Mikel Birkel’s book “Engaging Scripture” Reading the Bible with Early Friends,” is a fantastic book that is helpful not just for Quakers but for anyone looking for different ways of reading Scripture (inwardly, meditatively, together, lectio, for transformation, etc.). It’s a book we’ve used in a variety of settings at Camas Friends Church and peopleContinue reading “Meeting for Readings and How to Do Them”
Monthly Archives: March 2015
Upcoming Agenda for Greensboro Visit
Guilford College is flying me out to Greensboro, NC next week (March 27-April 1) to be their “Judith Weller Harvey Scholar” and to do some speaking around the area. I’m looking forward to visiting with f/Friends, having a little time away with my wife, Emily, who is joining me, and meeting new folks. I will haveContinue reading “Upcoming Agenda for Greensboro Visit”
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 that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternalContinue reading “Snakes on a pole or The Rut That I Love (John 3:13-21)”
A Prayer from Dorothy White
“You are the branches of the true Vine, you Spouses of the Beloved, you Daughters of [Zion] and Sons of Jacob…let the tribulated [rejoice] and sing, let the poor in spirit be glad; let them that dwell in the Valleys [rejoice], who drink of the Springs of the Fountain of Love; where Peace and JoyContinue reading “A Prayer from Dorothy White”
Jesus, God’s Wrath and the Merchants of Truth (John 2)
“In the temple he found people selling cattle, sheep, and doves, and the money changers seated at their tables. Making a whip of cords, he drove all of them out of the temple, both the sheep and the cattle. He also poured out the coins of the money changers and overturned their tables. He toldContinue reading “Jesus, God’s Wrath and the Merchants of Truth (John 2)”
The Truth of Becoming (Mark 8)
“…He asked his disciples, “Who do people say that I am?” And they answered him, “John the Baptist; and others, Elijah; and still others, one of the prophets.” He asked them, “But who do you say that I am?” Peter answered him, “You are the Messiah.” And he sternly ordered them not to tell anyoneContinue reading “The Truth of Becoming (Mark 8)”
