If you’ve been around the site, or me much, you know I love the music – and friendship of Seth Patrick Martin. He’s just shared a new Christmas album with us that I wanted to link to here. He produced it with his friend, Joe Kim in Seoul. The
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I was lucky enough to get to talk with Georgia Sparling of Thee Quaker Podcast a little while back about social media and some of the things I’ve wrestled with as a Quaker theologian, educator, parent, and person who has been actively online for 20+ years. That episode published
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This is a message I shared on Guilford’s campus during our Community meeting worship time on 2023-12-05. Revelation 7:9 After this I looked, and behold, ba great multitude that no one could number, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and
Continue reading →Stephen Angell, Leatherock professor of Quaker studies at Earlham College, wrote a very positive review of our book, The Quaker World, for Quaker Studies Research Association. Here are two excerpts: “This lively, refreshing and innovative volume comes along in a very timely fashion to make a huge mark in Quaker
Continue reading →I commend this article from Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis and Rahna Epting to you on how Pro-Democracy activists, and the religious communities supporting this movement, need to adjust our approach: “During climate emergencies, far-right parachurch organizations and paramilitary groups are often first on the scene with food and shelter. During
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I wrote this list specifically for staff, faculty, and trustees of Quaker schools. I expect that more will be added to it overtime. We have a lot of learning and teaching to do if we are going to bring up a base level knowledge and appreciation of the principles and
Continue reading →Photo by ShareGrid on Unsplash Hi Friends, On Wednesday, November 29th at 7:00 PM, Robin Mohr, General Secretary of Friends World Committee for Consultation Section of the Americas, and I will be hosting a conversation in partnership with Quaker Leadership Center at Earlham School of Religion. The conversation is
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The Love You Take Is Equal to the Love You Make Dear Friends, I’m writing to you after an unplanned hiatus. As many of you have heard by now, my father, Winfield Scott Daniels, passed away on August 24th. He was 68 years old. I have been telling you
Continue reading →Good morning, Friends. I have a shorter-than-usual newsletter for you today. As I mentioned last week, we were moving offices (more like houses) this past Wednesday and while it has gone well, it is still very much going. I’m in my new office, but everything is still in boxes.
Continue reading →I’ve been reading, and loving, Jeff Tweedy’s book, “How to Write One Song.” Here’s one gem from it: “Let me just say this: I believe we stop ourselves sometimes when we’re happy. We create conflict in our relationships sometimes because we’re feeling uncertain and needy.
Continue reading →There’s No Rain in our Train (anymore) Dear Friends, Readers, Skimmers, and everyone in between, I hope you’re doing well this late July. I wanted to check in with folks and let you know what’s happening here (I hope you’ll drop a comment below or in
Continue reading →“Pay attention to what you pay attention to…” Friends, Things have been joyfully hectic in the Miller Daniels household. I’ve made more trips up to Ohio to visit Dad who continues to improve slowly and steadily. He is still in the ICU but has hopes of being in a
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