Blog Entries 112000352318134365 This weekend Emily and I went up to San Jose to kick if with my Cousin Rick and Julia, and their really cool little daughter Enya. We went to Berkeley on Saturday for part of the afternoon, which was really awesome. This was my first time in No.Cal and
Blog Entries Moving Towards a Marginal Theology I appreciate the article Charles has offered, because I have come to the similiar conclusions about the status of life within the Friends Church. I agree that we have sold our important marginalized/prophetic voice for the easy sales marketing approach to ecclesiology as proposed by Willow Creek and Saddleback,
Blog Entries Forming the People of God As I have finally finished my seventh quarter at Fuller, I begin a time of reflections about what I have learned and unlearned and all that in between. As I entered this qtr I was exhuasted, looking forward to a hopefully not-to-difficult 10 weeks of class work so that i
Blog Entries 111827347508018723 In response to E-money’s comment June 3, 2005: I appreciate the comment, and I agree with your interpretation of making disciples and sharing the Gospel as primary to following Christ, and that this involves following God, no matter the cost (John 21:18-19). This is of course what being
Featured Zac Moon, Nevada Dessert Experience and Quakerism met Zac Moon today from Nevada Dessert Experience, a Franciscan ministry that seeks to non-violently protest the proliferation of nuclear weapons and the nuclear test site in Nevada. I really enjoyed meeting with this fellow Quaker who comes as a radical Christian from the un-programmed group of Friends. In talking
Blog Entries 111617607720757283 emily and i went to the 168 hour film fest last night, wow what a lamo experience. We watched 10 short films and not counting the one I worked on there were 3 that were done fairly well. the rest all could have come from highschoolers or fundamentalist christians who
Blog Entries May 3, 2005 7:30:25 AM Yesterday’s blog was a little more extreme than i had intended – I realized this after my loving wife pointed it out to me. My paraphrase of what the Psalm means in today’s world is heavy handed and tip my hand to theological leanings. One reason why it is
Blog Entries May 2, 2005 8:03:50 AM scripture today i read this as i was praying through Psalm 41. “Happy are those who consider the poor; the Lord delivers them in the day of trouble. The Lord protects them and keeps them alive; they are called happy in the land. You do not give them up to the
Blog Entries April 25, 2005 7:18:13 AM what a weekend. starting with thursday i helped a buddy shoot his film for an LA wide event called 168. He asked me to shoot the whole thing but about 2 hours into it he took the camera and did it himself – so that was kind of a bummer. I
Blog Entries April 17, 2005 10:08:45 PM things: thoughts and mainly critiques. 1. what is my faith without it being radical? the modern day readers who find the Scriptures comforting and warming to the spirit have narrowed God down to a do-it-yourself spirituality – to a network television program about angels and miracles. when i read the end
Blog Entries frosty i just read a robert frost poem “reluctance” which was really good, it talked about seasons coming to an end, and how we are reluctant to let seasons (and loves) come to an end – that it is a part of humanity to be reluctant. i thought it was good. anyways
Blog Entries 111263064373071557 I am a human being I am a White man and I bare the scares of those before me I am a critical person born to drug-doing, free-loving hippies I am a dreamer and I dream in my films I am a friend who wants to befriend the unlovely I
Blog Entries 111176721956765337 Well this comes about two weeks after I put the first of these online discussions. Many haven’t yet written anything but that is okay I am going to do this a little longer, hoping to find some who are are interested in simple reflection. The passage below is the
Blog Entries 111022237418785138 The Blind Man I have been thinking lately about doing something like what we used to do back in Canton for Bible study. It was biblical study based off the Quaker idea that all people are endowed with the Spirit of God to a greater or lesser extent depending on
Blog Entries 110909573448152972 Useless in the kingdom what is theology if it doesn’t help humanity? we often make a theology, because that is what it is, human made, and render it divine. the problem with that is then that we make our human made theologies the the forms to which we must
Blog Entries Talking Theology with James Jim, Emily and I kicked it today in LA. We went through echo park, silverlake, los feliz, visiting clothing stores, eating good food, etc. Then Jim and I went to watch RK play in Hollywood. we had so much fun watching their new show and hanging with the guys afterwards,
Blog Entries 110831435432180209 EB696″ cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2> What Napoleon Dynamite Character Are You? Name Age Favorite Color Choose One Flippin Sweet Heck Yeah Vote For Pedro You Guys Are So Retarded Idiots *Heavy Breath* Moon Boots Ligers You Are Rex How Much Of A Retard Are You? – 43% This cool quiz
Blog Entries coming out of the muck out of the muck im getting through. things are looking good today. I am coming back, up the long hall, still swinging, still crawling along. i am like S. Weaver in Aliens, or Arnold in terminator. Well not really, but it fun to sound tough. Actually things are on the
Blog Entries lie, cheat… dantecutoutfuzz5 Originally uploaded by cwdaniels. fess up, we all lie and cheat at some point, its just that not all get caught. fortunately most of us do, and that is when we learn to stop all that lying and cheating.
Blog Entries Nouwen and Silence I read this morning. It is working on me and is true for me as well as for Nouwen. Lord I need to quiet myself. “Many people ask me to speak, but nobody as yet has invited me for silence. Still, I realize that the more I speak, the more
Blog Entries 110747832958612634 A comment i posted on some site who unfortunately is still caught in the patriarchial mode of antiquity. I am sorry that I am somewhat hot headed about this issue – but it is one of the major concerns i have for the church who continue to downgrade women’s callings,
Blog Entries a shot from the movie a shot from the movie Originally uploaded by cwdaniels. i could go for one of these right now! but it wouldn’t help my very distracted head. click on picture to the right to see more pictures from shoot.
Blog Entries questions? 100_4542 Originally uploaded by cwdaniels. today we captured 2 of the 3 hours of footage we have for liars and cheaters, overall i am really pleased. I see the mistakes I made as the director, and have written down notes on what i can learn from this experience already,
Blog Entries runaway 100_4456 Originally uploaded by cwdaniels. Yesterday an Amtrak train crashed here in LA killing at least 5 people, Bush recently gave his second inaugural speech, the Tsunami happened in India killing 150,000 people just a few weeks ago, I finished my shooting my film last weekend, Matt Taflan
Blog Entries Liars and Cheaters 100_4601 Originally uploaded by cwdaniels. See other shots from the behind the scenes of the film by clicking on the picture and going to “cwdaniels’ film stream” I felt like I needed to get this all out tonight, or at least the first of a few spillings of the
