I tried to put a bird in a cage. O fool that I For the bird was Truth. Sing merrily, Truth: I tried to put Truth in a cage! And when I had the bird in the cage, O fool that I am! Why, it broke my pretty cage. Sing merrily, Truth: I tried toContinue reading “The Fool’s Song by William Carlos Williams”
Monthly Archives: April 2017
This Week’s Bag of Tricks
I’ve got a bag full of tricks to share today. Hari Kondobulu’s work has got my attention recently. Especially his album he recorded in Portland and his Podcast with W. Kamau Bell. “Design Your Life” by Bill Burnett and Dave Evans is a great book regardless of where you are in your career path. LearnContinue reading “This Week’s Bag of Tricks”
A New Kind of Nursery of Truth – Part 3
This is the third of a three-part series on whether or not Quakers can be “Publishers of Truth” today. In this series I want to talk about how I think early Quakers understood what it meant to be “publishers of truth” in earlier years (Part 1), just a couple challenges we face when it comesContinue reading “A New Kind of Nursery of Truth – Part 3”
The Challenge of “Truth” – Part 2
This is the second of a three-part post on whether or not Quakers can be “Publishers of Truth” today. In this series I want to talk about how I think early Quakers understood what it meant to be “publishers of truth” in earlier years (Part 1), just a couple challenges we face when it comesContinue reading “The Challenge of “Truth” – Part 2″
The Original Nursery of Truth – Part 1
This is the first of a three-part post on whether or not Quakers can be “Publishers of Truth” today. In this series I want to talk about how I think early Quakers understood what it meant to be “publishers of truth” in earlier years (Part 1), just a couple challenges we face when it comesContinue reading “The Original Nursery of Truth – Part 1”
A Radical, Liberation Christian Quakerism
As with many, I have been wrestling to understand where the various new groups forming within Quakerism fit – as with the New Association of Friends in Indiana and the new groups discerning their way forward in North Carolina and the Pacific Northwest. Will they just be replicas of the institutions that kicked them out,Continue reading “A Radical, Liberation Christian Quakerism”
Re-Reading the Bible with Peterson Toscano
Last week we had the privilege of hosting Peggy Senger Morrison (more on her coming) and Peterson Toscano, a comedian, biblical scholar, performer and LGBTQ advocate, at Guilford College this past week. Peterson became a Quaker after spending 17 years “conversion therapy trying to de-gay himself.” When he tells the story he often ends with talkingContinue reading “Re-Reading the Bible with Peterson Toscano”
Gathering in Light 