Things I Value in A Church: A Confession of Faith?
After writing three posts about things to look for when church shopping, I got to thinking about what things people would be looking for when they asked those questions. I am of the opinion that
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How Do We Look For The Theology of A Church? Part III
Many of us have visited multiple churches in our lives, some stand out more and other’s we probably don’t remember much about. For many people what stands out most is what happens during
More Questions to Ask When Church Shopping: Part II
Continuing on from the first post in this series we will look at what are some things to look for in when we are church shopping and only have a brief time to get to
How Do We Look For the Theology of A Church? Part I
Emily and I are back from our 2 week vacation in the Midwest. We had a lovely time seeing family in Friends in Ohio, and Nashville. And we thoroughly enjoyed our anniversary which we spent
The Rise of Christian Terrorism: Fear Based Religion
I admit that can be hard on the church from time to time, but this is in part because I believe that we have such a grave responsibility to bear peace and reconciliation to the
Books For An Introduction To Studying Bible and Theology
My housemate Chase and I were having lunch the other day and we started talking about important books that we would use if we were going to teach Bible and Theology students. Now granted we’
What Are Your Favorite Quaker Books?
I just finished reading Martin’s post about him finally finishing John Woolman’s Journal and it got me thinking about how I enjoyed Woolman’s journal so much. Then I started thinking more about
Queries from the Gathering
Well in short our meeting last night was wonderful, there was a group of about 13 adults, 4 children (and a few lovely mennonite-volunteers) and I think it would be safe to say we all
John Steinbeck’s East of Eden
A long while back I finished East of Eden, a Novel I’d been working on for months. I wanted to write out some quotes and thoughts I had while I was reading it, because
Scribe Jamboree for Friday August 4
In an attempt to get more connected with our friends within the Daily Scribe blogging community we’ve decided to post links to other’s blogs weekly (for me it will probably be less occasional
Reflections on Doing Quaker Research
For class we were asked to write a short reflection on our spiritual journey and how it’s led us to doing the kinds of dissertations we’re preparing for. I thought I would post
Schedule for Convergent Friends Gathering August 5th 2006
Chris and I powered out a schedule of sorts for this coming saturday so that we have something to work off of. I have also discussed this with Robin so I am confident that our