• Life At Woodbrooke | 5 weeks Deep Part 1

    I’ve been in the UK for almost 5 weeks now and it feels like the time is flying (I arrived on May 2nd). My Wife, Emily, will be here in approximately 22 days, 11 hours 53 min and 39 seconds. Of course, that was when I wrote that sentence, now it’s much sooner! Life has…

  • B’ham or bust: Three Weeks and Counting

    Life seems to be moving at increasing speeds lately, it’s all I can do to keep track of the things that still need done before I depart. I am leaving for England in under three weeks now, and still have tons of books that need read, articles that need to get finished, grading to do,…

  • Thoughts After Fall Quarter 2006

    I realized yesterday that I haven’t blogged in quite awhile and realized I needed a little break from it. There’s so much I’ve been thinking about and I’ve needed some space to do it without trying to come up with something worth reading (as if that ever happens here anyways!). Anyways, here are some thoughts…

  • Too Matey with God?

    precis of lecture by Ben Pink Dandelion – Darlington Quaker Monthly Meeting Here is a webpage I found of notes taken on a lecture that Quaker Dr. Ben Pink Dandelion from the University of Birmingham (with whom I am applying to do my doctoral work with) gave in 2004. In it he questions the possibility…

  • Quakerism 101: A Very Basic Introduction with Suggested Readings

    Here is a short reading list with some basic background to the Quaker tradition in hopes of helping those who are getting started out and/or want to know more about the history, beliefs, and practice of the Religious Society of Friends. I hope that this list can be of use as people seek understanding and…