Sometimes it can be helpful to read one of my cultural traditions from another perspective. I’ve read most about the Sabbath recently from Jewish writers and evangelical Protestant theologians. But today my devotional brought me this query from Quakers in the southwest region of the United States: Have you taken a day of rest and restoration […]
Synchroblog: Coming Back to Prayer
This is a contribution to the 2014 Queer Theology Synchroblog under the theme “Coming and Going.” Other contributions will be compiled on the QT site by October 22. The article I contributed to last year’s synchroblog on creation was based on Genesis 1:2, and I reference it in this piece. “I, though I saw and heard these […]
On the People’s Climate March: Conversation No. 1
“It’s not just a one-day march. It’s our long-term ability to build a strong climate movement that we need to invest in.” —Ananda Lee Tan I’ll be at the People’s Climate March in NYC all day Sunday. Over 1,500 organizations are now registered to participate, and over 800 buses including ours will be heading to […]
Reader Review 05
Posts tagged “Reader Review” include a few top articles from my weekly reading. Their topics may vary, but their quality and provocation quotient won’t. Enjoy. Quakers examining core principles: non-violence and a returning Christ QuakerQuaker: A Hermeneutic of Non-Violence (Randy Oftedahl) QuakerQuaker is a site that collects posts from Friends (Quakers) from across the internet […]