were going to be giving away a limited number of their new Chrome OS
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Book Giveaway Winners Announced
The “Spirit Rising” book giveaway is now over and we have three winners: 1. Christine 2. T. Vail Palmer Jr. 3. Lyndsey
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From Hearing to Seeing: Matt. 11
Interestingly, the act of hearing is initially stressed in Matthew 11:2ff: 2 When John heard in prison what the Messiah* was doing, he sent word by his* disciples 3and said to him, Are
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Upcoming Berkeley Visit: Quaker Heritage Day Flyer, etc.
Hi all, many of you have already seen that I’ll be doing the talks at Quaker Heritage Day this year hosted
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The Question: John the Baptist’s “Are you the One?” Matt. 11
Here are some thoughts from a portion of my message this past Sunday on Matt. chapter 11. In Matthew chapter 11 we find John again sending his disciples out (as he did in Matt.
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Book Giveaway: Three Copies of Spirit Rising: Young Quaker Voices
I don’t know about you but I love free books! So, in the spirit of Christmas I wanted to gift three
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Logging off from Facebook and Twitter
Some of you have probably noticed my absence already but last Friday I logged off of Facebook and Twitter for the month of december. Call it a digital detox, social media vacation or just