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Quakers, Colonization, and Decolonization Conference in Philly June 12-15
Hi all, I wanted to share this upcoming conference with all of you from Friends Association for Higher Education. I hope to
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A Hat Trick For Supporting Curiosity and Growth
I have a little trick, it’s kind of silly, but it helps me when I’m in trouble. I do it
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Ask a Friend: Quaker Glossary and Terms
An email I received recently asked about finding a Quaker glossary of terms online. This individual was looking specifically for an explanation
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David Whyte on Friendship
My friend, Maia Dery is responsible for me finding and reading David Whyte. Here are a few quotes from Whyte’s lovely
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Wisdom from Richard Foster on Focus
Shawn Blanc shared a great short post yesterday titled: Six Principles for Focus and Simplicity. Those post shares wisdom from the book
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A Little Blog Nostalgia
I just got the site up and running on its own server again (went with DreamHost this time around). I’ve been
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Remaking a Quaker Studies Syllabus Using The Quaker World
With the publication of our new book Quaker World, I am having fun remaking my syllabus for my Introduction to Quakerism class
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A Ritual to Read to Each Other by William E. Stafford
I love William Stafford‘s poetry. I came across him when we were still living in the Pacific Northwest where he is
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Testimony as Consequence, Not Value by Pink Dandelion Reading Notes
Here are my reading notes of Pink Dandelion’s “Testimony as Consequence, Not Value” from Friends Quarterly Vol 35. No 5 2007.
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When the Wine Gives Out (John 2:1-11)
The Wine Gave Out? A number of years ago, when I was working on my dissertation, I spent three months in England
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Quaker Exceptionalism, Jesus, and Movement Building (Mark 9:33-41)
Mark 9:33 Then they came to Capernaum; and when he was in the house he asked them, “What were you arguing
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Planning to Leave Hey Due to Policy Changes
Here is an Email I wrote today to the support team at hey.com. I sent this and post it here because
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Becoming Co-Workers With The Truth
When George Fox was initially on his spiritual quest to understand the true nature of faith and Christianity, he was living in
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Systems of Death and the Subversive Seed (John 12:24)
Watercolor from John Jay Alvaro Watch it on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/arGhrrsFTxc The Subversive Seed This week, we saw the
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Western Friend Review of Resisting Empire
There’s a really great review of my book Resisting Empire: The Book of Revelation as Resistance in this month’s copy
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