March 2009
Wess on blogging as Ministry in A Virtual World →
Blogging invites participation by asking people to join a community in dialogue and inviting them to add to the collective intelligence of that conversation. Rather than believing in isolation,…
Gil S considers Quaker blogs: ministry or vanity? →
But as in meeting for worship I know that true ministry is given and has nothing to do with conscious striving for effect. I must be true to myself and to my own spiritual journey and write what I…
Robin M on blogging as ministry →
The second point is that Quaker blogs are a source of religious reading material. I still subscribe to a couple of Quaker magazines, but they only come once a month. Every day there are new blog…
Job Ad: “This position is ideal for someone fresh out of college looking for a integral junior position.” Translation: we don’t really pay.
5yo Theo’s T-ball team is sponsored by the town’s Exchange Club. Happy but what rhymes with “Exchange” and still sounds intimidating?
Happy César Chávez Day to CA, TX, CO & AZ and to friends of nonviolence everywhere: http://tinyurl.com/dzt5wt
RT @knightopia: @vvaduva nice idea, Virgil! http://vimeo.com/groups/emergent
Click Ric on the balance between vocal ministry &... →
For most of my life as a Quaker, I have been on the “more messages” side, drawing inspiration and enjoyment from hearing from the inspired prayers, musings and questions shared by other Friends. But…
Umm…, why do I have to go to Beliefnet to read about staff cuts at FCNL? The lobbyist’s website is silent. http://bit.ly/ZPXzA
Magcloud is HP’s slick on-demand magazine publishing site. Pricey of course, but looks sweet. http://magcloud.com/
Very cool but I think I’d be pissed if I were trying to make the 3:10 to Antwerp. http://tinyurl.com/cd5o3t (HT @Pogue)
A “New Yorker” article on lacrosse? YOU’VE GOT TO BE KIDDING: PASS. Wait a sec it’s by John McPhee? A MUST READ.
27 Wishes Chad on a 21st Century Quaker plain... →
Now, more than ever, “let your yea be yea and your nay be nay” (Matthew 5:37) brings bearing to an ever-connecting world. Quaker plain speech, simple and caring, can bring light where conflict…
1969’s vision of the Internet —featuring Wink Martindale!! http://bit.ly/q7uOs
#whyyrt re: y hunch is that interested amateurs will become important research sources as $$ for investigative journalism dries up.
Philly’s @whyy Radio Times doing a show on Twitter in 15 min. Listen online: http://bit.ly/1Zrec6, watch twitter conv: http://bit.ly/whyyrt
LizOpp on the discomfort of Facebook, Twitter, and... →
It seems as though I’ve been spending less time with that new, exciting project and more time keeping up with the electronic Joneses.
Thy Friend John on the daily cross of daily... →
It’s one thing to float through each day’s activities in a mild, pious haze, “praying without ceasing” in a general sort of way, smiling to ourselves over how nicely we’ve lived up to the Yearly…
Former Phila Archdiocese PR man Teirney in... →
“Tierney gave up the raise shortly after it was revealed. Frisby and Thayer simultaneously gave back smaller raises. Now comes news of the bonuses, which were awarded just two months after the…
Had a nice visit w/Peggy Parsons yesterday. Talking too good to stop for video, sorry Youtube. After: sat in on class w/Marge Abbott.
Hate spammers who don’t even try: “This email has been sent to you because you created an account on the Jymixj qwywjv website”
WatchSome Days / Getting old with Bartles and Jaymes
RT @whyy: Radio Times is doing an hour on Twitter. Monday Morning at 10 on 90.9 FM. Join the conversation then. Tag your posts #whyyrt
Whenever I write the date down today, my birthday, I want to put my birth year at end, muscle memory from too many forms.
Recovered from dead laptop: my July 2000 cover of Pat Benetar’s Fire and Ice. No link will be forthcoming.
Hey #Bluehost, I wish I didn’t have to go to twitter search to confirm that others are also suffering downtime today.
Just hooked up SATA/USB connector to hard drive from long-dead laptop and there are all my old photos. Yippee! http://bit.ly/5SHM
Johan puts Friends in Protestant context & says... →
My most important reason for claiming the Protestant label is that the core tenets of Protestantism are important parts of the Quaker DNA, even though in our self-absorption we may forget that we…
Hey @movabletype, doesn’t inspire me w/confidence when support page tells me it was last updated in 1969. http://bit.ly/JcOKU
Listening to Ronald Jenkees per Stephen D’s recommendation. Good keep-you-going but don’t distract you music (for me at least)
Should have known someone was making money on the quizzes: RealAge quiz underwritten by big pharma http://bit.ly/3UddAX
John F on minimalist organizing for God →
I have some experience in this, as I’ve been part of a young Quaker Bible study group for a couple of years now. We asked no questions and made no plans at the beginning, but gradually evolved…
John Fitzgerald on the balance between simplicity... →
Quakers, especially unprogrammed meetings, like to talk about how we strive to keep things simple, so we can get on with building a spiritual community and listening to what God has to say to us. But…
Peggy announces the first 21st Century Faith &... →
The Faith and Practice of Freedom Friends Church is available. We have here a fresh 21st century interpretation of a generous, progressive, orthodox Quaker faith.
Counsel to the Christian Traveller - Put Your Hand... →
When we were at the Convergent Friends weekend I got a copy of “Counsel to the Christian-Traveller: Also Meditations and Experiences” by William Shewen. It is an early Quaker text that was originally…
Gregg K liked meeting the people behind the blogs →
the best part of the time for me was people. I loved meeting people I’ve interacted with on blogs, talked with on the phone, and known of for awhile. I had amazing conversations with new F/friends as…
Alivia on Freedom Friends and another color of... →
[At FWCC meeting] Peggy was anointed, spoke poignantly to the truth that we are another expression of Q-ism. Not that there is anything “Wrong” with the other expressions, but that we are… hmmm…
Ahhh, the smell of playdoh!
Not helpful when u tell customer support that something that should work doesn’t & they recommend trying what you’ve just said doesn’t work.
Just looked at the stubble on chin and noticed it’s pretty significantly white. Wow! Should I let it grow in to see how old I’ve gotten?!
“Quick story: The first time we got the task completion and customer satisfaction...”
– Reading back posts from search/conversion web guru Avinash Kaushik’s blog. This quote is from Lack Management Support or Buy-in? Embarrass Them! I have worked on projects where I suspect visitors would be better served if they were redirected to Wikipedia.
Video: Theo’s first self-powered bike ride last week: http://bit.ly/D3Ya
Old vs new design blahblah but when did Facebook become Quizbook? “What kind of quiz are you?” They all seem laughably inaccurate.
“In the past, insurers have warned that if they could not consider a person’s...”
– Health Insurers Ease Stance on Pre-Existing Conditions
This is good news but the argument the insurance industry’s been using seems pretty wacky. How many “young, healthy people” can even afford insurance under the current plan? Many employers already rig their job positions so...
Billions! Trillians! The numbers go up but is throwing ever more money the solution to the mess? http://bit.ly/2EERj
“It will be great if you can send me your birth date, time and place, we generally do an astro scan before associating w/ consultants.” Umm.