• Q&A: A Quaker Perspective about the Issues of Empire and the US

    I received a question of email recently that prompted me to put together a response here: “I wonder if you would have one or two of your own articles or lectures that you could share with us, where you bring a Quaker perspective about the issues of Empire and the US?” In this post, I…

  • New Garden Friends Meeting Pastoral Search

    Hi all, I wanted to post this here in the hopes of helping spread the word about New Garden Friends pastoral search here in Greensboro, NC they are just about to undergo. Read through the description below and see if this resonates with you or someone you might know. Feel free to share around. Thank…

  • For Faculty, Boards, and Trustees of Quaker Schools

    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 practices of the Quaker tradition…

  • Write What You See

    Friends, As I mentioned in the weekly chat, it’s been quiet here because the family and I took a little vacation to our favorite beach here in NC, and then I took a trip to Philadelphia this past weekend. There’s not much to report from the vacation, just that we enjoyed seeing the ocean, watching…

  • Systems of Death and the Subversive Seed (John 12:24)

    Watercolor from John Jay Alvaro Watch it on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/arGhrrsFTxc The Subversive SeedThis week, we saw the shooting of 8 individuals, 6 were Asian-Americans reminding us again of the ongoing and increased racism Asian-Americans and other communities of color have faced in the last year. Maybe unsurprisingly at this point: it was done by a man…