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Remixing the Bible
I bumped into this little cover image for the bible a few days ago and it got me thinking what people find
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This Little Light of Mine
This is a short-story about how two women helped to bring change in our community. Shortly after I became the pastor at Camas Friends Church I was in my office when a knock
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What Does Poverty Look Like? | Union in Dialogue Blog
A couple weeks ago my good friend Aaron and I were featured the “Union in Dialogue” blog, which is hosted by the
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Catholic Women as Priests
Yesterday, the New York Times posted a slideshow from Judith Levitt of Catholic women who are priests. This might come as a surprise to some of you, but there is a growing resistance movement
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The Politics of Surprise (Matt. 25: 31-46)
This is the text to the message I gave at Camas Friends Church on Jesus Sheep and Goats parable in Matt. 25. Matthew 25 (From Clarence Jordan’s Cotton Patch Gospel): When the son
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Romney, Sheep and the 47%
* Understandably, there’s been a lot of hullabaloo in media since Mother Jones revealed Mitt Romney calling 47% of us Americans mooches. In case you’ve missed it, here’s some of the transcript
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Morning Prayer
This is a morning prayer written by Walter Rauschenbusch I have been praying this month as I work on my dissertation.
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Writing-Sabbatical Update #2
My study for week #2. This past week I made good progress towards my goal of writing four chapters for my dissertation
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Writing-Sabbatical Update #1
This past week I began a four-week “writing sabbatical,” and the whole thing went really well. The church was generous to release me from my responsibilities so that I could commit focused-time
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Who Needs a Crystal Ball?
This is a short piece I wrote for our meeting’s monthly newsletter, I thought I’d share it here as well. I had the privilege of going to the ordination of the new
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Inviting Children Into Silent Worship
Quaker worship is rooted in silence and the idea that a) Jesus Christ is present in our gatherings and is able to teach us himself and b) God can and does speak to anyone
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The Beauty of a Misquote
I love misquotes that turn out to be just as thought-provoking as the original quotation. In a way, this kind of
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Modern Day Parable on Environmentalism (Joel Salatin)
Reading in the Christian Century today there was a review of Joel Salatin’s newest book “Mad farmer?” and read this parable from the “Christian libertarian environmentalist capitalist lunatic,” as Michael Pollan describes in
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On Parables: Give It To Me Slant
One of my favorite things about Jesus are his parables. Those of us who have grown up in, or at least around the church, know them well. The Good Shepherd, the Good Samaritan, the
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Love is The Law of Life – Niebuhr
Love is the law of life and not merely some transcendent ideal of perfection. All men may violate the law of life but there is a difference between those who seek to draw all
