Author
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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Research Design – Some Preliminary Questions
Today we spent 8:30-5 minus 1.5 hours for lunch talking about what research is, why it’s important, what our research will entail and why we are doing it. It wasn’
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So School Begins Today: What’s Coming up For Gathering In Light
This past friday I finished up one year tenure as Fuller Seminary’s textbook buyer. I began working at the bookstore in the beginning of summer 2005 and shortly thereafter I took over with
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Further Perspectives on Relationships and the Web
Recently I had a good conversation with a friend about relationships and the web, it seems I get into conversations like this rather often, and in this conversation some new ideas were shaped for
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Accessorizing the Christian Life: What Would [Can] Jesus Sell?
Emily ran across an article in the LA Times about a new ‘Christian’ perfume called ‘Virtuous Woman.’ The article is entitled “What
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Cheap Mac Apps for Students and Teachers
I’ve been thinking about compiling one of those “favorite apps” posts that we mac users like to do (too often no doubt). But in keeping with the tradition of mac-lovers I thought
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Gathering in Light Goes ‘Subversive’
My buddy, Chris, over at Glued Ideas has created a glorious theme called “subtle” free for all wordpress users. Built into Subtle
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The Boundaries of Convergent Friends
Much discussion has arisen due to the interest groups that Robin, Martin, Liz, AJ and others have been a part of. This along with the “Convergent Friends Gathering” taking place at our house on
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Religious Blogging Community News: The Daily Scribe Goes Official
It has been a little while since my blog was accepted into the religious blogging community called The Daily Scribe. There are
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Advertising on Blogs: And So I Take It Back
I’ve written a fairly recent article on why I decided to turn the ads off on my site. Well I still
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A Little Time for Spiritual Inventory With Sequoias
Every so often I realize that I’ve been going full speed ahead for too long and need a break, this past
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Quaker 2.0 Relaunch and the Convergent Friends Gathering
Chris Frazier from Glued Ideas has been working hard on a relaunch design for Quaker 2.0, a collaborative site I co-
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Convergent Friends: Passing on the Faith in the Postmodern World
My first in-print article has hit the shelf this month in the July/August edition of the magazine Quaker Life. They were also kind enough to offer an online version of it here
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The Cross and a Statue
I wonder sometimes, whether I’ve gone off the deep end; I find myself criticizing stuff like this so often. There are
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Spending Money as Christians: A Quaker Perspective
Last night Emily and I had the opportunity to hang out with some of our good friends from Ohio and eat some fantastic sushi. During the course of the evening, we encroached on a
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Thomas Merton: A Prayer For the Simplicity of Life and Love
This is a prayer from New Seeds of Contemplation by Thomas Merton that I find to be moving, challenging and intriguing. Take
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