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Our New Family “Scrapbook”

Emily and I have set up a “family scrapbook” site called Weird Fishes (the name of one of L’s favorite Radiohead songs). It’s basically going to be our site for all things Daniels family. I know there are a number of you (family and friends) who read my

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Decluttering: Thoughts on a Difficult Practice

As of late I’ve been on this kick to declutter my life. I am sure this has a lot to do with now being a father and realizing there are a lot of inessentials in my life; and quite honestly, I can’t say I would have come to

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Bob Dylan for President?

I’ve been enjoying some recent reading about the elections (here, here and here) and am finding the varying perspectives stimulating. Then tonight, as I was reading the book Bob Dylan: The Essential Interviews aloud to the family, we came across a quote from Dylan talking about what he’d

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Dress Down Friday | Monchhichi and Hawaiian Chairs

Well I’m back after a four-week hiatus. It was nice having guests blog for me, felt like a little vacation. But I’ve been stocking up on links over the past four weeks so I had something good for show-and-tell. Here’s what we’ve got for today: * Recently

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GOOD Magazine | On Skid Row: Introduction

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oS6ar1aJIYM&rel=1&w=500&h=430] Good Magazine, a site I really like, cover all kinds of topics, from culture to politics and the environment. This week they’ve begun a video series looking at LA’s homeless district,

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My 2008 Reading List (so far)

With every new year comes new lists of things we all would like to accomplish, take for instance the reading list. How many of you have compiled, if not physically, at least a mental list of all the books, authors and ideas you’d like to read about in 2008?

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Jarrod McKenna on National Sorry Day (God’s Politics)

Over on God’s Politics Blog, Jarrod McKenna has written a great post on national ‘Sorry Day,’ a day when White Australians are trying to enact reconciliation for the pain they’ve caused through racism and colonialism. This could (hopefully) be a chance to change history. She shared later, “things

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Claiborne’s Cedarville Cancellation

My buddy Rhett Smith has posted a great reflection about the recent cancelation of Shane Claiborne’s scheduled talk at Ohio’s Cedarville University. Rhett questions the validity of the quote below, and discusses his own thoughts as someone who is a college pastor. There was a tension between my

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Dress Down Friday | Guest Holly

Big thanks to Wess for inviting the guest post for today’s Dress Down Friday! With Wess’ recent endorsement of Obama, I decided to take DDF in a political direction. For me, following the 2008 election is like watching a good soap opera. I’m completely addicted. Say What?! :: Obama’

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Bread For the World: Looking for Young Leaders

My friend Holly, who writes at Bread Blog and will be posting this week’s Dress Down Friday, works for a non-profit organization called Bread for the World. They do a lot of lobby work and other types of political activism to help raise awareness for hunger issues around the

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Book reading Meme: Zizek and 123?

My buddy Kyle has tagged me to write out a quote from page 123 of the nearest book on my shelf. Well unfortunately for all of us, my book is Slavoj Zizek’s “The Puppet and the Dwarf,” which means mostly that it’s going to be difficult to make

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Dress Down Friday | Guest Blogger Josh

Big thanks for Wess letting me co-host Dress Down Friday. I’m not sure if my web musings will be of much interest to some, but here they are nonetheless. Jonathan Brink writes about the podcast swallowing the pastor. Good stuff. And I know of a good podcast to check

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Reader Poll: How Would Non-USA Voters Vote?

Last week I announced who I’m supporting in the presidential race, and while my endorsement obviously didn’t help California, it felt good to bring politics into the subject here. And in keeping with the idea of “gathering” together for common discourse on this site I have question for

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Dress Down Friday | Guest Blogger Ben

I love guest blogging. There’s a strange thrill in writing something that will appear on a site other than my own. Thank you for giving me this honor, Wess. I’ve never written a “Dress Down Friday” so what I’ve got here is a collection of links that

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Unlikely Quaker “Heroes?”

Did you know Annie Oakley was a Quaker? How about Joan Baez and James Dean? Well they were along with a few other surprising people says this Time article… Annie Oakley – “The sharp-shooting female who was rumored to split playing cards edge-wise, then shoot through them a few times before

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The Obama Poster From Obey Giant

(From OBAMA – Obey Giant) I’ve been debating whether to announce my choice for the presidential race, partly because I know we don’t all agree on who’s the best person for the job (and some more strongly than others), and partly because I hadn’t found an opportune

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Quater Six: Halfway Through My Coursework

I can’t believe this is my sixth quarter of studies! I am almost exactly halfway done with my course work. I am just about finished with my 3rd tutorial (on theology of church and culture) and completed my 4,000 pages of reading for the class about 1.5

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What I Keep in My “Bag of Tricks” For School

http://webdev.yuan.cc/flickr/flickrnotes.php?photoid=2217288918 Paul wrote a fun post about the things he carries in his bag for school, and since I have for quite some time carried a “bag of tricks” I thought I’d post what some of those tricks are now. First,

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Hipster Baby Essentials

Our good friend Amy, and Cindy Lou Who’s ((the psydonym for our daughter)) hipster life coach, from over at “i attack with love” created a one of a kind gift for our daughter the other day. You can read about the Hipster Baby care package here. In the Hipster

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Dress Down Friday | Guest Blogger Cate

How flattering to be the first DDF guest blogger! I’m afraid I might not measure up to some of Wess’ posts, but I’ll give it ago. I’m no theologian, so don’t be expecting anything on deconstruction or ‘The Light’; I’m much more interested in pop

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Guest Bloggers on Gathering in Light

All of you regular readers know I’ve been doing a segment called Dress Down Friday. The basic point is to do a little show-n-tell from around the web on fridays. It’s been a way to have a little fun and ease into the weekend. It’s been a

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Dress Down Friday | Save Time In Ultimate Reality

1. AJ asks what do you call your church? It’s a good question. 2. The iPhone popularity is spreading. 3. If you haven’t seen the Moleskine Project website, you really should check it out. There is some great Moleskine artwork there. 4. Finally, Ultimate Reality is here. 5.

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Thoughts on Riding a Fixed-Gear Bike

About four years ago I came across a video of some people riding fixed-gear bicycles, and I was instantly intrigued by the simplicity and aesthetics of these single-speed bikes. Since that time I’ve become more interested in biking both as a culture and as a mode of transportation. I’

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New On The Shelf | Corey Beals, Carole Spencer and David Yount

This week I have three new Quaker books I wanted to share with all of you. “Holiness: The Soul of Quakerism” is her dissertation boiled down into book form and promises to be one of the most original historical and theological accounts of Quakerism to date. In this book Spencer

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Dress Down Friday | No Sweat Chucks, McClendon’s Blog and Evil Hot Dogs

This is another installment of Dress Down Friday, thank you all who sent me links this week, and as always you are free to send me suggestions through the contact page. The picture above is from a hamburg stand back in Ohio, that guy with the sweet crew-cut is me.