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Writing-Sabbatical Update #2

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My study for week #2. This past week I made good progress towards my goal of writing four chapters for my dissertation this month. I’m not sure if my strategy is the best – And

The Beauty of a Misquote

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I love misquotes that turn out to be just as thought-provoking as the original quotation. In a way, this kind of misquoted material is similar to a remix that takes the original art and adds

A Pile of Ash

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Ash Wednesday by Elvis Perkins No one will survive Ash Wednesday alive No soldier no lover No father no mother Not a lonely child In the up and in the bedroom A black and white

Teaching My First Seminary Class

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This week I had the opportunity to meet face-to-face with my first ever class. I’ve been teaching a course online for George Fox Seminary called “Culture and Systems Change” since the beginning of January,

Gustavo Gutierrez’s Definition of Poverty

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Gustavo Gutierrez’s Definition of Poverty: “What then does being poor mean? I believe that a good definition does not exist; but we can approximate it if we say that the poor are the non-persons,

In Memory of Martin Luther King

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A friend sent this to me in honor of Martin Luther King day. Psalms 15 Lord, who can be trusted with power, and who may act in your place? Those with a passion for justice,

Prayer for Occupy

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Here are two images that have gone ‘viral’ from the US Occupy protests that have made their rounds since Tuesday: Probably like many folks, these images have been sitting heavy with me. The images are

Why I’m a Quaker…

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This is a video I did awhile back at the request of my yearly meeting (NWYM). In it I tell a little of my own story and why I am a Quaker today. I would

My dear friends, dwell in humility… (Woolman)

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At Camas Friends Church, we’re reading through the journal of John Woolman, a Quaker minister and abolitionist from the 18th century. Lately, I’ve been thinking about the values we often unknowingly impress upon

Quakers and The Resurrection Community (Acts 13:13-33)

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This is a snapshot of what I’ll be speaking about next Monday at George Fox University’s chapel. “You Israelites, and others who fear God, listen. The God of this people Israel chose our

Damage & Too Much and Too Little

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Damage by Wendell Berry I. I have a steep wooded hillside that I wanted to be able to pasture occasionally, but it had no water supply. About halfway to the top of the slop there