September 2011
RT @hotdogsladies: When people announce that Twitter has replaced RSS, I hear, “I quit watching ‘NewsHour’ when I discovered ‘The TV Gui …
Anne Karpf The Quakers: a religion Richard Dawkins... →
Newspaper ads and posters over the next 10 days will feature attractive people involved in conflict-resolution, nuclear disarmament and campaigns against the arms trade… Indeed, Quakerism is more…
Facebook experiment preceding according to plan, data coming in.
RT @savestmarys: Tons of Support & Inquiries: In response to the re-opening of St. Mary’s, we’ve been contacted by phone, email, … htt …
Are We More Than Our Demographics? http://t.co/KqwpLQjq
Dan Davenport's talk at this summer's New... →
. Another strand growing up was that “by accident” I grew up in a Friends church. Lip service was given to the possibility of being spoken to by the Spirit, but it was considered to be exceptional….
RT @friendsjournal: Congrats to FJ author Linda Willard for winning NC Society of Historians award for this piece: http://t.co/EscOJ77A
“You’re looking at a generation of 20- and 30-year-olds who are used to...”
– Yochai Benkler, director of the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University, in: As Scorn for Vote Grows, Protests Surge Around Globe
Iris Graville: Naming the Un-Nameable →
My experience of God has very little to do with answers. One of the things I treasure about Quakerism is the understanding that God’s way continues to unfold, that new light can shine onto changed…
Dear wife has been getting a wee batty with all the kid fussles. When I get home tonight she’s popping out for alone time-yea! ~
Cutting it really close on transfer. I’m either going to catch my train or be there to wave it goodbye. #commute ~
3:50pm and I think that I’ve convinced everyone I’ve interacted with today that I wasn’t sleeping. ~
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Really, Microsoft? I have to auto-update the auto-updating software? ~
Last night J admitted jealousy that I had time-to-myself reading time on commute. I remembered this a.m. as I was packed in SRO subway :)
Jim Wilson: The Heresy Of Silence
As a Quaker I see the application of the prayer of inward silence in the Quaker tradition, and why it marks the Quaker tradition as distinct. Just as Catholics would predict, the Quaker tradition has minimized, or done away with, outward, or ceremonial, sacraments… From the perspective of Protestant theology, the Quaker tradition’s offerings are meager.
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Reform Magazine looks at Friends' testimonies
At first glance, they might appear to be motherhood and apple pie, but they are worth the attention, both of other denominations and of the wider society, for the challenges and transformative potential they offer to our personal and communal lives.
Tags: quaker quaker.witness quaker.christianity http://dlvr.it/n41Pf
Micah Bales reviews Jon Watts' Clothe Yourself in... →
In Clothe Yourself in Righteousness, Jon finds a dynamic balance between past and present, self and community, spirit and flesh. This is the work of a mature artist who has received the courage to…
Year of Sundays visits Friends and finds a kind of... →
If you vote Democrat, raise chickens but don’t eat them, wear Jesus sandals and own a first edition of the Moosewood Cookbook stained with the vital fluids of homegrown tomatoes, you might qualify…
Rick Seifert responds to "Year of Sundays"... →
We should seem, if not “dangerous,” curiously, strikingly challenging. Apparently not. If Joel is right and we are simply predictably liberal and politically correct, we have failed to be true to…
This is in response to a description of a visit to Rick’s meeting by the Year of Sundays bloggers.
RT @jonwatts: “Clothe Yourself in Righteousness” is Live! http://t.co/4b4TXGpB ~
Friends Speaks Podcast: An Interview with Jon... →
An interview with Jon Watts and Maggie Harrison about their new project, “Clothe Yourself in Righteousness.” Listen in to find out how Jon and Maggie met, how the project got started, nakedness and what these “Clothes of Righteousness” look like.
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Phila City Paper: Quakers target PNC for funding... →
RT @micahbales: Clothe Yourself in Righteousness (A Review) http://t.co/exedywrh #quakers #music #hiphop #poetry @jonwatts
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Miriam Yagud on Nontheist Friends work in the UK
Post: http://dlvr.it/mjhjK
“Our words can get in the way of hearing each other” was a comment and a sentiment that was expressed by many Friends. If there was a theme to emerge from this years activities at Yearly Meeting then it was about the limitations of language… We make assumptions, use words sloppily or too carelessly, to attack or silence each other or that have this unintended...
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Rachel Held Evans: Ask a Quaker... →
Rachel’s popular “Ask a…” series comes to Friends and group-sources an interview with Robert Fischer:
Robert is a master’s student at Duke Divinity School and a member at Durham Friends Meeting. He grew up in the Presbyterian Church (USA) in Minnesota and had an established career in software development consulting when he felt called to ministry. While on the ordination...
Lifehacker: Is there such a thing as being too nice (the psychology of conflict avoidance) http://t.co/iFzv8ie8
1st day of Fall was 1st day of morning bike commute where I knew a car was coming up behind me because of the glow from its headlights.
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Beth Kantor on how the new Facebook might affect... →
Martin: In many ways, Beth’s advice stays the same: be thoughtful who you friend and what apps you authorize. Even more than before it will be about engaging with you audience and not just flinging content on them.
RT @tallskinnykiwi: The TallSkinnyKiwi Daily is out! http://t.co/xrSVJcWT ▸ Top stories today via @gracebridges @dashhouse @postordinand …
RT @nytimes: Workers’ Own Cellphones and iPads Find a Role at the Office http://t.co/qEWLxID1
RT @jonwatts: Last chance to download “Listen for the Dial Tone” (the teaser for my new album) free… I’ll take it down tonight. http: …
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Dear Wife Julie: “It’s not your fault!” (Beat) “Entirely…”
Jay Thatcher: What does Beanite mean? →
Can’t unobtrusively take photo of train conductor between stops hunched in seat across from mine pouring over book on old stream trains.
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Getting ready to do author video for FJ. I’ve made plenty of vids where the diy rawness was half the fun so this is actually new for me.
Rod Pharris: Water or Holy Spirit & Fire
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What a crazy feedback loop, that was almost the tweet that brought down the internet. What a unclever thought to immortalize thusly.
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Taking off my clothes for @jonwatts http://t.co/W3pE0kSk
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