Why I’m a Quaker…
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
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My dear friends, dwell in humility… (Woolman)
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)
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
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
Taking A Sabbath Rest
Yesterday during worship at Camas Friends Church, Brad Tricola preached on the Exodus 16 passage about Sabbath. His message was in part about just how difficult it is to live up to the ideal of
Reading the Bible for Transformation
George Fox once wrote: I saw also how people read the Scriptures without a right sense of them, and without duly applying them to their own state. ( QuakerPsalms p. 13) This past week I was
State of the Church: Camas Friends Church
I just posted our 2011 “State of the Church Report” on our meeting’s blog. You can read it here: http://wp.me/pzEU4-eh
GMO OMG! Jeremy Seifert’s New Sizzle Real
My friend Jeremy Seifert, the guy behind the popular documentary Dive!, which I have reviewed here in the past, is beginning work on a new documentary about GMOs (Genetically Modified Organisms). I am really excited
The Res. Community (Pt. 3): Success and The Famous Catch of John 21
This is the third part in a five-part series looking at the final resurrection appearances of Jesus in the book of John. The text this morning is the first part of John 21. _intro There
Lord, Lord, Open Unto Me: Howard Thurman (Prayer)
I was recently given a prayer book from a friend in our meeting called Prayers from the Heart by Richard Foster. ((Books in this post use an affiliate code to a local, independent bookstore close
A Prayer of Interdependence
God of the body of Christ, organs and limbs, feet and hands, the weak and the strong, the broken and the suffering, we recognize our dependence on you, we see how you knit us together
Short, Pithy, Deceased
Jake Bouma asked on twitter the other day: “Friends: Suggestions for short (100-200pgs), pithy books by deceased theologians?” Good question. I’ve been rolling this around a little while. Here are a few that come