Being bilingual in Quaker Outreach (Guest Post Robin Mohr)
This is a guest post from my good friend and General Secretary of FWCC Section of the Americas, Robin Mohr, following up on a talk she gave at the Emerging Practices in Quaker Outreach from
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Brother’s K, Liturgy and Broken People
“But they have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, for they did not cling to life even in the face of death.” (Revelation 12:11) The
Fear as a Prison
In The Way of Love, Anthony de Mello writes about the prisons we each live in created by layers of beliefs, ideas, habits and attachments and fears. Each layer is added by culture, traditionalisms, mass
Life is a symphony – Anthony de Mello
I love this whole meditation on life and the sympathy from Anthony de Mello but this line in particular continues to ring in my heart. …You will no longer say to your friend, “How happy
“We” Is the Most Important Word – William Barber
“‘We’ is the most important word in the social justice vocabulary. The issue is not what we can’t do, but what we CAN do when we stand together. With an upsurge in racism/hate
Listening and Acting In Quaker Communities
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aF8PABPq8AA&w=560&h=315] There is so much back and forth on Quaker process. So many jokes. So many who easily dismiss it because it
Connecting Learning to Tradition
There is an interesting article on how various people find themselves studying religion in the NY Times today. In the article, they talk about how attaching religious conversation and shared language to a tradition helps
Convergent Model of Renewal: Discussion Guide and Sketchnotes (Chapter 3)
We are doing a discussion at Camas Friends Church on my book, “A Convergent Model of Renewal.” This week is chapter three, which covers what we can learn from participatory culture. I am posting the
A Fantastic, Participatory, Quaker Meeting
“This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. No one has greater love than this, to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. You are my friends
Snakes on a pole or The Rut That I Love (John 3:13-21)
“And just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, that whoever believes in him may have eternal life. “For God so loved the world
The Green of Renewal
The book cover is in so that means that we’ve very close to printing! Stay tuned. You can also visit the book page for more information.
Reflecting on Grief and Pastoral Care
I am a monthly contributor to the blog Antioch Session. Antioch Session is a collective blog run by Zach Hoag and Scott Emergy and hosts a number of great writers all who are writing as