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Quotations
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Thou
Thou Whom I do not know But Whose I am. Thou Whom I do not comprehend But Who has dedicated me To my fate. Thou -Dag Hammarskjold, Markings p.214-215
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A Thought for Quakers on Change
I am preparing my discussion for our Sunday morning meeting for worship and am thinking a lot about what Kester Brewin calls
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Dowd on (Role) Modeling
I came across this today while I was doing some back reading from this weekend’s newspaper. It struck me as really
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Old Quaker Discipline on the Poor
While I was researching for a recent sermon I came across some great quotes on poverty from 18th Century Quakers. One thing
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Chesterton and the (il)logic(ality) of life.
Just stumbled across this in my reading this morning, it works well with what I’m reflecting on with “confession as vulnerability,
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An Old Mennonite Rendering of The Disciple’s Prayer
I came across this old Mennonite rendering of the Disciple’s Prayer and love it. Abba Father God, Bless your holy name.
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Simone Weil on Idolatry
I’m sitting with this one for awhile: Idolatry comes from the fact that, while thirsting for absolute good, we do not
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Simone Weil: Gravity and Grace
I’m still (slowly) reading through Simone Weil’s book “Gravity and Grace” for part of my daily time of reflection. Here
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Barth, the Task of Theology, and some Queries
I came across this quote in my reading of Vail Palmer’s manuscript on Friends, God and the Bible this morning. It’
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Simone Weil on Interventions
I’ve titled my sermon series on Luke “Interventions” and so was happy to see Simone Weil was (unsurprisingly) way ahead of
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John Caputo on Cyberspace
Far from undermining religious sensibilities, the advanced communication technologies are actually trading in religious goods and thus provide a new space, a
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Learning Poetry Like Eugene Peterson
A favorite blogger of mine, Fernando Gros, linked to a post of Eugene Peterson quotes the other day that are well worth
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Oscar Romero on The Protagonists of History
I’ve been reading through excerpts of Oscar Romero’s prayers and writings and many strike me but this one really stood
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Death Penalty Dead in New Mexico
My Friend posted this today, and it seemed worthy to share here as well. New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson has signed a
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Plan B: The Church (John Caputo)
In preparing for a sermon the other day I came across one of my favorite quotes from John Caputo’s book, “What
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