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And We’re Back!

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Some of you may have noticed that over the last week this blog had a little bit of trouble. It got attacked by malware and was trying to spread that to anyone who visited the

State of the Meeting Reports (Not Just Yet)

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I decided I wanted to jump start a new tradition at Camas Friends today so I took the initiative and ran with it. I’ve been working on a state of the meeting report with

The New Quaker Ad Network

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Just a quick note to say that Martin Kelley and Friends Journal have teamed up to create the Quaker Ad Network. Which is a pretty cool way for Quaker organizations, ministries and individuals to get

Conversion(s) c

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This is a continuation from posts a and b. I’ve caught myself in the last few years reacting to my Evangelical upbringing around conversion. Why does it have to look and sound one way

Marriage Advice from Barrow Cadbury 1933

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While preparing for a wedding this coming Saturday I ran across this quote from Barrow Cadbury (a Quaker who was related to and worked in the Cadbury Chocolate factory in Bournville England) on marital advice.

There is No Pure Christianity

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A long while back a friend of mine wrote on his twitter this remark: There is no pure Christianity, it is all syncretist. And I agree with this point, all Christianity today is influenced to

An Uneasy Task for the Church – Romero

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This is the mission entrusted to the church, a hard mission: to uproot sins from history, to uproot sins from the political order, to uproot sins from the economy, to uproot sins wherever they are.

Being Dad

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Just the other day I said to my wife, Emily, “I really like being a dad.” I will tell our oldest daughter L that from time to time as well. I find that there are

Iconoclast: Interview with Wes Howard-Brook

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Here is a really great interview from the Iconoclast this week which looks at the difference between a theology of creation and a theology of empire. The person they interview is Wes Howard-Brook whose commentary

The Wounding of Creation

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This morning someone in our meeting requested prayer for the oil spill and during the time of prayer the image of the oil spill came back to me in a powerful way. I envisioned the

Lady Wisdom, Feminine Divine and Proverbs 8

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Last week we discussed Proverbs 8, here are some of my thoughts on the passage. Let’s be honest here, the (divine feminine) language in this passage can be little shocking to American Christianity, which