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Sketchnote: What Makes for a Good Remix?

What makes for a good remix? What makes for a bad one? When is a remix not a remix but a cover or a something more “original?” These are questions that come up a lot

Think with Paper & Pencil 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMAm3QkhxaU&ct=t(Rohdesign_Newsletter_RSS_4_2_2015)&mc_cid=acabb97213&mc_eid=d2e782b1af Even though this is basically an infomercial on paper for iPad,

Our Big News About Guilford College

This was recently posted to Guilford College’s website: C. Wess Daniels has been named the William R. Rogers Director of Friends Center and Quaker Studies, succeeding Max Carter, who will retire this summer after

Meeting for Readings and How to Do Them

Mikel Birkel’s book “Engaging Scripture” Reading the Bible with Early Friends,” is a fantastic book that is helpful not just for Quakers but for anyone looking for different ways of reading Scripture (inwardly, meditatively,

Upcoming Agenda for Greensboro Visit

Guilford College is flying me out to Greensboro, NC next week (March 27-April 1) to be their “Judith Weller Harvey Scholar” and to do some speaking around the area. I’m looking forward to visiting

A Convergent Model of Renewal is Ready for Order

My first book to be published is printed and ready for order. You can order it directly from the publisher and received a 20% discount off the retail price. The book will be available as

3 Reasons I Love to Blog

“I write because I don’t know what I think until I read what I say.” -Flannery O’Connor /ht color turtle I’ve been following John Saddington’s 10 day blog challenge as a

▶ Marshawn Lynch and the Theater of Disobedience

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUI54niIfl8] via ▶ Marshawn Lynch and the Theater of Disobedience – YouTube. A powerful commentary by Jay Smooth not just on the game but on a number of critical issues

The Contours of Convers(at)ions

Yesterday I began to sketch out some thoughts on how my approach to teaching the Bible has shifted towards a participatory understanding of learning and community. (This is no small part is influenced by the

Convers(at)ions With Scripture

There has been an evolution of thought for me when it comes to understanding how to read, interpret and teach Scripture within community. That evolution has taken place over the course the last 18 years