I’ve been asked to contribute to an anthology about “Finding Christ in the Quaker Church”. If you, dear reader, know me well, then I’d be curious to hear what you think I might particularly be able to highlight or contribute to that conversation. If you, dear reader, do not know me well, then I’d be [...]
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One rarely knows what is good for us and what is bad. Therefore if we knowingly put ourselves in the hands of Almighty, whatever happens must be deemed good. And I try literally to follow that precept.
Gandhi, "Letter to Francesca Standenath", April 1947
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Sermon: Possessing the Church
This is my last sermon for Preaching class (and possibly my last sermon ever!). The manuscript is mangled, because I wrote enough for 15 minutes without reading the scripture, so I had to do some on-the-fly editing and improvisation. It begins with my translation of Matthew 9:35-10:23 and then launches into a critique of the [...]
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How #OccupyWallSt Revealed Truth
(And Those Who Want to Hide It)
Police evicted #OccupyWallSt at 2 AM last night. They barred press coverage — even closed the airspace above the park so that press helicopters couldn’t fly over (an unprecedented move). These are not the actions of a reasonable and democratic system maintaining law and order. These are the actions of people who are afraid. But [...]
