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The New Quaker Ad Network
Just a quick note to say that Martin Kelley and Friends Journal have teamed up to create the Quaker Ad Network. Which
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Conversion(s) c
This is a continuation from posts a and b. I’ve caught myself in the last few years reacting to my Evangelical
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Marriage Advice from Barrow Cadbury 1933
While preparing for a wedding this coming Saturday I ran across this quote from Barrow Cadbury (a Quaker who was related to
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There is No Pure Christianity
A long while back a friend of mine wrote on his twitter this remark: There is no pure Christianity, it is all
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Psalm 52: A Letter to Wall Street and Those of Similar Persuasion
Psalm 52. He and she who has ears to hear let them listen. To the fat cats of American capitalism: Why do
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An Uneasy Task for the Church – Romero
This is the mission entrusted to the church, a hard mission: to uproot sins from history, to uproot sins from the political
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Being Dad
Just the other day I said to my wife, Emily, “I really like being a dad.” I will tell our oldest daughter
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Iconoclast: Interview with Wes Howard-Brook
Here is a really great interview from the Iconoclast this week which looks at the difference between a theology of creation and
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The Wounding of Creation
This morning someone in our meeting requested prayer for the oil spill and during the time of prayer the image of the
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Lady Wisdom, Feminine Divine and Proverbs 8
Last week we discussed Proverbs 8, here are some of my thoughts on the passage. Lets be honest here, the (divine
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Doing Film Events in the Church
One idea we’ve been doing at our church (Camas Friends) we started last fall, it’s called “Last Sunday’s for
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Reenforcing Totalitarian Power Through Masculine Language
I came across this quote today while working on my sermon for Sunday: “We have tended to use particular power models for
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The Spirit Skips, God Dances
During worship at Multnomah Meeting on Sunday I kept thinking about the fact that it was Pentecost Sunday and reflecting on the
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Friends Association for Higher Education Coming Up
I am going to make this plug for my friends at Friends Association for Higher Education coming this summer. I would be
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Spirit Rising: Young Quakers Are Speaking
Two weeks ago I was in Indiana for the book release party for the book I helped get published: Spirit Rising: Young
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