Barclay Press Post: Repetition and A Non-Liturgical Liturgy
Here’s my latest installment at Barclay Press. As you’ll notice I worked at weaving a number of ideas I’ve had together and tried to initiate a forward step in a Quaker understanding
Blog Posts
What I’m Passionate About
My friend Rhett Smith is doing a weekly segment on his blog called “What Are You Passionate About?” What he’s doing every Friday is asking different people he knows to talk about their passions
Virtual Desire and a New York Police Officer
There’s a really interesting article in the New York Times today about a police office who was being charged with brutality in a criminal case. The suspect was caught carrying a gun and was
New Book on Jesus: Seeking the Identity of Jesus
A new book on Jesus has recently published that sounds pretty interesting, its called, Seeking the Identity of Jesus. Here is the list of points the scholars in the book all came to agreement on
A Much Needed Re-Organizing of Work (Visually)
Yesterday I was feeling really stressed about the work I wasn’t getting done. This was in large part because L decided she wasn’t going to take her usual 1.5 hour nap. I
Dress Down Friday | She Walks! (And Facebook Kills)
She walks. Is the music you’re listening to making you dumber? (HT: Hoopes) Here’s an interesting article about being Carbon Neutral on a Shoestring. (HT: Emily) Flourish: a new group for creation care
How Many Burgers (Or Burritos) Does it Take To Fuel Your Bike?
I remembering seeing this awhile ago in GOOD, a magazine I subscribe to and really like. I meant to post it then but totally forgot about it until today when a friend sent it to
Practicing Re-Collection (or Centering) Prayer
One thing that came out of our weekend retreat was a number of practices I want to work on and integrate into my life. This mostly came from the morning workshop on contextualizing the “testimony
Dress-Down Friday | Bubble Project, Jesus on Twitter and Ash Friday
This is another Dress-Down Friday for February 27, 2009. Knowing my constant use of the social network twitter, my friend Cate send this: It’s been quite a while since I’ve posted a video
Elvis Perkins on Ash Wednesday
Today is Ash Wednesday, it is the first day of Lent and one day we reflection on repentance, cleansing and the frailty of life all in preparation for Good Friday and the resurrection. I have
Reflections From The Convergent Retreat 2009
Since Martin and Robin, the two co-leaders with me of this past weeken’s retreat, have already written their first I figured I better get on writing something because I’m already late! I really
Dress-Down Friday | Moons, Red Dresses, and Trilogies
Dress-Down Friday Installment #3,027.5 * Quaker Ranter Martin writes about Margaret Fell’s red dress and the challenge she posed to understanding plain dress and Gospel Order. * All you philosophy buffs will enjoy Kyle