I’m teaching a Quaker Studies Online course called Meeting God through the Prophets. Last week, we read a bunch of articles which looked carefully at what it meant for a contemporary person to be called a “prophet”, and highlighted some Bible passages that spoke directly to who was or who was not a prophet: King [...]
Living Leadings
Religious, Spiritual, and Scholarly Considerations from Robert C. Fischer
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
Bible Study
Quiet for a While;
Busy for a While
I’ve been relatively quiet on this blog. The reason is because the Christian Ethics class taught by Amy Laura Hall has a message board, and I’ve been spending a lot of free time over there having conversations about epistemology, linguistics, and COINTELPRO. Unfortunately, it’s in a walled garden, so I can’t share it with you. [...]
Dec 5th:
"The Nativity of Jesus:
For Grown-Ups"
On Dec 5th, I’m leading a forum at Durham Friends Meeting after the rise of meeting (~11 o’clock). Here’s the blurb: While the story of Jesus’s birth is subject to many children’s pageants, it is often overlooked as a source of religious understanding for adults. Using the narrative from the Book of Matthew, we will [...]
