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A Shot of Light - Upcoming Events, Coffee Discounts, and New Blog
Hi all, I wanted to send a short newsletter because there's a bunch of stuff going on that I thought you'd like to know about from some upcoming travel to
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The Underground Railroad Tree at Guilford College
This past week, I was asked to give a few remarks for a fundraiser at New Garden Friends Meeting for the organization, Every Campus a Refuge. If you don't know about "
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The Widow as Unsettling Force - Luke 18 Commentary
I was asked to write for the Political Theology website for the upcoming lectionary reading, Luke 18:1-8. This parable is well-known sometimes thought of as "the persistent widow and corrupt
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A Shot of Light - Getting My Head Above Water
Dear Friends, Happy September. Is it really September already?! Living life in submission to the academic calendar makes August a complete blur. Between my wife, Emily, our three teenagers, and my work at Guilford
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Who Gave Us Guilford College?
Dear readers, this is an essay I have been working on in my role as the Director Friends Center at Guilford College. Some of you may know I have worked at Guilford for 10
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Thieves, Bandits, Good Shepherds, and Church Forests
2025-05-12 - A message for First Friends Meeting in Greensboro, NC The text for the week (Although, I really drew on 10:1-18): “I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays
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Where do we go from here?
2025-04-05 Presented during the 400th Anniversary Review of Fox's birthday Context: I was asked to offer a playful, imaginative presentation as a last thought for our day long conference looking
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George Fox at 400 Conference
For the Quakers reading this blog and those interested in Quaker studies, this Saturday (Saturday 5 April 2025 - 13:30-21:00 (UK time)) there's a really great online mini-conference put
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A Shot of Light - Live from (a Cactus) in Arizona
True love is not magic, It is certainty, And what follows from certainty is Mystery. -Bill Callahan Hi Friends, I am here in Phoenix, AZ for the week working with 8 Quaker meetings from
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Looking Back on 2024
Happy New Year to you all. I mean that even if we don't all feel it at the moment. Things are getting ugly since the presidental transition has taken place. Anxieties are
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A Few Questions and Activities for Reflection As We Enter a New Year
I had the opportunity to meet with some staff at the college this morning as we prepare for a new year with many uncertainties. Instead of trying to figure out or guess what is
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On Choosing the Golden Calf or the Lamb
“When the people saw that Moses delayed to come down from the mountain, the people gathered around Aaron, and said to him, “Come, make gods for us, who shall go before us; as for
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What is Our Path Forward?
A Message for Deep River Friends in the Occasion of their “Founders Day Celebration” and honoring their 270th year as a meeting. November 10, 2024 In John 15 Jesus says: John 15:12 “This
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The Quaker World Now in Paperback
Rhiannon Grant and I co-edited the book, The Quaker World published by Routledge in 2022 and it is now ou in paperback at a much cheaper price. The challenge of the original hardback
