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C Wess Daniels

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.

  1. Six Months Quaker Preacher 2 min read

    Decompressing

    Yesterday was a day on the run. My feet didn’t stop moving until sometime after 9pm last night and L was finally asleep. When I sat down, I felt like I was still

  2. The Pastorate 2 min read

    The Final Word?

    I got into an interesting discussion today with a gentleman after our meeting for worship about unprogrammed Quakers. He said he had heard “Silent” worship described by someone (a non-Quaker) as similar to

  3. Community 9 min read

    Living as a contrasting/inspiring/beautiful Community (Romans 12:14-17)

    Here’s my sermon from today. It’s true that sometimes community doesn’t always work out right. Emily and I were a part of a small house church a few years back that

  4. Note

    Reader Poll: Sermon Texts on the Blog?

    [crowdsignal poll=2580078] Would you like for Wess’ sermon texts to be posted on the blog so you can read them? (polling)

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  5. Six Months Quaker Preacher 2 min read

    An Unexpected Turn (in Antwerp)

    It’s been a hectic week so today was the day for sermon writing. I often like to have it written on Thursday so I can use Friday as a day to rework and

  6. Conversion 2 min read

    Conversion(s) a

    As of late, I’ve been wrestling with the whole idea of conversion. I grew up going to Catholic mass, going to Catholic schools, learning the Catholic way. I never spent much time thinking

  7. Six Months Quaker Preacher 2 min read

    Take Thought for What is Noble/Beautiful in The Sight of All

    Today was somewhat of a typical day for me. I did a bunch of office work this morning, answering emails, going through mail, organizing paperwork and I also watched a number of tutorials on

  8. The Theological 2 min read

    The Power (and Difficulty) of Forgiveness

    Of the many things to be considered today the thing that stands out to me as I sit down to write this is the film we watched this evening called “The Power of Forgiveness.

  9. Six Months Quaker Preacher 2 min read

    Bookface and The Internet Cafe

    Today we had our meeting for worship and I spoke on Hospitality based in Romans 12:9-13. Afterward we did a our second “Internet Cafe,” something I made sure to name in a

  10. Six Months Quaker Preacher 2 min read

    Meeting People Is Easy

    One thing I love about my job is meeting new people, and subsequently, meeting with people. I love hearing other people’s stories, their ideas and convictions. And, as is fairly obvious, I love

  11. Caput 2 min read

    The Call of Hospitality (Doesn’t Need to be long)

    This Sunday we’re talking about hospitality and peace. I’m pulling from Romans 12:3-13 but especially the very last line from v. 13 “extend hospitality to strangers.” Hospitality is not only

  12. Six Months Quaker Preacher 2 min read

    Being Educated in Life and Death

    I was way too tired last night to post about the day, so here’s for Wednesday. I don’t remember if I’ve mentioned it here or not but I’ve been meeting

  13. Six Months Quaker Preacher 1 min read

    Second Tuesdays With the Elders

    This evening we had our elder’s meeting. We have five elders, three women and two men, plus myself and the clerk of the meeting, who usually attends but doesn’t have to. We

  14. Six Months Quaker Preacher 2 min read

    Mondays are For Practicing Taking Time Off

    I have a hard time winding down. My mind is usually juggling a number of things all at once: replaying a conversation over here, working on my sermon over there, considering this or that

  15. Six Months Quaker Preacher 3 min read

    Six Months With a Quaker Preacher Project

    As you may have noticed it’s been quite a while since I’ve blogged with much passion, or interest. This isn’t necessarily a problem, things like this come and go, and in